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MPs should investigate Hager’s claims about Defence

Nicky Hager’s latest book, Other People’s Wars, should prompt a parliamentary review of our Defence and Intelligence relations with the United States, Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Sue and Keith: 12 years campaigning from Parliament

At the 2011 election, Sue Kedgley and Keith Locke, lifelong campaigners and two of our longest standing Green MPs, will be standing down after 12 years in Parliament.

Fishing inquiry needs to hear first-hand evidence of affected seafarers

The announcement of a panel and terms of reference for an inquiry into the conditions on foreign charter vessels operating in New Zealand waters is good news, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Locke welcomes Smith-Voorkamp charges being dropped

The Police decision to drop charges against Cornelius Arie Smith-Voorkamp is a welcome move, Green Party human rights spokesperson Keith Locke, said today.

Keith Locke on the Policing (Storage of Youth Particulars) Amendment Bill – Committee Stage

National and Labour are using the fact that there was not a lot of debate about this provision when the Policing Act went through in 2008—in fact, there was no debate about this provision—to say that somehow the intention of the legislation is the way they want it: that particulars could be kept by the police of basically the whole range of people involved in youth offending who have come before the Youth Court.

Keith Locke on the Policing (Storage of Youth Identifying Particulars) Amendment Bill – first reading

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party disagrees very strongly with the previous speakers on th

Police and SIS must publish report on spying allegations

The New Zealand Police and SIS must make public their assessment of whether Mossad agents have been operating in New Zealand, and whether security has been compromised, Green Party Police spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Keith Locke on the Tamil asylum seekers – general debate speech

refugees starting a new life in New Zealand are highly motivated to achieve and to have their kids achieve

Key’s refugee scaremongering bad for New Zealand’s race relations

John Key’s scaremongering about boat people flooding into the country damages New Zealand’s race relations, Green Party immigration spokesperson Keith Locke said today.