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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-628/
- Published: 2022-07-28T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-28T02:28:35.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

Apparently, **Michael Wood** is called Napoleon around Parliament. How apt. [Animal Farm ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon%5F%28Animal%5FFarm%29?ref=goodoil.news)comes to mind. Although it could also be a reference to him being short like the original Napoleon.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/animal_farm__all_animals_are_equal__by_safiric2_da21qly-fullview.jpg)

Napoleon is on the left and Snowball is on the right. The BFD

> If Ardern loses the next election, however, there will be a leadership contest. And that would most likely be between Chris Hipkins and Michael Wood. \[…\]   
>  
> Michael Wood is less experienced but has made an impact in the short time he has been a minister – his nickname in the Beehive is “Napoleon.”   
>  
> \[…\] Wood is popular with the party base. He is a former union organiser, has an ability to think on his feet in the House and draw appealing contrasts between Labour and the Opposition. \[…\]   
>  
> Given the role the party and the unions have in Labour leadership votes, Wood would have the edge over Hipkins.  
>  
> NZ Herald

[Read more here.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/audrey-young-who-will-replace-jacinda-ardern-whispers-begin-about-the-next-labour-leader-contest/OH3HWSVSW6HVEA6FU4SFTASR4Q/?ref=goodoil.news) Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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