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Privacy inquiry irrelevant – Greens call for independent inquiry into Smith

21 Mar 2012 | Press Release | Kevin Hague MP

The Prime Minister must stop hiding behind the Privacy Commissioner's inquiry into a mass leak of ACC claimant details and order an independent inquiry into the behaviour of one of his most senior Ministers.

The Privacy Commission specifically states on its website that MPs are exempted from the Privacy Act. More

Kennedy Graham Acknowledging the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

06 Feb 2012 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP
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The Green Party pays tribute to our head of State, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of New Zealand. As the second - longest serving Sovereign, the Queen has played a most significant and important role in the world through an extraordinary 66 years of tumultuous world history. More

Royal succession changes must end all discrimination against Catholics

27 Oct 2011 | Press Release | Keith Locke MP

Green MP Keith Locke says that any changes to the royal succession laws must end all discrimination against Catholics. More

Global Challenges, the UN & NZ: A Green Perspective - Dr Kennedy Graham - NZIIA Major Economic & Foreign Policy Issues Seminar

20 Oct 2011 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

Today's discussion is about the major economic and foreign policy issues facing New Zealand over the next five years, from 2012 to 2017. The theme throughout today has been mainly on the global dimension of that - the global commons and the global economy, with specific focus on trade and security. This final session is on the multilateral setting. More

Standing Orders Review 2011 - Debate - Dr Kennedy Graham

06 Oct 2011 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

This Standing Orders report and its recommendations reflect a huge amount of work over the past year. I pay tribute to the Speaker as the chairman of the Standing Orders Committee for his handling of this critically important exercise. More

Keith Locke returns for the Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill - second reading

05 Oct 2011 | Speech | Keith Locke MP
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KEITH LOCKE (Green): I was not going to give another speech in this House after my valedictor More

Criminal Procedure (Reform & Modernisation) Bill - Dr Kennedy Graham - 3rd Rdg

04 Oct 2011 | Speech | Kennedy Graham MP

We have come to the end of a long road with the third reading of the Criminal Procedure Bill. Both in the second reading and the Committee stage I paid tribute to the Minister of Justice for his achievement with this legislation, and I shall not repeat myself here. More

Keith Locke’s valedictory speech

28 Sep 2011 | Speech | Keith Locke MP
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Video part 1 is above, also available is part 2 which includes a waiata by Keith's niece More

Valedictory address Sue Kedgley

27 Sep 2011 | Speech | Sue Kedgley MP
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Part 1 is above. Also watch Part 2. More

Keith Locke on the Policing (Storage of Youth Identifying Particulars) Amendment Bill - first reading

19 Aug 2011 | Speech | Keith Locke MP
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KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party disagrees very strongly with the previous speakers on th More

Non-profit fills education gap on Skynet law

04 Aug 2011 | Press Release | Gareth Hughes MP

The Green Party congratulates InternetNZ's campaign to educate New Zealanders in not falling foul of the Government's draconian anti-file sharing legislation which is being introduced over the next month. More

A Bill of Rights for Multinationals? - Russel speaks on the Regulatory Standards Bill, First Reading

06 Jul 2011 | Speech | Russel Norman MP

The Regulatory Standards Bill was put up by the ACT Party and apparently is being voted for by the National Party. This bill has so many things wrong with it. It is kind of hard to know where to start. More

Keith Locke on the Royal Society of New Zealand Amendment Bill

05 May 2011 | Speech | Keith Locke MP
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KEITH LOCKE (Green): I think there are some contradictions in this bill. More

Keith Locke on the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Bill - in committee stage

15 Apr 2011 | Speech | Keith Locke MP

Green MP Keith Locke explores the nature of democracy as the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Bill is rushed through the House under urgency. Locke explains the "local people of Christchurch know better than any bureaucrat from Wellington or anywhere else what is important to their future. More

Kennedy Graham on the Christchurch rebuild legislation

13 Apr 2011 | Video | Kennedy Graham MP
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Faced with the challenges of rebuilding Christchurch, Green MP Kennedy Graham reflects on the Government's legislation in response to the disaster. Kennedy points out some concerns the Green Party has with the Government's response. More

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