Former UN diplomat Malcolm Templeton diesROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Malcolm Templeton at the Colonial Motor Company annual general meeting in Wellington in 2010. Malcolm Templeton QSO, a former Foreign Service officer, diplomat to the United Nations and Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs, has died in Wellington. He is survived by his two well-known brothers, veteran press gallery journalist Ian Templeton and former diplomat and Cabinet minister Hugh Templeton. Rob Templeton, one of Malcolm's four children, said his father always prided himself on being a Kiwi and representing the nation overseas. Not surprisingly, given his important roles in external relations, Malcolm Templeton was able to draw on "an immense knowledge" in writing several books about the history of that overseas footprint.

Source: Stuff September 12, 2017 23:37 UTC