Michael Powles

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Dale Croucher
(m. 1964,separated)
Michael Powles
High Commissioner of New Zealand to Fiji
In office
1980–1982
Children3
Relatives Guy Powles (father)
Education Wanganui Collegiate School
Alma mater Victoria University of Wellington

Michael John Powles (born 24 July 1939) is a retired New Zealand diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2001 and as President of UNICEF in 1998.

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References

  1. Guy Hardy Scholefield, Who's who in New Zealand, 1991, p. 509