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Denise Roche

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Denise is a Green Party MP and the party's immigration spokesperson.

Members of the public hold flags as Navy ships sail into the Waitemata Harbour as part of the fleet entry to celebrate the Royal New Zealand Navy’s 75th Birthday in Auckland on November 16, 2016. Photo: MICHAEL BRADLEY/AFP/Getty Images)

The Greens: We’re not dog-whistling on immigration, but we need to do more about the upsurge

The Green Party recently announced a new immigration policy with a net migration target of 1 percent of the population, including returning New Zealanders. In an essay published earlier this week, writer Thomas Coughlan criticised the policy, drawing a line between it and the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric in the USA, UK and Europe. Here, Green Party immigration spokesperson Denise Roche responds.

By Denise Roche | 17th November, 2016