Moira Coatsworth

Moira Coatsworth (born 3rd January 1954) is the current President of the New Zealand Labour Party succeeding Andrew Little on 2 April 2011.[1] ==Early years[ edit] == Born in South Africa, Coatsworth moved to New Zealand when she was eight. She works as a child psychologist and owns a small farm in the Coromandel.[2] ==Political career[ edit] == Coatsworth joined the Labour Party in the 1980s during anti-mining campaigns in the Coromandel.[2] [3]

Before being elected President, Coatsworth was Senior Vice President of the Labour Party.[3] [4] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  She was elected President of the Labour Party unopposed on 2 April 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-elected_3-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">She has "absolutely no ambition" to be an MP.