Maori

Foreign fishing crews are a modern form of colonisation

19 Aug 2011 - 11:14

CTU Vice President Maori Syd Keepa has today labelled New Zealand fishing quota holders as perpetrating a modern form of colonisation in their use of foreign fishing crews to fish NZ waters.

"Foreign fishing crews are a modern example of colonisation - quota holders may not be going into foreign territories, but the exploitation, abuse, and disregard for fishing crews human rights have

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Government must stand up for Auckland Māori board

15 Feb 2011 - 15:43

Instead of allowing Auckland Council to waste time, money and energy in legal battles over M?ori representation the Government should agree to fund the board that they chose to set up, said Council of Trade Unions Vice President M?ori Syd Keepa today.

“The Minister for Local Government had the opportunity to create M?ori seats on the new Auckland supercity council,” said Syd Keepa.

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Māori employment suffering from timber job losses

20 Dec 2010 - 12:17

The recent spate of redundancies in the timber industry is a blow to Māori employment in particular, said the CTU today. The CTU Runanga called on the Māori Party to use whatever influence it had in government to help safeguard more jobs and create new opportunities.

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Improvement in employment figures but not fast enough

4 Nov 2010 - 11:25

Today’s Statistics NZ figures showing unemployment at 6.4 percent is a welcome step in the right direction but the improvement is neither fast enough nor substantial enough, said the CTU.

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Syd Keepa new CTU Vice-President Maori

20 Oct 2010 - 09:15

Council of Trade Unions media release
19 October 2010

Syd Keepa new CTU Vice-President Maori

The Council of Trade Unions (Te Kauae Kaimahi) has elected a new Vice-President Maori.

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Government complacency failing the unemployed 5.8.10

5 Aug 2010 - 12:35

Unemployment has jumped significantly according to the latest release from Statistics NZ who describe the labour market as ‘volatile’. The figure of 6.8% shows that the recession is not over for many. There are 159,000 unemployed, or 255,700 jobless.

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Polytech Bill stifles workers’ voice 18.12.09

18 Dec 2009 - 08:57

The Education (Polytechnics) Amendment Bill which has passed its third reading in Parliament severs essential links that Polytechnics have with local communities and doesn’t recognise the knowledge that they have of their own communities’ educational and training needs, said CTU President Helen Kelly today.

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Mixed news on job front 24.11.09

24 Nov 2009 - 12:08

The CTU gave a cautious welcome to expansion of the youth Job Ops scheme and the improvement in youth unemployment figures announced today.

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Worrying trends in unemployment figures

7 May 2009 - 13:28

The CTU says that although unemployment at 5 percent, or 115,000 people, is less than many had forecast at this time, there are some worrying trends in the figures.

Youth unemployment is at 19.6 percent, for those aged 20-24 years it is 12 percent, Maori unemployment is 11.9 percent and Pacific peoples at 13.1 percent.

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Private prisons not in the interests of Maori

13 Mar 2009 - 14:51

CTU Vice President Maori Sharon Clair has today called on the Maori Party to oppose any move to privatise the management of New Zealand prisons by private business interests.

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