Louisa Wall

Her Excellency Louisa Wall
Wall in 2020
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list
In office 17 October 2020 – 1 May 2022
Succeeded by	Lemauga Lydia Sosene[a]
In office 6 April 2011 – 26 November 2011
Preceded by	Darren Hughes[a]
In office 29 February 2008 – 8 November 2008
Preceded by	Ann Hartley[a]
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Manurewa
In office 26 November 2011 – 17 October 2020
Preceded by	George Hawkins
Succeeded by	Arena Williams
Majority	8,374
Personal details
Born	(1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 (age 52) Taupō, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Rugby player
Rugby union career
International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–2001 New Zealand 16
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Women's rugby union Rugby World Cup 1998 Netherlands Team competition
Netball career Years National team(s) Caps 1989–1992 New Zealand 28 Medal record Representing  New Zealand Netball World Championships 1991 Sydney Tournament

Louisa Hareruia Wall (born 17 February 1972) is a New Zealand former double international sportswoman, former politician, and human rights advocate. She represented New Zealand in both netball as a Silver Fern from 1989 to 1992 and in rugby union as a member of the Black Ferns from 1995 to 2001, including as a member of the 1991 World Netball Championships runner-up team and 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winning team.

Wall had a political career with the New Zealand Labour Party between 2002 and 2022. She was a Labour list Member of Parliament (MP) and MP for Manurewa in 2008 and again from 2011 to 2022. Wall was well-known for her successful attempt leading the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand in 2013. She resigned from Parliament to serve as New Zealand's ambassador for pacific gender equality, a role she held until early 2024.^[1]

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