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Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill (no. 2)

This is a shameful bill that shows the inconsistency in the Government's talk about human rights. The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is in the middle of a review of the Terrorism Supp

Terrorism Suppression Amendment Bill (no. 2)

The Green Party would like to say at the outset that, of course, all the parties in the House are united to fight terrorism in the most effective way and we should have appropriate laws for that.

Prisoners’ and Victims’ Claims Bill

I rise on behalf of the Green Party to explain why we will be voting for this bill. I think at the heart of it is that we support human rights.

In Support of PointSeven

The Green Party is 100% behind this petition. It is simply not good enough that our Overseas Development Assistance is still down at 0.24% of GNI. There is no excuse for the Labour government si

Police 111 system

The Green Party is pleased to speak in this debate, because this is a very bad situation.

Appropriations – Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Audit Office and Ombudsmen

The Greens are supporting this report about the alterations to the appropriations for Audit New Zealand, the Ombudsmen and the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

Citizenship Amendment Bill (No 2) and Passports Amendment Bill (No 2) – Third Reading

(Split during Committee stages - were Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill at First and Second Readi

Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill – Second Reading

Members have probably read the minority report put forward by Matt Robson and myself.

Public Records Bill – Third Reading

The Green Party is supporting this bill as a step forward towards making the deposit of public records in the National Archives more systematic and comprehensive.