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Keith Locke on the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill – Committee stage – part 1 of 5

KEITH LOCKE (Green): One of the problems we have with discussing this legislation—whether it

Keith Locke on the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill – Committee stage – part 2 of 5

Where are the enemies, where are the terrorists, where are the really bad people that we need to give these extensive powers to the SIS?

Keith Locke on the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill – Committee stage – part 3 of 5

The granting to an agency of a power to take a copy of what is on a person’s hard drive is a power that should not be given lightly

Keith Locke on the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill – Committee stage – part 5 of 5

There are no real accountability mechanisms to either Parliament or the people

Keith Locke on the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill – Committee stage – part 4 of 5

The use of the word “intelligence” is not particularly appropriate to the service

Taxi chats could be dangerous

After a long week in Parliament I often have a pleasant chat with the taxi driver taking me to the airport. So I was disturbed Read More

Auckland Burmese celebrate democracy leader’s 66th birthday

Yesterday I spoke at an Auckland celebration of the 66th birthday of Burmese democracy leader (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) Aung San Suu Kyi. She Read More

Keith Locke on the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill – second reading

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The major reason the Greens are not supporting this bill is that we do n

Campaign for Fiji democracy throws up unlikely bedfellows

New Zealanders who support a return to democracy in Fiji are divided whether Tevita Mara, a former Fiji army chief, now a critic of the Read More