May Day 2026
This May Day (1 May), workers and their unions across Aotearoa are standing together to commit to a strong union movement, full employment, high wages, and decent lives for all founded on Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Times are tough for working people and their whānau. The National-led Government is one of the most anti-worker Governments we've seen in decades. They're making deliberate decisions that have led to ever rising costs and a massive transfer of wealth to the those who need it least.
Why We’re Taking Action
When things get tougher, we don’t stay quiet. We come together.
This May Day, we’ll be hosting hui across the country to fight back against the Government’s ongoing attacks on workers’ rights. When working people unite and fight back against anti-worker policies, we create change and transform society for the better.
When we fight back together, we win.
What’s Happening
Across the motu, workers will gather to demand:
- Enrollment drives
- More money in workers’ pockets: restore pay equity and Fair Pay Agreements
- Good jobs for all and a system that backs workers
- Public services that work and power we can afford
- Make the rich pay their fair share
Join Us
Bring your workmates. Bring your whānau.
Find your nearest event below (more locations will be added):
| Whangarei | Laurie Hall Park | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland | UPDATED: The Y Auckland City 149 Greys Ave |
12-1pm | 1 May |
| Manukau | South Auckland | Manukau Plaza | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Kirikiriroa | Hamilton | Civic Square(behind Garden Place) | 1-2pm | 1 May |
| Ngāmotu | New Plymouth | Huatoki Plaza | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Tauranga | 199 Cameron Road | 12 | 1 May |
| Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | Gisborne | Heipipi Park | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Ahuriri | Napier | Market St | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Heretaunga | Hastings | Albert Square | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Te Papa-I-Oea | Palmerston North | Arena 5 | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Whakaoriori | Masterton | Queen Elizabeth Park | 11.30-1.30pm | 2 May |
| Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington | Newtown School to Hospital | 7am | 1 May |
| Cuba Mall (opposite Left Bank) | 12-1pm | 1 May | |
| Whakatū | Nelson | 1903 Square | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Blackball | Blackball Hotel, Debate and Dinner | 4pm | 2 May |
| Ōtautahi | Christchurch | Addington Raceway | 12-1pm | 1 May |
| Bridge of Remembrance | 1-2pm | 1 May | |
| Ōtepoti | Dunedin | Union Hall Otago University | 12.30-1.30pm | 1 May |
| Waihōpi | Invercargill | Southland Stadium | 1-2pm | 1 May |
Want to have a solidarity event in your area?
Are you interested at hosting a Fight Back Together Maranga Ake event at your workplace/local area? Please email [email protected] and we can help you out.
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