Maire Leadbeater Explained

Maire Leadbeater (née Locke, born 19 October 1945[1]), is a New Zealand human rights and peace activist, writer, and former social worker.[2] Leadbeater played a leading role in the New Zealand branch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and has also advocated on human rights issues relating to East Timor, the Philippines, and Indonesia. She also served as a councillor on the Auckland City Council and Auckland Regional Council.[3] [4]

Family

Leadbeater is the daughter of Jack and Elsie Locke, and has three siblings: Keith Locke, Alison Locke, and Don Locke.[5] [6]

Local government career

She was also a councillor in the Auckland City Council and the Auckland Regional Council, who campaigned under the centre-left ticket body City Vision.

Activism

During the 1980s and 1990s, Leadbeater served as the media spokesperson for the New Zealand Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, which successfully campaigned for a New Zealand nuclear-free zone and a ban on visits by nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered ships. She was also involved in various other human rights groups including the Auckland East Timor Independence Committee, the Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa and the Indonesia Human Rights Committee.[7] Her family's left-wing activities made her the target of surveillance by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, the country's main domestic intelligence agency.[8] [9]

Writings

Notes and References

  1. Birchifield, Maureen, "Looking for Answers: a life of Elsie Locke", University of Canterbury, 2009
  2. Web site: Pacific Media Centre: our people: Maire Leadbeater . Pacific Media Centre: Te Amokura . . Auckland . 26 October 2013.
  3. News: Editorial: City's future could hinge on ARC poll . . . Auckland . 1170-0777 . 764421252 . 2 August 2012 . ... former Auckland City councillor Maire Leadbeater ... . 7 September 2004.
  4. Book: Hoadley, Stephen . Anthony L. . Smith . Southeast Asia and New Zealand: A History of Regional and Bilateral Relations . 4 August 2012 . 2005 . . Wellington . 9780864735195 . 240481307 . 135 . 5. Diplomacy, Peacekeeping, and Nation-Building: New Zealand and East Timor . https://books.google.com/books?id=GndFDqF2HGkC&pg=PA124 . Maire Leadbeater, a former Auckland Regional Council member, and her brother Keith Locke, a Green MP, both long-time anti-nuclear and anti-war activists....
  5. Horton . Murray . June 2001 . Obituary: Elsie Locke . Peace Researcher . 23 . Christchurch, New Zealand . New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Committee . 1173-2679 . 173343104 . 5 August 2012 .
  6. Web site: Members of Parliament: Former MPs . New Zealand Parliament / Pāremata Aotearoa . . Wellington, New Zealand . 645980968 . 2 August 2012 . Locke, Keith . Locke, Keith: Green Party 27 November 1999 – 26 November 2011.
  7. Web site: Martin . Van Beynen . Spied on since she was 10 . 28 January 2009 . Stuff.co.nz . . Auckland . 5 August 2012.
  8. Web site: The SIS and The Philippines Solidarity Group . Leadbeater . Maire . 11 March 2009 . Scoop Independent News . Kapatiran . 18 June 2013.
  9. Anonymous . 23 June 2009 . Maire Leadbeater on her SIS Personal File . Peace Researcher . Scoop Media . 26 October 2013 .

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