New Zealand politician. Member of the Labour Party, and first elected in 2008 as a list MP. He was elected as the MP for Te Atatū in 2011 and retained this in the 2014, 2017 and 2020 elections. Worked in the humanitarian and development organisation Oxfam in New Zealand and Washington, DC. Twyford was Labour Spokesperson for Housing and Auckland Issues, and Associate Spokesperson for the Environment until 2017. In 2017, Twyford was elected as a Cabinet Minister by the Labour Party caucus following Labour's formation of a coalition government with New Zealand First and the Greens, and appointed as the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, and the Minister of Transport. On 27 June 2019, in Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's first major reshuffle of the coalition government, Twyford was shuffled out as Housing Minister, replaced by Megan Woods, and became Minister of Economic Development instead. In the 2020 general election, Twyford was dropped from Prime Minister Ardern's Cabinet, being given the Disarmament and Arms Control, and Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth portfolios as a Minister outside of cabinet.
Twyford, Philip Stoner (Hon), 1963-
Correspondence
Date: Nov 2006
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9678-043
Description: Contains both personal and professional correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts
Interview with Philip Twyford
Date: 6 Sep 1999 - 06 Sep 1999
From: Oral History of the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines
By: Twyford, Philip Stoner (Hon), 1963-; Head, John Vernon, 1927-2007
Reference: OHInt-0738/15
Description: Interview with Philip Twyford. Recalls how he first heard about the campaign against landmines through Oxfam, and bringing two Cambodians to New Zealand. Describes the work of the Cambodians in New Zealand and their effect on public opinion. Mentions their meeting with Helen Clark and Jim Anderton (parliamentary opposition party leaders), and with Jim Bolger (prime minister) and Don McKinnon which resulted in a reversal of government policy. Interviewer(s) - John Head Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-012888. OHLC-008527 Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). 1 C60 cassette(s). 1. 10 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4481.
Correspondence
Date: Dec 2006
From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9678-044
Description: Contains personal correspondence, including Christmas greetings, as well as correspondence with literary figures Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :'Annette King, Phil Twyford and Chris Hipkins - winners in ...
Date: 2013
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0024103
Description: Shows caricatures of Labour MPs Annette King, Phil Twyford and Chris Hipkins, all of whom are grinning, with King also brandishing a trophy in the form of an Oscar, possibly featuring a caricatured head of David Shearer. Refers to the Phil Goff's announcement on 25 February 2013 of a major reshuffle of Labour's caucus when King, Twyford and Hipkins were all promoted to the front bench. King gained the health portfolio, Twyford housing and Hipkins economic development. See Stuff, 25 February 2013. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Phil Twyford Twitter archive
Date: 2009-2017
From: 2017 New Zealand General Election candidate Twitter archives
Reference: WADL-0019
Description: Downloaded archive of the candidate's Twitter account, supplied to the Library under legal deposit ahead of the 2017 General Election. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s) .zip file.
Webb, Murray, 1947- :Phil Twyford. 24 June 2011
Date: 2011
From: Webb, Murray, 1947- :Digital caricatures
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018183
Description: Caricature of Phil Twyford, who is a Labour list Member of Parliament, first elected in 2008. He is Labour's 2011 candidate in the Auckland seat of Te Atatu. Title provided by librarian Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Winston Peters
Date: 6 June 2020
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
By: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0040045
Description: Digital cartoon by Guy Body on social and political issues in New Zealand. Depicts Winston Peters with two faces - one is smiling at Jacinda Ardern and the other is yelling at Phil Twyford. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Doyle, Martin, 1956- :Who Nicked the insurance money? 28 April 2014
Date: 2014
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
By: Scoop (Firm)
Reference: DCDL-0027930
Description: Accompanying note from cartoonist states "Labour Housing spokesperson MP Phil Twyford's claim round the Government's misuse of Canterbury insurance payout money should have sent shock waves through the media. Instead, it has been greeted with a 'blind eye' and verbal liquefaction. Cartoon depicts Phil Twyford and Hon Nick Smith, Minister of Housing." Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).