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Civil Aviation Amendment Bill (No 2) Third Reading

The Green Party is supporting this legislation, despite its strong objection to the provision for armed air marshals to be on planes.

Civil Aviation Amendment Bill (No 2) Third Reading

The Green Party is supporting this legislation, despite its strong objection to the provision for armed air marshals to be on planes.

China and Cyber Hacking

It is disturbing to see our government so scared of offending the Chinese government, even when its officials are hacking into our government computers. There doesn't seem to be any question t

Immigration Bill First Reading

The Green Party, of course, appreciates that the Government has put a lot of effort into rewriting New Zealand's immigration policy — and a lot of the rewriting is overdue in terms of updat

Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination) Second Reading

KEITH LOCKE (Green): It is somewhat disappointing, after my colleague Sue Bradford put this bill in, and after it got though the first reading and went on to the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee, that the bill has been rather gutted at that committee. It is very much a fifty-fifty sort of bill, a half-hearted bill, in the way it has come back from the select committee.

Speech to Auckland Act Party Conference

First, I would like to thank Rodney for his invitation to speak to you today. To some it might seem unusual that a Green MP is speaking at your conference, given that our political philosophies, ta

Crimes (Repeal of Seditious Offences) Amendment Bill – First Reading

The Greens will be supporting this bill to remove the sedition laws from the statute book. Those laws are not consistent with a vibrant democracy or with our New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.

General Debate – Dalai Lama visit

New Zealand is privileged to have the Dalai Lama visiting our shores next week.

Nuclear-Free Legislation – 20th Anniversary

The Green Party strongly supports this motion.