THE MARITIME WORKER Wellington Branch Wellington Branch Newsletter Vol: 3 November (2019)
Dave Morgan (RIP) 1940-2019
Mick Williams President Wellington Branch Dave Morgan, a great leader of the former Seaman and Seafarers Union, a comrade who will be sadly missed. The Wellington MUNZ branch sends sincere condolences to Maggie and family. Dave was a genuine socialist who fought for a fairer society free from poverty, racism and war. He was an inspiration to all generations of trade unionists. One of the outstanding trade union leaders of his generation in New Zealand, alongside Bill Martin (Pincher) and Bill Andersen. Dave was a big man with a commanding presence and sincerity to match. He had a sharp, agile mind. Dave fought hard for his union both nationally and internationally through difficult times. Dave was a good orator and an intelligent man who represented all that is good in the shipping industry. Dave dedicated a lifetime of commitment to Seafarers and social justice. I worked with Dave for many years as the Wellington/National Secretary and we had a great working relationship for most of this time. We fought together on many fronts during challenging times, always strategising through the struggle. One of Dave’s most proud achievements was keeping the USS Truxton out of Wellington Port. Dave represented a refusal by unionists to berth the American warship or service it while it lay at anchor for six days. Some of the other fights we fought include, the campaign against Vietnam war, the UK miners’ strike, the Liverpool dockers lockout, support for MUA Patrick dispute, overseas trade campaign and jobs for NZ Seafarers, open coast fight against the National Government to open coast to foreign flag ships, SCONZY save national line cabotage road show with street theatre, the war of ‘94’ Interislander with the new owner American company Wisconsin,
Amalgamation - the fight for one union on waterfront, South Africa apartheid, the unjustified Iraq war, Straight Shipping fight for union coverage and the Employment Contracts Act anti-union legislation alongside the Golden Bay lockout. These attitudes and action filled campaigns sprang from his understanding of the world divided into two social classes, capital and labour. Dave was able to see that the hostility and struggle between the two, where capital was for most of the time the stronger party, played out in many different ways. His support for the liberation struggles of Cuba, Chile, Palestine, South Africa and Venezuela made him an internationalist. Dave was a good negotiator; he always stood his ground with ship owners and politicians alike. The best I have ever witnessed. The bosses knew where they stood with him and he only ever had to say things once. Dave was the founding president of the Trade Union Federation in 1993, the more hard-line. This federation opposed the Employment Contracts Act with more vigour than the CTU did, but united with the larger organisation three years later after being persuaded that a change of leadership had made it more robust campaigning having one centre. Before retiring Dave was contributing towards Dave Grant’s book ‘Jagged Seas’ sharing our proud union history. In the words of Terry Ryan, ‘You have paid your dues and will take your place in history.’ Rest in Peace Dave. Gone but not forgotten.
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Pregnancy Policy – has now been signed off by the Kiwirail Executive. This is now policy within the IIL sector. More work needs to be done from other unions to ensure they receive the same favourable conditions as what MUNZ have archived for pregnant seafarers at sea. Daily Rate payments for attending training etc - IIL are now looking into the formulas used by pay office with regards to the way members are paid to attend training courses etc as opposed to simply just paying out the daily rates. This of course is yet another major achievement for our members.
Jim King Secretary/Treasurer Wellington Branch
Branch Secretaries Report: Kiwi Rail:
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Working party forums
Wage Round negotiations, (Maritime) We believe we have made some pretty good ground on the unions claims. We have given information to our reps and advised them without giving too much away, go back to the members on board and give them an update on progress. Further discussions were held 31st October and 8th November to see if we could get closer to doing a deal.
