Don Brash
30th Leader of the Opposition
In office 28 October 2003 – 27 November 2006
Deputy	Nick Smith Gerry Brownlee
Preceded by	Bill English
Succeeded by	John Key
Constituency	None (elected via Party list)
Born	24 September 1940 (1940-09-24) (age 67) Wanganui,  New Zealand
Political party	National
Spouse	Je Lan Brash
Profession	Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Dr Donald Thomas Brash (born 24 September 1940), a former New Zealand politician, served as the Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the National Party (the country's main Opposition party at that time) from 28 October 2003 to 27 November 2006. Before entering politics, Brash worked as Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for a period of fourteen years. The Leader of the Opposition in New Zealand is the politician who, at least in theory, leads the Opposition bloc in the New Zealand Parliament. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There is 2 politicians and one musician named Nick Smith. ... MP Gerry Brownlee Gerard Anthony Brownlee (born 1956), generally known as Gerry Brownlee, is a New Zealand politician. ... Simon William Bill English is a New Zealand politician, and former leader of the National Party from October 2001 to October 2003. ... For the American politician, see John A. Key. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wanganui   is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ... The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the central bank of New Zealand. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Leader of the Opposition in New Zealand is the politician who, at least in theory, leads the Opposition bloc in the New Zealand Parliament. ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ... Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... Political Parties redirects here. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the central bank of New Zealand. ...

At the New Zealand general election on 17 September 2005, National under Brash's leadership made major gains, and achieved the party's best result under the post-1993 MMP electoral system, compared to their worst result ever in 2002 under the leadership of his predecessor, Bill English. Final results placed National two seats behind the incumbent New Zealand Labour Party, with National unable to secure a majority from the minor parties to form a governing coalition. Wikinews has news related to: Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... MMP may stand for: Mixed Member Proportional electoral system. ... Simon William Bill English is a New Zealand politician, and former leader of the National Party from October 2001 to October 2003. ... The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ...

In late November 2006 Brash resigned as leader of the National Party. He resigned from Parliament in February 2007.

Childhood, education and marriage

Donald Thomas Brash was born to Alan Brash, a Presbyterian minister and son of prominent lay leader Thomas Brash, and Eljean Brash (nee Hill), in Wanganui on September 24, 1940. The Very Rev Alan Anderson Brash (1913-2002) was a leading minister of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, and of the world-wide ecumenical movement. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... Thomas Brash (1874-1957) was a leading figure in New Zealand’s dairy industry and one of only four lay moderators of the General Assembly in the history of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. ... Wanganui   is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Brash moved with his family to Christchurch at the age of six. There he attended Cashmere Primary School and Christchurch Boys' High School. He then studied at the University of Canterbury, where he graduated in economics, history and political science. He continued his studies in economics, receiving his master's degree in 1961 for a thesis that argued that foreign investment damaged a country's economic development. The following year he began working towards a Ph.D. (again in economics, at the Australian National University) which reached the opposite conclusion.^[1] In 1964 Brash married his first wife, Erica, with whom he had two children. For other uses, see Christchurch (disambiguation). ... CBHS vs. ... This page is about the New Zealand university. ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... The Australian National University, or ANU, is a public university located in Canberra, Australia. ...

Early career

In 1966, Brash went to Washington in the United States of America in order to work as an economist for the World Bank. In 1971, however, he returned to New Zealand to serve as the general manager of Broadbank Corporation, a merchant bank. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The World Bank logo The World Bank (the Bank) is a part of the World Bank Group (WBG), is a bank that makes loans to developing countries for development programs with the stated goal of reducing poverty. ... In banking, a merchant bank is a traditional term for an Investment Bank. ...

