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Virginia Noonan is the Director of the National Office for Professional Standards (NOPS). NOPS responded to complaints of sexual abuse involving clergy and members of religious congregations and oversees the Catholic Church’s safeguarding policies and practices in New Zealand. Virginia was appointed Director in 2018 and between May 2017 and January 2018 was appointed by the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch as their Safeguarding Coordinator. Her evidence outlined how NOPS operationalises the safeguarding and harm-prevention programmes and offered reflections on the survivor evidence given at the Faith-based Redress Hearing.