Don Hunn
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Don Hunn CNZM |
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| Chairman of the State Services Commission | |
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In office 1986–1987 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lange |
| Preceded by | Roderick Deane |
| Chief Commissioner of the State Services Commission | |
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In office 1988–1988 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lange |
| State Services Commissioner | |
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In office 1989–1997 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lange, Geoffrey Palmer, Mike Moore, Jim Bolger |
| Succeeded by | Michael Wintringham |
| High Commissioner | |
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In office 1976–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Cotton |
| Succeeded by | Rod Gates |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1934 |
Donald Kent (Don) Hunn CNZM (born Wellington 26 December 1934) 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.
Hunn attended Wellington College and Victoria University of Wellington, where he earned a Master of Arts in History. He worked initially at the Public Trust.
Hunn joined the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1957. During the 1960s and 1970s, he had diplomatic postings in Washington, D.C., Suva, Kuala Lumpur and Brussels, and opened New Zealand's embassy in Chile. In 1976, Hunn became New Zealand's first resident High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga. In 1980, Hunn was appointed Deputy High Commissioner to Canberra.
Hunn returned to New Zealand in 1982 as a State Services Commissioner. At the time, the State Services Commission comprised the Chairman, and three commissioners. In 1986, Hunn succeeded Roderick Deane as chief commissioner, and head of New Zealand's public service. In 1989, after a change in the legislation (specifically the State Sector Act 1988), Hunn became the sole commissioner.
During his time as SSC, Hunn was responsible for a major reorginatisation of the public service with the introduction of the State Sector Act 1988. This involved transforming the State Services Commission into the organisation responsible for selecting, employing, and managing the performance of government departmental chief executives, and providing oversight for the performance of the state sector as a whole.
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