Maire Leadbeater

Overview

Maire Leadbeater (née Locke) born New Zealand October 19, 1945. Second-generation anti-nuclear and human rights activist, daughter of Elsie Locke. Spokesperson for New Zealand Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, which earned a nuclear-free zone and ban on nuclear-powered ships. Campaigned for human rights in Burma, East Timor, Philippines, Papua and Indonesia; published Peace, Power & Politics: How New Zealand Became Nuclear Free, 2013.

Quotations

''There is a place for everything in the peace movement, I think. For some, it is about activism, jumping in front of ships, going on marches, those sorts of things. . . there is also the role of peace researchers and lobbyists.'' (Otago Daily Times, November 22, 2013; photo Nelson Envir. Center)