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Locke asks Govt to lobby US over transit fingerprinting

Green MP Keith Locke is asking the Government to lobby US authorities to drop the fingerprinting and photographing of Air New Zealand's transit passengers.

Locke to learn from ‘peacemaking superpower’

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is travelling to Norway to learn more about that country's highly effective international peacemaking work.

Brutal mistreatment of prisoners cannot be ignored

Green MP Keith Locke says threats by the Justice Minister to appeal compensation awarded to five prisoners for severe mistreatment send the message that prisoners have no human rights and 'deserve' whatever brutality they encounter in jail.

Spy-watchers neglect their duties

Green MP Keith Locke has revealed that the high-powered Parliamentary committee charged with monitoring the country's intelligence services has met for a total of just three and a half hours over the past two years.

Govt succumbs to Aussie pressure on citizenship rules

Green MP Keith Locke said today that the Government's decision to cancel automatic citizenship for babies born in New Zealand is a capitulation to Australian pressure.

Greens back public call for overseas aid

The Green Party says the Government should take note of the public's overwhelming support for aid to struggling nations and it should raise New Zealand's miserly current contribution.

NZ should join Asian protests against Australian missiles

Green MP Keith Locke wants New Zealand to join Indonesia in protesting Australia's plan to purchase long-range cruise missiles.

Politicians without a heart attack people without a home

Green MP, Keith Locke says the continued barrage of attacks on the number of refugees taken in by New Zealand is a shameful indictment on the xenophobia and heartlessness of some politicians.

Split vote will undermine Auckland mayoral mandate

Green MP Keith Locke says Dick Hubbard's entry into the Auckland mayoral race shows the need for an STV voting system in the city.