Profile: Child Sex Abuse Inquiry chair Lowell Goddard

Justice Lowell Goddard, 66, has been selected to lead the Child Sex Abuse inquiry. Here is a profile of the judge:

• A serving judge with the High Court of New Zealand, the first woman of Maori descent to be appointed.
• Raised and studied in Auckland, New Zealand where she began practicing as a barrister in 1977
• Helped to establish the HELP Clinic and police support networks for victims of sexual abuse
• Oversaw publication of a report on police handling of child abuse cases as chairwoman of New Zealand's Independent Police Conduct Authority
• Elected an independent expert to the UN subcommittee on the prevention of torture
• She is married with three step-children and a daughter from a previous marriage