Tag: Human Rights

Green MP, Keith Locke says the continued barrage of attacks on the number of refugees taken in by New Zealand is a shameful indictment on the xenophobia and heartlessness of some politicians.

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Green MP Keith Locke says the Government has dodged the key immigration issues in its response to the petition to Parliament on the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982.

Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the Government's decision to axe proposed retrospective legislation that could have forced migrants about to be granted New Zealand citizenship to wait for an extra two years.

On behalf of the Green Party, I would like to endorse what the previous speakers have said, and express our absolute repugnance at the desecration of Jewish graves in Makara and in Wellington. We s

The Green Party has condemned the desecration of over 90 graves and the torching of the Jewish chapel at Wellington's Makara cemetery as an outrage and unacceptable in a country that prides itself on tolerance and respect for all communities.

Green MP Keith Locke has accused the Immigration Service of not upholding the right of free speech in its refusal to allow David Irving into the country.

Sue Kedgley on Behalf of Keith Locke: I am delivering this speech on behalf of the Green Party spokesperson on human rights, Keith Locke. He prepared this speech but he is unable to be here.