Tag: Justice
Estimates Debate – Police
Firstly, I want to praise the police for tracking down and trapping those Israeli Mossad agents who were trying to obtain fraudulent New Zealand passports and undermine our sovereignty.
Flag burning law must be extinguished
Green MP Keith Locke is calling for the Government to repeal the flag protection law, following Friday's overturning of an activist's conviction for burning a New Zealand flag at a protest against Australian Prime Minister John Howard last
Police Complaints Authority (Conditional Name Protection) Amendment Bill – 2nd Reading
On behalf of the Green Party, I would like to endorse what the previous speaker said.
Police-migrant relations will suffer with roadside checks
The Green Party voiced concern today that roadside immigration checks will sour relations between police and the migrant community.
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.
UN human rights watchdog slams NZ on Zaoui detention law
Green MP Keith Locke says the Government should rethink its detention of Ahmed Zaoui in the light of strong criticism from the UN Committee Against Torture.
Police Complaints Authority (Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct) Amendment Bill
The Greens will be supporting this bill, as we did through its previous stages.
Visiting Forces Bill – Second Reading
The Green Party is supporting this bill, which deals with practical matters of how visiting forces to our country, or our forces going to other countries, conduct their affairs, and have a degree of a