Keith Locke
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"Keith James Locke" (born 1944) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament/MP representing the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand/Green Party who was first elected to parliament in New Zealand general election, 1999/1999 and retired from parliament at the New Zealand general election, 2011/2011 election.

He was the Green Party spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Defence, Ethnic Affairs, Pacific Affairs, Human Rights, Immigration, Police and Auckland Transport. He served on the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee.

During his 12 years in Parliament he won a number of awards. He was twice named 'Backbencher of the Year', first in 2002 by Vernon Small, then deputy political editor of The New Zealand Herald, and again in 2010 by The Dominion Post (Wellington)/The Dominion Post political staff.

He also received the New Zealand Republican Movement's Colonel Allen Bell Award in 2011; the New Zealand Amnesty International's Human Rights Defender Award in 2012; and the Federation of Islamic Associations for New Zealand's Harmony Award in 2013.

Since retiring from Parliament, Locke has joined the boards of the Auckland Refugee Council and the New Zealand Peace and Conflict Studies Centre Trust. He writes on political issues for New Zealand newspapers and the Daily Blog.

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It's absurd that nearly a week after the cyclone we still don't know what casualties there are, or the needs of the people.

Tony Blair is caught in a quagmire in Iraq and New Zealand should be helping to pull him out. By politely not mentioning what the British are doing in Iraq we could be seen to be condoning it.

I had to do it. The Greens keep their promises.

We haven't set a date, we've got preparations to do in terms of choreography, ... It will be artistic and it will involve body paint.