Bruce Slane

Sir Bruce Houlton Slane KNZM CBE (10 August 1931 – 7 January 2017) was a New Zealand public servant and lawyer. He served as New Zealand's first Privacy Commissioner from 1993 to 2003.[1]

Slane was educated at Takapuna Grammar School and Auckland University, graduating with a law degree in 1957.[1]

He was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1985, and became a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. He accepted the title of Knight Companion in 2009.[1]

Slane's wife Lady Penelope died on 28 December 2016. Sir Bruce died ten days later, on 7 January 2017.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sir Bruce Slane dies, aged 85". Radio New Zealand. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wife of New Zealand's first Privacy Commissioner Sir Bruce Slane died 10 days before him". The New Zealand Herald. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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