Wayne Mapp

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The Honourable
Wayne Mapp
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Wayne Mapp at his office in Wellington in February 2010
36th Minister of Defence
In office
19 November 2008 –30 November 2011
YearsTermElectorateListParty
1996 –1999 45th North Shore 58 National
1999 –2002 46th North Shore33 National
2002 –2005 47th North Shore7 National
2005 –2008 48th North Shore14 National
2008 –2011 49th North Shore13 National

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. [6]

Fifth National Government

Following National's victory in the 2008 general election, [7] 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. [8]

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. [9] [10] Mapp announced that he had been a source for the book. [11] [12] 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. [13] [14]

On 15 December 2010, Mapp announced he would retire from Parliament at the 2011 general election. [1]

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. [15]

On 28 February 2012, Mapp was appointed to the New Zealand Law Commission. [16]

In the 2013 New Year Honours, Mapp was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for services as a member of Parliament. [17]

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Operation Burnham was a joint military operation undertaken by the New Zealand Special Air Service and elements of the Afghan Crisis Response Unit and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan's Tirgiran Valley on 21–22 October 2010. Operation Burnham became the subject of the investigative journalists Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson's book Hit & Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan and the meaning of honour, which alleged that New Zealand forces had committed war crimes against civilians in the Naik and Khak Khudday Dad villages.

References

  1. 1 2 Liz Willis (15 December 2010). "National MP Wayne Mapp to retire".
  2. ↑ Alister Taylor (2001). "New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 Edition". New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa. Alister Taylor Publishers: 576. ISSN   1172-9813.
  3. ↑ "More Join List of Hopefuls". The New Zealand Herald . 31 March 1981. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Fulltime job to be elected". Auckland Star . 24 April 1981. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Wayne Mapp retires". Stuff. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. ↑ (10 September 2003) 611 New Zealand Parliamentary Debates 8569.
  7. ↑ "2008 General Election Results of The Official Count" (22 November 2008) 180 New Zealand Gazette 4669.
  8. ↑ "Appointment of Ministers" (21 November 2008) 179 New Zealand Gazette 4635.
  9. ↑ Parker, David. "Approval for Inquiry into Operation Burnham". Scoop . New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Operation Burnham information pack" (PDF). New Zealand Defence Force. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  11. ↑ Wayne Mapp (30 March 2017). "Operation Burnham".
  12. ↑ The Spinoff (30 March 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".
  13. ↑ "Operation Burnham report: NZDF 'deeply sorry' for misleading ministers and public". Radio New Zealand . 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  14. ↑ Manch, Thomas (31 July 2020). "Operation Burnham inquiry: Child was likely killed, SAS soldiers misled, prisoner was tortured". Stuff . Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  15. ↑ Retention of the Title 'The Honourable' (15 December 2011) 200 The New Zealand Gazette  5729.
  16. ↑ "New appointment to Law Commission". Scoop Media. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  17. ↑ "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Defence
2008–2011		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Research, Science and Technology
2008–2011		Succeeded by
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Shore
1996–2011		Succeeded by
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