Category: New Zealand & Pacific Islands
New Zealand to open borders to cruise ships in July
The Land of the Long White Cloud is to be on the cruise agenda once again as COVID restrictions drop
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600 displaced I-Kiribati seafarers repatriated
A community of seafarers from the island of Kiribati has returned home after being displaced during the crew change crisis
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Tassie looking to up trade with Kiwis
The Apple Isle is sending a trade mission to the Land of the Long White Cloud to help grow the state’s economic opportunities
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Independent inquiry launched into NZ port deaths
The NZ Transport Accident Investigation Commission is inquiring into the circumstances that led to two workplace deaths at two New Zealand ports
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Port worker dies in Lyttleton incident
The death is the second recent fatality at a New Zealand port – a stevedore was killed in Auckland last week while working a containership
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NZ unions call for national health and safety standards in stevedoring
Following a fatal accident at Auckland on Tuesday, NZ unions have called for national stevedoring standards to deal with the health and safety “crisis” in the industry
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Sub-standard watchkeeping identified in lead-up to collision
A collision off the coast of New Zealand last year followed crew of both vessels not adhering to the COLREGS
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Stevedore killed in Auckland accident
A port worker was killed on Tuesday while working a containership berthed at the Port of Auckland
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