Daniel Peter Rosewarne (born 1981) is a New Zealand politician and former military officer. Since July 2022 he has been a List

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for the

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Biography

Military career

In 1999 at the age of 18 Rosewarne joined the

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and trained as a automotive mechanic. He would later serve as a workshop manager before commissioning as an officer in the

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in 2017. In 2005 Rosewarne made the first of two deployments to

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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

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as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands. As a

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in 2016 he contributed to the NZ Army response to the

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, driving one of 27 trucks carrying over 44 tonnes of vital supplies into the region. He retired from the Army in July 2022 at the rank of

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just days before his swearing into Parliament.

Political career

In the

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, Rosewarne stood in the electorate of Waimakariri for the Labour party. Labour's long-running candidate for that electorate,

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retired from politics at the 2017 election. He was defeated by

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by 10,766 votes, and his list ranking of 52 was not high enough to see him enter Parliament. He was reselected three years later to contest Waimakariri again in the

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. He lost to Doocey again, but picked up a large swing, cutting Doocey's majority to 1,507 votes. He was sworn in at Parliament on 26 July 2022 off the Labour list, following the resignation of

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. He put himself forward for the Labour nomination in the seat of for the to replace the retiring

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. He missed out with Chairman of the Banks Peninsula Community Board Reuben Davidson winning the selection.

Personal life

He lives in Waimakariri with his wife and their two children. In 2014 Rosewarne was diagnosed with

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and took immunotherapy drugs in order to beat the condition which would have otherwise been terminal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosewarne, Dan 1981 births Living people New Zealand Labour Party MPs Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand list MPs Unsuccessful candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election New Zealand Army personnel New Zealand military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)