Rodney Hide
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The Honourable Rodney Hide QSO |
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| Minister of Local Government | |
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In office 24 November 2008 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Preceded by | Nanaia Mahuta |
| Succeeded by | Chris Tremain |
| Minister for Regulatory Reform | |
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In office 19 November 2008 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | John Key |
| Succeeded by | John Banks |
| Leader of ACT New Zealand | |
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In office 13 June 2004 – 28 April 2011 |
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| Deputy |
Muriel Newman Heather Roy |
| Preceded by | Richard Prebble |
| Succeeded by | Don Brash |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for ACT List |
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In office 1996–2005 |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Epsom |
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In office 2005–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Worth |
| Succeeded by | John Banks |
| Majority | 3102 (8.67%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 December 1956 Oxford, New Zealand, |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Political party | ACT New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Crome |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Economist |
Rodney Philip Hide, QSO (born 16 December 1956), is a former New Zealand politician of the ACT Party. Hide was a Member of Parliament for ACT from 1996 until 2011, was ACT's leader between 2004 and 2011, and represented the Epsom from 2005 to 2011. In the Fifth National Government, Hide was Minister of Local Government, Associate Minister of Commerce and Minister of Regulatory Reform until 2011.
He stepped down as ACT leader in April 2011 after a leadership challenge from Don Brash and retired from Parliament at the general election later that year.
Rodney Philip Hide was born in Oxford in Canterbury. His father, Philip Hide, owned a small mixed-farm at Cust and also drove trucks. In 1960, due to sickness, Philip Hide sold the small farm and moved to Rangiora, continuing to drive trucks until his retirement. Hide attended Rangiora High School, before gaining a degree in zoology and botany from the University of Canterbury. After completing his degree, he travelled overseas, eventually finding himself in Scotland. He worked for some time on oil rigs in the North Sea. Hide eventually returned to New Zealand by way of Romania, Egypt, India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. In Malaysia he re-met Jiuan Jiuan, with whom he had shared a house in Christchurch - the two married in 1983 (in 2007 they separated). After returning to New Zealand, Hide gained a degree in resource management from Lincoln College, Canterbury. He then took up a teaching position at Lincoln, first in resource management and later in economics. He completed his master's degree in economics from Montana State University with a thesis on New Zealand's transferable fishing quotas.
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