Core Crew
(Still in progress)
Hard-laying (Noise)
Started on, 25/June
Reps are Myself, George McIntosh, Tony Mowbray, Jack Thomason Career Pathways (TBA) Core Crewing, Mapping Exercise for Catering on the K1, was cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Other issues Split shifts, it was bought to the attention of the union that the catering Attendants (LOB) have been working split shifts. This is totally unacceptable to the union; hence I wrote a letter to the Manager Customer Services of KR-IIL and asked them to respond to our concerns. These issues have also been raised again by Joe one week after the October meeting, we are now waiting for a response. Just and Fair Culture (JFC) is now underway it started on 31 October. This forum was made up of MUNZ representatives, Tony Mowbray, Fiona Mansell, Lynette Payne, Jimmy Mobbs, Scotty McLean, Suzie Kolaczynski. From the feedback from our delegates is that this forum was pretty much a good opportunity to look at the consistency of the way processes are dealt with by KR-IIL right across the fleet. I believe that there were also some side issues that were going to be looked at as a result of this forum, such as truck lashings. Overtime rates for Walk on, walk off call-backs are now implemented as of 1st November. Remediation Project – Mick and myself had a meeting with Maryan Street with regards to the remediation project. We need to ensure that what the company are going to pay out for loss of earnings whilst on B.A.P.S. (BEREAVEMENT, ANNUAL, PARENTAL, SICK), that we reach an agreed rate that is consistent under the holidays act and is also in line with the CEA. I believe that a significant breakthrough has been made, as like with the call back rates. Once everything is signed off, I will give more in-depth detail of what has been achieved with the B.A.P.S payments.
Seafarers Wage Round
StraitNZ Terminals wage rounds – The negotiating team went back to the members in Picton to put the company’s offer to them. Our members have rejected the company’s offer. On the 30th October the company then put a further offer on the table and the delegates went back to the members with the offer for ratification. The result was rejected for the second time. On the 04th November the company come back with their reply and rejected the members claims. A further meeting will need to go ahead with our members to see where they want to go with this.
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Dave Morgan former National President of New Zealand Seaman’s Union / New Zealand Seafarers Union / Maritime Union of New Zealand. Dave Morgan passed away on Tuesday 05th November. It’s with much sadness that we have lost one of the last true great unionists of our time. Dave Morgan had been instrumental in gaining a lot of the conditions we enjoy today on all vessels right around New Zealand. He was the President of the New Zealand Seamans Union in the very early 70s right through to his retirement from the Maritime Union of New Zealand in 2004 as joint National President. During the 1970s and most of the 1980s under Dave’s leadership, it was no secret that the New Zealand Seamans Union was amongst the strongest and most militant maritime unions in the world. Our conditions were second to none, which incidentally was the envy of most of our international comrades. Dave leaves a legacy that can only be regarded as monumental and outstanding. His perpetual commitment to the trade union movement was never lost, he stayed true right through to the very end, this is something he can be very proud of. Whether Dave was in office or at sea during his early years, he will always be remembered as a great unionist and a great bloke. Rest in Peace Comrade. Gone but not forgotten, and the struggle continues. Jimmy King
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Along with this the company tried to install a whole new culture. After several years of justifiable disputes, things started to slowly change, with the purchase of their second ship “Suilvan” which had arrived from Scotland via Panama in 1995.
Audits 2017-2018, & 2018 & 2019 – Still in the process of audit mode, hopefully will be completed before the National Council meeting 12th & 13th November.
Then New Zealand Seafarers Union (NZSU) had covert membership, with Jimmy King on the delivery crew. On her arrival in Wellington another member Tony Creig was picked up. This is now two members employed with myself picking up the second crowd in early November 1995. The unionising of the ship began to gather momentum and was bolstered with the unfaltering support and guidance from the then recently elected secretary Mike Williams.
Old Timers Function to be held Waterloo, upstairs in Backpackers bar, from 1600 hours, on Saturday 30th November MUNZ Wellington Branch Christmas Function’s to be held at the same venue from 1900, on Saturday 07th December and Saturday 14th December, Waterloo, Backpackers. National Council meeting Head Office November 12th & 13th.
Offshore
The Skandi Atlantic has been laid up this time, with all our members receiving their notices of termination. This is because of Tamarind pulling the plug on their charter. The only upside to this entire saga, is OMV are due to come into play on 19th November, which means the Emerald will come back onto full charter, and the Atlantic will go back into service on the 26th of November. The Emerald will start laying anchors probably along with the Atlantic, once this is complete, then OMV will be operating out of the Great Southern Basin and this is where the two Skandi boats will work also. A conference call between Kingston and MUNZ was held to discuss National Office concerns over the way our members had been treated throughout the entire experience with very minimal or no input from this union. Stern words from National Secretary Joe Fleetwood have been relayed to Kingston about their attitude and conduct. COSL Prospector Manning Levels – are operating at around 50% less than what they normally operate at. PAX is about 60, therefore the MUNZ catering crew has been down manned from about 13-15 to around 9. Once OMV come on line, then of course catering numbers will then pick up.
