Tag: Pacific Island Issues

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke says the dilly-dallying over aid to the cyclone ravaged Solomons shows the urgent need for coordination among Pacific countries in emergencies.

There has been a good discussion in the House over the stages of this debate, from the second reading, through the Committee stages, to the debate we are having today.

The Green Party will be abstaining on this bill, because on the one hand the Green Party supports the main purpose of the bill, which is to assist bringing to justice those believed to be responsible

Green MP Keith Locke will deliver a protest letter to the Indonesian Embassy this morning over the arrest to two top West Papuan leaders.

Green Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke says Indonesia's navy chief should be told he is not welcome here.

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the Pacific Islands Forum call for dialogue between Indonesia and pro-independence groups over the future of West Papua.

Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke believes Indonesian military officials have been pressured to cancel their attendance at two seminars in New Zealand next month.

West Papua leader John Ondawame is arriving in New Zealand on Saturday at a time when his people are suffering in violent clashes with Indonesian authorities.

Green MP Keith Locke wants New Zealand to advocate Indonesia's exclusion from a naval symposium scheduled to take place in Auckland in early November.