Maire Leadbeater was at the forefront of the nuclear-free movement in the 1970s and 1980s, decades that saw ordinary people effect great political change, both in New Zealand’s foreign policy and its national identity.

Her book, Peace, Power and Politics: How New Zealand Became Nuclear Free, brings to life the whole colourful story, and she discusses those heady years, and the people who campaigned for peace, with investigative journalist, Nicky Hager.