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Neil Reid

Neil Reid

Senior reporter·NZ Herald·

31 Oct, 2026 04:00 PM9 mins to read

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Colin McGregor started his accountancy career in a Christchurch ice cream factory before a tenure at the United Nations that took him into some of the world's most dangerous war zones. Photos / NZME

When Colin McGregor started his accountancy journey in the 1960s, his immediate goal was to ensure he balanced the books at a Christchurch ice cream factory.

But by the time he retired, he had travelled to some of the world’s most troubled hotspots, racked by civil war, during decades working

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Source: New Zealand Herald · Neil Reid

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