Tony Mowbray Executive Member Wellington Branch
New Zealand Seafarers Union and Strait Shipping, the early days In the early part of the 1990s, the fledgling company Strait Shipping Ltd. (SSL) took advantage of the recent labour law changes with the implementation of the Employment Contracts Act and with deregulation of coastal shipping, they were able to introduce the “Straitsman” onto the Cook Strait.
Within the company at the time one was picked up on a roster by roster basis. With no comfort of a collective agreement and the full effects of the industrial chambers taking hold only basic conditions were in place. Up until this time a culture had been established largely due to ignorance and lack of any form of mentoring for those initially employed by the company and not through the unions lack of attempts over the years. Jimmy, Tony and myself began the task of signing up others on the ships and getting existing members up the gangway. This had to be done by stealth, so those that were signing up to the union were not victimised by SSL. Due to deregulation, seafarer licensing was not a requirement at the time, SSL simply signed us on as General Purpose (G.P’s). Every meeting had to be conducted behind closed doors, initially judging who could be trusted. As time progressed, we gathered momentum until on a cold late night in July 1996, we met Mike at the union rooms on Kings Wharf. There he excitedly showed us the draft of the first collective agreement that would be presented to (SSL) after five years since its conception. These events are still crystal clear in my memory and I still have the Evening Post article proclaiming “Union win battle to sign ferry workers.” The struggles and issues never stopped, but over time we continued to achieve better conditions, more importantly retaining and continuing to increase membership to about 95%. Around the turn of the millennium (SSL) became a three-ship operation with the addition of the Kent. The Kent not long after entering service, while berthing at Kings Wharf in a Southerly gale sank at the berth, thankfully with no loss of life or injury. She was re-floated and eventually repaired and again entered into service, another advantage in our favour was, with the ship being registered in “Castletown” Isle of Man, MNZ certificates were now a requirement. This was again tirelessly pursued by Mike Williams and President Dave Morgan. This only strengthened the Unions presence and from then on, a number of good NZSU members worked these ships for varying lengths of time. By 2002 the company had reluctantly accepted the fact that the union had established itself at Strait Shipping Limited. After stints on other ships from 1998 to 2002, I was once again employed with Strait Shipping and was part of a fully unionised delivery crew for the fourth ship “The Santa Regina” from Marseille, France. After the delivery of the Santa Regina, and serving on her for around twelve months I was sent back to The Kent, where in May 2005, she was ‘stuck up’ over manning issues. This came about after the Santa Regina was involved in a fatal collision in the Marlborough Sounds, which ended up resulting in the requirement for navigational lookouts, this was met with a total hesitancy from the company, because of the necessity for
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an increase in manning levels to cover the lookout positions. With an increase of only one rating per crew, it was still a significant win for the union given the company’s history. Over time members came and went, and as usual conditions continued to improve. I can recall talking to Forrest McDougal, Mike Finlay and the late Taffy Hicks saying I would be throwing my hand in with Strait Shipping once we’ve got the Seafarers Retirement Fund into the Collective agreement, and not before. This was finally achieved at the next wage round. You could only imagine the complete turnaround from having next to nothing to finally achieving respectable conditions in the 10 years up to 2005. We always tried to make a bad situation better, and since the arrival of the Suilvan we had adopted a philosophy, no matter what odds were against us, things can only get better and this can only be achieved from the top of the gangway. As time goes by it doesn’t seem like 25 years have passed since I first joined the Suilvan, we must continue to encourage all members of the importance of retaining our conditions in any collective, we must never return to what has been outlined in this brief summary. Along with other members I’m grateful I played a part in obtaining the Union’s initial collective agreement, which had some pretty substantial conditions put in such as, annual leave and the Seafarers Retirement Fund, now named Maritime Retirement Scheme. I feel that these conditions alone were a great achievement for our union and its members because many of us had forfeited any superannuation contributions up