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

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Join Us

Bring your workmates. Bring your whānau.

Find your nearest event below (more locations will be added):

Whangarei | Laurie Hall Park12-1pm1 May

Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland Myers Park12-1pm1 May

Manukau | South Auckland Manukau Plaza12-1pm1 May

Kirikiriroa | Hamilton Civic Square(behind Garden Place)1-2pm1 May

Ngāmotu | New Plymouth Huatoki Plaza12-1pm1 May

Tauranga 199 Cameron Road121 May

Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | Gisborne Heipipi Park12-1pm1 May

Ahuriri | Napier Market St  12-1pm1 May

Heretaunga | Hastings Albert Square12-1pm1 May

Te Papa-I-Oea | Palmerston North Arena 512-1pm1 May

Whakaoriori | Masterton Queen Elizabeth Park11.30-1.30pm2 May

Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington Newtown School to Hospital 7am 1 May & Cuba Mall 12-1pm 1 May

Whakatū | Nelson 1903 Square12-1pm1 May

Blackball Blackball Hotel, Debate and Dinner 4pm2 May

Ōtautahi | Christchurch Addington Raceway12-1pm1 May & Bridge of Remembrance1-2pm1 May

Ōtepoti | Dunedin Union Hall Otago University12.30-1.30pm1 May

Waihōpi | Invercargill Southland Stadium1-2pm1 May