Around one hundred people marched in Wellington to mark International Workers'Day and in solidarity with striking JB Hi-Fi worker.

Representatives from the Nurses, Tramways and Maritime unions as well as rank and file members from unions such as the PSA and SFWU marched together up and down Lambton Quay. Peter Hicks, an Australian union singer played two songs, "Solidarity Forever" and "Hold that Line".

CTU President Helen Kelly spoke of the need for retail workers to organise to win collective agreements and told the assembled workers that the CTU unions were behind JB workers 100%.

It was a good day in Wellington with people heading off in high spirits.

More Wellington photos here

In Auckland a lunchtime picket outside JB Hi-Fi's Queen Street store was addressed by Unite Secretary Matt McCarten, Greens Co-leader Meterei Turei and Labour MP Carol Beaumont.

Read more about the JB HiFi strike here.

View TV3's coverage of the strike here