From Top Took
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Mr. Dare Resigns From Top Took Islands Post
The New Zealand High Com missioner in the Cook Islands, Mr. A. O. Dare,< resigned in September to accept an appoint ment as district inspector for the State Services Commission in Christchurch, NZ. He will leave the Cook Islands shortly.
Mr. Dare became High Com missioner when the Cook Islands became self-governing on August 4. He had been Resident Com missioner since 1960.
From 1951 to 1954 he was assistant inspector for the Public Service Commission in Auckland.
He was Official Secretary in Rarotonga from 1954 to 1956, Resident Commissioner on Niue from 1956 to 1958, and Assistant Secretary to the Department of Island Territories from 1958 to 1960.
Announcing Mr. Dare’s re signation, the New Zealand Minister of Island Territories, Mr. J. R. Hanan, said the Government hoped an early an nouncement could be made on his successor.
“Mr. Dare can take great per sonal satisfaction from the very real progress which has been made both economically, socially and politically during the years he has been head of the executive government in the Cook Islands,” he said.
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