Peace

Non-violence is one of the four guiding principles of the Green Party. We campaign actively for peace and human rights and speak out in Parliament and in public for peaceful solutions to conflict at all levels. Keep up to date with our actions and important peace issues by subscribing to our weekly e-newsletter - JustPeace.

Latest Peace News

Keith Locke - Budget Debate Speech - 16 June 09

16 Jun 2009

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KEITH LOCKE (Green): I wish to speak on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's budget and explain some matters that the Government should be paying particular attention to. There are too few Governments on this planet that treat matters of peace and human rights with the attention they deserve.

NZ must be ‘anti-nuke’ all the time

09 Apr 2009

New Zealand needs to be true to its nuclear-free policy, not timidly choosing when to speak out and cherry-picking which resolutions to support at the United Nations, said Green Party MP, Dr Kennedy Graham. Last December, at the United Nations, New Zealand opposed resolution 63/75 calling for a treaty that would ban the use of nuclear weapons.