Laura Clarke

Laura Clarke
Her Excellency; Laura Clarke
	Clarke in 2018
Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 January 2018[1]
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Robin Shackell
British High Commissioner to New Zealand
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2018
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Theresa May; Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Jonathan Sinclair
Personal details
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge ; London School of Economics[2]
Occupation	Diplomat

Laura Clarke is a British diplomat, who is currently serving as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand, and the Governor of Pitcairn.

Biography

Before taking up her current role, she worked as Head of the South Asia Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She also worked as a political counsellor in Pretoria, South Africa and in the Ministry of Justice.[3]

In November 2018 the British High Commission employed its first Maori adviser and also a language teacher for Clarke, as the New Zealand indigenous language is generally used alongside English.[4]

Clarke's husband is a New Zealander.[5]

gollark: Idea: literally just brain[REDACTED] but encoded with frequency shift keying.

gollark: ddg!eso Velato

gollark: ... two of them.

gollark: Has an audio-based esolang been made yet?

gollark: Hmm, I must design an esolang.

References

"Pitcairn Islands Government 2019". theodora.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
Laura Clarke - LinkedIn
"Ms Laura Clarke". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
Roy, Eleanor Ainge (5 November 2018). "UK high commission in New Zealand to recruit Māori adviser and te reo teacher". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
Harris, Dominic (26 October 2019). "Chef hopes beer-shout offer if England beat ABs isn't a half-baked idea". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

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[1] "Pitcairn Islands Government 2019". theodora.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[2] Laura Clarke - LinkedIn

[3] "Ms Laura Clarke". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[4] Roy, Eleanor Ainge (5 November 2018). "UK high commission in New Zealand to recruit Māori adviser and te reo teacher". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

[5] Harris, Dominic (26 October 2019). "Chef hopes beer-shout offer if England beat ABs isn't a half-baked idea". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 October 2019.