David Ross Ardern was born on 28 February 1954 and is a New Zealand diplomat and former police officer.
11 Facts About Ross Ardern
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Ross Ardern was the Administrator of Tokelau from 2018 to 2022, having previously served as the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Niue from 2014 to 2018, and as Niue's police commissioner from 2005 to 2009.
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Ross Ardern successfully negotiated for three hours with a man armed with a machete.
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Ross Ardern was appointed Commissioner of Police for the Pacific island of Niue in 2005 for a two-year term, which was extended to four years.
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Ross Ardern served as Niue's director of prisons and director of immigration.
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Ross Ardern served as New Zealand Police liaison officer for the South Pacific, based in Samoa, from 2009 to 2013.
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In October 2013, Ross Ardern was named by Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully as the next High Commissioner of New Zealand to Niue.
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On 15 December 2017, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, announced that Ross Ardern would be the next Administrator of Tokelau, from early 2018.
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Ross Ardern is the father of the former New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ross Ardern.
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Ross Ardern is a practising member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Ross Ardern's twin brother, Ian, is a general authority of the LDS Church.