Gray Nelson


Gray Nelson is a former New Zealand Public Servant and Diplomat. He spent his childhood in Epsom and was educated at St Peter's College where he was a foundation pupil in 1939. He began working in the New Zealand Parliament in 1952 and was Prime Minister's Private Secretary to five New Zealand Prime Ministers: Keith Holyoake, John Marshall, Norman Kirk, Robert Muldoon, and Michael Moore. He also held the diplomatic position of Counsellor at the New Zealand High Commission to the United Kingdom, 1976-1980