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The Prime Minister should not alter the original timetable for withdrawing New Zealand’s special forces from Afghanistan, Green Party defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

 

New Zealand should not extend its commitment of SAS forces to Afghanistan beyond the planned end date in 2011,  Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

Auckland’s main bike hire operator provides a valuable and cost effective transport service, which Auckland City Council should support,” said Green Party Auckland Transport spokesperson Keith Locke today. Nextbike is being forced to cull its fleet to comply with a city council resource consent about where bicycles can be parked. “It is absurd that Auckland City is forcing Nextbike to reduce the number of bikes available,” said Mr Locke. “Fewer bikes means fewer options for people getting around Auckland.

While the powerful road transport lobby will welcome today’s announcement of a $1.4 billion mixed surface and tunnel option for the Waterview motorway connection, Waterview School pupils, parents and other residents will be much less happy as many homes, parks and archaeological sites are under threat. Building ever more motorways is a 1950s solution that doesn’t recognise modern problems like climate change and rising petrol prices

4. KEITH LOCKE (Green) to the Minister of Transport: Is he confident that at least part of Aucklands electric rail system will be rolling in time to help move the 75,000 international visitors and countless Kiwi fans expected for the 2011 Rugby World Cup? House of Representatives, 25 August 2009.

The Government should stop acting like a sore loser over its waterfront stadium folly, and should agree to meet any financial shortfall involved in readying Eden Park for the 2011 World Cup, Green Party Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Green Party Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke and Act New Zealand leader Rodney Hide have both applauded the Cabinet decision to dump the waterfront stadium and proceed with Eden Park as the venue for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Auckland-based Green Party MP Keith Locke is concerned about the government's lack of consultation over the planned waterfront stadium for Auckland.

9 March 2006 NEWS NZ FIRST SHOWS IGNORANCE ON ALGERIAN AMNESTY AND ZAOUI Ahmed Zaoui should not be made to return to Algeria in the wake of an amnesty there, despite calls from NZ F