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Haurongo: Locke, Elsie Violet

Elsie Locke talks about children’s writing

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In this 1987 interview, Elsie Locke tells interviewer Eileen Cook about her career as a children’s writer, and expresses her views on New Zealand history and environmentalism.

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Reference: RNZ collection, 13932

Image: Elsie Locke reading. Private Collection

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Maureen Birchfield. 'Locke, Elsie Violet', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/47022/elsie-locke-talks-about-childrens-writing (accessed 4 June 2026).