Michael Wood
Former Mt Roskill MP and minister, union advocate and former local-board member with more than 20 years in the community.
Stated priorities: Housing, affordable healthcare, small business, safe streets, public transport, worker rights and flood resilience.
Latest party-vote polling
Polls measure nationwide support for Labour, not this candidate or this electorate — no electorate-level figures are published in these releases.
Labour manifesto promises
52 policy commitments on file for the party this candidate stands for.
- • $20 weekly public transport fare caplabour.org.nz
- • Three free doctor's visits each year for every New Zealanderlabour.org.nz
- • Free prescriptions from July 2027labour.org.nz
- • Free maternity scans from July 2028labour.org.nz
- • Free cervical screening for ages 25–69 from 1 October 2027labour.org.nz
- • Three free doctor's visits each year for every New Zealanderlabour.org.nz
- • Free prescriptions from July 2027labour.org.nz
- • Free cervical screening for ages 25–69 from 1 October 2027labour.org.nz
- • Family Doctor Loan Scheme to create 4.5 million new GP visitslabour.org.nz
- • Job guarantee for every eligible graduate nurselabour.org.nz
- • Reduce family costs through three free GP visits, free prescriptions, free maternity scans and a weekly public-transport fare caplabour.org.nz
- • [Stuff news source] Support legislation banning social-media access for children under 16stuff.co.nz
- • Expand Apprenticeship Boost to support more tradies and young peoplelabour.org.nz
- • Back Māori into skilled work with Māori-led traininglabour.org.nz
- • [Newsroom source] Reinstate school boards’ legal obligation to give effect to Te Tiriti, take a less prescriptive approach to teaching, reintegrate charter schools and restore locally delivered healthy school lunchesnewsroom.co.nz
- • [RNZ news source] Fund climate adaptation through a mix of beneficiary pays, exacerbator pays, central and local government funding, with banks and insurers also involved; a fuller policy was still to be announcedrnz.co.nz
- • Use SolarSaver to remove the upfront cost of solar for homeowners, renters and communitieslabour.org.nz
- • [Newsroom source] Reinstate explicit climate-change teaching in science and social-science curriculanewsroom.co.nz
- • Solar without the upfront cost for homeowners, renters and communitieslabour.org.nz
- • Use SolarSaver subsidies and loan schemes to remove the upfront cost of solar for homeowners, renters and communitieslabour.org.nz
- • Make it easier for people to buy their first home as part of a broader housing plan focused on affordability, secure renting and additional supply; detailed implementation settings remain to be announcedlabour.org.nz
- • Put housing affordability first by making first-home ownership easier, renting fairer and more secure, and building additional homes; detailed implementation settings remain to be announcedlabour.org.nz
- • Introduce a 28% capital gains tax on profits from residential investment and commercial property sold after the 1 July 2027 valuation date, excluding the family home and farmslabour.org.nz
- • [RNZ news source] Economists said the CGT could reduce investors’ expected after-tax return and place gradual downward pressure on land and house valuesrnz.co.nz
- • Make renting fairer and more secure as part of Labour’s housing priority; detailed tenancy-law settings remain to be announcedlabour.org.nz
- • Simple targeted capital gains tax on investment property profits to fund healthlabour.org.nz
- • Reduce net debt to around 20% of GDP over timelabour.org.nz
- • Freeze fuel excise duty at its current rate for the full three-year parliamentary termlabour.org.nz
- • [RNZ news source] Reinstate the Smokefree Generation policy and reverse the 50% excise-duty reduction for heated tobacco productsrnz.co.nz
- • Freeze fuel excise duty at its current rate for the full three-year parliamentary termlabour.org.nz
Speeches and coverage
Stories and statements that name Michael Wood, updated automatically as they are published.
- Nothing naming this candidate has been collected yet.
Recent Labour speeches and statements
- 2 Sept 2026Official party siteParty releaseNational's hiring freeze a travesty for our regions
Labour criticised public-health workforce growth and promoted its graduate-nurse job guarantee.
- 31 Aug 2026Official party siteParty releaseLabour to reform retirement village repayments
Bill within first 100 days to require repayments within three months and create dispute resolution.
- 31 Aug 2026Official party siteParty releaseNational turns flawed disability Bill into law
Labour said it would repeal the Disability Support Services Act and replace it with rights-based legislation co-designed with disabled people, criticising ministerial powers to alter eligibility and support thresholds without adequate scrutiny.
- 30 Aug 2026Official party sitePolicy releaseLabour will guarantee a job for graduate nurses
Election promise to offer eligible New Zealand-trained graduate nurses a public health job.
- 28 Aug 2026Official party sitePolicy releaseLabour is backing Māori into skilled work
Election commitment for Māori-led employment and trades training.
- 23 Aug 2026StuffCampaign launchHipkins unveils Labour’s 2026 campaign slogan
Labour formally introduced its election slogan as the campaign moved into its final phase.
- 28 Jun 2026YouTubeSocial media — Congress speechNew Zealand Labour Party / Chris Hipkins: Congress speech
Labour leader's full Congress speech launching the party's election campaign around jobs, affordable healthcare and household costs. Evidence: Official party video
- 27 Jun 2026YouTubeSocial media — Congress speechNew Zealand Labour Party / Barbara Edmonds: Congress speech
Labour finance spokesperson's Congress address on the party's economic and fiscal case for the election. Evidence: Official party video; Congress opening-day date