Tag: Constitutional Issues

Green MP Keith Locke today launched a member’s bill to strengthen New Zealand’s Bill of Rights Act.

Keith Locke introduces his Private Member's Bill, and responds to other Members' speeches.

The Head of State Referenda Bill - pulled today from the Parliamentary Private Members’ bill ballot - will hopefully spark a national debate on our constitutional future, said Green MP Keith Locke.

The National-led Government’s poor political process jeopardised a critical law change on sex crimes, the Green Party said today.

First, I would like to thank Rodney for his invitation to speak to you today. To some it might seem unusual that a Green MP is speaking at your conference, given that our political philosophies, ta

The Greens will be supporting this bill to remove the sedition laws from the statute book. Those laws are not consistent with a vibrant democracy or with our New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.

The Government should not give away the right to refuse entry to cricket team representing Mugabe's Zimbabwe when negotiating to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup, according to Green Party Foreign Affairs and Sports Spokesperson Keith Locke.

I am engaged in a campaign to get public support for my the Head of State Referenda Bill, in the first instance to assist its passage at the First Reading in Parliament, so that it can then be considered by the Select Committee.

Are New Zealanders ready to cut royalty adrift and opt for some sort of republican option? Keith Locke explains why we should.