NORMAL WORK RESUMES AT NEW ZEALAND PORTS Normal work has resumed at New Zealand ports as negotiations between harbour board workers and employers continue. Wellington Harbour Board Workers' Union secretary Ross Wilson told reporters talks late yesterday ended with agreement to take unresolved issues before an industrial conciliator. Wilson said the only remaining issue is the length of the union award. The dispute originally was about wage rates and the form of industry negotiations. Cook Strait ferry sailings resumed after Marlborough Harbour Board workers returned to work this morning, ending their industrial action a day early. The Waterside Workers' Federation, which struck for most of last week and held more than one mln tonnes of shipping in ports, meets on Monday and Tuesday in conciliation with the Waterfront Employers' Association. Union Secretary Sam Jennings said: "We've got two days of talks. If it's not all cleaned up by then ... I don't know what will happen."