News that a prison inmate witness had retracted evidence against Scott Watson showed the danger of using secret cell-mate witnesses, Green Party Police Spokesperson Keith Locke MP said today.
Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the Pacific Islands Forum call for dialogue between Indonesia and pro-independence groups over the future of West Papua.
Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke believes Indonesian military officials have been pressured to cancel their attendance at two seminars in New Zealand next month.
West Papua leader John Ondawame is arriving in New Zealand on Saturday at a time when his people are suffering in violent clashes with Indonesian authorities.
There are more questions than answers over why heart surgery waiting lists are growing in Auckland, and what authorities are really doing about it, Auckland Green MP Keith Locke said today.
Yesterday's deportation of a Filipino family was an ominous precedent for thousands of overstayer families who do not qualify for the government's recently announced amnesty, Green MP Keith Locke said today.
A Green Party bill drawn from the member's ballot today will put the heat on the government to put more international treaties to a parliamentary vote.
Green Party Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the amnesty for some long-term overstayers, but says the coverage should have been broader.