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Dan Rosewarne
Rosewarne in 2023
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Labour party list
In office
25 July 2022 – 14 October 2023
Preceded byKris Faafoi
Personal details
Born1981 (age 42–43)
Political partyLabour
SpouseSheree
Children2
Military service
AllegianceNew Zealand
Branch/serviceNew Zealand Army
Years of service1999–2022
RankCaptain

Daniel Peter Rosewarne (born 1981) is a New Zealand politician and former military officer. From July 2022 to October 2023 he was a List member of parliament for the New Zealand Labour Party.

Biography[edit]

Military career[edit]

In 1999 at the age of 18 Rosewarne joined the New Zealand Army and trained as an automotive mechanic. He would later serve as a workshop manager before commissioning as an officer in the Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment in 2017.[1] In 2005 Rosewarne made the first of two deployments to Afghanistan as part of New Zealand's contribution to the War in Afghanistan, making a second in 2012. In-between his two Afghanistan deployments, he served overseas in 2008 in the Solomon Islands as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands.[2][3] As a Staff sergeant in 2016 he contributed to the NZ Army response to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, driving one of 27 trucks carrying over 44 tonnes of vital supplies into the region.[4] He retired from the Army in July 2022 at the rank of Captain just days before his swearing into Parliament.[5]

Political career[edit]

In the 2017 general election, Rosewarne stood in the electorate of Waimakariri for the Labour party. Labour's long-running candidate for that electorate, Clayton Cosgrove retired from politics at the 2017 election.[6][7][8] He was defeated by Matt Doocey by 10,766 votes, and his list ranking of 52 was not high enough to see him enter Parliament.[9]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2022–2023 53rd List 56 Labour

He was reselected three years later to contest Waimakariri again in the 2020 general election.[10] He lost to Doocey again, but picked up a large swing, cutting Doocey's majority to 1,507 votes.[11] He was sworn in at Parliament on 26 July 2022[12] off the Labour list, following the resignation of Kris Faafoi.[13]

He put himself forward for the Labour nomination in the seat of Christchurch East for the 2023 election to replace the retiring Poto Williams. He missed out with Chairman of the Banks Peninsula Community Board Reuben Davidson winning the selection.[14]

Rosewarne unsuccessfully contested the 2023 election on the Labour Party list. Following Labour's election defeat, he expressed regrets at the loss of perks that came with his job as a Member of Parliament including his Air New Zealand Koru Club privileges.[15]

Personal life[edit]

He lives in Waimakariri[10] with his wife and their two children.[2] In 2014, Rosewarne was diagnosed with leukaemia and took immunotherapy drugs in order to beat the condition which would have otherwise been terminal.[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dan Rosewarne". LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Dan Rosewarne". New Zealand Labour Party. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ^ Moir, Jo (12 April 2023). "From military combat to Parliament – meet Labour's 'working class' MP". Newsroom. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ Broughton, Cate (23 November 2016). "Assessment of Inland Rd complete following 5.7 quake, now open to Defence Force". Auckland Now. Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via Stuff.co.nz.
  5. ^ Smith, Phil (28 July 2023). "Meet a new MP: Dan Rosewarne". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Labour's Clayton Cosgrove to leave politics". RNZ News. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ^ Law, Tina; Small, Vernon (11 April 2016). "Cosgrove calls quits on politics". The Press. p. A2. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Revised Labour Party List for the 2017 Election". Scoop.co.nz. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Official Count Results – Waimakariri (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Former Army officer to stand for Labour in Waimakariri". Radio NZ. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Count Results – Waimakariri (2020)". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Daily progress for Tuesday, 26 July 2022". Parliamentary Debates. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. ^ Moir, Jo (13 June 2022). "Labour reshuffle prompted by departure of Faafoi, Mallard". Newsroom. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  14. ^ Law, Tina (12 March 2023). "Labour stalwart wins selection to contest Christchurch East". Stuff. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  15. ^ Hewett, William (17 October 2023). "Election 2023: AM hosts slam bizarre reactions from ousted Labour MPs Jan Tinetti, Dan Rosewarne". Newshub. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Why I got into politics: Dan Rosewarne's story". New Zealand Labour Party. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
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