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Kieran McAnulty
Kieran Michael McAnulty is a New Zealand politician. He was first elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2017, representing the New Zealand Labour Party. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wairarapa between 2020 and 2023, and is currently a list MP.
McAnulty was the Senior Whip of the Labour Party during part of the term of the Sixth Labour Government. He later served as that government's Minister of Local Government, Minister for Emergency Management, Minister for Racing and Deputy Leader of the House.
McAnulty was born in Eketāhuna in 1985, and was adopted by Marie (née Monaghan) and Mike McAnulty. Their families have lived in the Wairarapa area for more than 170 years, with his great grandmother's great grandfather, Henry Burling, arriving as an early settler in what is now the town of Featherston. The McAnulty family is a historically "staunch" family of Labour Party supporters, although his mother's family included some National Party supporters. Ted McAnulty, Kieran's great-grandfather, ("the only Labour-voting cockie in Eketāhuna") was the campaign manager for a Labour candidate running against Prime Minister Keith Holyoake in the Pahiatua electorate, at that time a safe National seat. John Monaghan, the former chair of Fonterra, is his mother's cousin.
McAnulty was raised Catholic. He attended St Mary's School in Carterton, St Patrick's School in Masterton, and Chanel College, where he was head boy in 2002. He went on to the University of Otago where he completed a Bachelor of Arts, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts and Master of Arts in politics. His 2011 master's thesis was titled "The role of political positioning in party performance in the 2008 New Zealand General Election." He has previously worked for the T.A.B. as a bookmaker covering the racing industry and an economic development advisor for the Masterton District Council. He has been a volunteer firefighter.
He met his first wife, Suzanne McNally, while travelling in her home country of Ireland on an overseas experience. They married in 2011 and later divorced. McAnulty married his second wife, the former prime minister's press secretary Gia Garrick, in January 2024.
McAnulty stood in the North Island electorate of Wairarapa at the 2014 election, but was defeated by National's Alastair Scott. He had previously been offered the Wairarapa candidacy in 2011, but declined.
McAnulty stood for Labour in Wairarapa again in the 2017 election. Although he reduced Scott's majority, he failed to win the electorate. He instead entered Parliament via the party list, where he had been ranked 38.
In November 2017 he was appointed Labour's junior whip. In his first term, he served on the primary production committee. His maiden statement, given on 16 November 2017, focused on the values of fairness and equality.
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Kieran McAnulty
Kieran Michael McAnulty is a New Zealand politician. He was first elected to the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2017, representing the New Zealand Labour Party. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wairarapa between 2020 and 2023, and is currently a list MP.
McAnulty was the Senior Whip of the Labour Party during part of the term of the Sixth Labour Government. He later served as that government's Minister of Local Government, Minister for Emergency Management, Minister for Racing and Deputy Leader of the House.
McAnulty was born in Eketāhuna in 1985, and was adopted by Marie (née Monaghan) and Mike McAnulty. Their families have lived in the Wairarapa area for more than 170 years, with his great grandmother's great grandfather, Henry Burling, arriving as an early settler in what is now the town of Featherston. The McAnulty family is a historically "staunch" family of Labour Party supporters, although his mother's family included some National Party supporters. Ted McAnulty, Kieran's great-grandfather, ("the only Labour-voting cockie in Eketāhuna") was the campaign manager for a Labour candidate running against Prime Minister Keith Holyoake in the Pahiatua electorate, at that time a safe National seat. John Monaghan, the former chair of Fonterra, is his mother's cousin.
McAnulty was raised Catholic. He attended St Mary's School in Carterton, St Patrick's School in Masterton, and Chanel College, where he was head boy in 2002. He went on to the University of Otago where he completed a Bachelor of Arts, Postgraduate Diploma in Arts and Master of Arts in politics. His 2011 master's thesis was titled "The role of political positioning in party performance in the 2008 New Zealand General Election." He has previously worked for the T.A.B. as a bookmaker covering the racing industry and an economic development advisor for the Masterton District Council. He has been a volunteer firefighter.
He met his first wife, Suzanne McNally, while travelling in her home country of Ireland on an overseas experience. They married in 2011 and later divorced. McAnulty married his second wife, the former prime minister's press secretary Gia Garrick, in January 2024.
McAnulty stood in the North Island electorate of Wairarapa at the 2014 election, but was defeated by National's Alastair Scott. He had previously been offered the Wairarapa candidacy in 2011, but declined.
McAnulty stood for Labour in Wairarapa again in the 2017 election. Although he reduced Scott's majority, he failed to win the electorate. He instead entered Parliament via the party list, where he had been ranked 38.
In November 2017 he was appointed Labour's junior whip. In his first term, he served on the primary production committee. His maiden statement, given on 16 November 2017, focused on the values of fairness and equality.