Brash's first entry into politics came in 1980 when the National Party selected him to stand as its candidate in the by-election in the East Coast Bays electorate. Brash's attempt at the seat, however, failed — some believe that this resulted from the decision by Robert Muldoon, National Party Prime Minister, to raise tolls on the Auckland Harbour Bridge, an important route for East Coast Bays residents. The seat went to Gary Knapp of the Social Credit Party. Brash again failed to win the seat at the general election of 1981. The East Coast Bays by-election of 1980 was a by-election during the 39th New Zealand Parliament. ... East Coast Bays is the collective name for a series of small suburbs of North Shore, in the Auckland metropolitan area of New Zealand which line the northeast coast of the city along the shore of the Hauraki Gulf and Rangitoto Channel. ... For the fictional character in Jurassic Park, see List of characters in Jurassic Park. ... The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealands head of government and is the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in the Parliament of New Zealand. ... The bridge from Watchman Island, west of it. ... Gary Thomas Knapp (born 1947) was a New Zealand politician of the Social Credit Party. ... One of the several logos used during the history of the Social Credit Party The New Zealand Social Credit Party (sometimes called Socred) was a political party which served as the countrys third party from the 1950s through into the 1980s. ... The 1981 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ...

In 1982 Brash became managing director at the New Zealand Kiwifruit Authority, which oversaw the export of kiwifruit (he still grows kiwifruit as a hobby). About this time he started a relationship with his Singaporean secretary Je Lan, each of them already married at the time. He separated from his first wife Erica in 1985, and four months after the finalisation of the divorce he married Je Lan, in 1989.^[2][3] In 1986 he became general manager of Trust Bank, a newly-established banking group. Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries. ... Binomial name C.F.Liang. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Westpac Banking Corporation, usually called Westpac, is the fourth largest bank in Australasia, after the National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank and ANZ bank. ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ...

Reserve Bank Governor

In 1988 Brash became Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, a position which he held for the next 14 years. Most commentators^{[citation needed]} praised his performance in this position. Others^{[citation needed]} said that Brash paid too much attention to the strict control of inflation - though the Reserve Bank legislation and policy targets specifically establish price stability (i.e. low inflation) as the Bank's primary goal - leading to increasing unemployment as a result. Other critics argue^{[weasel words]} that his management of monetary policy contributed to an excessively strong exchange-rate during the mid-1990s. However, Brash consistently met Government-set targets to keep inflation within 3% during his time as Governor, and during his tenure interest-rates dropped from double-digit to single-digit percentages. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the central bank of New Zealand. ... In finance, the exchange rate (also known as the foreign-exchange rate, forex rate or FX rate) between two currencies specifies how much one currency is worth in terms of the other. ...

Aside from monetary policy, Brash presided over significant changes in banking supervision, with the New Zealand approach emphasising public disclosure by banks regarding the nature of their assets and liabilities. Under his Governorship, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand established a new model of the relationship between government and central bank - not totally independent, like the Bundesbank in Germany, and not dominated by government, as was typical of most central banks at the time, but one where government and central bank agreed in public about the inflation rate to be delivered by the central bank, where the central bank had full independence to run monetary policy to deliver that, and where the central bank's Governor was held accountable for the inflation outcome. It was the Reserve Bank Act 1989 which established this contractual relationship (based on price stability targets) between the Bank and the Government, rather than giving direct control to Ministers of Finance. Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank...

Changes took place in the currency used in New Zealand during Brash's tenure, notably the introduction of polymer banknotes, and the replacement of Queen Elizabeth's face on most of the banknotes. Many banknotes in circulation still carry the signature of Brash from his term as Governor. A polymer (from Greek: πολυ, polu, many; and μέρος, meros, part) is a substance composed of molecules with large molecular mass composed of repeating structural units, or monomers, connected by covalent chemical bonds. ... A £20 Ulster Bank banknote. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Member of Parliament

On 26 April 2002, shortly before the 2002 general election, Brash resigned as Reserve Bank Governor to stand as a candidate for Parliament on the National Party list. The Party ranked him in fifth place on its party list — exceptional treatment for a newcomer from outside the House of Representatives. Most unusually among National candidates, he stood as a list candidate without running for an electorate seat. Though National had its worst performance ever, gaining only 21% of the party vote, Brash's high place on the party list assured him of a seat in Parliament. The 47th New Zealand Parliament was the most recent term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ... The 48th New Zealand Parliament is the current term of the Parliament of New Zealand. ... The New Zealand National Party (National or the Nats) currently forms the second-largest (in terms of parliamentary seats) political party represented in the New Zealand Parliament, and thus functions as the core of the parliamentary Opposition. ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The 2002 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. ... Party lists are used in elections to legislatures which use Party-list proportional representation or additional member proportional representation to designate a partys nominees in the at-large portion of the vote. ... In politics, an electorate is the group of people entitled to vote in an election. ...

