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

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between 1955 and 1968; first

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of the

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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 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, 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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20th-century New Zealand diplomats New Zealand jurists Vice-chancellors of the University of the South Pacific Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington High commissioners of New Zealand to India High commissioners of New Zealand to Bangladesh Ambassadors of New Zealand to Nepal 1919 births 2002 deaths New Zealand expatriates in Fiji New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub