23 October joint union strike events
Far North
City | Time | Location |
Kaitaia | 10:30am-12:00pm | 10:30am – Assemble at Te Ahu cnr SH 1 & Mathews 11:00am – March to old Pak n Save carpark 11:30am – Rally 12:00pm - Finish |
Whangārei | 11:30am-1:00pm | 11:30am – Assemble Laurie Hall Park carpark 12:00pm – March to Town Basin 12:30pm – Rally at grassed area by Rayburn House Lane 1:00pm – Finish |
Auckland | 12:00pm- 2:00pm | 12:00pm – Assemble in Aotea Square 12:30 – Rally starts 1:00pm – March to Komititanga square 2:00pm – Finish |
Hamilton | 11:30am – 1:30pm | 11.30am – Meet at Band Rotunda, Victoria Street 11.45am – March to Garden Place 12.30pm – Speeches at Garden Place 1.30pm – Finish |
Tauranga | 11:00am – 1:30pm | 11:00am – Meet at Memorial Park 11.30am – Speeches then sign waving |
Rotorua | 11:00am – 1:30pm | 11:00am – Various meeting points then travel to Village Green 11.30am – Arrive at Village Green 12:00pm – Speeches, sign waving, kai etc |
Gisborne | 11:00am – 1:00pm | Rally at Heipipi park then march through town finishing at Kelvin Park. |
Wairoa | 8:30am – 9:30am | Gather at the lighthouse, then travel to Gisborne or Napier to join the larger action. |
Napier | 11:00am – 1:00pm | 11:00am – Gather at Napier Sound Shell 11:30am – Speakers. 12:15pm – March down Emerson Street to Clive Square. 1:00pm or thereabouts – Disperse. |
New Plymouth | 11:00am – 1:00pm | Rally at the Puke Ariki Landing. Street March through the CBD – Ariki Street – Egmont St – Devon St East – Gover St-Gill St - Ariki St and back to the Puke Ariki Landing. |
Palmerston North | 11:15am – 1:00pm | Rally at the Puke Ariki Landing. Street March through the CBD – Ariki Street – Egmont St – Devon St East – Gover St-Gill St - Ariki St and back to the Puke Ariki Landing. |
Whanganui | 11:30 – 1:30pm | Meet at the town bridge and march up Victoria Avenue to Majestic Square. Rally at majestic square for one hour. |
Wellington | 12:00pm –2:00pm | Meet at Queen Wharf under the sails 12pm and march via Grey Street and Lambton Quay to parliament for a 1:00pm rally. |
Wairarapa | 11:00am – 1:00pm | 11:00am – NZNO, Allied Health meet outside hospital 11.30am – meet NZEI, PPTA members at Hoskings Gardens, march on to the Town Hall 12.10ish – rally outside Town Hall. Neil Hammond MC |
Nelson | 11am – 1:30pm | 11:00am – NZNO walk off site, picket outside Nelson Hospital. 11.30 – March into town to Nelson library (those not marching from the hospital to meet by Nelson Library) 12:00pm – Hospital marchers arrive at Nelson library – pick up everyone else, march down Trafalgar Street to church steps 12.30pm – Hui at Church steps with speeches 1.30pm – Hui concludes |
Golden Bay | 8:30am–9:30am | Picket Only – Meeting at Village Green Signing petition, education Timing is UNCONFIRMED |
Blenheim | 11:30am – 2:30pm | 11:30am – Meet at carpark by The Warehouse. March down Market Street and head to Seymour Square for speeches. Finish at approx. 2:30pm. |
Christchurch | 11:00 – 1:30pm | 11:00am – Meeting at North Hagley Park with music, kapa haka, stations for each union to have member-to-member conversations etc. Nurses start their strike action (meet at hospital, outer hospitals traveling in, start march) 12:00pm – Speeches and chants at North Hagley Park, Nurses arrive 12:45pm – March to key locations: Green Opposite Ministry of Education, Outside Ministry of Health (Oxford Tce). Corporate services, hospital 1:30pm – Crowds disperse |
Te Tai o Poutini | 09:00am–2:30pm | 9:00am – Hokitika: Meet in New World Carpark (RSA Wet day option) 11:00am – 11:30am – picket Greymouth: Meet at The Warehouse 12:00pm – Greymouth Town Square for speeches (Regent theatre as a wet day option) 1:30pm – Westport picket: Meet Victoria Square, cnr Lyndhurst & Russell 1:45pm – PSA speech 2:30pm – Last speeches in Westport |
Mid Canterbury | 11:30am –2:00pm | Meet outside Library go over a briefing and safety plan. Move down both side of main street to the chessboard area. Speeches from each sector, walk past MP office. Move through to carpark on SH1 with signs and placards. |
South Canterbury | 11:30am –14:00pm | 11:30am – Meet at Soundshell 12:00pm – Speeches 12:30pm – Marching to MPs office, emailing him, and then waking to the green on the corner of Church street to chant, cheer and make some noise. 2:00pm – Action ends |
Dunedin | 11:00am –2:00pm | 11:00am – March leaving from First Church, down Moray Place, up Lower Stuart Street and finishing at the Octagon. 12:00pm – Rally and speeches at the Octagon. |
Invercargill | 11:00am –14:00pm | Rally at Gala Street Reserve. |