Colin Campbell Aikman (24 August 1919 – 22 December 2002) was a New Zealand public servant, lawyer and diplomat. He was professor of jurisprudence and constitutional law at

Victoria University of Wellington Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well know ...

between 1955 and 1968; first

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of the

University of the South Pacific The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public university, public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and ...

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; and New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and Ambassador to Nepal between 1975 and 1978. He reported on the

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for the New Zealand government and spoke for New Zealand at the UN when the

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was adopted. Aikman was awarded the

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in 1977. In the

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, he was appointed a

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, for services to law and education. Aikman's daughter, Helen Aikman (6 December 1955 – 8 January 2012) was a

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.http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/in-practice/people/obituaries/obituaries-list/helen-mary-aikman-qc-1955-2012

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New Zealand diplomats New Zealand jurists Vice-chancellors of the University of the South Pacific Victoria University of Wellington faculty 1919 births 2002 deaths New Zealand expatriates in Fiji New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub