Career
He was Professor of Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law at Victoria University of Wellington between 1955 and 1968. First Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. And New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal between 1975 and 1978.
He reported on the Nuremberg trials for the New Zealand government and spoke for New Zealand at the United Nations when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.
Aikman"s daughter, Helen Aikman (6 December 1955 – 8 January 2012) was a Queen"s Counsel.