Brash immediately joined National's front bench as its spokesman on finance. This placed him opposite the Labour Party's Michael Cullen, the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister. Commentators generally praised Brash for his knowledge of economics, but expressed criticism of his inexperience in terms of political leadership. In many parliaments and other similar assemblies, seating is typically arranged in banks or rows, with each political party or caucus grouped together. ... The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. ... Michael Cullen The Hon. ... The Minister of Finance is a senior figure within the government of New Zealand. ... The Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand is second most senior officer in the Government of New Zealand, although this seniority does not necessarily translate into power. ... Leader redirects here. ...

In October 2003, Brash publicly challenged Bill English for the position of Parliamentary Leader of the National Party. English had gradually lost support within the party, but Brash's victory in any leadership-contest against English seemed by no means guaranteed. Brash's decision to make his challenge public caused some criticism, with some party supporters perceiving that an open leadership dispute could damage the party's image. However, by breaking with the tradition of operating secretly, Brash calculated that people would see him as an honest "anti-politician" — a notion central to his personal brand. Critics^{[citation needed]} argued that the public challenge indicated Brash's political naïveté. Simon William Bill English is a New Zealand politician, and former leader of the National Party from October 2001 to October 2003. ... For other uses, see Brand (disambiguation). ... Personal branding is the process of creating or enhancing a personal brand: an individuals total perceived value, relative to competitors, as viewed by their target audience. ...

Leader of the Opposition

Brash won a caucus vote on 28 October 2003, making him leader of the National Party Caucus (and thus Leader of the Opposition) after one year as a Member of Parliament. He remained National's finance spokesman, appointing the equally new MP John Key as his deputy finance-spokesman, and eventually appointing Key the primary finance-spokesman after a Caucus reshuffle in August 2004. A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement. ... is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Leader of the Opposition in New Zealand is the politician who, at least in theory, leads the Opposition bloc in the New Zealand Parliament. ... For the American politician, see John A. Key. ...

Orewa speech

Main article: Orewa speech

On 27 January 2004 Brash delivered his first Orewa speech on "Nationhood" at the Orewa Rotary Club, north of Auckland, expressing opposition to perceived "Māori racial separatism" in New Zealand: Dr Don Brash delivered the controversial Orewa speech in the New Zealand town of Orewa on 27 January 2004. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Orewa, a town in the North Island of New Zealand lies on the Hibiscus Coast, 30 kilometres north of Auckland city, and close to the base of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. ... Logo of Rotary International Rotary International is an organisation whose members comprise Rotary Clubs (service clubs) located all over the world. ... For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Māori people of New Zealand. ... “Separatists” redirects here. ...

The topic I will focus on today is the dangerous drift towards racial separatism in New Zealand, and the development of the now entrenched Treaty grievance industry. We are one country with many peoples, not simply a society of Pākehā and Māori where the minority has a birthright to the upper hand, as the Labour Government seems to believe".[...]^[4] One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty signed on February 6, 1840 by representatives of the British Crown, and Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand. ... Pākehā is a Māori term generally used to describe New Zealanders of British or European ancestry, but it can also be used to refer to any non-Māori person. ...

Though the sentiments expressed in the Orewa speech differed little from established National Party views (as voiced previously by Bill English, for example), these comments quickly gave National an unprecedented boost in public opinion polls. National gained 17 percentage points in the February 2004 Colmar Brunton poll for Television New Zealand, taken shortly after the speech. So startling did the turnaround appear that TVNZ instructed Colmar Brunton to double-check the figures. The surge in National support marked the biggest single gain by a political party in a single poll in Colmar Brunton's polling history. In the months that followed, changes of emphasis in Labour's policy agenda became apparent as Labour attempted to recoup the ground lost to National in the February poll. Simon William Bill English is a New Zealand politician, and former leader of the National Party from October 2001 to October 2003. ... Colmar Bruntons Logo Colmar Brunton is an international market research agency. ... The TVNZ Television Centre in Central Auckland. ...

