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Helen
Potiki
Helen Potiki has been
appointed as Acting Executive Director of the Abuse in Care
Royal Commission of Inquiry.
Ms Potiki replaces
outgoing Executive Director Mervin Singham who was announced
yesterday as Chief Executive of the newly formed Ministry
for Ethnic Communities.
Ms Potiki joins the Royal
Commission from the Office of Ethnic Communities where she
was the Applied Policy Manager. She has held the roles of
Deputy Chief Executive at the Ministry of Housing and Urban
Development and Acting Chief Executive of the Ministry for
Women.
She has 18 years’ experience in the public
service and she has strong experience working in the area of