Louisa Wall

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athletename = Louisa Wall
fullname = Louisa Hareruia Wall
dateofbirth = February 1972
cityofbirth = Taupo
countryofbirth = New Zealand
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The New Zealand politician Louisa Hareruia Wall (born February 1972) first became well known as a netball player.

Openly lesbian and Māori, [cite news|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1615985
title=MP Louisa Wall sworn in|publisher=Television New Zealand|date=4 March 2008] Wall has characterised her primary identity as "New Zealander". Born in Taupo and brought up in Waiatahanui (just south of Taupo), she has Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Waikato ancestry. Wall attended secondary school at Taupo Nui-a-tia College. She earned qualifications from the Waikato Institute of Technology, the University of Waikato and Massey University; and worked in the health field.

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In 1988 Wall became the youngest member of the "Young Internationals" netball squad to train under former New Zealand Captain and New Zealand Coach, Lyn Parker. In 1989 the selectors named her in the Silver Ferns netball team (New Zealand's national representative netball team) at the age of 17. Wall also represented New Zealand in the Black Ferns (women's rugby).

Politics

In the 2005 general election Wall stood in the Port Waikato electorate and occupied the 46th position on the Labour list. She became a Labour Party Member of Parliament on 4 March 2008 following her swearing-in to replace retiring list MP Ann Hartley.

The Labour Party has selected Wall to stand for the Māori seat of Tāmaki Makaurau in the 2008 general election. [cite web
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quote= ] She has said that she admires the present Māori Party MP for that seat, Pita Sharples, and will seek "the party vote more than the electorate vote", [cite news
first = Anthony
last = Hubbard
title = New MP already offside
url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaystartimes/4413490a6442.html
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quote = Wall says she will not actively seek the electorate vote in the Auckland Maori seat of Tamaki Makaurau, held by Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples. Instead she will be seeking the party vote.
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archivedate = ] although party president Mike Williams has emphasised Labour policy to "seek two ticks" i.e. both the electorate and the party vote, particularly in the Maori seats. Wall subsequently very carefully emphasised in her maiden speech in Parliament that she would run a "two ticks" campaign. [cite web
url= http://www.labour.org.nz/our_mps/louisa_wall/speeches/03042008_maiden_speech__louisa_wall.html
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quote= I am Labour’s candidate for Tamaki Makaurau. I look forward to working with the Auckland Labour team in our quest for 'two-ticks' and a mandate to form the next government of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Political views

References

External links

* [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/4/3/9/48MP126991-Wall-Louisa.htm Parliamentary website page]
* [http://text.labour.org.nz/LouisaWall/biography.html Labour Party website page]
* [http://www.gaynz.com/articles/publish/34/article_5729.php GayNZ.com's Louisa Wall profile page]