until the time of its inclusion in the CEA. Other conditions gained in my time at Strait Shipping we’re a structured two crew system and an Increase of manning levels and the use of Unionised labour when working containers in Nelson. In recent years, for whatever reason membership has decreased on these ships. Like any team it is easy to blame the coach, yet in the end it is the players on the field that are responsible for the result. This has been proven on numerous occasions. In short, those on the job are the ones who can determine their outcome with the membership being the union or dare I say things will return to what they originally were. We are lucky at present to have a worker friendly government. Tony Mowbray. Wellington Executive 1154
Fiona Mansell Women’s Representative Wellington Branch
New MUNZ Memberships 2019 Recruitment for this summer is well and truly underway. As always it is an exciting and nervous time for both the permanent and new Catering Attendants. This year myself (Women’s Rep) Lynette Payne (Executive)
and Jacob Blaikie (Youth Rep) went along to their induction day to represent and talk about joining our Union. This is maybe the first time that I know of that the women and youth delegates together have spoken to new crew about the union so it was a nice change from what has been done in the past. For our Union it is always a time for our membership to grow as we aim to sign up as many if not all the new recruits. This year we are trying out a new process when we sign new members, our new way now is to sign crew up on the day of inductions then take their forms straight to payroll to be processed straight away. The other way is if they sign up onboard the vessels their forms are to be scanned and emailed to christine.singleton@kiwirail.co.nz immediately so the process can be completed we will then do a follow up to make sure fees are being deducted from their fortnightly wages. This has come as a result of a major mess-up from members believing they were in the union only to find out months even years later that their forms have not been properly processed and fees have not been deducted a hard lesson learned from Kiwirail, MUNZ and the “union member”. Moving forward we all need to work in unity to keep our membership growing in numbers and strength by constantly communicating with new recruits about the benefits of joining our union whether they are on short/long term, fixed term/casual contracts. I have experienced in the past that it can take several weeks and several different members to change a person’s mind to join so please to ALL DELEGATES across the fleet keep talking to the new crew. So we can we please give a warm welcome to our newest members to MUNZ: Eugene Verchez, Leaniva Sa’u, Melissa Meads, Laura Gilkison, Jack Webb, Laverna Tuaimalo, Paris Lloyd, Sydney Albert, Johannes Hansen, Santana Hiko, Sophia King, Petrus Du Toit, Shivneel Nair, Amour Kennach, Ritik Mahajan, Ashleigh Carson, Chelsea Mann, Yang Liu, Rose Ann Brixton, Samuel Sutton, Graham Khatri, Samantha Alexander, Morwenna Isaako, Harshanath Ranhitige, Jacob Calvert, Marika Brizzante, Olivia Powell, Giula Michelin, Toka Rei Apou, Samantha Munro, Myles Bolton, Camryn Noble, Hannah Ward, Maria O’Brien, Wiremu Dixon, Austinmer Sherman, Emily Hanaray, Tatana Karepa, Paige Warden Flood, Georgia Sampson, Sarah Anne Godber, Sivaraman Murugosan, Holly Yeatman, Sachlan Singh, Cameron Palmer, Caylib Lalloo, Zachary Jago, Adelle Southee, Alexandrea Schneider, Jack Anderson, Joshua De Their, Tiare Pamatatau, Andrew Kwiatkowski, Paul Watson, Olivia De Gregorio, Natasha Polglase, Emma Jones, Ning Wang, Vaughn Austin.
Venue: Waterloo Hotel-Upstairs Dates: Saturday 7th and 14th December Time: 7pm-12am All MUNZ members +1 are welcome to attend. House beer, wines and nibbles’ will be provided. All new MUNZ members must provide proof of membership
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Merchant Navy Day 2019 In Honour of the 80th Anniversary of the sinking of the SS Athenia Most people would be unaware that September 3rd is Merchant Navy Day. Marked annually internationally as a day to remember Merchant Navy Seafarers who died or served in war under the Merchant Navy Flag, the Red Ensign or the "Red Duster". The Merchant Navy is the title bestowed on vessels of the British and Commonwealth commercial shipping industry 100 years ago by king George V. It is sometimes known as the “4th Service” a name given to it by Winston Churchill.
Jacob Blaikie
3500 Merchant Navy ships were sunk in the Second World War and more than 30,000 merchant seafarers lost their lives, while working to provide Britain with the means to survive and to fight. Among those who died 135 were New Zealanders, around 140 were taken as Prisoners of War. Seven New Zealand flag ships were lost. Several thousand New Zealanders served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War, mainly on British flagged ships.
