There has been a wall of silence around the operations of the satellite communications interception station at Waihopai, near Blenheim, since it was built in 1988.
This secrecy must end.
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Land Transport New Zealand should hold off enforcing the sex offender section of the new passenger license law until the needed amendments are in place in a month or so, Green Party Associate Transport Spokesperson Keith Locke says.
How a spy report came to be released with David Lange's papers should not get in the way of a serious public debate over its contents, Green Party Security and Intelligence Spokesperson Keith Locke says.
The cases of bus and taxi drivers losing their licenses for long-past minor sexual offences is exactly what the Green Party warned would happen when the new land transport law was being debated last year.
The Green Party welcomes the up-to-$600 million Government funding package for Auckland's rail network announced today, but is disappointed it doesn't include electrification, Auckland Transport Spokesperson Keith Locke says.
New Zealand should immediately suspend the transfer of data intercepted by the Waihopai spy base to the US National Security Agency following revelations it could be being used for illegal purposes.
The Green Party will be supporting this bill. We want to remove any corruption that takes place in terms of people who make a business of assisting migrants.