The Border Security Bill causes the Greens serious concern, but we will be supporting it to the select committee stage.
For a start, we should be up front about why this bill is before us.
Green MP Keith Locke wants the Government to re-think its commitment of army engineers to Iraq in the light of British government misleading portrayal of their role.
The Greens will be voting against this bill because, although it has many good provisions in it, at the same time it seriously undermines our civil liberties by giving to the police, the Security Inte
Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said New Zealand should encourage the Fiji government to abide by the Fijian Supreme Court's decision today that the Labour Party is entitled to be part of the Qarase government
The New Zealand Government must speak out against alleged widespread human rights abuses committed by the US-led occupation force in Iraq, Green MP Keith Locke said today.
The Green Party will be supporting this bill. It is important that the International Criminal Court - a very important international institution - is able to function freely, without any restraints on the judges, witnesses, and others who are granted immunity under the provisions of this bill.