Helen Leahy is specialist advisor for Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu/Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu (Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency). She was formerly ministerial advisor and Chief of Staff of the Maori Party, and during the 2014 general election, she was national secretary for the Maori Party. Prior to this, she has held roles as a policy analyst, press secretary, speech writer, party secretary and electorate delegate.
