{{Politics of Tokelau}} '''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 the Secretary_of_New_Zealand_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs, until his retirement from the diplomatic service in 2002. He was one of three people addressing the United_Nations_Special_Committee_on_Decolonization, 10th Meeting, June 23, 2003. Walter is also currently the Chairman of the Environmental_Risk_Management_Authority. {{start box}} {{succession box | before=H_Francis| title=Administrator_of_Tokelau | years=1988–1990 | after=Graham_Ansell}} {{succession box | before=Lindsay_Watt| title=Administrator_of_Tokelau | years=2003–2006 | after=David_Payton}} {{end box}} {{Oceania-stub}} Walter, Neil Douglas Walter, Neil Douglas Walter, Neil Douglas