David Payton

David Bruce Payton (born c. 1952) ^[1] was the Administrator of Tokelau from 17 October 2006 to 2009. ^[2]

Payton joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975, where he worked in the aid division assisting Niue . ^[1] From 1977-79 he was posted the New Zealand High Commission in Nuku'alofa , Tonga . ^[1] He also served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary-General for the International Conference on Population and Development as part of the United Nations Population Fund (from 1992-1994) based in New York. He was also on the New Zealand Delegation to the historic Rio Summit in 1993 led by New Zealand diplomat, Terence O'Brien . From 1997 to 2000 he was New Zealand Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and from 2002 to 2006 Ambassador to the Netherlands. ^[3]^[4]

He was appointed Administrator of Tokelau in October 2006. ^[5]

He retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) in 2014 at the age of 62, after spending the last few years of his career (2011-2014) working in New York (for the second time) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on issues related to development in Small Island Developing States (SIDs). ^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Referendum focus of Tokelau role" . New Zealand Herald. 15 October 2006 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 . Mr Payton, 54
^ "Pacific" . New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010 . Retrieved 7 September 2010 .
^ "New ambassador to the Netherlands" . Scoop. 28 January 2002 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 .
^ "Peters names next Ambassador to the Netherlands" . New Zealand Government. 25 May 2006 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 .
^ "New Tokelau Administrator named" . New Zealand Government. 18 October 2006 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 .
^ "Virtual Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) for the SIDS DOCK Support Program Caribbean Energy Efficient Lighting Project" (PDF) . UNDP. 30 April 2014 . Retrieved 8 June 2022 .

Preceded by Neil Walter	Administrator of Tokelau 2006–2009	Succeeded by John Allen

This article about a Tokelau politician is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .

[nzh1-1] "Referendum focus of Tokelau role" . New Zealand Herald. 15 October 2006 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 . Mr Payton, 54

[2] "Pacific" . New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010 . Retrieved 7 September 2010 .

[3] "New ambassador to the Netherlands" . Scoop. 28 January 2002 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 .

[4] "Peters names next Ambassador to the Netherlands" . New Zealand Government. 25 May 2006 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 .

[appt-5] "New Tokelau Administrator named" . New Zealand Government. 18 October 2006 . Retrieved 12 February 2021 .

[6] "Virtual Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) for the SIDS DOCK Support Program Caribbean Energy Efficient Lighting Project" (PDF) . UNDP. 30 April 2014 . Retrieved 8 June 2022 .

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]