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.
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.
This Bill is concerning because it extends state search and surveillance powers beyond Police and intelligence agencies to an array of other state agencies.
Radio New Zealand has had its funding level frozen by the Key Government. Join Green MP Keith Locke and Labour MP Jacinda Ardern to discuss what this will mean and how to safeguard Radio New Zealand's future.Speakers: Keith Locke, Jacinda Ardern, Dr Joe Atkinson (Senior Lecturer in Political Studies) and Chris Trotter (media/political commentator) For more details contact:Lucy Hawcroft 09 302 0167Barbara Ward 09 360 1641
The Search and Surveillance Bill currently before Parliament is a serious threat to civil liberties in New Zealand. It broadly increases the powers of the police and other government agencies to monitor, search and detain individuals for minor and nonexistent infringements.
Keith Locke will join other speakers to discuss the trial of the activists who deflated a dome at the US spybase at Waihopai, what the spy base is, and what it's doing in New Zealand.