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KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party would like to speak on this motion, because I think that the Supplementary Order Paper it deals with — Supplementary Order Paper 106 — brings

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.

Green Party Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke and Act New Zealand leader Rodney Hide are disturbed by media rumours that Sports Minister Trevor Mallard is asking the Cabinet for more time to pursue the waterfront stadium.

The Green Party today applauded the legal challenge to the rushed decision-making process for the waterfront stadium, and welcomed the sympathy being expressed for the plaintiffs by one of the targets of the litigation, the Auckland Regional Council.

While it did not grant the plaintiffs an interim injunction the court judgement agreed that the plaintiffs had merit in their claims, Auckland-based Green Party MP Keith Locke says.

The new waterfront stadium announced by the Government today will be a blot on the seascape, Green Party Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

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

Sport and Recreation New Zealand's new high performance funding strategy has been criticised by Green Party Sport Spokesperson Keith Locke for not properly funding high performance in mass participation sports.