The redeployment of the SAS to Afghanistan will again put New Zealand troops in the midst of the 'War on Terror'. Everyone from Amnesty to the UN has been having a go over the mistreatment of prisoners. How clean are New Zealand's hands on this issue?
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Pacific Big Eye and Yellowfin tuna are overfished by non-Pacific fishers and are now seriously threatened.
Each year in the Pacific
Foreign countries catch over 90% of tuna in the Pacific.
This has a value of US $3 billion a year.
Only $0.15 billion of this stays in Pacific mostly through processing.
High tech large ships can catch as much fish in two days as a small Pacific nation can in a year.
What can we do?
Metiria and Keith are currently running a campaign to pressure the New Zealand Government to actively support and enable Pacific Island Nations. A copy of the petition can be downloaded from: www.greens.org.nz/conservation/tunapetition
How much is our freedom being eroded in the name of 'security'?
How close are we to a surveillance society?; Is the 'war on terror' to blame?
Speakers include: Keith Locke, MP; Tim Mc Bride: Devonport CB member, civil rights advocate, author, commentator, lawyer & lecturer and Pieter Watson, North Shore Green Party candidate
14.12.2000 KEITH LOCKE* says serious privacy issues arise from proposed laws that would allow police to intercept e-mails. Legislation allowing police to intercept e-mails and hack into computers is before a parliamentary select committee.