Shortly after the delivery of the Orewa speech, Brash fired his Māori Affairs spokesperson Georgina Te Heuheu because she would not publicly support his speech. Speculation about her future began in 2004 after she criticised a speech by leader Don Brash. ...

After the February peak, National suffered a steady decline in public opinion polls, leaving it 11 points behind Labour at the end of 2004. Some commentators^{[citation needed]} put this down to Brash's lack of nation-wide media-exposure while he had embarked on an extensive rural and provincial travel-programme which regularly took him away from the main centres. Others criticised him for vagueness on other areas of policy and alleged a series of policy "flip-flops" by National.

In 2004, following a political speech given by the Prime Minister Helen Clark inside the Christchurch Cathedral, Brash wrote to the Dean of the Cathedral, Peter Beck. In his letter he criticised Miss Clark's use of a church-venue for delivering a political speech, and he raised questions over her views on religion and on the institution of marriage. After Clark retaliated, Brash apologised for any offence that his comments had caused to her, and revealed that his Chief of Staff, Richard Long, had written the letter, not he himself. For other persons named Helen Clark, see Helen Clark (disambiguation). ...

On 25 January 2005 Brash made his third speech to the Orewa Rotary Club (his first had come in the final week of January 2003, while still National's finance spokesman). This time Brash focussed on "Welfare Dependency: Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility?" Brash pledged to reduce the number of working-age beneficiaries from the current figure of 300,000 to 200,000 over ten years, and he dedicated a significant part of his speech to the Domestic Purposes Benefit. At the time approximately 109,000 single parents received the DPB, costing taxpayers about $1.5 billion a year. Brash noted that since the inception of the DPB in 1974, the population of New Zealand had increased by 30% while the numbers receiving the DPB had increased almost ninefold. Brash used the speech to highlight his views on both the fiscal and social costs of entrenched welfare-dependency: is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) was first introduced in New Zealand in 1974. ...

How can we tolerate a welfare system which allows children to grow up in a household where the parents are permanently dependent on a welfare benefit? Our welfare system is contributing to the creation of a generation of children condemned to a lifetime of deprivation, with limited education, without life skills, and without the most precious inheritance from their parents, a sense of ambition or aspiration. Nothing can be more destructive of self esteem.

Brash proposed a number of ways to reduce welfare dependency and to refocus the DPB back to its original intent of giving aid to single-parent families in need or in danger. These proposals included enforcing child-support payments from absent fathers, requiring single parents to work or perform community services once their children reached school age, and introducing penalties for women seeking the DPB who refused to name the father of their child. He also acknowledged adoption as an acceptable option, particularly for teenage girls, and drew attention to the growth in numbers of single mothers giving birth to additional children while already receiving the single-parent DPB benefit.

Some elements of the speech put his Social Welfare spokesperson, Katherine Rich, at odds with Brash, and he fired her from the portfolio, promoting the MP for Clevedon, Judith Collins, in her place. Katherine Rich (born 1967) is a New Zealand Member of Parliament. ... Judith Anne Collins (24 February 1959 - ) is a New Zealand politician. ...

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Five main priorities

On 5 November 2003, shortly after becoming leader of the National Party, Brash released his five main policy priorities: is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

1. dealing with declining New Zealand incomes and the gap in standards-of-living between New Zealand and Australia
2. education, specifically the number of young adults leaving school with poor literacy and numeracy skills
3. decreasing dependency on welfare
4. security, including domestic law-and-order and external defence policy
5. ending a perceived drift towards racial separatism in New Zealand, and the need to treat all New Zealanders equally before the law

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Views on race-relations

Maori Identity

After the Orewa speech of 2004, Brash's public statements on race relations received significant attention, both in the traditional media and online. During the 2005 election campaign, he criticised the use of powhiri in welcoming international visitors: A Powhiri is a Maori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, singing and hongi. ...

