[1][2][3] His mother was the daughter of one of the founders of stock and station agents Wright Stephenson, and his father was a merchant and had extensive landholdings.
A drama enthusiast he joined Allan Wilkie's Shakespearian Company in Australia for a year before returning to Burwood in 1934.
[1] In 1964, Hazlett was appointed as New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia by Prime Minister Keith Holyoake.
[4] When he first arrived in Canberra, he met Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies and said to him, "I am not a diplomat.
Hazlett was popular with Australian politicians and reporters, with many editorials headed "Goodbye Luke" when he left the role in 1970.