It was a tall order getting a 480kg giraffe packed up and crane-lifted out of Auckland Zoo on Monday. But after an hour and a half of coaxing, zoo staff finally got 15-month-old Nakuru settled into her crate and on to a truck before being driven down to the Ports of Auckland. Three-metre-high Nakuru was [...]

Strikes, lock-outs, months of fighting and some very public bad blood – and still the Ports of Auckland (POA) dispute is far from over, according to Maritime Union New Zealand’s (MUNZ) President Gary Parsloe. Parsloe says union members are in the same position they were earlier this year – wanting to reach an agreement with [...]

University of Auckland students rallied alongside unions last week, tackling issues of job security, living wages and access to education. The Service and Food Workers’ Union, the Public Service Association, Auckland Action Against Poverty and the Meat Workers’ Union were among the unions invited to speak at the campus rally. The Reclaim Your University rally [...]

Tertiary teachers, including staff from AUT University, will continue to support the port workers following news of the Ports of Auckland’s decision to stop contracting processes yesterday.  The Tertiary Education Union is just one of many unions that has backed the ports workers from the beginning, and national president Sandra Grey says the latest decision from the Ports [...]

A number of striking workers made redundant by Ports of Auckland have said they would rather take up opportunities in Australia than be employed by new contractors at the Auckland wharf. Wharfie Iusi Tipelu is considering a move offshore, although he is hopeful current mediation between the Maritime Union of New Zealand and the port [...]

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has responded to criticisms over his stance on the Ports of Auckland dispute, saying “it is not appropriate for me to be the chief executive officer of the port”. Brown told Te Waha Nui that despite his disappointment over the breakdown in negotiations, there was very little he could do. The [...]