Co-Chairs
Ingrid Leary MP is the Labor Member for Taieri. Ingrid is Chair of the New Zealand Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee, Co-Chair, New Zealand Parliament All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan and she is co-Chair of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians NZ Group. Prior to her election Ingrid worked as an international relations specialist, lawyer, parliamentary press secretary, university lecturer and broadcaster. In 2006, Ingrid received the New Zealand Special Service Medal for bravery in her broadcasting work in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Aceh.
