The redeployment of the SAS to Afghanistan will again put New Zealand troops in the midst of the 'War on Terror'. Everyone from Amnesty to the UN has been having a go over the mistreatment of prisoners. How clean are New Zealand's hands on this issue?
Keith participates on the political panel which is part of the new entertaining and thought provoking show 'Back Benchers'. The show screens on Chanel 7 at 9.10 on Wednesdays. Or even better, you can come down and watch it live!
The Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill may be rushed through Parliament before Christmas despite being panned by most submitters to the Government Administration Select Committee.
Come and support Keith Locke MP & Sue Kedgley MP at the Standing Up for Poverty Event - 17 October 11.30am, Civic Square, Wellington
Visit the website to find out more: www.standagainstpoverty.org
Asia and Pacific members of the Greens are committed to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the peaceful resolution of the nuclear problem.
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Pacific Big Eye and Yellowfin tuna are overfished by non-Pacific fishers and are now seriously threatened.
Each year in the Pacific
Foreign countries catch over 90% of tuna in the Pacific.
This has a value of US $3 billion a year.
Only $0.15 billion of this stays in Pacific mostly through processing.
High tech large ships can catch as much fish in two days as a small Pacific nation can in a year.
What can we do?
Metiria and Keith are currently running a campaign to pressure the New Zealand Government to actively support and enable Pacific Island Nations. A copy of the petition can be downloaded from: www.greens.org.nz/conservation/tunapetition
Citizen A: With Martyn Bradbury, Keith Locke & Matthew Hooton discuss the following issues: Budget 2013, what should the Government spend money on? How good is John Key’s poker face when dealing the Sky City Convention Centre deal? Was the Aaron Gilmore fiasco an engineered distraction?