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  • Hamilton meeting for solidarity with North Africa / Middle East uprisings

    Workers Party members have been involved in organising this meeting which will include a summary of the class aspects of the uprisings, an eye witness account – with unpublished photos from Egypt – by a post-gradaute student at Waikato University, and a presentation with a focus on implications for Palestinian liberation given by the Hamilton organiser of Read more

  • Read the May issue of The Spark here

    May issue of The Spark Read more

  • Campaign launch of the Mana Party

    By Mike Kay (Workers Party, Auckland, and editorial board of The Spark) The meeting hall at Mahurehure Marae in Auckland was packed to overflowing with activists keen to hear Hone Harawira launch the new Mana Party yesterday. The first approximately 1 1/2 hours of the meeting consisted of pōwhiri and speeches in te reo Māori. Read more

  • Workers republic? Yes, Governor-General? Nah

    Mike Kay, Workers Party, Auckland Buckingham Palace issued the following statement on 7 March: “The Queen, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has been pleased to approve the appointment of Lieutenant General Jeremiah Mateparae as the next Governor-General of New Zealand.” The man chosen to replace Sir Anand Satyanand came as Read more

  • Gisborne school students organise 2000-strong demonstration for free busses

    Jared Phillips, The Spark coordinating editor “That a group of Girls’ High students researched the problem and approached the Ministry of Education last month, with a supporting submission from the city’s high school principals, not only shows great initiative but puts the best face to this issue.  Some will quibble with the fact today’s march, Read more

  • The Spark reformatted, appeal for new subscriptions

         The Workers Party’s monthly magazine The Spark has undergone a number of presentation changes as of the issue published in the month of March this year. These changes include production of full colour cover (front and back) format, redesign of page 2, overall stylistic changes, an increase of size to regular 20 pages, and the introduction of a Read more