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 Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Phil Goff
Succeeded by	Jonathan Coleman
23rd Minister of Research, Science and Technology
In office 19 November 2008 – 30 November 2011
Prime Minister	John Key
Preceded by	Pete Hodgson
Succeeded by	Steven Joyce
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for North Shore
In office 12 October 1996 – 30 November 2011
Preceded by	Bruce Cliffe
Succeeded by	Maggie Barry
Personal details
Born	Wayne Daniel Mapp (1952-03-12) 12 March 1952 (age 72) Te Kōpuru, Northland, New Zealand
Political party	National Party
Other political affiliations	Labour (past)
Spouse	Denese Henare[1]
Occupation	Lawyer
Website	http://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.