Marton - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:38:37 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Marton - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Samoan choir singing in Marton on Sunday https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/12/18/79914-choir-from-samoa/ Thu, 17 Dec 2015 16:01:06 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=79914

A Samoan choir will be singing at Mass in a village in New Zealand this Sunday. The parish of St Francis Xavier in Marton will be hosting a choir from the village of Vaiusu near Apia. Organiser Faio Iern, who conducts the choir at St Francis Xavier in Marton, said the choir from Vaiusu would also Read more

Samoan choir singing in Marton on Sunday... Read more]]> A Samoan choir will be singing at Mass in a village in New Zealand this Sunday.

The parish of St Francis Xavier in Marton will be hosting a choir from the village of Vaiusu near Apia.

Organiser Faio Iern, who conducts the choir at St Francis Xavier in Marton, said the choir from Vaiusu would also be singing in Mangere on Monday.

"They are here to raise funds to have a PA system in their church back in Samoa," he said.

Many of the choir members were relatives, he added.

"They will be staying with all of us here in this area. We are so looking forward to seeing them and hearing them sing because they are a very good choir."

"We hope we can fill the church because these people are very beautiful to listen to," Iern said.

The visitors will sing gospel and Samoan songs and be dressed in a traditional costume.

Have a listen to the choir

There is a large community of Samoan people in Marton.

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Samoan choir singing in Marton on Sunday]]> 79914 ANZCO CMP dispute - Samoan are not slaves says MP https://cathnews.co.nz/2011/12/13/anzco-cmp-dispute-samoan-are-not-slaves-says-mp/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:30:33 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=18161

Samoans are not slaves says outspoken Member of Samoan Parliament, Levaopolo Talatonu. His comments follow claims that workers from Samoa were allegedly threatened with deportation by the ANZCO CMP Rangitikei meat processing company. Levaopolo says people must be careful and advises against signing individual contacts if there is no agreement under the initial working contract Read more

ANZCO CMP dispute - Samoan are not slaves says MP... Read more]]> Samoans are not slaves says outspoken Member of Samoan Parliament, Levaopolo Talatonu. His comments follow claims that workers from Samoa were allegedly threatened with deportation by the ANZCO CMP Rangitikei meat processing company.

Levaopolo says people must be careful and advises against signing individual contacts if there is no agreement under the initial working contract to do so.

ANZCO CMP has denied allegations that Samoan workers at the processing plant near Marton were coerced to believe they had to leave New Zealand, if they didn't sign new contracts.

Last week The Pacific People's Advisory Council for Auckland City said it hopes a New Zealand meat processor is not trying to exploit workers from Samoa.

ANZCO CMP, which has been in talks since April to negotiate a new collective agreement to replace the one that expired in September, is are now recruiting new workers from Samoa while over 100 workers remain in their seventh week of a lockout because of the industrial dispute.

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ANZCO CMP dispute - Samoan are not slaves says MP]]> 18161 ANZCO workers locked out - chairman receives an award https://cathnews.co.nz/2011/11/25/anzco-workers-locked-out-chairman-receives-an-award/ Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:30:59 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=16749

ANZCO workers locked out of their Marton plant since October 19 for say they are determined to continue their opposition to proposed pay cuts of up to 20 per cent, shift changes and reductions in allowances. Negotiations between the union and the company began in April. Sir Graeme Harrison, founder and chairman of ANZCO, recently received a Welly award in the Read more

ANZCO workers locked out - chairman receives an award... Read more]]> ANZCO workers locked out of their Marton plant since October 19 for say they are determined to continue their opposition to proposed pay cuts of up to 20 per cent, shift changes and reductions in allowances. Negotiations between the union and the company began in April.

Sir Graeme Harrison, founder and chairman of ANZCO, recently received a Welly award in the business section. The Wellingtonian of the Year Awards, (Welly Awards) are described as "a celebration of the many great individuals across all sectors of the community who make our region such an exciting and vibrant place in which to live and work."

ANZCO is a private "New Zealand" company jointly owned by two Japanese companies: Itoham Food Inc and Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd, and the directors and management of ANZCO Foods Ltd. Each shareholder group individually owns more than 25% of the company.

ANZCO has an annual sales of over $NZ1 billion and employs 2,500 people on 10 production sites in New Zealand and a network of sales and marketing offices in Japan, Taiwan, North America, United Kingdom, Belgium and New Zealand. It is the primary supplier of burger patties for McDonald's outlets across the country.

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