{{short description|New Zealand politician}} {{For|the ''Adventures in Odyssey'' character|Katrina Shanks-Meltsner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Katrina Shanks | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size= | constituency_MP = National Party List | parliament = New Zealand | term_start = 7 February 2007 | term_end = 21 January 2014 | predecessor = Don Brash{{efn|name=fn1|Normally, list MPs do not have individual predecessors or successors, but Brash resigned during a sitting parliament and therefore was succeeded by Shanks, who later resigned herself and was succeeded by Hayes.}} | successor = Jo Hayes{{efn|name=fn1}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|5|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dannevirke | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Bill Shanks<ref>{{cite web |title=Shanks, Katrina: Maiden Statement - New Zealand Parliament |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/48HansS_20070220_00001082/shanks-katrina-maiden-statement |website=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=29 June 2023 |language=en |date=20 February 2007}}</ref> | party = National Party | relations = | children = | alma_mater = Massey University | occupation = | profession =Member of Parliament | signature = | website =http://katrinashanks.co.nz | footnotes = }}
'''Katrina May Shanks''' (born 12 May 1969)<ref name="parliament.nz">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=23 May 2010|title=Katrina Shanks|url=http://www.parliament.nz/mi-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/d/9/2/49MP127471-Shanks-Katrina.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523101745/http://www.parliament.nz/mi-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/d/9/2/49MP127471-Shanks-Katrina.htm|archive-date=23 May 2010|access-date=15 July 2010|website=www.parliament.nz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2009-11-21|title=Katrina Shanks MP|url=http://katrinashanks.co.nz/index.php?/pages/about.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605012119/http://katrinashanks.co.nz/index.php?%2Fpages%2Fabout.html|archive-date=5 June 2010|access-date=15 July 2010|website=katrinashanks.co.nz}}</ref> is a New Zealand chief executive and former politician.
Shanks was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 2007 to 2014. After leaving Parliament she returned to her business career and has been chief executive of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) since January 2024.<ref name="Gangcuangco 2023 l115">{{cite web |last=Gangcuangco |first=Terry |date=20 October 2023 |title=Outgoing Financial Advice NZ chief to become ANZIIF CEO |url=https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/nz/news/breaking-news/outgoing-financial-advice-nz-chief-to-become-anziif-ceo-463814.aspx |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=Insurance Business New Zealand}}</ref>
==Early years== Shanks was born in Dannevirke in 1969, and attended St Matthew's Collegiate for Girls in Masterton and Dannevirke High School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University.<ref name="parliament.nz"/>
Shanks' father, Graeme Hislop, contested the Pahiatua electorate for Social Credit in 1975 and in the 1977 by-election.<ref> {{cite news | title = New MP fulfilling dad's dream | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10413292 | work = New Zealand Herald | publisher = APN News & Media | location = Auckland | date = 2006-12-01 | access-date = 2008-07-19 | quote = She is fulfilling a dream of her father, Graham W E Hislop, who stood for Parliament when he was 36 - the same age Mrs Shanks was during the election campaign last year. }} </ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Norton |first = Clifford |title = New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946-1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science |year = 1988 |publisher = Victoria University of Wellington |location = Wellington |isbn = 0-475-11200-8 |page=305}}</ref>
Prior to entering politics, Shanks worked as a self-employed accountant. She had previously worked as a project accountant for Westpac, in retail client services for Newton Investment Management in the United Kingdom, and as a senior auditor for Audit New Zealand.<ref> {{cite news | first = Tony | last = Heyward | title = National selects Dunne challenger | url = https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0412/S00233.htm | publisher = Scoop | date = 2004-12-21 | access-date = 2008-10-29 | quote = Katrina Shanks is a self-employed accountant. She has previously worked as a Project Accountant for the Westpac Banking Corporation, in Retail Client Services for Newton Investment Management in the United Kingdom and as a Senior Auditor for Audit New Zealand. }} </ref> Shanks has three children.<ref name="New Zealand Parliament s309">{{cite web |title=Shanks, Katrina: Maiden Statement |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/48HansS_20070220_00001082/shanks-katrina-maiden-statement |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=New Zealand Parliament}}</ref>
Shanks joined the New Zealand National Party in 2001 as a member of the Karori branch and was a member of the party's executive committee for the {{NZ electorate link|Wellington Central}} electorate until 2004, when she joined the Ohariu-Belmont branch.
