Transport Minister Michael Wood speaks out on Auckland port safety issues
12 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM
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Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Alex Burton
Ports of Auckland has not had a culture that values human life and wellbeing, says Transport Minister Michael Wood. An independent review of health and safety at the port had laid out systemic failings that must be addressed urgently, and he expected all recommendations from the resulting report to be implemented, Wood said. There hasn t been a culture in place that values human life and wellbeing and we ve seen the tragic results of this with deaths and serious injuries at the port over the last few years.
Demand for Auckland port resignations now off to the Beehive
7 Apr, 2021 11:00 PM
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Tau Henare, Shane Te Pou and Robert Reid from First Union demand the resignation of Ports of Auckland CEO, Tony Gibson, in light of the damning Health and Safety report. Video / Dean Purcell
Tau Henare, Shane Te Pou and Robert Reid from First Union demand the resignation of Ports of Auckland CEO, Tony Gibson, in light of the damning Health and Safety report. Video / Dean Purcell The Māori Labour caucus is the next call for presenters of a letter to the Ports of Auckland demanding the resignation of chief executive Tony Gibson over documented health and safety failures at the country s
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Report highlights modern slave labour in Pacific fishing industry
A new report has found that fishing companies operating in the Pacific are doing little to stop slavery on their boats. The tuna industry in particular is rife with allegations of modern slavery in its supply chains, with few protections for workers against forced labour.
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre report,
All at sea: An evaluation of company efforts to address modern slavery in Pacific supply chains of canned tuna, surveyed dozens of the world’s largest canned tuna brands. It concluded that while more than four in five have published statements on human rights, this “doesn’t translate” into efforts to end slavery.
Auckland Council a lazy port owner, time to stop hiding behind port law: councillor
6 Apr, 2021 05:23 AM
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There have been three deaths at the port in recent years. Photo / Michael Craig A special stopwork meeting over worker safety at the Ports of Auckland is likely this week as a senior Auckland councillor says the council has been a lazy hands-off owner of the country s main imports gateway.
Councillor Chris Darby said the council has been hiding behind the Port Companies Act and failing to show leadership. Our hands-off approach has contributed to the well documented challenges the port faces and subsequent erosion in value. Time s up, he said.