Calling Home: David Shearer in Juba, South Sudan 14 Mar, 2021 04:30 AM 6 minutes to read David Shearer with children in Koch in South Sudan. Photo / Supplied RNZ New Zealander David Shearer is about to end his tenure heading the United Nations mission in South Sudan saying one of his goals has been to improve the country's roading. Shearer is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the United Nations Mission and he has just delivered his final briefing to the UN Security Council capping off a four-year tenure in Juba that has been filled with remarkable highlights. The former Labour MP has also done humanitarian work in places such as Rwanda, Lebanon and Iraq. He and his wife Anuschka Meyer have been New Zealanders of the Year and they ran one of the biggest aid camps in Somalia - he has received an MBE for that work.