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Greens urge Government to buy back the tracks

Auckland Green MP, Keith Locke has welcomed the government's purchase of the Auckland rail corridor, but said today that the onus remains on the Government to buy back the whole New Zealand rail network.

Missiles way off target

Green Party defence spokesperson Keith Locke is questioning Defence Force priorities, in the wake of revelations that more money will have to be spent to make a $23 million missile system useable.

Birch report an attack on public transport, environment

Auckland Green MP Keith Locke today slammed the Birch report on Auckland City Council spending as "extreme New Right".

Will Goff help the Palestinians?

Green MP Keith Locke is inviting Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff to speak out against Israel's assault on the Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority.

Greens support inquiry into massacre

Reports that virtually all the Taliban prisoners held in the Qala-i-Jhangi jail in northern Afghanistan have been killed demand independent investigation, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesman Keith Locke said today.

Terror rules go too far

The Government's new "dob-in-a-terrorist" regulations go beyond present security requirements, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Keith Locke said today.

New Zealand must have no part in massacre

Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke said today our SAS troops should be pulled out of Afghanistan to stop New Zealand being involvedt in an imminent massacre of troops in the northern city of Kunduz.

Greens urge public to have say on terrorism bill

Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke today urged all New Zealanders to take advantage of the opening of submissions on the Government's terrorism bill to the public.

Anti-Terrorism Bill opened up to public fresh air

Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the decision of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee to open up new provisions in the Terrorism (Bombings and Financing) Bill to public submissions.