Wayne Mapp

The Honourable
Wayne Mapp
QSO
Wayne Mapp at his office in Wellington in February 2010
36th Minister of Defence
In office
19 November 2008 – 30 November 2011
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byPhil Goff
Succeeded byJonathan Coleman
23rd Minister of Research, Science and Technology
In office
19 November 2008 – 30 November 2011
Prime MinisterJohn Key
Preceded byPete Hodgson
Succeeded bySteven Joyce
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for North Shore
In office
12 October 1996 – 30 November 2011
Preceded byBruce Cliffe
Succeeded byMaggie Barry
Personal details
Born
Wayne Daniel Mapp

(1952-03-12) 12 March 1952 (age 72)
Te Kōpuru, Northland, New Zealand
Political partyNational Party
Other political
affiliations		Labour (past)
SpouseDenese Henare[1]
OccupationLawyer
Websitehttp://www.waynemapp.co.nz/

Wayne Daniel Mapp QSO (born 12 March 1952)[2] 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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference retire was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.