Keith Locke MP
Keith Locke has been a Green Party MP since 1999.
Keith was born into a politically active family and has been an activist and campaigner since the first anti-nuclear marches and anti-apartheid protests in 1960s New Zealand.
Keith has brought his long term specialist knowledge of human rights, both domestic and international, to his work as a Green MP.
He has been described as 'the bravest man in Parliament' and 'respected across party lines for his consistency and willingness to speak against the tide of popular opinion'.
Green Party Spokesperson on: Foreign Affairs, Industrial Relations, Defence, Immigration, Police, Human Rights, Pacific Island Affairs, Ethnic Affairs, Transport (Auckland).
Alongside his other work, Keith is presently working to get his private member's bill, the Head of State Referenda Bill, to pass its first reading in early 2010. For more information on this bill, please visit this page.
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Waihopai acquittal victory for peace movement
Green MP Keith Locke has greeted the acquittal of three men who slashed a dome at the Waihopai spy base as a victory for the peace movement.
Debate on Republic -Auckland
The Auckland University Debating Society and the Republican Movement have organised a public debate on the republic issue. The debate will feature New Zealand’s top university debaters along with Republican Movement members and MPs, including Keith Locke. Two sides will argue for and against a republic.
Debate on Republic - Wellington
The Victoria University Debating Society and the Republican Movement have organised a public debate on the republic issue. The debate will feature New Zealand’s top university debaters along with Republican Movement members and MPs, including Keith Locke. Two sides will argue for and against a republic.
Debate on Republic - Christchurch
The Canterbury University Debating Society and the Republican Movement have organised a public debate on the republic issue. The debate will feature New Zealand’s top university debaters along with Republican Movement members and MPs, including Keith Locke. Two sides will argue for and against a republic.
National going way beyond 2008 industrial relations policy
National appears to be going significantly further than it said it would prior to the 2008 election with new policy regarding probationary periods for workers, Green Party Industrial Relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
Reopening of the NZ High Commission in Fiji
The Green Party supports the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ statement.
Waihopai: The Spybase, The Wars, The Trial
Keith Locke will join other speakers to discuss the trial of the activists who deflated a dome at the US spybase at Waihopai, what the spy base is, and what it's doing in New Zealand.
The Search and Surveillance Bill: An Attack on Civil Rights
The Search and Surveillance Bill currently before Parliament is a serious threat to civil liberties in New Zealand. It broadly increases the powers of the police and other government agencies to monitor, search and detain individuals for minor and nonexistent infringements.
