Ross Ardern

Ross Ardern
Administrator of Tokelau
In office
May 2018 – June 2022
Ulu-o-TokelauAfega Gaualofa
Kerisiano Kalolo
Preceded byJonathan Kings
Succeeded byDon Higgins
High Commissioner of New Zealand to Niue
In office
February 2014 – 2018
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Bill English
Jacinda Ardern
Preceded byMark Blumsky
Succeeded byKirk Yates
Personal details
BornDavid Ross Ardern
(1954-02-28) 28 February 1954
Te Aroha, New Zealand
SpouseLaurell Ardern
Children2, including Jacinda Ardern
RelativesClarke Gayford (son-in-law)
Alma materRoyal New Zealand Police College
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "primeminister2". Replace with "prime_minister2".

David Ross Ardern (born 28 February 1954) is a New Zealand diplomat and former police officer. He was the Administrator of Tokelau from 2018 to 2022, having previously served as the High Commissioner of New Zealand to Niue from 2014 to 2018, and as Niue's police commissioner from 2005 to 2009.