Greens

A safer world means more aid, not more spooks

Green MP Keith Locke says the Government has got its priorities badly wrong, with dramatic budget boosts for intelligence agencies but just a miserly increase in overseas aid.

NZ should challenge US over Schafer detention

Green MP Keith Locke wants answers from the Government over the long detention of a New Zealander, Andreas Schafer, in a US jail in Iraq.

UN human rights watchdog slams NZ on Zaoui detention...

Green MP Keith Locke says the Government should rethink its detention of Ahmed Zaoui in the light of strong criticism from the UN Committee Against Torture.

JustPeace #56

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Denial of Samoans’ rights no way to treat special...

The Green Party is not happy with the Government Administration Committee's refusal to reinstate the right of many Samoans' to New Zealand citizenship.

Police Complaints Authority (Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct)...

The Greens will be supporting this bill, as we did through its previous stages.

Greens reassure Auckland: Eastern Highway won’t happen

Auckland Green MP Keith Locke has accused John Banks and Barry Curtis of misleading the public over the proposed Eastern Highway.

Visiting Forces Bill – Second Reading

The Green Party is supporting this bill, which deals with practical matters of how visiting forces to our country, or our forces going to other countries, conduct their affairs, and have a degree of a

Abuse and Basra battle mean its ‘time up’ for...

The Green Party says the Government cannot ignore the fighting in Basra and the ongoing scandal over the abuse of prisoners and must pull New Zealand's troops out of Iraq.