Louisa Wall

Outgoing MP says 'I do want to be very clear that this was not entirely my choice'.

Again, you're going to have to ask her about why she thought there was no place for someone like me in the Labour Party caucus." Ardern, and her ally Grant Robertson had been staunch members of the ABC (Anyone But Cunliffe) faction. Even the "deputy leader" at the time was not entirely supportive. Williams was eventually selected as Labour's candidate in the seat and Wall went on the party list as part of a deal brokered with senior Labour figures. Though he was not named in the speech, Labour's deputy leader at the time was current Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. However I do not wish to detract from Louisa's many achievements as an MP. The Party wishes her well for the future." Wall announced her resignation a fortnight ago. "The way they were treated in order to punish me is reprehensible. "But it didn't just affect me. "I'm not a minister because the Prime Minister told me I would never be in her Cabinet. And that was her decision, obviously, and I accepted that decision and then just got on with the job," Wall said. The journey to marriage equality was "a rapid-fire course in process and procedures" - and despite it being included in the Labour manifesto, it was not universally supported in caucus, Wall said. Wall said the process leading to her ouster was "corrupt".

Outgoing Labour MP Louisa Wall will give her valedictory speech to Parliament this afternoon, ending a 14-year parliamentary career. Wall's exit from Parl.

Again, you're going to have to ask her about why she thought there was no place for someone like me in the Labour Party caucus." Wall has had a storied parliamentary career. Ardern, and her ally Grant Robertson had been staunch members of the ABC (Anyone But Cunliffe) faction. "But it didn't just affect me. "The way they were treated in order to punish me is reprehensible. Even the deputy leader at the time was not entirely supportive. But Wall told TVNZ's Breakfast the speech would be an opportunity to have "clarity" and to "put some things on record that I think need to be known". "I'm not a minister because the Prime Minister told me I would never be in her Cabinet. And that was her decision, obviously, and I accepted that decision and then just got on with the job," Wall said. Wall said her "commitment to human rights" will be uppermost in her mind as she moves into a new role as an Ambassador for Gender Equality in the Pacific. Wall said "one regret" was that the party and Parliament had not been able to recognise Māori as tangata whenua in the Constitution Act. Wall said in 2020 she was "placed on the list just below where I had been in 2017 and accepted that [she] was to resign as an MP during this term". Wall said she was "forced out" of her electorate before the last election, "by the unconstitutional actions of the Party President, Claire Szabo, and some members of the Council [Labour's governing body)".

Louisa Wall used her valedictory speech to hit out at a “corrupt process” of the Labour Party candidate selections, and spoke about how she passed the marriage equality law. Louisa Wall, the “maverick MP” who achieved historic reform for marriage equality, ...

She spent most of the speech looking down, towards her phone. Her work led to gay marriage being legalised in 2013, a move which she said recognised the equality of everyone in Aotearoa – no matter their sexuality. The entire Parliament, including a busy public gallery, rose to sing Ka Waiata Ki a Maria as Wall finished her valedictory. “She’s made her mark in every field that she has participated in, and she has added vibrancy to a number of the more challenging debates that the New Zealand Parliament has had,” she said. Wall said she was leaving with one regret, in that the Labour Party would not affirm the status of Māori as indigenous to Aotearoa in the Constitution Act. “I left it all on the field,” Wall told Parliament on Thursday. She shared recollections of her struggle to pass the marriage equality bill, including that she was told it would be the end of her career.

The long-serving MP Louisa Wall has fired a broadside at her own Labour Party as she leaves Parliament - using her valedictory speech to accuse the party ...

"I took the opportunity to complete some of my ongoing work, including in the international advocacy space. To use a sporting analogy, I left it all on the field." "In 2020, I agreed to leave.

Wall's exit from Parliament has been bruising for both herself and the Labour Party. After announcing her resignation as an MP a fortnight ago, it was revealed ...

Again, you're going to have to ask her about why she thought there was no place for someone like me in the Labour Party caucus." Ardern, and her ally Grant Robertson, had been staunch members of the ABC (Anyone But Cunliffe) faction. Wall has had a storied parliamentary career. "The way they were treated in order to punish me is reprehensible. "But it didn't just affect me. Even the deputy leader at the time was not entirely supportive. But Wall told TVNZ's Breakfast the speech would be an opportunity to have "clarity" and to "put some things on record that I think need to be known". "How could the state deny the rights of a group of people to enter into the state-recognised institution of marriage," Wall said. Wall said she wanted to apologise to her local party members for the actions of the Labour Party against them. Wall said she was "forced out" of her electorate before the last election, "by the unconstitutional actions of the Party President, Claire Szabo, and some members of the Council [Labour's governing body)". She said the "devastation" was not just against Wall, but "about the devastation wrought on my Manurewa Labour Electorate Committee when their voting rights were removed to ensure that a central party vote would prevail". "But there are a few things that I also feel I also feel I need to address given comments that have been made over the last few days."

Wall took aim at the Labour Party President and council over her removal as the Labour candidate for Manuwera.

To that end, I differ from some of my colleagues and those in leadership. "Māori are not another ethnic group. She said she was devastated and that "voting rights were removed to ensure a central party vote would prevail". "I will take the opportunity to put some things on record that I think need to be known." "I firmly believe that being a Member of this House offers the opportunity to find solutions… She has spent 14 years as an MP.

Outspoken Labour MP Louisa Wall delivered her valedictory speech.

Louisa Wall, the “maverick MP” who achieved historic reform for marriage equality, used her final speech in Parliament to deliver a broadside against the ...

She spent most of the speech looking down, towards her phone. Her work led to gay marriage being legalised in 2013, a move which she said recognised the equality of everyone in Aotearoa – no matter their sexuality. The entire Parliament, including a busy public gallery, rose to sing Ka Waiata Ki a Maria as Wall finished her valedictory. “She’s made her mark in every field that she has participated in, and she has added vibrancy to a number of the more challenging debates that the New Zealand Parliament has had,” she said. Wall said she was leaving with one regret, in that the Labour Party would not affirm the status of Māori as indigenous to Aotearoa in the Constitution Act. “I left it all on the field,” Wall told Parliament on Thursday. She shared recollections of her struggle to pass the marriage equality bill, including that she was told it would be the end of her career.

Ms Wall made the explosive claim in her valedictory speech on Thursday, following a series of interviews which have shined a spotlight on Prime Minister Jacinda ...