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Videos
Metiria Turei biography
Campaigner for children and equality, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei also loves to rock out on her ukulele. Watch the video...
Podcasts
Sue and Keith: 12 years campaigning from Parliament
At the 2011 election, Sue Kedgley and Keith Locke, lifelong campaigners and two of our longest standing Green MPs, will be standing down after 12 years in Parliament. Listen to podcast...
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Press releases
Locke welcomes Smith-Voorkamp charges being dropped
22 August 2011
The Police decision to drop charges against Cornelius Arie Smith-Voorkamp is a welcome move, Green Party human rights spokesperson Keith Locke, said today. Read more...
Poroporoaki ki a Sir Paul Reeves: Greens pay tribute
14 August 2011
The Green Party today pays respect to Sir Paul Reeves, the first Maori Governor General and former Archbishop of the Anglican Church. Read more...
Brownlee wrong to attack draft Christchurch plan
12 August 2011
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee needs to go into bat for Christchurch rather than belittling the draft plan for Christchurch's rebuild, Green Party earthquake recovery spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham said today. Read more...
Blog posts
When is civil disobedience justified? - by frog
This insightful post by Dave yesterday on how we have reached the stage that at least a quarter of schools are refusing to comply with Education Minister Anne Tolley's National Standards deserves republishing here in full. Read more...
National Standards rural resistance - by Catherine Delahunty
Last week, I attended a meeting on National Standards in a small town in the Waikato. Read more...
Paul Reeves the peacemaker - by Keith Locke
Sir Paul Reeves is rightly being remembered for his wide-ranging contribution to New Zealand society.
I wish to remember him as one of our foremost international peacemakers, particularly because of his work in Fiji and Guyana.
Sir Paul’s quiet manner and sense of fairness saw him chosen to head the Fiji Constitution Review Commission in 1995. Read more...
No place for TABOR in New Zealand - by Russel Norman
The Government has introduced a TABOR Bill to Parliament. TABOR is an acronym for “Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights”. But rather than have anything to do with a real Bill of Rights, TABOR is actually a wacky libertarian measure designed to shrink the state and inhibit its ability to protect the vulnerable or respond adequately to economic circumstances. Read more...
Beware "the racial bogeyman!" - by David Clendon
The editorial in this week's NBR puts an ill-informed boot into Maoridom in a manner that would bring joy to Don Brash - in fact for all I know he may have written it! Read more...
Speeches
Keith Locke on the Policing (Storage of Youth Particulars) Amendment Bill - Committee Stage - Keith Locke MP, 19 August 2011
National and Labour are using the fact that there was not a lot of debate about this provision when the Policing Act went through in 2008—in fact, there was no debate about this provision—to say that somehow the intention of the legislation is the way they want it: that particulars could be kept by the police of basically the whole range of people involved in youth offending who have come before the Youth Court. Watch video or read transcript...
Keith Locke on the Policing (Storage of Youth Identifying Particulars) Amendment Bill - first reading - Keith Locke MP, 19 August 2011
The Green Party disagrees very strongly with the previous speakers on the Policing (Storing of Youth Identifying Particulars) Bill, including Lianne Dalziel, who said this is a good process. This is just reinforcing this Parliament's reputation for being the fastest legislator in the West. Watch video or read transcript...
Tribute to Sir Paul Reeves - Dr Kennedy Graham - Notice of Motion - Kennedy Graham MP, 17 August 2011
This nation mourns the death of Sir Paul Reeves. Watch video or read transcript...
Oral questions
Canterbury Earthquake Red Zone - Dr Kennedy Graham - Kennedy Graham MP, 11 August 2011
Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM to the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery: Does he agree that an appropriate part of the "red zone" area along the Avon River through Christchurch should be transformed into a "green space" for memorial and recreational public purposes? Watch video or read transcript...
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