Wayne Mapp
{{short description|New Zealand politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Wayne Mapp
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| image = Wayne Mapp (Office).jpg
| caption = Wayne Mapp at his office in Wellington in February 2010
| order = 36th Minister of Defence
| term_start = 19 November 2008
| term_end = 30 November 2011
| primeminister = John Key
| predecessor = Phil Goff
| successor = Jonathan Coleman
| order2 = 23rd Minister of Research, Science and Technology
| term_start2 = 19 November 2008
| term_end2 = 30 November 2011
| primeminister2 = John Key
| predecessor2 = Pete Hodgson
| successor2 = Steven Joyce
| constituency_MP3 = North Shore
| parliament3 = New Zealand
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| predecessor3 = Bruce Cliffe
| successor3 =Maggie Barry
| term_start3 = 12 October 1996
| term_end3 = 30 November 2011
| birth_name = Wayne Daniel Mapp
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|3|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Te Kōpuru, Northland, New Zealand
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| party = National Party
| otherparty = Labour (past)
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| occupation = Lawyer
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| website = http://www.waynemapp.co.nz/
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Wayne Daniel Mapp {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSO|size=85%}} (born 12 March 1952){{cite journal | author=Alister Taylor| title=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 Edition| journal=New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa| publisher=Alister Taylor Publishers | date=2001 | issn=1172-9813 | page= 576 }} is a former New Zealand National Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for North Shore from 1996 to 2011. In the first term of the Fifth National Government, he served as Minister of Defence. Prior to his political career Mapp was in the New Zealand Territorial Army and worked as a lawyer and university lecturer.
Early years
He gained his LLB (Hon) at University of Auckland. This was followed by his LLM from University of Toronto and his PhD in International Law from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1988.
He served as an infantry Major in 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland Regiment Royal New Zealand Territorial Army, later specialising in military intelligence.
Mapp was initially a member of the Labour Party and in 1981 he put himself forward for the Labour candidacy for the Roskill electorate.{{Cite news |title=More Join List of Hopefuls |date=31 March 1981 | work=The New Zealand Herald |page=3 }} One of 14 contenders he lost out to Phil Goff.{{Cite news |title=Fulltime job to be elected |date=24 April 1981 | work=Auckland Star |page=3 }}
Before entering politics, Mapp practised law and was an associate professor in commercial law at the University of Auckland.{{Cite web|date=2010-12-15|title=Wayne Mapp retires|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/4459754/Wayne-Mapp-retires|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Stuff|language=en}}
Member of Parliament
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Mapp was elected MP for the North Shore seat at the 1996 general election. He was re-elected in that electorate four more times until he retired from Parliament at the 2011 general election.
= Early political career =
In Mapp's first term, the National Party formed a coalition government with New Zealand First and Mapp was appointed to the Justice and Foreign Affairs select committees. After the 1999 election, National spent nine years in Opposition. Mapp held various party spokesperson roles including Defence, Justice, Foreign Affairs, Industrial Relations and "political correctness eradication."
In a September 2003 house sitting, Mapp criticised the incumbent government's lack of support for the US-led invasion of Iraq. His comment pertained to New Zealand being "missing in action" in Iraq, John Key echoed support for his statements and this was used in Labour's election advertising in the 2008 New Zealand general election.(10 September 2003) 611 [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/d/2/5/47HansD_20030910_00001215-Maritime-Security-Bill-First-Reading.htm New Zealand Parliamentary Debates] 8569.
= Fifth National Government =
Following National's victory in the 2008 general election,"2008 General Election Results of The Official Count" (22 November 2008) 180 [http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/67778912aca129b7cc25750f0047aeb5!OpenDocument New Zealand Gazette] 4669. Mapp was appointed Minister of Defence, Minister of Research, Science and Technology (later titled Minister of Science and Innovation), Associate Minister for Economic Development and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education."Appointment of Ministers" (21 November 2008) 179 [http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/8155efb9e8df9c7ecc25750f0047784d!OpenDocument New Zealand Gazette] 4635.
