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MP · #108

Megan Woods

Wigram · New Zealand Labour Party
Pecuniary interests
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Directorships
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Research run #123 · 5 May 2026
Every claim below links to its source. Click any footnote [1] in the text, or expand the citation index after the bio, to see the verbatim quote and the page it came from.

Megan Woods is a Labour Party Member of Parliament representing the Wigram electorate [21][9].

According to a single reputable secondary source, Woods was educated at Catholic Cathedral College and subsequently at the University of Canterbury [3][4]. She holds a doctoral qualification, as reflected in her honorific title Hon Dr Megan Woods [7].

Woods has been a Member of Parliament for Wigram since 2011 [9] and is affiliated with the Labour Party [21]. She served as a Cabinet Minister in the Sixth Labour Government [6]. According to a single reputable secondary source, she held the role of Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration from 2017 [11], alongside responsibilities described as including Greater Christchurch Regeneration, Energy and Resources, and Research, Science and Innovation [19]. Also from 2017, according to a single reputable secondary source, she held the office of Minister for the Earthquake Commission [13].

According to a single reputable secondary source, from 2018 she served as Minister of Government Digital Services [16]. From 2020, she is reported by a single reputable secondary source to have held the portfolios of Minister of Energy and Resources [15], Minister of Research, Science and Innovation [18], and Minister in charge of border isolation and quarantine [14].

According to a single reputable secondary source, from 12 April 2023 Woods held the offices of Minister of Housing [17], Minister for Building and Construction [10], Minister for Infrastructure [12], and Associate Minister of Finance [5].

Generated 5 May 2026 · model claude-sonnet-4-6
AI-generated biography. Assembled by an LLM from public sources (Wikipedia, Hansard, Beehive, Parliament register, news archives). Every claim is backed by a verbatim quote in one of the cited sources below and tagged confirmed, unverified, or disputed based on corroboration. Use as a starting reference, not a final source — cross-check anything load-bearing.
3 confirmed 18 unverified 0 disputed
Verify the bio — expand the citation index 21 sourced claims

Education

Career

Political offices

Party affiliation

Looked for, not found

  • No public record confirmed for Megan Woods serving as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party (as opposed to Deputy Leader of the House) — search results were ambiguous and Wikipedia was inaccessible for verification.
  • Megan Woods's prior membership of the Alliance Party (reportedly 1999–2002) could not be confirmed from a directly fetched primary source — only referenced in KeyWiki.

The researcher checked for these topics across the allowed public sources but could not find verbatim-quotable evidence. Absence here doesn't rule the fact out — it just means no journalist-accessible source covered it at the time of the run.

01 Positions

03 Pecuniary interests (2025) Methodology →

as of 2026-05-27 02:27
Debts owed by you
Kiwibank – mortgage — Kiwibank
Gifts
Match tickets (x4) and hospitality – Canterbury Cricket Trust — Canterbury Cricket Trust
Real property
Home (jointly owned) – Hillmorton, Christchurch
House – Hillmorton, Christchurch
Retirement schemes
AMP Superannuation — AMP Superannuation
Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme — Fisher Funds KiwiSaver Scheme

04 Directorships Methodology →

None recorded.

08 Recent meetings (as minister) Methodology →

No meetings recorded.

09 Recent Hansard speeches

12 In the news Methodology →

42 articles

Coverage from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff that mentions this person. Click any source to expand. Article body markdown is captured separately and used for AI summarisation downstream.

RNZ 16
The Spinoff 14
Otago Daily Times 3
1News 3
Newsroom 2
NZ Herald 2
Stuff 2

13 OIA disclosures Methodology →

1 release

Strict-mode Official Information Act responses from FYI.org.nz that name this MP. Tenure-checked: each row represents a request whose subject period overlapped a role this MP held. Click through to read the full release on FYI.

13 Commentary topics Methodology →

6 topics · 12 weeks

Topics where op-eds, blogs and press releases have mentioned this person, week-by-week. Each row links through to the topic detail in the discourse lens.

14 Press topics Methodology →

6 topics · 12 weeks

Topics where major news outlets have reported on this person. Each row links through to the topic detail in the press lens. Compare to the discourse rows above to see where reporting and commentary converge or diverge.

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