Office of the Administrator

Jonathan Kings has joined the Office of the Administrator of Tokelau as Acting Director for six weeks from 23 August 2010. Jonathan comes with experience in law, the corporate world, and the public sector.
 
Recently he has been leading New Zealand’s bid with Australia to host the Square Kilometre Array. The Square Kilometre Array is a radio telescope that will be by far the mostpowerful of its type in the world, with a discovery potential 10,000 times greater thancurrent instruments.The telescope is one of the world’smost significant mega-science projects of the 21^st century. Before that he was a senior manager with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Industry New Zealand for nine years. He had a range of responsibilities including leading Investment New Zealand, which is New Zealand’s investment attraction agency, spending two years at the OECD in Paris working on regional development issues, and managing New Zealand’s trade promotion offices in Europe and the Middle East and in the Americas.
 
Prior to joining the public sector Jonathan was the chief executive of a consulting firm in the energy sector with offices in New Zealand and Australia, and before that he was a senior manager with a multinational in the energy sector.

The Office of the Administrator of Tokelau is situated in the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  The Office's staff provide policy advice to the Government of Tokelau and manage the delivery of New Zealand's economic support to the territory.

The Administrator of Tokelau is appointed by the New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and trade for a period of three years.  The current Administrator is Mr John Allen who is also Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade.  More information on the Office of the Administrator of Tokelau can be found on the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.