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Ingrid Leary

Ingrid Leary
MP
Leary in 2023
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Taieri
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 October 2020
Preceded byClare Curran
Personal details
Born1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)
West Germany
Political partyLabour
Children3[1]
Residence(s)Dunedin, New Zealand[1]

Ingrid Marieke Leary[2] (born 1967 or 1968) is a New Zealand politician. In 2020 she was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party.

Early life and career

Leary completed secondary schooling at Macleans College in Auckland before studying law at the University of Otago.[3] She worked as a lawyer, parliamentary press secretary, university lecturer and broadcaster before entering Parliament. She helped to set up the journalism school in the University of the South Pacific in 1997, and lectured there on journalism. When she resigned in 1999 to take up a role in TV production in New Zealand, she was critical of the Fiji government's approach to the media.[4][5]

In 2006 Leary received the New Zealand Special Service Medal for her broadcasting work in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Aceh.[1][6]

In 2009, as a producer for Campbell Live, Leary was summonsed by the New Zealand Police to appear before a depositions hearing about the theft of 96 medals from the National Army Museum in Waiouru. Campbell Live had broadcast an interview with a man who claimed to have participated in the burglary; the police sought the identity of the programme's informant.[7][8] Lawyers for Leary and four other staff argued that journalists should not have to reveal sources unless the circumstances were exceptional, because it could discourage potential future sources from coming forward, and that the threshold for this was not met in that case.[9] Judge Tony Randerson decided that public interest in a successful prosecution outweighed a journalist's right to protect a source; Campbell Live presenter John Campbell later agreed to assist police without naming his source.[10]

Leary was press secretary for National MP Maurice Williamson,[11] and she later served as the director of the British Council New Zealand from 2008 to 2020.[12][13]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2020–2023 53rd Taieri 59 Labour
2023–present 54th Taieri 52 Labour

2020 election campaign

Leary was selected as the Labour candidate for the Dunedin South electorate, later renamed Taieri, ahead of Rachel Brooking and Simon McCallum.[1] During the campaign, New Zealand First list MP Mark Patterson publicly queried her commitment to the electorate, as she had spent lockdown on Waiheke island.[11] Leary claimed to be the victim of a smear campaign, as she had studied law in Dunedin, and had relocated to Dunedin with her family, including a child attending school in Dunedin, prior to her selection for the seat.[14]

First term, 2020–2023

Leary was elected in Taeiri with a majority of 12,398 over the National candidate Liam Kernaghan in the final count.[15][16] She said she was hoping for a role in justice, social enterprise or issues relating to seniors.[17]

By August 2022, Leary had joined the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), an organisation of legislators from various democratic countries that speaks out against alleged human rights abuses in China and the alleged threat that China posed to its neighbours. On 22 August, Lear and fellow New Zealand IPAC member and National Party Member of Parliament Simon O'Connor joined fellow members from Australia, India and Japan in establishing a new Indo-Pacific chapter to focus on increased Chinese militarisation in that region.[18]

Leary inherited Louisa Wall's member's bill (the Protection of Journalists' Sources Bill) upon her retirement in May 2022. At that stage the Bill was being considered by the Justice Committee. In September 2022, Leary withdrew the Bill because of "insurmountable drafting issues" discovered through the legislative process, saying she would work on replacement legislation.[19]

In early July 2023, Leary attracted media attention after she attended an election meeting organised by criminal gang Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam. Tam had organised the meeting in Dunedin to convince local Māori voters in marginal seats to tactically switch from the Māori electoral roll to the general roll during the 2023 New Zealand general election. He subsequently published a Facebook post stating that Leary had "gatecrashed" his meeting and was hesitant to be associated with him. In response, Leary said that she had thought that she was going to attend a public meeting organised by the Electoral Commission to encourage people to enroll to vote. She also stated that she did not condone the actions of the Mongrel Mob.[20][21] While Prime Minister Chris Hipkins described Leary's actions as a "case of miscommunication," opposition National Party MP Mark Mitchell disputed Leary's account that she had accidentally attended Tam's meeting.[22]

Second term, 2020–2023

During the 2023 general election, Leary retained Taieri by a margin of 1,443 votes over the National Party's candidate Matthew French.[23] She assumed the positions of spokesperson for seniors and mental health in the Shadow Cabinet of Chris Hipkins.[24]

On 19 June 2024, Leary made remarks during a Parliamentary health select committee meeting criticising New Zealand First MP Tanya Unkovich's involvement with the mental health program "Gumboot Friday," describing her as a "known anti-trans activist." On 23 July, New Zealand First filed a complaint against Leary with Speaker Gerry Brownlee, expressing concern that it could be a breach of parliamentary privilege.[25][26] On 1 August 2024, Leary apologised to Unkovich during Question Time in Parliament.[26]

Family

Leary is a mother of three, and lives in Dunedin with her family.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Labour picks Dunedin South seat candidate". Otago Daily Times. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Speech - New Zealand Parliament".
  3. ^ "First former Macleans College student to become an MP". Macleans College. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ Manning, Selwyn (26 November 1999). "NZ Academic Slams Fiji Govt Attack On Media". Scoop. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  5. ^ Krishnamurthi, Sri. "Eco-tourism major key to 'tricky' Pacific economic reset, says Leary |". Asi Pacific Report. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ^ "New medal for Asian Tsunami relief efforts presented". The Beehive. New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. ^ Williamson, Kerry (3 June 2009). "Sources on line in Campbell case". Stuff. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. ^ "John Campbell ordered to medals hearing". NZ Herald. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  9. ^ "TV3 journalists argue against summons". Otago Daily Times Online News. 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Campbell agreed to give evidence to help 'weak' case". NZ Herald. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  11. ^ a b c "Election 2020: The fight for Taieri, one of NZ's newest electorates". Stuff. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Labour candidate for Dunedin South contest revealed". Otago Daily Times. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  13. ^ "British Council Appoints Ingrid Leary As Director". Scoop. 13 April 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  14. ^ Hudson, Daisy (18 September 2020). "Labour candidate claims smear campaign". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Taieri - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Election 2020: The 40 diverse new MPs entering Parliament". Newstalk ZB. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020 – via The New Zealand Herald.
  17. ^ Houlahan, Mike (19 October 2020). "Expected close race ends up anything but". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  18. ^ Coughlan, Thomas (22 August 2022). "Fearing China's militarisation of Pacific, NZ MPs set up anti-China group, open door to Taiwan". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Journalist protection plans spiked over 'insurmountable' drafting flaws". Newsroom. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  20. ^ Cheng, Derek (3 July 2023). "Labour MP Ingrid Leary gatecrashes Dunedin Mongrel Mob meeting; says she thought it was a different meeting". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  21. ^ Whyte, Anna (3 July 2023). "MP's Mongrel Mob meeting attendance 'a case of miscommunication' - PM". Stuff. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  22. ^ Du-Plessis Allan, Helen (3 July 2023). "National's Mark Mitchell: It's hard to swallow a Labour MP accidentally crashing Mongrel Mob hui". Newstalk ZB. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Taieri - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  24. ^ "Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins reveals new shadow Cabinet". Radio New Zealand. 30 November 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  25. ^ Witton, Bridie (23 July 2024). "NZ First complains to Parliament Speaker over 'anti-trans activist' comment from Labour MP". Stuff. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  26. ^ a b Coughlan, Thomas (1 August 2024). "Labour MP Ingrid Leary apologises to NZ First MP Tanya Unkovich". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
New Zealand Parliament
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Constituency recreated after abolition in 1911
Title last held by
Thomas Mackenzie 		Member of Parliament for Taieri
2020–present 		Incumbent

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