[2] In March 1879, Wood moved to Palmerston North, setting up as a blacksmith there, and continuing in that business until it was taken over by his eldest son in 1900.

[7] Wood was endorsed by Prime Minister Richard Seddon as the government candidate for the Palmerston (now Palmerston North) electorate in the 1899 general election, a measure by which Seddon demonstrated his opposition to Frederick Pirani.

[9] Wood won the Palmerston electorate in the 1902 general election, was re-elected in 1905, but in 1908 he was defeated by the Reform candidate David Buick.

[10] He later retired to Australia and died in the Sydney suburb of Bondi on 10 June 1943, his 89th birthday.

[11] The funeral service was held at St Matthew's Anglican Church, and he was cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium.