The final report of Tonga’s Constitutional and Electoral Commission recommending a democratic form of Parliament for Tonga is welcome news, said Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke.
Green Party MP Keith Locke explains what it meant for him to have hosted Uighur human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer. Keith points out that- more often than not - the media in New Zealand are only interested in reporting about free trade agreements with China and ignore the human rights problems that exist in that country.
The Head of State Referenda Bill - pulled today from the Parliamentary Private Members’ bill ballot - will hopefully spark a national debate on our constitutional future, said Green MP Keith Locke.
Human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer will visit New Zealand from October 12 to 15 and will be hosted by Green Party MP Keith Locke. She will be speaking at public meetings, visiting Parliament to meet MPs, and talking with other interested people and organisations.
While the powerful road transport lobby will welcome today’s announcement of a $1.4 billion mixed surface and tunnel option for the Waterview motorway connection, Waterview School pupils, parents and other residents will be much less happy as many homes, parks and archaeological sites are under threat.
Building ever more motorways is a 1950s solution that doesn’t recognise modern problems like climate change and rising petrol prices
4. KEITH LOCKE (Green) to the Minister of Transport: Is he confident that at least part of Aucklands electric rail system will be rolling in time to help move the 75,000 international visitors and countless Kiwi fans expected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup? House of Representatives, 25 August 2009.