Hon Dr Megan Woods
Jim Anderton retired from politics in 2011 and handed the torch to Woods, who grew to become the candidate elect for Wigram. When she gained the seat and arrived in parliament in 2011, Christchurch was damaged. There had solely been one earthquake in September 2010, when she secured the candidacy for Wigram.
The deal secures New Zealand sufficient doses of the drug for 750-thousand people. The New Zealand government has introduced its first settlement to purchase a Covid-19 vaccine. Early results of a giant-scale trial run by American drug firm Pfizer show its Covid-19 vaccine seems to be more than ninety percent efficient.
Parliamentary Workplace
This is a time the place faculties, enterprise, organizations and families can put their plans to the take a look at so in case of a tornado, everybody is aware of what to do and the place to go wherever they’re. You can at present catch Megan Woods dwelling out her wildest goals as a reporter each weekday morning on Virginia Today. The authorities has introduced hundreds of new carparks it hopes will remedy the continuing issues at Christchurch Hospital.
The authorities has reached an in-principle settlement to purchase doses of a Covid-19 vaccine for the entire inhabitants. Home possession charges have hit a 70 year low and those working in housing are by no means surprised. The authorities is beneath strain for having housed just 12 households under its Progressive Home Ownership Scheme, because it launched seven months in the past.
Nationwide Criticises Low Numbers In Govt’s New Housing Scheme
In late February 2021, Woods defended the Government’s Progressive Home Ownership Scheme, which had value NZ$17 million but solely resettled 12 households within the last seven months. In response, National’s housing spokesperson Nicola Willis described this system as a failure and contended that Woods was out of contact. During the 2017 common election, Woods retained Wigram for Labour by a margin of four,594 votes. During the 2011 election, Woods received the seat with 45.eleven% of the vote and a majority of 1,500 votes.
- You have to get out, get on their doorsteps, onto their road corners and make your self as accessible as attainable.” Woods says she never loses sight of the truth that she is the elected voice of Wigram.
- All I have to do is ask her why she’s into campaigns and she’s off, barely pausing for air for an excellent eight minutes.
- The system nonetheless isn’t excellent, but the streamlining of returning New Zealanders into resort and quarantine facilities has meant that, aside from escapees, instances of Covid-19 are routinely caught on the border.
- “I look on the job I have now as the most effective job I’ll ever have.
On 27 June 2019, in Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s first main reshuffle of the coalition authorities, Woods was appointed Minister of Housing, changing Phil Twyford. Woods was elected as a Cabinet Minister by the Labour Party caucus following Labour’s formation of a coalition authorities with New Zealand First and the Greens. On 12 April, Woods introduced that the Government would halt future fuel and oil exploration but clarified that the prevailing 22 contracts would be allowed to continue.