18 APRIL 2013
WELLINGTON, New Zealand ---- The New Zealand Opposition Labour Party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, Phil Goff, says there would be real benefits from a Pacific parliament.
He says it could confront issues, such as climate change, which cross national boundaries.
Goff, speaking during the Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Wellington, says the idea of a Pacific parliament was first mooted by former New Zealand prime minister Mike Moore about 20 years ago.
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Source: Islands Business