I mean, I think there is a place for Maori culture but why is it that we always use a semi-naked male, sometimes quite pale-skinned Maori, leaping around in, you know, mock battle?^[5]

In September 2006 Brash stated that:

There are clearly many New Zealanders who do see themselves as distinctly and distinctively Maori - but it is also clear there are few, if any, fully Maori left here. There has been a lot of intermarriage and that has been welcome.^[6]

These comments received a negative response from other political leaders, who portrayed focussing on blood quantum as divisive and as harking back to racist laws, and who suggested the appropriateness for Maori themselves to determine how to define themselves.^[7] Leader redirects here. ... Blood Quantum Laws is an umbrella term that describes legislation enacted to define membership in Native American groups. ...

Brash questioned whether Māori remained a distinct indigenous group because few "full-blooded" individuals survive. This drew criticism from a range of his adversaries, including Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia, who cancelled a dinner with him in protest. In a statement to explain his position on 30 September 2006, Brash said that the Government had no responsibility to address the over-representation of Māori in negative social statistics. "If Māori New Zealanders die more frequently from lung cancer than non-Māori do, for example, it is almost certainly because Māori New Zealanders choose to smoke more heavily than other New Zealanders do".^[8] Later reports stated that Turia and her party colleagues had re-scheduled their dinner with Brash. This article is about the Māori people of New Zealand. ... Tariana Turia (born 8 April 1944) is a New Zealand politician. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

British heritage

Brash, like John Howard in Australia, stressed the significance of New Zealand's British heritage. When asked "who are the ideal immigrants?", Brash made the following statement; John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ...

British immigrants fit in here very well. My own ancestry is all British. New Zealand values are British values, derived from centuries of struggle since Magna Carta. Those things make New Zealand the society it is.^[9]

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2005 General Election

Main article: New Zealand general election, 2005

In July 2005, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that a General Election would take place on 17 September. At that time Brash and the National Party led by a slim margin in the opinion-polls. But by mid-August both Brash and National had declined in popularity. Commentators attributed this trend^{[citation needed]} to a series of announcements of new spending programs by Labour, and to confusion as to whether National could form a stable coalition government with New Zealand First and/or ACT New Zealand. Wikinews has news related to: Results of the 2005 New Zealand General Election The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. ... For other persons named Helen Clark, see Helen Clark (disambiguation). ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... New Zealand First functions as a political party in New Zealand. ... ACT New Zealand is a free market liberal party in the New Zealand Parliament. ...

The National Party advertising campaign aimed at rebutting arguments brought up by Labour about a variety of themes: Brash's stand on national security issues (he favoured greater co-operation with "traditional allies"), his commitment to social security programmes (including healthcare), as well as his ideas on the perceived drift towards "racial separatism" dividing Māori from other New Zealanders. One of Brash's most significant and widely publicised policy announcements foreshadowed the introduction of tax-cuts for working New Zealanders. Brash's party embarked on a targeted billboard-advertising programme, which later (post-election) won two advertising-industry awards.

In his first party-political election-campaign broadcast Brash mentioned a number of aspects of his life that he believed had attuned him to the political centre-ground in New Zealand: Personal life (or everyday life or human existence) is an individual humans personal, private career (including, but not the same as, their employment career), and is a common notion in modern existence -- although more so in more prosperous parts of the world, such as Western Europe and North America...

• registering as a conscientious objector at age 18
• serving as the patron of Amnesty International Freedom Foundation
• participating in demonstrations against the racially-selected South African rugby team touring New Zealand (1981) and the New Zealand All-Blacks rugby team touring South Africa without Māori team members
• his frugal approach, most famously washing his own laundry in his hotel-room basin while on taxpayer-funded overseas trips as Governor of the Reserve Bank
• voting for Labour in his early years

