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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

Greens welcome Key’s clear rejection of air strike force

02 Dec 2008

Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomes Prime Minister John Key’s unequivocal rejection of an air strike force.

"An air strike capability is not necessary for our key defence tasks, which are peacekeeping and protecting the economic zones of New Zealand and our Pacific Island neighbours," Mr Locke says.

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.

Defence and Peacekeeping: Armed Services Policy

08 Oct 2008

Armed disputes cause much suffering, social and economic dislocation and environmental damage. All countries should be secure from environmental, economic and armed threats

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.

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.

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