Yearly Archives: 2002

Letter to US Ambassador

Open letter to the United States Embassy in Wellington, delivered today by Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Keith Locke.

Council sells-out pensioners

Today's decision by the Auckland City Council to proceed with the sell-off of pensioner and other council housing is a betrayal of the trust placed in their elected representatives by the people of Auckland, Green MP Keith Locke said today.

Government should come to party over terrorism insurance

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke wants the Government to help lower insurance rates with cover for terrorist events.

Release asylum seekers now!

Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has called for the immediate release of detained asylum seekers, following a High Court decision that most of them are illegally held.

Greens raise a glass to mourn last clean water

Auckland Green MP Keith Locke and a number of Green candidates will today raise a glass to mourn the passing of Auckland's own clean water system.

Afghans need aid, not SAS

New Zealand's SAS contingent should be withdrawn from Afghanistan following the American bombing of a wedding party, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Speech notes from launch of Green transport policy

Note: At the Policy Launch, Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons and Transport spokesperson Sue Kedgley spoke on the national policy, while Keith Locke made the following comments on the Auckland situatio

Greens support action on Zimbabwe

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is backing Prime Minister Helen Clark's call for stronger action against the Mugabe regime.

Keeping West Papua on the agenda

Green MP Keith Locke wants Prime Minister Helen Clark to push for a fact-finding mission to West Papua at the Pacific Islands Forum this weekend.