Mark Gosche

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New Zealand Parliament
The Honourable
Vui Mark Gosche
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5th Minister of Corrections
In office
15 August 2002 –12 May 2003
YearsTermElectorateListParty
1996 –1999 45th List5 Labour
1999 –2002 46th Maungakiekie 20 Labour
2002 –2005 47th Maungakiekie10 Labour
2005 –2008 48th Maungakiekie29 Labour

He was first elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 1996 election, and was seen as a key bridge builder between Labour and the Alliance. [1] He was later MP for the Auckland seat of Maungakiekie following the 1999 election. He held a number of Cabinet posts, including Minister of Corrections, Minister of Housing, Minister of Transport, and Minister of Pacific Island Affairs. In May 2003, however, he resigned all his ministerial roles due to the serious illness of his wife, who had suffered a brain haemorrhage.

At the 2008 election, Gosche retired from politics to spend more time with his family. [2]

Post-parliamentary career

In 2009 he was nominated as a director on the New Zealand Rugby League board, being confirmed on 27 June. [3] [4] On 31 May 2011 Gosche was elected the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation. [5] Gosche's term on the NZRL board ended in 2012 after he decided not reapply for the position. [6]

Gosche is the Chief Executive of Vaka Tautua, a role he took up in July 2014 after five years on the governance board. Vaka Tautua is a not-for-profit ‘for Pacific by Pacific’ community health and social service provider working in the areas of disability, mental health, older people, family violence and financial capability – with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The governance board and staff of Vaka Tautua are almost all of Pacific Island heritage and all operational staff are bilingual.

Since leaving politics he has held a large number of governance roles including being Chief Advisor Strategic Relationships at the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs in Auckland, TYLA Trust, COMET Auckland, Vaka Tautua, Brain Injury Association, Talklink Trust and Fonua Ola. He currently serves on the board of Lifewise and was recently elected to the Mt. Wellington Licensing Trust which owns and operates hotel and conference centres – the profits of which are returned to the community via a charitable trust. Gosche's experience is also informed by his wife Carol whom he is a caregiver for. Carol, had a severe brain haemorrhage in 2002. He and his wife had four children.

Gosche is currently employed by the Manukau Institute of Technology as External Relations Manager for MIT's Pasifika Development office. [7]

At the 2016 Auckland elections, Gosche was elected to the Mt Wellington Licensing Trust. [8] In April 2018 Gosche was appointed chair of the Counties Manukau District Health Board, effective 3 May 2018. [9]

In June 2018 Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced Gosche as deputy chair of the Housing New Zealand (Kāinga Ora) board. [10] He became chair of the board and resigned from that position in 2024. [11] [12]

Honours

In April 2007 he was bestowed with the Samoan matai title Vui at his grandmother's village of Lano in Samoa. [13]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Who's Who 1996, p. 49.
  2. ↑ "Gosche bows out as MP". Central Leader. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Carter chairman of new NZRL board Archived 11 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Warriors.co.nz, 31 May 2009
  4. ↑ "League: Trio get nod for NZRL". The New Zealand Herald . 28 June 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  5. ↑ In Touch Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine New Zealand Rugby League, June 2011. p.13.
  6. ↑ Appointments to NZRL Board Archived 3 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 2 June 2012
  7. ↑ Former NZ Politician to Strengthen MIT Pasifika Relations Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Manukau Institute of Technology, 5 February 2009
  8. ↑ "Declaration of Results of Election for the 2016 elections for the five licensing trusts in the Auckland region" (PDF). 19 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "New Auckland DHB chairs announced". Scoop.co.nz. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Housing New Zealand board appointments". The Beehive. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  11. ↑ Plummer, Benjamin (29 February 2024). "Kāinga Ora chairman resigns amid ongoing review of agency". NZ Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Housing minister thanks outgoing Kāinga Ora chair". beehive.govt.nz. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Trevett, Claire (18 February 2018). "Mark Gosche: After bad news come the blessings". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 1 December 2020.

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