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Campaign

On 22 August National unveiled its much-anticipated $3.9 billion dollar tax-cut policy. The first polling conducted after the announcement suggested that it had boosted National support. However, on the same day as the announcement, Brash engaged in a televised debate with the Labour Party leader Helen Clark, where commentators^{[citation needed]} argued that he had failed to sell the tax-cut message assertively enough. In response to questions over his assertiveness, Brash indicated that he had not countered Clark's rather confrontational style during the election debate because he did not think it polite to raise his voice and "shout" at women. This attracted criticism from some quarters: some commentators and/or potential voters saw it as patronising, while others argued that he had merely demonstrated courtesy.^{[citation needed]} is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 27 August a weekend newspaper published a series of stolen documents, including private emails, showing that members of the ACT party and of the Business Round Table had advised Brash during his bid for the leadership of the parliamentary National Party. Continuing leaks over following weeks appeared designed^{[original research?]} to cause the National leader embarrassment. Furthermore, confusion bedevilled National's potential coalition options: New Zealand First showed reluctance to reveal whether it would support National or Labour post-election, whilst ACT (often seen as National's natural coalition partner due to the similarities in some of their policies) criticised National for not openly supporting ACT leader Rodney Hide's bid to win the electorate seat of Epsom. is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) is a market-oriented thinktank based in Wellington, New Zealand. ... New Zealand First functions as a political party in New Zealand. ... Rodney Hide (born 16 December 1956), a New Zealand politician, became leader of the political party ACT New Zealand in 2004. ...

On 16 November 2006 Brash obtained a High Court injunction^[10] prohibiting the distribution or publication of the private emails allegedly unlawfully taken from his computer, following ongoing rumours that his opponents would publish a series of his personal emails as a book, and he confirmed that the police had commenced a criminal investigation into the alleged email-theft.^[11] is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

An anonymous pamphlet distributed by members of a Christian sect, the Exclusive Brethren, in early September caused further embarrassment for Brash when he initially denied National had anything to do with it. He later admitted that the Brethren had told him at a meeting some months earlier that they planned to run their own pamphlet-campaign opposing the direction of the Labour Government. Brash has maintained his position that neither he nor his party had any part in the design or production of the pamphlets, and that the pamphlet-campaign took place on the Exclusive Brethren's own initiative. For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... This article is about religious groups. ... The Exclusive Brethren are a part of the Christian Evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. ...

The General Election on 17 September produced a close result, with initial election-night figures from rural areas favoring National (in accordance with tradition and previous patterns); but by the end of the evening Labour had won 40.7% of the vote to National's 39.6%. Following the counting of the special votes the gap widened, with Labour taking 41.1% of the vote to National's 39.1%. Dr Brash conceded defeat on 1 October after weeks of electoral uncertainty while the major parties sought to secure the support of minor coalition partners. His only realistic scenario for becoming prime minister would have involved a coalition between National, ACT and United Future, with confidence and supply from New Zealand First and the Māori Party. This appeared highly unlikely on several counts. New Zealand First's involvement in such a coalition would have run counter to its pre-election promise to deal with the biggest party. The Māori Party's supporters overwhelmingly^{[citation needed]} gave their party-votes to Labour, and National had indicated it would abolish the Maori seats if it won power. is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... United Future New Zealand is a political party in the New Zealand parliament with two MPs -- one electorate MP (leader Peter Dunne) and one list MP (Judy Turner (see MMP for the difference). ... After the establishment of Westminster-style Parliamentary Government in New Zealand in 1852, the Māori inhabitants had allotted to them from 1867 specific seats in the New Zealand Parliament. ...

Essentially National had failed to make up enough ground in the cities but swept the electoral votes in the provinces, clawing back a number of seats from Labour and defeating New Zealand First founder-leader Winston Peters in his electorate (Peters remained in Parliament as a list MP). Apart from in Auckland, National's support centred mainly in rural and provincial areas. Winston Raymond Peters, PC, (born April 11, 1945) is a New Zealand politician and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs, outside cabinet. ...

2006 - 2007

Don Brash took leave on 13 September 2006, to sort out marital troubles.^[12] Rumours of an extramarital affair came to the public's attention around this date following a series of comments directed towards Brash by Labour MPs during Parliamentary Question Time, and after National MP Brian Connell allegedly confronted Brash in a caucus-meeting about the rumours. Details leaked to the press, and in the weeks that followed the National Party caucus suspended Connell from membership of the caucus. is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brian David Connell, a New Zealand politician, has represented the New Zealand National Party in the New Zealand Parliament since 2002. ...

