Mary Thurston Explained

Mary Patricia Thurston is a career diplomat with the country of New Zealand.[1] [2]

Thurston attended Oxford University where she studied English and French for a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree. She speaks French, Spanish and Solomon Islands Pijin.[3]

Thurston was previously Deputy High Commissioner at the New Zealand High Commission in Singapore and Deputy Special Coordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).[4] From 2016 to 2021, she was the ambassador of New Zealand to Poland.[5] [6] Via this office, she was also ambassador to Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine.[7]

On 19 November 2022, Thurston was announced as New Zealand's Consul-General in Nouméa.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RNZAF - RNZAF Supports Solomon Islands . www.airforce.mil.nz . . New Zealand . 2020-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200126014126/http://www.airforce.mil.nz/about-us/news/airforce-news/archive/106/solomon-islands.htm . 2020-01-26 . live .
  2. Web site: New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, H.E. Mary Thurston, visited the NATO ENSEC COE on the 11th of July . New Zealand Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, H.E. Mary Thurston, visited the NATO ENSEC COE on the 11th of July . NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence . 2020-03-19.
  3. Web site: Mary Thurston . . New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade . 18 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200131093457/https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/countries-and-regions/europe/poland/new-zealand-embassy/mary-thurston/ . 31 January 2020 . live .
  4. Web site: McCully names Ambassador to Poland . . The Official Website of the Country of New Zealand . 18 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190210090655/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mccully-names-ambassador-poland-0 . 10 February 2019 . live .
  5. Web site: McCully names Ambassador to Poland . 18 March 2020 . The Official Website of the New Zealand Government.
  6. Web site: Hon Nanaia Mahuta . 21 January 2021 . Minister of Foreign Affairs makes three diplomatic appointments . beehive.govt.nz.
  7. Web site: Kitsoft . Міністерство закордонних справ України - New stage of Ukrainian-New Zealand cooperation . 2020-03-19 . mfa.gov.ua . . Ukraine.
  8. Web site: 18 November 2024 . New diplomatic appointments . 20 November 2024 . The Beehive.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Mary Thurston".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.