Tag: Global Affairs
Afghans need aid, not SAS
New Zealand's SAS contingent should be withdrawn from Afghanistan following the American bombing of a wedding party, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
Government should come to party over terrorism insurance
Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke wants the Government to help lower insurance rates with cover for terrorist events.
Letter to US Ambassador
Open letter to the United States Embassy in Wellington, delivered today by Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Keith Locke.
Dalziel deceiving public over refugee detentions – Locke
Green Immigration spokesperson Keith Locke has called on Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel to release those asylum seekers currently detained in New Zealand, following a High Court decision on Friday.
New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill
The Greens have been attacked for bringing this bill forward because it is supposedly against international law.
Speech on the Dalai Lama’s Visit to NZ
KEITH LOCKE MP (Green Party):
Yesterday Parliament had the pleasure of welcoming the Dalai Lama to this house, and we greeted him in the gallery here.
Budget’s anti-terrorism spending not the answer to global problems
The Greens see almost no new spending in this budget to address the major global problems, such as the growing gap between the very rich and the very poor on our planet, or the huge differences in wea
Criticism of Terrorism Bill secrecy justified
Green MP Keith Locke has backed Professor Jane Kelsey's exposure of an earlier, harsher, version of the anti-terrorism bill currently before Parliament.
Greens warn against joining trilateral military talks
Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke today warned against New Zealand joining the trilateral military talks between Japan, Australia and America announced yesterday.