Background
She was named after her father"s cousin Louis, who died on the day she was born.
She was named after her father"s cousin Louis, who died on the day she was born.
Wall attended secondary school at Taupo-nui-a-Tia College.
Born in Taupo and brought up in Waitahanui near Taupo, Wall has Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Waikato ancestry. She earned qualifications from the Waikato Institute of Technology, the University of Waikato and Massey University. And worked in the health field
She identifies openly as lesbian.
In 1989 the selectors named her in the Silver Ferns netball team (New Zealand"s national representative netball team) at the age of 17. Wall also represented New Zealand in the Black Ferns women"s rugby team
In the 2005 election Wall stood unsuccessfully in the Portuguese Waikato electorate and occupied the 46th position on the Labour list. She became a Labour Party Member of Parliament on 4 March 2008 to replace retiring list Member of Parliament Ann Hartley.
However, in December 2010, she was selected to represent Labour in Manurewa for the 2011 election due to the retirement of George Hawkins.
After Darren Hughes resigned from Parliament in April 2011, and people higher on Labour"s list, such as Dave Hereora, Judith Tizard and Mark Burton, decided not to take up the list position, Wall was returned to Parliament as a Labour List Member of Parliament serving in the 49th New Zealand Parliament. In May 2012, Wall submitted a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in New Zealand to the private member"s bill ballot, and it was subsequently drawn from the ballot and introduced to Parliament in late July 2012. On 29 August 2012, the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill passed its first reading with a vote of 80-40.
On 17 April 2013, the bill was passed into law, making New Zealand the 13th nation to allow same-sex marriage.
At the third reading, Wall gave a speech likening the passing of the bill to Treaty of Waitangi settlement acts previously passed by the New Zealand parliament. Wall said the passing of the bill was like winning a "World Cup final".
In the 2008 election she stood in Tāmaki Makaurau, against Māori Party leader Pita Sharples.
In 1988 Wall became the youngest member of the "Young Internationals" netball squad to train under former New Zealand Captain and New Zealand Coach, Lyn Parker.