Tag: Pacific Island Issues

Some of the 43 West Papuan boat people imprisoned in an Australian detention camp after a perilous sea journey to escape persecution in their homeland should be offered the chance of new homes in New Zealand, the Green Party says.

Keith is in Tonga over the next couple of days, as pro-democracy strikes escalate. frog spoke to him about why he's there, what he's doing, and what's happening. The interview is here (mp3, 8.45 mins, 1.0MB).

Green MP Keith Locke will travel to Tonga tonight to lend support to the movement for democratic reform there, which is currently focused around a month-long civil servants' strike.

The Green Party is urging the Government to give serious consideration to the idea of a 'Pacific passport' floated by visiting French Polynesia President Oscar Temaru.

Green MP Keith Locke returned today from a three-day trip to West Papua conveying a request from Papuan leaders that New Zealand champion their cause at the Pacific Islands Forum.

Go to the JustPeace Campaign Page

First I would like to pay tribute to David Robie, the author of Mekim Nius: South Pacific Media, Politics and Educ

The Green Party says the Government should take note of the public's overwhelming support for aid to struggling nations and it should raise New Zealand's miserly current contribution.

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.