Date of birth

15 September 1924 at Temuka

Married

Mary Wilkie

Children

Two sons and one daughter

Education

• Timaru Boys’ High School 1937-40
• Victoria University MA (first class honours)
• UNZ Victoria 1949

War service

• RNZAF

Career

• Second Secretary New Zealand High Commissioner, Canberra, Australia 1951-54
• Head United Nations Political Affairs Section Department of External Affairs, Wellington, 1954-55 (Member of New Zealand Delegation to UN General Assembly 1954)
• First Secretary and Deputy Head of Mission New Zealand Commission in South East Asia, Singapore 1955-58 (Note: Mission had responsibility throughout South East Asia)
• Head Economic Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington 1958-61
• Counsellor and Deputy High Commissioner New Zealand High Commission, Canberra, Australia 1961-64 (Acting High Commissioner from April 1963-March, 1964)
• Head, Economic Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington 1964-65
• 1965-70 Minister New Zealand Embassy, Washington; USA (Charge d’Affaires for eight months in 1968)1970
• Senior Advisory Officer Royal Commission of Enquiry into New Zealand’s Social Security and Health Benefits 1970-72
• Director of External Aid Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington 1972-73
• New Zealand High Commissioner to Canada and Commonwealth Caribbean 1973-76
• New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia and New Zealand Ambassador to Burma 1977-79
• Assistant Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington (Responsible for Economic, European and Consular Affairs) 1979-82
• New Zealand Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland 1982-85
• Now retired

Last updated: 16 Sep 2021