New Moons For Sam: Becoming Kiwi - Life of a New Zealand Diplomat

Written by Peter Hamilton

Narrated by Paul Barrett

A personal, intimate, memoir spanning 70 years, in three parts, describing my childhood in the UK and New Zealand, my 35 years as a New Zealand diplomat, and the hundreds of amazing individuals I met on the way, from farming folk to Kings, Queens and Presidents. Part One is the story of an English boy growing up on a farm in rural Devon and Somerset in an extended family, and then, aged 9, moving to rural New Zealand. It covers my school years, my year as a volunteer teacher, aged 17, at an all boys school, in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga and my year as a university student in a still divided Germany. Part Two describes my career as a junior, then senior, New Zealand diplomat, and my postings in Fiji, Canada, Geneva, Samoa, Germany and Singapore, the last three as Ambassador. Part Three argues that New Zealand should become a republic in the Commonwealth, with its own Head of State. It describes, too, my liberating journey from Anglicanism to freedom from any religion. I have aimed to tell the memoir with a sense of humour, humility and (for the most part) optimism!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Hamilton
• Release date: Feb 3, 2023
• ISBN: 9780473666149

Peter Hamilton

Peter Hamilton was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in October 1960 to working class parents and was bred there. He has a passion for problem-solving and enjoys being challenged. He started to work in retail stores at the age of sixteen and has never been out of work since, and still continues to work full time. For many years, he has had a burning ambition of writing his own book and this first book is of a series of stories detailing the crimes solved by Lucy Spires, 'The Blind Detective'.