Adrian Hayter

Adrian Goodenough Hayter (22 December 1914 – 14 June 1990) was a New Zealand soldier, sailor, Antarctic expedition leader and author.

Biography Hayter was born in Timaru in 1914 and was educated at Nelson College from 1926 to 1931. He then went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, after which he was attached to 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment in India, before joining his regiment, the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles, in 1934. He was awarded the Military Cross for actions in Burma in 1944.

Hayter left the army in 1947, but returned to his regiment during the early years of the Malayan Emergency, and later became the chief instructor at the Jungle Warfare School. He later wrote of his experiences in the army in the book The Second Step, which was published in 1962.

Hayter twice stood unsuccessfully for the New Zealand parliament in the Tasman electorate, the first time in 1975 as an independent candidate, and then in 1984 under the banner of the New Zealand Party.

Works Sheila in the wind. Hodder and Stoughton, London (1959) The second step. Hodder & Stoughton, London (1962) Business in great waters. Hodder and Stoughton, London (1965) The year of the quiet sun. Hodder & Stoughton, London (1968) A man called Peters. Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland (1977) The dolphin's message. Self-published, Nelson (1981) The missing piece. Self-published, Nelson (1983)