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The Climate Change Response Bill (Second Reading) and the Bill of Rights

The Green Party rises to support this bill. It is very important to establish the mechanisms in this bill to enable New Zealand to implement its commitments to the Kyoto Protocol.

What we have to do to combat terrorism is ask the ‘why’ question.

This has been rather a strange debate. I think people in the future looking back at Hansard will puzzle a little bit.

Terrorism Suppression Bill attacks civil liberties

The Green Party considers this bill to be the biggest attack on our civil liberties for many years.

International Treaties Bill

I am presenting on behalf of my colleague Keith Locke.

Snap Debate – Iraq

The Green Party rises to support the New Zealand Government's decision to send people as apart of a weapons inspection team to Iraq.

Fisheries (Foreign Fishing Crew) Amendment Bill

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party will be voting for this stage of the bill, as it has for the previous stages of the bill.

Address in Reply

The Labour government is clearly embarrassed by its participation in the war in Afghanistan.

Speech notes from launch of Green transport policy

Note: At the Policy Launch, Co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons and Transport spokesperson Sue Kedgley spoke on the national policy, while Keith Locke made the following comments on the Auckland situatio

New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill

The Greens have been attacked for bringing this bill forward because it is supposedly against international law.