==Member of Parliament== {{NZ parlbox header|align=right}} {{NZ parlbox |start=2007 |end=2008 |term=48th |electorate=List |list=46 |party=New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox |term = 49th |start = {{NZ election link year|2008}} |end = 2011 |electorate = List |party = New Zealand National Party |list = 46 }} {{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|2011}} |end = 2014 |term = 50th |electorate = List |list = 38 |party = New Zealand National Party }} {{NZ parlbox footer}} Shanks was the National Party's candidate in Ohariu-Belmont at the 2005 general election.<ref>{{cite web|date=2004-12-16|title=National narrows down hunt for Dunne challenger | Scoop News|url=https://scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0412/S00192.htm|access-date=2015-04-01|publisher=Scoop.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2004-12-21|title=National selects Dunne challenger | Scoop News|url=https://scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0412/S00233.htm|access-date=2015-04-01|publisher=Scoop.co.nz}}</ref> She did not defeat incumbent Peter Dunne but performed more strongly than National's 2002 candidate Dale Stevens. At 46th on the party list, Shanks was the highest-placed National list candidate not to be elected (indeed, the election night result projected that she would be elected but the final result saw National's result drop by one seat).<ref name="--">2005 a563">{{cite web |date=1 October 2005 |title=Brash concedes after National lose seat |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/brash-concedes-after-national-lose-seat/Y2KA2ETZWPP52XGWMHJBLR5WIY/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald }}</ref> She eventually joined Parliament in February 2007 when former leader Don Brash resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Declaration by Chief Electoral Officer That Katrina May Shanks is Elected|url=https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2007-go725|access-date=2021-07-11|website=gazette.govt.nz}}</ref><ref name="NZ_Herald_10412121">{{cite news|date=23 November 2006|title=Don Brash gone at lunchtime|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10412121|access-date=8 October 2011}}</ref>
Shanks became her party's associate spokeswoman for commerce and economic development and sat on the social services committee for the remainder of the term.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Shanks, Katrina - New Zealand Parliament|url=https://www.parliament.nz/mi/mps-and-electorates/former-members-of-parliament/shanks-katrina/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=www.parliament.nz|language=en}}</ref><ref name="--2">{{cite web |date=1 December 2006 |title=Key announces his shadow cabinet |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/key-announces-his-shadow-cabinet/GFFYGYYFNDPSS4EZHFLYDIDPYQ/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald }}</ref>
In the 2008 general election, Shanks contested the new Ōhariu electorate but did not intend to win. National ran a "party vote only" campaign in that seat to ensure ally Dunne's re-election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peter Dunne holds Ohariu with increased majority|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/peter-dunne-holds-ohariu-with-increased-majority/P5VMI72SICTHZK23EPKYSVXF6E/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The New Zealand Herald |date=23 November 2011 |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-35.html |title=Official Count Results - Ōhariu |publisher=Electionresults.govt.nz |date=2008-11-22 |access-date=2015-04-01}}</ref><ref name="Oliver 2008 o438">{{cite web |last=Oliver |first=Paula |date=26 October 2008 |title=Dunne cites Greens as reason for backing Key |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/dunne-cites-greens-as-reason-for-backing-key/AKURL4FMF4Q2DPQKQXSXR4MKQM/ |access-date=20 April 2024 |website=The New Zealand Herald }}</ref> She was placed again at 46th on the party list and National's stronger party vote result meant that she returned to Parliament. National, with Dunne's support, formed a new minority government. Shanks was a member of the commerce committee as well as deputy chair (2008–2009) and later chair (2009–2011) of the social services committee.<ref name=":0" />
Shanks was elected as a list MP for a final time in 2011. She announced her intention to retire from Parliament at the 2014 general election but instead retired early at the end of 2013.<ref>{{cite news|date=2013-07-11|title=Shanks to leave politics|work=Stuff NZ (Fairfax)|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9373334/Shanks-to-leave-politics|access-date=2014-02-27}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|date=12 October 2013|title=National MP quits early|work=Stuff NZ (Fairfax)|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9498394/National-MP-quits-early|access-date=27 February 2014}}</ref> She was succeeded as a list MP by Jo Hayes.<ref name=":1" />
== Post-parliamentary career == After leaving Parliament, Shanks became chief executive of the New Zealand Funeral Directors Association.<ref name=":1" /> She held this role until 2018 when she became the inaugural chief executive of Financial Advice New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 May 2018|title=First Financial Advice NZ CEO announced|url=https://www.goodreturns.co.nz/article/976506564/first-financial-advice-nz-ceo-announced.html|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Good Returns|language=en}}</ref> In 2023 she left that organisation and relocated to Melbourne to become chief executive of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF).<ref name="Gangcuangco 2023 l115" />
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071005012720/http://www.national.org.nz/MP.aspx?Id=275 Katrina Shanks - New Zealand National Party Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100802055747/http://www.katrinashanks.co.nz/ Katrina Shanks MP - Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100523101745/http://www.parliament.nz/mi-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/d/9/2/49MP127471-Shanks-Katrina.htm New Zealand Parliament Profile on Katrina Shanks]
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