While Minister of Defence, Mapp oversaw Operation Burnham, a joint military operation undertaken in Afghanistan by the New Zealand Special Air Service with elements of the Afghan Crisis Response Unit and International Security Assistance Force in October 2010. The 2017 book by Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson, Hit & Run, alleged that New Zealand forces had committed war crimes against civilians in the Naik and Khak Khudday Dad villages.{{cite news|last1=Parker|first1=David|title=Approval for Inquiry into Operation Burnham|work=Scoop|publisher=New Zealand Government|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1804/S00124/approval-for-inquiry-into-operation-burnham.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819045607/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1804/S00124/approval-for-inquiry-into-operation-burnham.htm|archive-date=19 August 2018|access-date=11 April 2018}}{{cite web|title=Operation Burnham information pack|url=http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/downloads/pdf/public-docs/2018/op_b_information_pack_v2b.pdf|archive-date=16 July 2020|publisher=New Zealand Defence Force|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716110305/http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/downloads/pdf/public-docs/2018/op_b_information_pack_v2b.pdf}} Mapp announced that he had been a source for the book.{{cite web|author=Wayne Mapp|date=30 March 2017|title=Operation Burnham|url=http://pundit.co.nz/content/operation-burnham}}{{cite web|author=The Spinoff|date=30 March 2017|title='As a nation we owe it to ourselves to find out': former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp admits he was a source for Hit and Run|url=http://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-03-2017/as-a-nation-we-owe-it-to-ourselves-to-find-out-former-defence-minister-wayne-mapp-admits-he-was-a-source-for-hit-and-run/}} In 2020, a Government Inquiry found that a child had been killed in Operation Burnham but that the military operation was justified under international law.{{cite news|date=31 July 2020|title=Operation Burnham report: NZDF 'deeply sorry' for misleading ministers and public|work=Radio New Zealand|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/422439/operation-burnham-report-nzdf-deeply-sorry-for-misleading-ministers-and-public|url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731053316/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/422439/operation-burnham-report-nzdf-deeply-sorry-for-misleading-ministers-and-public|archive-date=31 July 2020}}{{cite news|last1=Manch|first1=Thomas|date=31 July 2020|title=Operation Burnham inquiry: Child was likely killed, SAS soldiers misled, prisoner was tortured|work=Stuff|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122306197/operation-burnham-inquiry-child-was-likely-killed-sas-soldiers-misled-prisoner-was-tortured|url-status=live|access-date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731054258/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122306197/operation-burnham-inquiry-child-was-likely-killed-sas-soldiers-misled-prisoner-was-tortured|archive-date=31 July 2020}}
On 15 December 2010, Mapp announced he would retire from Parliament at the 2011 general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4460226/National-MP-Wayne-Mapp-to-retire|date=15 December 2010|title=National MP Wayne Mapp to retire |author=Liz Willis}}
Post-Parliament
On 15 December 2011, in recognition of his term as a Member of the Executive Council of New Zealand, Mapp was granted the right to retain the title The Honourable for the rest of his life.Retention of the Title 'The Honourable' (15 December 2011) 200 [http://www.dia.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/33d0bbbd1645dd94cc25796e00557620!OpenDocument The New Zealand Gazette] 5729.
On 28 February 2012, Mapp was appointed to the New Zealand Law Commission.{{cite web |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1202/S00325/new-appointment-to-law-commission.htm |title=New appointment to Law Commission |publisher=Scoop Media |date=28 February 2012 |access-date=13 March 2012}}
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Mapp was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for services as a member of Parliament.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2013 | title=New Year honours list 2013|date=31 December 2012 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=10 January 2018}}
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External links
{{commons category|Wayne Mapp}}
- [http://www.waynemapp.co.nz/ Wayne Mapp MP] official site
- [http://www.national.org.nz/MP.aspx?Id=31 Profile] at National party
- {{MPLinksNZ | parliament = MPs/5/b/e/49MP12321-Mapp-Wayne.htm | beehive = wayne-mapp | theywork = wayne_mapp }}
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