The significance of September 3rd is that it’s is the date of the sinking of the SS Athenia, the first British merchant vessel sunk during World War II in 1939 on the first day of the war, by a torpedo from a German submarine. 2019 is the 80th Anniversary of that event and the first significant Anniversary that we can commemorate, as Merchant Navy Day wasn’t recognized officially until 2000 in the UK and only since 2010 in New Zealand. Prior to then there were no official commemorations or memorials. The New Zealand Merchant Navy Association marked this occasion by holding a Maritime Festival in Wellington over the week before September 3rd. A visit for the commemorations by the HMNZS Otago gave us a venue for several events.
John Whiting
Friday 30th a Luncheon was held on board Otago for MN war Veterans. This lasted much longer than the designated hour, with the Otago’s
Commanding Officer asking the Veterans to stay as long as they like and to share their stories. In the afternoon a Secondary Schools Careers Event was held in Shed 6 as the start of the Maritime and Careers EXPO. The EXPO brought together many members of the maritime community under one roof, from Shipping and Fishing companies, Maritime schools, Coastguard, Police Dive Squad, Navy recruiting, Traders of Maritime Books, Art and Memorabilia, as well as a group of Wargaming enthusiasts who played out a Tabletop war game of a WW2 Convoy, complete with miniature model merchant ships, escorts and U-boats. We were able to display 3 large models of NZ ships from the old Maritime Museum collection that had war service, the Sailing Ship Pamir, The TSS Awatea (in war colours being bombed) and the TEV Rangatira (Falklands war veteran). The NZMNA Thanks MUNZ for the generous donation of $3000 sponsorship to help us fund the hire of Shed 6 for the EXPO. MUNZ Wellington Branch was the largest contributor in what was a very tight financial situation after the Wellington City Council refused our request for funding. $12,000 had to be sourced for the 2-day event. Saturday the 31st was a Public open Day for the EXPO and ships, including HMNZS Otago, the Floating Crane Hikitia, Coastguard and Maritime Police boats and visits from the Pilot boat Te Haa and display from the Tugs. Musical entertainment was provided by the Navy Band. The EXPO was an ideal forum for the Maritime community to promote themselves to the general public, to showcase what we do and to display the employment opportunities by looking towards the recruitment of the next generation of Seafarers and Maritime staff. Promoted as “A perfect way to acknowledge the sacrifices of those past, is to look to the future”, we have had from feedback from some of the schools who attended thanking us for introducing them to career paths that they were not aware of and there are now several students who are interested in working in the maritime industry. Sunday 1st September, St Pauls Cathedral had a Merchant Navy theme for its regular service, with the Navy Band performing and a Parade of Flags of Maritime and old shipping Company house flags. In the evening, we hosted a Cocktail party on board HMNZS Otago. Monday 2nd saw a special cinema screening of the WW2 classic movie “The Cruel Sea” at the Penthouse Cinema in Brooklyn, with 50 people attending. The Merchant Navy Day, Commemoration service at the Hall of Memories, was well attended with the biggest congregation seen in years. Jacob Blaikie DWR and MUNZ Youth Rep (Wellington) recited a reading representing the youth of the Merchant Navy.
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Joe Fleetwood National Secretary
One WW2 MN Veteran later said that this was the first service he had for his 21-year-old brother who was killed by a torpedo in a convoy. This made all the effort of organizing this worthwhile, knowing that we had helped someone find solace as well as being able to honour those few remaining veterans who have expressed their thanks for the week’s events and the recognition for their service and of their shipmates who did not come home.
We contacted the Office of the Speaker of the House, and for the first time the Merchant Navy Ensign flew on two flag poles in front of the steps on the grounds of Parliament which we hope will become a regular occurrence on Merchant Navy Day. Paul Baggott Vice President The New Zealand Merchant Navy Association Inc.
New Recruits on Kaitaki: Big warm welcome to all the new Cabin Attendants onboard the Kaitaki, we hope you enjoy your time with us this summer. If anyone would like to send more pictures to go into the next newsletter please email me: feemansell@gmail.com or munzdelegate@gmail.com
Pat Harcus MUNZ Member Wellington Branch
Stop work meetings As we all should know every second Monday of the month branches of MUNZ have a stop work meeting to discuss events that may have happened in the previous month to our industry whether it be on Interislander Strait Shipping on the container wharf or logging and other areas where MUNZ members are involved. It’s a meeting where you learn what’s happening whether it’s about your work area or conditions through collective bargaining updates, Woman’s issues, anti-bullying, within the industry or rostering or anything that pertains to your livelihood. You can hear about issues that pertain to the trade union movement around the country that might not affect us but you get knowledge what’s happening around us through reports back from members and officials who attend other Union meetings. You don’t have to be afraid to speak your mind just in case it gets back to the company you work for as this is your unions meeting, you’ll always have a mole where ever you meet. Remember the old quote (Loose lips sink ships) It’s also a time to meet friends from other areas we cover to have a chat over a coffee. Your branch officials changed the starting time of our meetings from 0830 hrs to 1000 hrs to accommodate members who use to have travel in peak hour traffic etc to eliminate this problem Let’s get behind your branch and officials make our stop work meetings informative from all areas of the industry so we can all learn from each other. All delegates throughout Wellington area should promote our meetings to all members so we can all get good across the board information basis going. They usually last 2 hours so let’s get together so we can all stay on course. Think positive about your union and officials as they are there to assist you in your right to work in a safe and friendly environment so at the end of the day, we all go home in a good state of mind for our families knowing that our union is behind us all the way. Pat Harcus Union no 6591
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TANA OSBORNE (AB/IR) RETIREMENT 1975-2019
Makere, Zyana, Tana and Tumoana
Wayne, Tana and Mick
On Friday 6th September we said our goodbyes to a dear friend, colleague and a MUNZ Member for over 40 years (#1245). Tana your humble smile and presence will be sadly missed onboard the Kaiarahi. We wish you all the best for your RETIREMENT. May you enjoy every minute of your retirement comrade in whatever you set off to do☺ What the crew has to say: if you’re looking for a nice person and someone who has your back you can’t go past Tana Osborne. He has touched us all with his humour, strength and at times his courageous
Seafarers Data Base
Database, as at 11 November Integrated Ratings (I/Rs) 4- I/R’s Able Seafarers. (AB’s) 3- A/Bs, Cooks. Cooks; 2. Stewards. Stewards 8.
General in Brief Three wage rounds currently in progress
Tana Osborne
acts. Tana has always been a staunch MUNZ member and has always been on the front line when the union has needed him for example; we were on the picket line in the war of ‘94’ a passer-by got out of his car and yelled “we’ll take your jobs!” Tana ran across the road, gave him a clip around the ear then ran back to join the picket. Once again from all of us who have sailed and worked with you for many years, we wish you all the very best for a long and a happy retirement. Article by Fiona Mansell and Jimmy Mobbs.
Have a very Merry Christmas and a Very happy New Year. Thank you to all the Executive for all your hard work, and to those that support this newsletter. I look forward to doing it all again next year. The next edition of the Maritime Worker will come out in February 2020.
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Wellington Branch Contacts Jimmy King Branch Secretary/Treasurer DDI: 04 38 59288 Mobile: 020 483 6262 Email: jim.king@munz.org.nz John Whiting Branch Assistant Secretary Mobile: 021 606 379 Email: john.whiting@munz.org.nz Mick Williams Branch President Mobile: 022 309 8959 Email: mick.williams@munz.org.nz Peter Stills Vice President Mobile: 027 558 9282 Email: cmanp@hotmail.com Fiona Mansell Women’s Rep Executive Mobile: 022 302 3010 Email: feemansell@gmail.com Tony Mowbray Executive Member Mobile: 027 6376 561
Jacob Blaikie Youth Rep Executive Mobile: 022 658 3825 Email: blaikiejacob@gmail.com George McIntosh Executive Member Mobile: 027 392 7507 Email: georgeandjill@xtra.co.nz Lynette Payne Executive Member Mobile: 027 355 9080 Email: awaywiththeferries@hotmail.com Paul Baggott Executive Member Mobile: 027 688 8002 Email: paulsown@hotmail.com
Ports (Wellington) Bradley Clifford Executive Member Mobile: 021 176 5928 Email: bradleyclifford@msn.com Jason Penny Executive Member Mobile: 021 537 287 Email: jaypndawhare@gmail.com
National Office Officials Contacts Joe Fleetwood National Secretary Mobile: 021 364 649 Direct dial: 04 801 7614 Email: joe.fleetwood@munz.org.nz Carl Findlay National President Mobile: 021 760 887 Email: carl.findlay@munz.org.nz
Selwyn Russell National Vice President Mobile: 027 478 2308 Email selwyn.russell@munz.orgn.z Ray Fife Assistant National Secretary Mobile: 027 447 5317 Email: ray.fife@munz.org.nz
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