Louisa Wall

Monday, 25 February 2013

I am the eldest of 4 children. My parents Les and Josie came from large families and left school without formal qualifications.  Education was very important and my father particularly had an aspiration for me to go to university and to have a better life than he did. When he was a child my dad lived in a hut with a dirt floor. Dad died 4 years ago when he was 63 from a heart attack.  He had the works – gout, diabetes, sleep apnoea.  I want to be part of a Labour team that addresses these diseases of poverty. Not of the heart and mind, but the body, because we don’t have access to good housing, education and the health care that our families deserve.

 

 

 

Career Profile

Labour List MP in Manurewa, 12 April 2011 -

Principal Advisor, Auckland Office of the Children’s Commissioner,

August 2009 – April 2011

Engagement Advisor, Families Commission, April to August 2009

List Member of Parliament, New Zealand Labour Party, 4 March 2008 –

29 November 2008

Programme Manager, Funding and Planning, Counties Manukau District

Health Board, October 2006 – March 2008

Equity Policy Advisor, AUT University, June 2006 – October 2006

Policy Advisor/Analyst, Race and Ethnic Relations Team, Human

Rights Commission, July 2004 – June 2006

Kaiwhakahaere Rangahau Hauora/Manager, Maori Health Research,

Health Research Council of New Zealand, July 2001 – March 2004

 

 

Notable Achievements and Awards

World Champion, as a member of the Black Ferns in 1998

New Zealand Women’s Rugby Player of the Year, 1997

New Zealand University Blues, 1997-98

Member and Vice-Captain of the Silver Ferns 1989-1992

 

Contact details:

Parliamentary Office
Address: Freepost PO Box 18 888, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160
Phone: 04 817 9732
Email: louisa.wall@parliament.govt.nz

Manurewa Electorate Office
Address: 265 Great South Road Manurewa, PO Box 75104 Manurewa, Auckland 2243
Phone: 09 267 0934
Email: william.marshall@parliament.govt.nz