Background
Brooks, Barry Hewitt was born on December 27, 1932 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Brooks, Barry Hewitt was born on December 27, 1932 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Master of Arts, Victoria University, Wellington.
Clerk Department Foreign Affairs, Wellington, 1952-1954, Dunlop New Zealand Ltd., 1954-1957, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, 1957-1958. Administrative and consular attache New Zealand High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1959-1960. Attache New Zealand Mission, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1960-1961.
Registrar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, 1962-1963. 2d and 1st secretary New Zealand Embassy, Washington, 1963-1967. Acting and deputy head economic division Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, 1968-1969, 74-75.
1st secretary economic affairs New Zealand Embassy, Paris, 1969-1973. Deputy high commissioner New Zealand High Commission, Suva, Fiji, 1975-1977, Ottawa, Canada, 1977-1981, New Delhi, Bangladesh, India, 1981-1982. Ambassador to Nepal, 1981-1982, Baghdad, Iraq, 1983-1985, Santiago (Chile), Brazil, 1985-1988, Lima (Peru), Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, since 1988.
Married Joan Aroha Kermode, November 3, 1961. 3 children.