Tag: Global Affairs
Passport bill undermines New Zealanders’ citizenship rights
Green MP Keith Locke says the Identity (Citizenship and Travel Documents) Bill, tabled in Parliament today, undermines precious citizenship rights.
Stop pregnancy testing our visitors now
The Green Party is demanding a halt to pregnancy testing for visitors to New Zealand following the scandal over a Tongan politician being asked for a test.
Budget Security: Too Much and Not Enough
I want to address whether this Budget will give New Zealanders a greater sense of security. In one sense it will. Significant financial assistance is to go to poorer people to make them feel more secure, and that is good.
Govt using babies as political footballs: Locke
The Green Party wants the Government to withdraw legislation that would take New Zealand citizenship away from babies born to non-resident parents.
Resolution or not, no more troops for Iraq
Green MP Keith Locke has warned against the Government sending more troops to Iraq, following the adoption of the new resolution 1546 by the United Nations Security Council.
A safer world means more aid, not more spooks
Green MP Keith Locke says the Government has got its priorities badly wrong, with dramatic budget boosts for intelligence agencies but just a miserly increase in overseas aid.
NZ should challenge US over Schafer detention
Green MP Keith Locke wants answers from the Government over the long detention of a New Zealander, Andreas Schafer, in a US jail in Iraq.