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Speech to the Close Waihopai rally in Blenheim on 23 January 2010

Speech to the Close Waihopai rally in Blenheim on 23 January 2010 Keith Locke MP 23rd January, 2010 

Bearded Apiata on NZ Army website

There are two (related) debates raging following the decision of the Herald and other newpapers to publish the photo of VC winner Willie Apiata on Read More

Locke welcomes Tamil asylum seeker decision

Green MP Keith Locke has warmly welcomed the Government decision to accept 13 Tamil asylum seekers picked up by the Australian customs boat, Oceanic Viking.

Sleepwalking into a surveillance society: the New Zealand guinea pigs

Up to 265 Government agencies and 48,000 private businesses in the UK will be able to access the register for which Kiwis are among the guinea pigs.

An open letter to Hillary Clinton

Dear Secretary Clinton, The Green Party welcomes you to New Zealand. We are pleased that your administration is engaging with world problems in a more Read More

Google pulls out of China due to human rights violations

In breaking news Google has just announced on their blog that they may very soon close down their operations in China. Why? Because a few Read More

Head of State opinion piece kicks off debate

I received a good New Year present from the Dominion Post when they published my opinion piece on the Head of State Referenda Bill under the title "Hands up for a president of Aotearoa". This has kicked off the debate I had hoped around my Head of State private members bill, which enables Kiwis to choose between keeping the monarch or moving towards a democratically selected head of state.

Cambodia deports Uighers to China – and an uncertain fate.

There has rightly been a big international outcry at Cambodia returning 20 Uigher asylum seekers to China, where have been detained. The deportation, on December Read More

Another twist in the Waterview saga

The latest twist in Auckland’s Waterview motorway saga is that more of it will go underground and less houses will be threatened. The New Zealand Read More