Neil Walter
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Neil Douglas Walter CNZM (born 1942) is a distinguished New Zealand diplomat, and is a former Administrator of Tokelau, a territory of New Zealand. He served from February 1988 until 1990, and again from March 1, 2003 to 17 October 2006.
In his early career in the Foreign Service, Walter served in Thailand, New York, and Samoa. In 1981, Walter was posted to New Zealand's Embassy in Paris, where he was the New Zealand Permanent Representative to UNESCO. In 1985, Walter became New Zealand's deputy High Commissioner to London.
Walter was New Zealand's Ambassador to Indonesia from 1990-1994, and served as New Zealand's Ambassador to Japan from 1997-1999. In 1999, Walter became Secretary of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, until his retirement from the diplomatic service in 2002.
He was one of three people to address the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, 10th Meeting, June 23, 2003.
Walter is also currently the Chairman of the Environmental Risk Management Authority and NZ On Air.
His brother David Walter of Stratford is Chairman of the Taranaki Regional Council.
He is married and has one son and two daughters.
| Preceded by H Francis |
Administrator of Tokelau 1988–1990 |
Succeeded by Graham Ansell |
| Preceded by Lindsay Watt |
Administrator of Tokelau 2003–2006 |
Succeeded by David Payton |
