Macalister "Mac" Price, (25 May 1948 – 8 January 2003) was a senior New Zealand Foreign Affairs official, who held diplomatic postings in

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, the South Pacific,

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, and

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. Price graduated with a master's degree in Political Science from the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

, and was editor of student magazine

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in 1968. He was a New Zealand negotiator for the CER negotiations during a posting in Canberra from 1979 - 1983, and served in senior Foreign Affairs postings in Wellington before his posting in Jakarta from 1988 - 1991. From 1991 - 1994, Price was New Zealand's Consul-General to New Caledonia and French Polynesia, and chaired the South Pacific Commission's Management Committee during a period of structural reform of the organisation. In 1999, Price became New Zealand's High Commissioner to Samoa, and was present when Samoan Cabinet Minister Luagalau Kamu was assassinated at a Samoan political rally. He was instrumental in providing New Zealand assistance to ensure political calm was restored to Samoa, and in the subsequent trial of those involved in the assassination plot. In 2001, Price became New Zealand's High Commissioner to Malaysia. He died while on posting after a brief illness.

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Obituary from Foreign Minister Phil Goff
1948 births 2003 deaths New Zealand public servants University of Auckland alumni High Commissioners of New Zealand to Malaysia High Commissioners of New Zealand to Samoa 20th-century New Zealand politicians {{NewZealand-politician-stub