The Green Party is urging the Government to announce a programme to increase New Zealand's aid in recognition of the upcoming UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals.
New checking mechanisms are needed to prevent New Zealand companies from exporting technology that ends up being used by military forces in unjust wars, Green Defence and Disarmament Spokesperson Keith Locke says.
Green MP Keith Locke will travel to Tonga tonight to lend support to the movement for democratic reform there, which is currently focused around a month-long civil servants' strike.
Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke has criticised international mall company Westfield for preventing voter enrolment officers from setting up stalls in their shopping complexes.
The Greens are applauding draft plans to extend and electrify the Auckland train network and are proposing a postponement of some motorway developments to pay for it.