Yearly Archives: 2010

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party will support the Private Security Personnel and Private Investigators Bill, but we are concerned about the expansion in the number of people who are private investigators or security people. I think a figure was thrown around in one of the earlier debates of about 18,000 people working in this area.

Pressure has been building since March for the UN to set up a Commission of Inquiry into the Burmese regime’s human rights abuses.

Actors Equity and Sir Peter Jackson need to start a dialogue to resolve issues regarding working conditions on the production of The Hobbit, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Today, people around the globe will be putting the slogan ‘Freedom for Vanunu now’ on their Facebook page in response to a call from Israeli Read More

I have no doubt that Sir Peter Jackson is a well-meaning person, with the interests of his workers at heart. But he does need a Read More

Paul Henry still doesn’t seem to understand how his comments yesterday offended more than the Governor-General, Green Party human rights spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Any damages suit taken by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) against the Waihopai Three protesters will be a waste of taxpayer money, Green Party foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

New Zealanders deserve to know what our intelligence operatives are really doing in Afghanistan, Green Party foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

TVNZ needs to reconsider its decision to allow Paul Henry back on screen in a week’s time, Green Party human rights spokesperson Keith Locke said today.