Mary Thurston

Mary Thurston

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][3]

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

References

1. "RNZAF - RNZAF Supports Solomon Islands". www.airforce.mil.nz. New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
2. "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. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
3. "Mary Thurston". New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade. Government of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. "McCully names Ambassador to Poland". The Official Website of the Country of New Zealand. Government of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
5. "McCully names Ambassador to Poland". The Official Website of the New Zealand Government. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
6. Hon Nanaia Mahuta (21 January 2021). "Minister of Foreign Affairs makes three diplomatic appointments". beehive.govt.nz.
7. Kitsoft. "Міністерство закордонних справ України - New stage of Ukrainian-New Zealand cooperation". mfa.gov.ua. Ukraine: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine). Retrieved 19 March 2020.
8. "New diplomatic appointments". The Beehive. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
9. "Children of Pahiatua: story of Polish WWII refugees in New Zealand". PolskieRadio.pl. Poland: Polskie Radio. Retrieved 19 March 2020.