Malcolm Templeton (born 1924) is a former New Zealand Foreign Service officer, who held a number of senior positions, including that of permanent representative to the United Nations, and Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs under Secretary Merwyn Norrish. He was a supporter of the Halt All Racist Tours HART movement which opposed New Zealand's sporting contact with South Africa during the apartheid era, and an opponent of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
The world needed another nuclear power like a hole in the head" - referring to the French nuclear testing at Moruroa atoll (recorded in interview as played in a BBC4 programme "Blowing Up Paradise: Liberty, Equality and Radioactivity
He is the author of a number of books and publications on New Zealand's foreign relations and defence. Templeton's twin brothers are veteran press gallery journalist Ian Templeton, and former diplomat and Minister Hugh Templeton.
Publications
- Protecting Antarctica (2002)
- A Wise Adventure: New Zealand and the Antarctic 1923-1960 (2001)
- Human Rights and Sporting Contacts: New Zealand Attitudes to Race Relations in South Africa (1998, revised edition(?) 1999)
- Ties of Blood and Empire: New Zealand's Involvement in Middle East Defence and the Suez Crisis 1947-57 (1994)
- Defence and Security: What New Zealand Needs (1986)
