Sylvia Wood is a New Zealand businesswoman, currently serving as President of the

New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party ( mi, Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National () or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongside ...

. She succeeded Peter Goodfellow. Wood was raised in the

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. She owns and runs an human resources consultancy. Wood also worked as a relations specialist. She joined the New Zealand National Party in 2014 and its board in 2021, being elected as its president on 7 August 2022. Wood is a member of the Employment Law Institute and the Institute of Directors. She currently lives in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

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