Neil Douglas Walter is a New Zealand diplomat,and a former Administrator of Tokelau,a territory of New Zealand. He served from February 1988 until 1990,and again from 1 March 2003 to 17 October 2006.
Malcolm James Campbell Templeton was a New Zealand public servant and diplomat. He held a number of senior positions,including permanent representative to the United Nations,and deputy secretary of foreign affairs under secretary Merwyn Norrish.
Sir Carl August Berendsen was a New Zealand civil servant and diplomat. After being in the Education and Labour Departments he joined the Prime Minister's Department in 1926,becoming its head in 1935. He was the creator of the Department of External Affairs,and collaborated with Michael Joseph Savage and Peter Fraser. He was Secretary for External Affairs 1928–32,Head of the Prime Minister's Department 1932–43,and Secretary of the War Cabinet 1939–43. He attended all Imperial Conferences 1926–43,and assemblies of the League of Nations and later the United Nations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) (Māori:ManatūAorere) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on foreign and trade policy,and promoting New Zealand's interests in trade and international relations.
Donald Kent Hunn is a senior New Zealand diplomat and civil servant. Hunn is the son of Sir Jack Hunn,a former Secretary of Defence,Maori Affairs,and Justice.
Merwyn "Merv" Norrish was a New Zealand diplomat who served as New Zealand's ambassador to the European Community,acting high commissioner to London,ambassador to the United States,and secretary of Foreign Affairs.
John Walter McKinnon is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant.
Lionel John Wood is a former New Zealand diplomat and a former chancellor of the University of Canterbury. He was Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs,and served two separate terms as New Zealand's Ambassador to the United States in Washington.
Mark Prebble is a former New Zealand civil servant. He was the State Services Commissioner,head of New Zealand's public service from May 2004 until 30 June 2008. On 25 January 2008,Prebble announced his retirement after 32 years in the Public Service.
Sir George Robert Laking was a New Zealand diplomat who served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom,Ambassador to the United States,Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Chief Ombudsman.
Sir Alister Donald Miles McIntosh was a New Zealand diplomat. McIntosh was New Zealand's first secretary of foreign affairs serving as the principal foreign policy adviser to Prime Ministers Peter Fraser,Sidney Holland,Keith Holyoake,and Walter Nash. He is widely considered to be the father of New Zealand's independent foreign policy and architect of the former Department of External Affairs,now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,in New Zealand.
Sir Maarten Laurens Wevers is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant,who served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Ambassador to Japan. He was the Chief Executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 2004 to 2012.
Maurice Patrick McTigue is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Fourth National Government from 1990 to 1993,holding the Employment portfolio,among others. He represented the Timaru electorate in Parliament from 1985,when he won the by-election after the death of Sir Basil Arthur,having stood against him in the 1984 general election. He lost the seat to Jim Sutton in the 1993 general election.
Roy Neil Ferguson,,is the former New Zealand Ambassador to the United States. He was replaced by former New Zealand Prime Minister and Director-General of the World Trade Organization Mike Moore in 2010. Ferguson replaced John Wood in the role in 2006. He was Director of the Americas Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2002 to 2005,and has served on the Boards of the New Zealand-United States Council,Fulbright New Zealand,the Ian Axford Fellowships,and the New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies. Ferguson previously served in Washington as Deputy Chief of Mission between 1991 and 1995. From 1999 to 2002 he served as the New Zealand Ambassador to South Korea and concurrently served as Ambassador to North Korea from 2001. He has also served in Manila and Canberra.
Foss Shanahan was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant.
Gerald Christopher Philip Hensley is a former New Zealand diplomat and public servant.
Edward Richard Woods,is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant. He is currently Chair of the Board of the Environmental Risk Management Authority,a New Zealand Government Agency that ensures compliance with the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act –HSNO Act 1996. He took over as chairman on the retirement of Neil Walter.
Brian John Lynch is a former New Zealand public servant,diplomat,and director of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs.
Peter Brendon Marshall was the 31st New Zealand Commissioner of Police,serving from 4 April 2011 to 2 April 2014. He was previously Commissioner of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force.
John Stewart Ombler is a New Zealand public servant. He served as deputy State Services Commissioner from 2008 until 2014,and briefly in 2019,and as the controller of the all-of-government response during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
