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Human rights left out of Nat’s foreign policy

30 Oct 2008

National’s foreign policy, announced yesterday, fails to properly address the needs of the most oppressed people in the world, the Green Party says.

“Human rights don’t get a mention anywhere in the policy, despite grave violations in many countries,” Green Party Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

Oxfam NZ Public forum on foreign affairs

AUT, Wellesley Street
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 at 7pm
9pm

Foreign affairs title “Ending Global Poverty and Building a Safer World”
Moderated by Bill Ralston
Tuesday October 21 7:00- 8:00pm

Speakers already confirmed: Phil Goff, Keith Locke, Kath McCabe (ACT)
National (either Murray McCully or John Hayes, TBC)

Venue: Lecture room WA 220, WA building AUT, Wellesley St East, Auckland

Keith Locke on Foreign Affairs and Human Rights

Willian Colenso College, Arnold Street, Napier
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 at 6:30pm
8pm

Join Green foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke MP and other Hawkes Bay candidates for a discussion on New Zealand's place in the world.

Are Chinese spies monitoring Fonterra and New Zealanders?

03 Oct 2008

New Zealanders will be disturbed to learn that China has been conducting a massive spying operation on the online phone service Skype, and that one of the trigger phrases is ‘milk powder’, Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke says.

The Geopolitics of Oil

Cafler Room, Forum North, Rust Ave, Whangarei
Wed, 29 Oct 2008 at 7:30pm
9pm

A public talk by Keith Locke Green MP on the repercussions for New Zealand of the Mid-Eastern oil conflicts.

Make peace not war: Green Party Foreign Policy launch

17 Sep 2008

New Zealand should be much bolder in promoting peace, human rights, social justice and sustainability on the world stage, say the Greens.

This is a key thrust of the Green Party’s foreign policy, released tonight by Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke at a meeting of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Institute for International Affairs.

Green Party Foreign Policy Launch

University of Canterbury, LAWS 108
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 at 5:30pm
7pm

Keith Locke MP provides the Green Party view on NZ Foreign Policy. Part of a series hosted by the NZ Institute of International Affairs.

Petition calls on Govt to protect Pacific’s tuna fisheries

12 Aug 2008

The Green Party is launching a petition calling on the Government to take urgent action to halt the over-exploitation of the Pacific's tuna fisheries.

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As well as campaigning on Buy Local, in October 2006, as part of the Co-operation Agreement with the Labour-led Government, the Greens negotiated a Buy Kiwi Made programme. Sue Bradford is the Government spokesperson for this initiative, the goals of which are:

* Creating awareness of the employment, economic, environmental and social benefits of buying locally made products and services
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* Reducing imports, especially of consumption goods
* Helping to reduce New Zealand's trade deficit
* Helping to increase New Zealand's manufacturing capability
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You can find information about this Government programme, headed by Sue Bradford MP, on our Buy Kiwi Made page.

The Green Party has been running buy local campaigns for many years before this government agreement. You can find a record of this here.

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