Gareth Hughes, Green Party transport spokeperson and Keith Locke, Auckland MP invite you to join us at the launch of a new Green transport campaign: Fast-Track the CBD Rail Loop.Speakers at the launch will include Len Brown, Mayor of Manukau City, Christine Rose, Auckland Regional Councillor and Alex Swney, CEO of Heart of the City and a spokesperson for the Campaign for Better Transport.The CBD rail loop is a crucial project which will unlock the capacity of Auckland's public transport system allowing more frequent and reliable rail services across the region, making it possible to build rail to the airport and North Shore in future, and revitalising the Auckland CBD.
Tuesday 28th October
Support Green MP Keith Locke in the Maxim Institute political debate.
Open to all members of the public.
Venue: Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Road, Greenlane
Start time 7.30pm
On the third anniversary of the 2007 “Anti-Terrorism Raids, Keith Locke – Green MP is coming to Dunedin to deliver a speech on the Search and Surveillance Bill legislation which is currently being considered by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. This Bill is concerning because it extends state search and surveillance powers beyond Police and intelligence age ncies to an array of other state agencies.
Keith Locke's letter to John Key, urging him to engage with the issue of the human rights crisis in Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on 27 to 29 November 2009 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Pity the British Royal Family. A few centuries ago they could indulge their sexual peccadillos and eccentric pomposity in total privacy. Now what do we have? Tabloid journalists posing as footmen in Buckingham Palace.