Phillip Turner (born 1960) MA (Hon) (History) (1986) ''Auck'' is a New Zealand public servant and diplomat. He spent his childhood in

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and was educated at St Peter's College and Auckland University. Turner worked for the New Zealand

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from 1986 to 1999. He held various senior management positions in

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from 2000, culminating as Fonterra director of global stakeholder affairs from 2015 to 2018. Turner became the New Zealand ambassador to Korea (North Korea and South Korea), resident in

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, in April 2018."Openly gay New Zealand ambassador to S. Korea attends reception with husband", ''Hanyoreh'', 23 October 2019
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