New Zealand
New Zealand student debt levels reach $10 billion mark
By John Braddock and Chris Ross, May 13, 2008
Last month, a national “day of action” was held in New Zealand to mark a new milestone: New Zealand’s collective student debt has reached $NZ10 billion. Demonstrations and other even...
New Zealand appliance manufacturer closes plants in three countries
By John Braddock, April 30, 2008
The New Zealand domestic whiteware manufacturer Fisher and Paykel (F&P) Appliances abruptly announced on April 17 that it would be closing three factories: its dishwasher plant in Dunedin, New Zealand...
ISSE meeting at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
The global implications of the US banking collapse
April 22, 2008
The collapse of Bear Stearns, the fifth largest US investment bank and one of the world’s largest finance and brokerage houses, marks a major turning point in the history of post-war global capi...
New Zealand universities shed “non-core” courses
By Tom Peters and Rick Wilson, April 10, 2008
The University of Canterbury (UC) and Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) will announce decisions on course-cutting during the coming mid-term break.
New Zealand economy sliding into recession
By John Braddock, March 24, 2008
Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) economists warned last week that New Zealand was heading for a recession—and that it may already be there. One spokesman said the housing slump and global credit crunch...
New Zealand: Charges dropped after “anti-terror” police raids
By John Braddock, November 30, 2007
New Zealand Solicitor-General, David Collins QC, announced on November 8 that terrorism charges would not proceed against 12 of the 17 people detained in a massive “anti-terror” police ope...
New Zealand: 17 arrests in nationwide “anti-terrorist” raids
By John Braddock, October 31, 2007
Seventeen people are currently under arrest, with all but two refused bail, following a series of coordinated police “anti-terror” raids around New Zealand. On October 15, arrests were mad...
New Zealand woman dies after power company cuts off electricity supply
By John Braddock, July 5, 2007
New Zealand mother-of-four Folole Muliaga, 44, died on May 29, three hours after a contractor working for the Mercury Energy power company cut off the electricity supply to her South Auckland home bec...
Union pressures Air New Zealand workers to accept loss of jobs and conditions
By John Braddock, May 2, 2007
New Zealand’s national airline, Air New Zealand, announced on April 2 that it would rescind a plan to outsource airport services after the country’s biggest private sector union agreed to ...
New Zealand prime minister ingratiates herself with Bush White House
By John Braddock, March 28, 2007
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark used meetings with US President George Bush and members of his administration on March 20-21 to ingratiate herself with the White House and further align her gov...
New Zealand government announces extension of Afghanistan military operations
By John Braddock, March 20, 2007
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced last week that the country’s military intervention in Afghanistan will be extended until September 2008. The latest deployment of a 120-strong Pr...
Inaugural ISSE meeting in Wellington, New Zealand
March 8, 2007
The International Students for Social Equality (ISSE) will hold its inaugural meeting at the Victoria University of Wellington on “The socialist alternative to global militarism and social inequ...
