Tag: Pacific Island Issues
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.
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.
Denial of Samoans’ rights no way to treat special friends
The Green Party is not happy with the Government Administration Committee's refusal to reinstate the right of many Samoans' to New Zealand citizenship.
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.
Crimes and Misconduct (Overseas Operations) Bill
I rise on behalf of the Green Party to support this bill and its purpose. It was motivated by the commitment to the Solomon Islands.
Greens urge Government to take more asylum seekers
Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the government's decision to take another group of the asylum seekers presently interred on Nauru but is challenging New Zealanders to open their hearts to more.
No holiday on Nauru
Green MP Keith Locke is asking the Labour government to stop dodging the hard moral question and to state publicly that it will accept some of the asylum-seekers interned on Nauru.