Chris Laidlaw
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Christopher Robert Laidlaw (born November 16, 1943), Rhodes Scholar, All Black, diplomat, MP, talk radio host, author, is a famous 20th century New Zealand figure.
He attended Otago University from 1962 to 1966, after which he went overseas with the All Blacks. He was later posted, as a diplomat, in Harare and elsewhere, then returned to New Zealand, becoming a Human Rights Commissioner and Race Relations Conciliator.
In 1969 Laidlaw took up his Rhodes Scholarship at Merton College, Oxford.
A brief spell in Parliament followed the Wellington central by-election in 1992.
Wellington Regional Council has occupied much of his time in recent years. He currently also hosts the Radio New Zealand National Radio Sunday morning slot.
External links
- University's profile of him (http://www.otago.ac.nz/alumni/profiles/chris_laidlaw.html)
- NZ Rugby Museum profiles him (http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=478)