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Labour Selects Nick Moody For Selwyn
The Labour Party has selected Environment Canterbury Regional Councillor Nick Moody as its candidate for the Selwyn electorate for 2026.
“I’m excited to be selected as the Labour candidate for Selwyn, and ready to campaign alongside the strong Labour team,” Nick Moody said.
“New Zealanders should expect to live in warm affordable homes, to get fair pay in good jobs, and have access to great public services in their communities. These are the things I’d like to deliver as part of a Labour government.
“I’ve been dismayed by the current government’s approach to workers’ pay and safety. As a PSA union delegate, I led industrial action at Environment Canterbury and helped secure their Living Wage accreditation. I’ve also worked supporting adults with disabilities - so I know how crucial and underpaid this kind of work is. As part of a Labour government, I’ll be pushing for pay equity for all sectors – including for health and education workers.
“This Government is putting big business before the health of people and nature. Selwyn is growing and the Government has failed to invest, leading to overwhelmed local health services. Our drinking water quality is being allowed to worsen. A Labour Government will take a more balanced approach - and ensure that people have access to good jobs and great health services in their communities.”
Nick has been both a Ranger and a National Manager at the Department of Conservation, and the General Manager of a Regional Park. He’s also worked as a cleaner, and in retail, factories and on farms.
Nick has a Bachelor of Resource Studies from Lincoln University, a Certificate in Small Business Management from Te Wananga o Aotearoa and delivers guest lectures at Lincoln and Canterbury Universities.
A keen fisherman, Nick was a founding member of the Styx (River) Living Laboratory Trust in 1998 and has been a Trustee for many years. The trust received 4.2M from Labour’s Freshwater Improvement Fund and has so far planted over 200,000 native trees in partnership with the community.
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