Come to the inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate!

July 3, 2025 | Auckland Irish Club or via livestream

The moot? China is a threat to regional peace

Moderator: Simon Wilson

On the Affirmative

Hon Dr Wayne Mapp

Dr Cam Calder

Andrew Dickens

On the Negative

Trevor Johnston

Dr Marco de Jong

Dr Arama Rata

Cash bar opens 6pm

Debate starts 7pm

Get free tickets!
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Keith Locke debating as a young man
A young Keith Locke at a podium

Come to the inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate!

July 3, 2025 | Auckland Irish Club or via livestream

The moot? China is a threat to regional peace

Moderator: Simon Wilson

On the Affirmative

Hon Dr Wayne Mapp

Dr Cam Calder

Andrew Dickens

On the Negative

Trevor Johnston

Dr Marco de Jong

Dr Arama Rata

Cash bar opens 6pm

Debate starts 7pm

Get free tickets!
See more

Keith Locke (1944 – 21 June 2024) wrote prolifically on social and human rights issues, particular after his entrance to parliament where he was a Green Party MP from 1999 to 2011. His blog posts and articles, opinion pieces, submissions and presentations have appeared in multiple blogs, newspapers and other other outlets. The majority are republished here and can be found via the feed, links and search function available on this site.

After his time in parliament, Keith remained very passionate about surveillance, foreign affairs, defence, human rights, and peace. His writing was an important way
to contribute to and provoke public debate in these areas. Keith’s work is well-argued, forthright and does not shy from controversy.  He enjoyed working collaboratively  but never compromised his principles or his independence of thought. His writing reflects his perspectives and concerns about the world he lived in. Reading his work is a reminder of the
importance and best traditions of political engagement, connection to community and public debate.

With that in mind, The Keith Locke Memorial Committee is delighted to announce the inaugural Keith Locke Memorial Debate. We’re making an opportunity to publicly address current issues across the areas Keith was most passionate about, keeping the spirit of his work and life alive and kicking.

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“The Enemy Within: the Human Cost of State Surveillance in Aotearoa New Zealand” by Maire Leadbeater

Keith's sister Maire Leadbeater is launching her book The Enemy Within: the Human Cost of State Surveillance in Aotearoa New Zealand in November 2024, following Keith's death in June....

New Zealand getting too close to NATO

By Keith Locke The following article was published on Newsroom on 23 June 2022 Keith Locke explains why the Prime Minister’s decision to attend the Nato Leaders meeting might make David...

NZ shouldn’t Big Brother the Solomons over relations with China

This article was published in the Daily Blog on 1 April 2022 Every now and again there’s a scare story about China trying to establish a military base in the...

Many anti-nuclear reasons to oppose AUKUS

The following article was first published in the Daily Blog on 20 September 2021 There are multiple reasons for nuclear-free New Zealanders to be upset about Australia’s plan to acquire...

The urgent need for New Zealand aid to Afghanistan

By Keith Locke The following article was published in the Daily Blog on 4 September 2021 Our government has understandably been preoccupied with helping refugees leave Afghanistan. But now the...

New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan

This article was first published in the Spinoff on 18 August 2021. I argued 20 years ago that sending troops would only help the Taliban. And so it has proved,...
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About Keith

Keith Locke was a former Green Party Member of Parliament, serving from 1999 to 2011. He is best known for his human rights and antiwar work not only through the Foreign Affairs portfolio he held through his time as an MP, but also under his other portfolios which included Human Rights, Immigration, Police, Ethnic Affairs and Defence.

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