On Saturday 23 September, Brash appeared on Television New Zealand's Agenda news-programme and acknowledged that he had met with Exclusive Brethren representatives after the 2005 New Zealand general election. is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The TVNZ Television Centre in Central Auckland. ... The Exclusive Brethren are a part of the Christian Evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. ...

Dr Brash indicated his intention to remain the leader of the National Party and to contest the next election in that role. However, it became increasingly clear that the caucus preferred Finance Spokesman John Key, whose rating steadily rose in "preferred Prime Minister" polls. Key made no move publicly, but Brash's reputation for honesty and political competence eroded when, for example, broadcast footage showed him walking a plank, and when allegations appeared of his having an affair with an Auckland businesswoman, Diane Foreman - a charge he has never denied. Despite these setbacks, when asked by an interviewer for an article published in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2006 if he planned to remain leader of his party, "...the Clark Kent of Kiwi politics [Brash] turned to me and smiled gently. 'That's my intention,'..."^[13] is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Resignation

See Wikinews article:

New Zealand National Party leader, Don Brash, resigns

During a hastily-called press-conference on Thursday November 23, 2006, Don Brash announced his resignation as the National Party leader, effective from November 27. Speculation regarding his leadership had foreshadowed this move, and the publicity had had a negative effect on his political party. The publicity came to a head just before the scheduled publication of a book written by Nicky Hager containing leaked emails (amongst other allegedly damaging revelations). Brash filed a delaying injunction with regard to the publication of the e-mails, which he regarded as stolen; however he claimed he had no awareness of and did not wish to stop the publication of the Hager book.^[14] As part of his resignation announcement, Brash also announced he had cleared the way for the book's release by providing copies of his emails to Hager, and stated it had nothing to with his resignation.^[15] Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicky Hager is an author and investigative journalist who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. ...

Brash also claimed that the publication of the book did not contribute to his decision to resign as National Party leader, although most observers^{[citation needed]} see it as the straw that broke the camel's back. The book, The Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception, details Brash's rise to power in the National Party as assisted by an "informal network of people from the right of New Zealand politics", including a number of ACT members. It also documents that senior National Party figures, including Brash, knew of the Exclusive Brethren's pamphlet campaigns in May 2005, although Brash denied knowledge of this until August.^[16][17][18] The Hollow Men in a 2006 book written by Nicky Hager. ... ACT New Zealand is a free market liberal party in the New Zealand Parliament. ... The Exclusive Brethren are a part of the Christian Evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. ...

On Thursday 30 November 2006, just one week after resigning as leader of the party, Brash resigned from Parliament after the National Party's new parliamentary leader, John Key, declined to offer him a senior portfolio. He set no official date, but he stated he would not return in the new year.^[19][20] Brash then made his valedictory speech on Tuesday 12 December 2006. However, subsequent news-media reports clarified that he would formally remain a Member of Parliament until officially tendering his resignation to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Margaret Wilson. This allowed him to collect a parliamentary salary until he formally resigned from Parliament on 5 February 2007. Katrina Shanks took his place as a National Party list MP. is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Margaret Wilson could also refer to a writer, or a tennis player Margaret Wilson (20th May 1947 - ), a New Zealand politician, currently serves as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. ... is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Katrina Shanks (Born 1970) is a New Zealand politician and a list member of Parliament for the National Party. ...

Career after national politics

On 18 May 2007 Don Brash joined the ANZ National Bank board as Rob McLeod retired from the board to return to his accounting practice. He also chairs Huljich Wealth Management, an independent, specialist funds-management company based in Auckland, New Zealand.^[21] is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... ANZ Banking Group New Zealand is one of the largest banks in New Zealand. ... Investment management is the professional management of various securities (shares, bonds etc) assets (e. ... For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ...

Biography

• Paul Goldsmith: Brash: A Biography: Auckland: Penguin: 2005: ISBN 0-14-301967-8
• Nicky Hager: The Hollow Men: A Study in the Politics of Deception: Nelson: Craig Potton: 2006: ISBN 1-877333-62-X

References

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External links

• 2004 Orewa speech
• 2005 Orewa speech
• Independent Review of Monetary Policy
• ABC Late Night Live interview with Nicky Hager

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