Maritime Union of New Zealand
MUNZ · Founded 2002 · Wellington, New Zealand · New Zealand
- Membership scope
- ~2,500 members across NZ port workers, coastal shipping crew, ferry crew, and offshore support vessel crew.
- Key CBA framework
- Ports of Auckland Collective Agreement; Cook Strait Ferries CBA; Pacifica Shipping Agreement
- Website
- www.munz.org.nz
What this union does
The Maritime Union of New Zealand was formed in 2002 by the merger of the NZ Seafarers' Union (deep-sea crew) with the Waterfront Workers' Union (stevedores). Today it represents ~2,500 members across the country's port workforce, coastal shipping crew (Pacifica Shipping, MSC New Zealand feeders), the Cook Strait ferries (Interislander + Bluebridge), and offshore-support-vessel crews serving the Taranaki oil-and-gas industry. MUNZ has been at the centre of several high-profile industrial disputes — the 2011-12 Ports of Auckland lockout, the 2018 Cook Strait ferry safety-manning dispute, and ongoing casualisation battles at the Ports of Tauranga. For seafarers considering a New Zealand-flag berth, MUNZ membership is customary; the union also runs a seafarer welfare-support pathway through Mission to Seafarers Wellington.
Contact route
https://www.munz.org.nz/contact — Wellington HQ + branches in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff.