George Wood (New Zealand politician)
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George Wood CNZM |
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George Wood
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| 4th Mayor of North Shore | |
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In office 1998–2007 |
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| Preceded by | George Gair |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Williams |
| North Shore Ward Councillor | |
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In office 1 November 2010 – 14 October 2016 Serving with Ann Hartley and Chris Darby |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Richard Hills |
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| Born | 5 August 1946 Birkenhead |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | Myra Wood |
| Children | three |
| Residence | Forrest Hill |
| Occupation | Police officer |
| Website | www |
George Sydney Wood, CNZM, (born 5 August 1946 in Birkenhead, New Zealand) is a former mayor of North Shore City and a former Auckland Councillor. He was the only North Shore mayor to be elected for three terms and later represented North Shore ward on the Auckland Council between 2010 and 2016. He is now the Deputy Chair of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.
Wood was born in Birkenhead of the North Shore, in Auckland. He was educated at Birkdale Primary School, Northcote Intermediate School and Northcote College.
Wood originally worked for the New Zealand Police, primarily as a crime investigations manager. As a Police investigator, he worked on many inquiries and served at various times in Auckland, Rotorua and Palmerston North. In his final years of service (1995–98), he was the manager of Police services within North Shore City.
A graduate of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Command and Staff College and the Australian Institute of Police Management Sydney from where he gained a Graduate Certificate in Applied Management.
He is the recipient of a New Zealand Police long service and good conduct medal awarded in 1980.
In October 1998 Wood was elected mayor of North Shore City following a fiercely contested election. Wood was able to bring together a new style of council administration with only three standing committees and all councillors members of these committees.
During his term as mayor, Wood was most successful in melding the council together and pushed through major reforms in relation to sewerage (waste water) infrastructure improvements, revamping the strategic plan and long term funding programme for North Shore City and developing and building the Northern Busway project.
Following the 2001 local government elections Wood was elected to the position of chairman of the Auckland Mayoral Forum. In this role Wood pushed through a major joint programme between the Government and Auckland councils for transport funding. This culminated in the Government passing the Local Government Auckland Amendment Act 2004 and the provision of an additional $1.6 billion of transport funding over the following ten years. This extra funding has resulted in huge improvements to the Auckland roading and public transport networks.
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