Bob Edlin: UK diplomat appointment

Diplomat is appointed to UK post that first was filled by a politician whose pen triggered a challenge to a duel

Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced a diplomat, rather than a politician, has been appointed to succeed Phil Goff as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. The job has gone to Hamish Cooper, described by Peters as “one of New Zealand’s most senior and experienced diplomats and is eminently well-qualified to take on this significant role.”