Yearly Archives: 2006

Green MP Keith Locke is pleased people with minor sex offences won't be totally excluded from driving buses and taxis, but is disappointed the transport and industrial relations select committee had made it more difficult for some other former o

9 March 2006 NEWS NZ FIRST SHOWS IGNORANCE ON ALGERIAN AMNESTY AND ZAOUI Ahmed Zaoui should not be made to return to Algeria in the wake of an amnesty there, despite calls from NZ F

Prime Minister Helen Clark should take the opportunity during her visit to the Philippines this week to help six Filipino parliamentarians accused of rebellion, Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Green MP Keith Locke is calling Parliament's intelligence and security committee a farce after learning it met only once last year.

The release of the Auckland Road Pricing Evaluation Study today has once again highlighted the need for a high quality public transport system in Auckland, Green Party Associate Transport Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Major human rights issues should top the agenda for meetings today with a top United States official, Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Intelligence and Security Committee, in the last Parliament, had the most disgraceful record of any committee in this House.

Green MPs Keith Locke and Nandor Tanczos — based in Auckland and Hamilton respectively — have backed calls for a commuter rail link between the two cities.

News that New Zealand resident Harmeet Sooden has been freed from captivity in Iraq after four months is being greeted with pleasure and relief by the Green Party, according to Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke.