Owston Paul Gabites Explained

Paul Gabites
Office:High commissioner of New Zealand to Samoa
Term:1964–1968
Predecessor:Jack Wright
Successor:Richard Taylor
Birth Name:Owston Paul Gabites
Birth Date:5 December 1913
Birth Place:Timaru, New Zealand
Death Place:Kent, United Kingdom
Occupation:Public servant
Office2:Ambassador of New Zealand to France
Predecessor2:Dick Hutchens
Successor1:Richard Taylor
Term1:1965–1968
Successor2:John G. McArthur
Term2:1969–1975
Office1:Administrator of Tokelau
Predecessor1:Jack Wright
Relations:Anna Dora Lunghetti (wife)
Children:3

Owston Paul Gabites (5 December 1913 – 15 July 1993)[1] was a New Zealand diplomat who served as the 8th Administrator of Tokelau from June 1965 to 1968, and ambassador of New Zealand to France between 1969 and 1975.

Biography

Paul Gabites was born 5 December 1913 in Timaru, New Zealand.[2]

After completing his education at the University of Canterbury, Gabites served in World War II from 1941 to 1945. He remained in Europe until 1946, during which time he met and married Italian Anna Dora Lunghetti. They had 3 children.

He passed away on 15 July 1993 in Kent, United Kingdom.

Career

Paul Gabites was a teacher at St Peter's Cambridge[3] from 1937 to 1941. As a politician, after serving in the Second World War, Gabites served in the Internal Affairs Department (1946–47), the Department of External Affairs (1947), as Head of Information Division in Wellington (1951–53), as Official Secretary in Ottawa (1953–56), as Councillor in Paris (195659), as Charge d'Affaires in Paris (1959–60), as Consul General in New York (1960–65), as member of New Zealand United Nations' Delegates (1960-64), as High Commissioner of Western Samoa (1965-68), as Administrator of the Tokelau Islands (1965–68), as Assistant Secretary in Wellington (1968–69), as Senior Commissioner of the South Pacific Commission (1968–69), as New Zealand's ambassador to France (1969–75), as a Permanent Representative to the OECD (1970–75) and as New Zealand's ambassador to Holy See from 1973 until 1975, when he retired.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22392193 . 2024-08-19 . natlib.govt.nz.
  2. Web site: (Owston) Paul Gabites . www.timaru.govt.nz.
  3. Web site: St. Peter's Cambridge A private co-educational school for year 7-13 . 2024-08-19 . www.stpeters.school.nz . en.