Craig Harrison: Time to listen to the port workers on the frontline
7 Apr, 2021 11:12 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
NZ Herald
The Ports of Auckland has been in the news recently, for all the wrong reasons.
Senior Māori and union leaders say the Ports of Auckland boss needs to quit, and should leave the role without a payout.
Independent Māori Statutory Board deputy chair Tau Henare, former Labour Party and union official Shane Te Pou and First Union general secretary Robert Reid renewed their calls as they delivered a letter to Tony Gibson on Thursday, urging him to step down in the wake of a scathing review into health and safety at the port.
In recent years there have been three fatalities at the port. In 2020 Pala amo Kalati was crushed to death, while in 2018 Laboom Dyer died after the straddle carrier he was driving fell over, and in 2017 member of the public Leslie Gelberger was killed by a port vessel while swimming.
Worker injured at Ports of Auckland two days after damning report on safety concerns
6 Apr, 2021 07:09 AM
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A Ports of Auckland stevedore fell six feet through a rusted hatch on a ship on Thursday. Photo / Michael Craig
A Ports of Auckland stevedore fell six feet through a rusted hatch on a ship on Thursday. Photo / Michael Craig
RNZ
By Nita Blake-Persen of RNZ
An ambulance was called to treat an injured worker at the Ports of Auckland last week - just two days after a damning report revealed widespread safety concerns.
The Ports have been linked to three deaths in recent years and last Tuesday an independent health and safety review found the need for significant improvements.