Meng Foon
Meng Foon | |
|---|---|
廖振明 | |
Foon in 2016 | |
| 11th Race Relations Conciliator | |
| In office 26 August 2019 – 16 June 2023 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Susan Devoy |
| Succeeded by | Melissa Derby |
| Mayor of Gisborne | |
| In office October 2001 – 22 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | John Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Rehette Stoltz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1959 (age 65–66) |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
Meng Liu Foon (Chinese: 廖振明; Jyutping: liu6 zan3 ming4; born c. 1959) is a New Zealand politician who served as the mayor of Gisborne from 2001 to 2019. He served as New Zealand's race relations commissioner from August 2019 to June 2023, resigning after failing to declare payments of $2 million he took for emergency housing while director of an investment company. He is one of a handful of people of Chinese descent to have become a mayor in New Zealand. He is fluent in English, Cantonese and Māori. At the time of his departure from the mayoral position he was the only mayor in New Zealand who was fluent in Māori.