Yearly Archives: 2001

Greens message to Israeli delegation: peace to the West...

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke today called on a Parliamentary delegation from Israel to take the road of peace and urge their government to stop military attacks in the West Bank and Gaza.

Greens support New Zealand taking refugees from Tampa

Green Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has backed Helen Clark's offer to take some of the asylum seekers stranded on the ship Tampa off Christmas Island.

Opportunity missed to extend New Zealand’s nuclear free zone

Green Party Disarmament Spokesperson Keith Locke is disappointed a parliamentary select committee has rejected a Green Party bill seeking to extend New Zealand's nuclear free zone.

Australian & NZ Greens ask Australia to take some...

Australian and NZ Greens ask Australia to take some of Afghan refugees The following is a joint statement by Australian Green Senator Bob Brown and New Zealand Green MP and Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke : We are a part of the community of nat

NZ needs to continue diplomatic pressure on Fiji

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke wants the Government to continue to promote multi-racial solutions in Fiji.

Go ahead for State Highway 20 undermines rapid rail

Auckland Green MP Keith Locke today criticised Transport Minister Mark Gosche's approval to building of a $142 million motorway through Mt Roskill.

Aid should not be a hostage of trade

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is backing a proposal to deliver New Zealand's foreign aid through an autonomous agency separate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).

New Zealand should welcome Melbourne Court decision on Afghans

Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed a Melbourne judge's direction to land the asylum seekers from the Tampa on Australian territory.

Justice, not vengeance, must be sought

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today a US military assault on a country such as Afghanistan may incite more violence and destruction.