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'''Roger Lawrence Kerr''', [[New Zealand Order of Merit|CNZM]] (17 January 1945 – 28 October 2011), a public policy and business leader, was the executive director of the [[New Zealand Business Roundtable]],<ref name="NZHerald217959">{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=217959|title=Roundtable chief honoured|date=20 September 2001|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=13 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/499215/detail|title=NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE|year=2011|quote=KERR|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref> a [[free-market]] [[Think tank|think-tank]] based in [[Wellington, New Zealand]]. He is not related to fellow New Zealander [http://www.rogeradvice.com/ Roger J. Kerr], the founder of Asia Pacific Risk Management.
[[File:Roger Kerr CNZM (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Kerr in August 2011]]
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'''Roger Lawrence Kerr''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM}} (17 January 1945 – 28 October 2011), a public policy and business leader, was the executive director of the [[New Zealand Business Roundtable]],<ref name="NZHerald217959">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=217959|title=Roundtable chief honoured|date=20 September 2001|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=13 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/499215/detail|title=NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE|year=2011|quote=KERR|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref> a [[free-market]] [[Think tank|think-tank]] based in [[Wellington]], New Zealand.


==Career==
==Early life==
Kerr attended Appleby Primary and [[Waimea College]] in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]]. His parents farmed in the Nelson province<ref>McKinnon, M. Treasury - The New Zealand Treasury, 1840-2000, (2003). p 292</ref>. He held an MA (Honours, First Class) (in his Arts degree he studied French) from the [[University of Canterbury]] and a [[Bachelor of Commerce and Administration|BCA]] from [[Victoria University of Wellington]]. . Dr Roderick Deane, the senior government official and businessman, who lectured economics, said Kerr was "the most outstanding economics student I ever had when I was teaching".<ref>McKinnon, M. Treasury - The New Zealand Treasury, 1840-2000, (2003). p 292.</ref>
Kerr grew up on a farm at [[Appleby, New Zealand|Appleby]] on the South Island of New Zealand, near [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]].<ref name="nkerr.com/a-tribute-to-roger">nkerr.com/a-tribute-to-roger/</ref> Thirteen years younger than his sister Barbara and 10 years younger than his brother Alan, a paediatric heart surgeon,<ref>{{cite web|last=Chisholm|first=Donna|date=17 September 2017|title=The father and son heroes of cardiac care in New Zealand|url=https://www.noted.co.nz/health/health/the-father-and-son-heroes-of-cardiac-care-in-new-zealand/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171101041134/https://www.noted.co.nz/health/health/the-father-and-son-heroes-of-cardiac-care-in-new-zealand/|archive-date=1 November 2017|access-date=2 June 2021|website=Noted.co.nz}}</ref> his arrival was a surprise for the family.<ref name="nkerr.com/a-tribute-to-roger"/> He attended Appleby Primary and was one of the first students to attend [[Waimea College]] in [[Richmond, New Zealand|Richmond]].<ref name="nkerr.com/a-tribute-to-roger"/> He was first in the country in [[School Certificate (New Zealand)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nkerr.com/a-tribute-to-roger/ |title = A Tribute to Roger – The Kerrant| date=27 October 2016 }}</ref> He studied for an MA (Honours, First Class) (in his Arts degree he studied French) from the [[University of Canterbury]]. His master thesis was titled ''Jean-Paul Sartre : theoricien et critique de la litterature''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Kerr |first=Roger |year=1966 |type=Masters thesis |title=Jean-Paul Sartre : theoricien et critique de la litterature |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury |hdl=10092/8661 |doi=10.26021/5151 |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/8661}}</ref> He also obtained a [[Bachelor of Commerce and Administration|BCA]] from [[Victoria University of Wellington]]. [[Roderick Deane]], the senior government official and businessman, who lectured economics, said Kerr was "the most outstanding economics student I ever had when I was teaching".<ref>McKinnon, M. Treasury - The New Zealand Treasury, 1840-2000, (2003). p 292.</ref>


==Career==
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He served as a director of the [[Electricity Corporation of New Zealand]] from 1986 to 1994,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/327728/detail|title=ELECTRICITY CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED|work=business.govt.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref> as a member of the Council of [[Victoria University of Wellington]] from 1995 to 1999, and as a member of the Group Board of [[Colonial Limited]] in Melbourne from 1996 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/852714/detail|title=COLONIAL LIMITED |work=business.govt.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref>
Kerr spent much of his career in the economic policy debate in New Zealand. He was hired by Sir [[Ron Trotter]] and Sir [[Douglas Myers]], then chairman and vice chairman of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, in 1986 as the first executive director. Kerr was a vocal proponent of [[Rogernomics]] and of policies that can be broadly characterised as free market. Before leading the Business Roundtable, he joined the [[New Zealand Treasury]] at age 32.{{cn|date=October 2022}} At the Treasury he served as Director of Economics II and was part of the team of economists that authored Economic Management, the briefing paper presented to the [[Fourth Labor Government of New Zealand]], which many regard as the blueprint for the economic reforms that followed.{{who|date=October 2022}} Kerr later became an assistant secretary.{{cn|date=October 2022}}


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He served as a director of the [[Electricity Corporation of New Zealand]] from 1986 to 1994,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/327728/detail|title=ELECTRICITY CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED|work=business.govt.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref> as a member of the Council of [[Victoria University of Wellington]] from 1995 to 1999, and as a member of the Group Board of [[Colonial Limited]] in Melbourne from 1996 to 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/852714/detail|title=COLONIAL LIMITED |work=business.govt.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref>
Kerr spent much of his career in the economic policy debate in New Zealand, mainly through written commentary. Kerr was a vocal proponent of [[Rogernomics]] and of policies that can be broadly characterised as free market. Before joining the New Zealand Business Roundtable, he joined the [[New Zealand Treasury]] at age 32 at became Director of Economics II in 1981 and subsequently became an assistant secretary.


Prior to Kerr's time at the Treasury he worked at [[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] including as a diplomat in Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10763949|title=Roger Kerr: Always a few steps ahead|first=John|last=Roughan|work=nzherald.co.nz|date=5 November 2011|accessdate=1 March 2012}}</ref>
Prior to Kerr's time at the Treasury he worked at [[New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] including as a diplomat in Brussels.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10763949|title=Roger Kerr: Always a few steps ahead|first=John|last=Roughan|work=nzherald.co.nz|date=5 November 2011|accessdate=1 March 2012}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Kerr was married to Margaret Northcroft for over 30 years with whom he had three sons, Bernard, Nicholas and Richard, two of whom live in the United States and one of whom lives in New Zealand. The marriage to Northcroft ended in divorce. He married [[Catherine Isaac]] in January 2010. Kerr died on 28 October 2011, after battling metastatic [[melanoma]] for a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10762465|title='National treasure' Roger Kerr dies|work=nzherald.co.nz|year=2011|quote=High-profile business leader Roger Kerr has died after a year-long battle with metastatic melanoma.|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/image.cfm?c_id=3&gal_objectid=10762465&gallery_id=122435#8219428|title=Roger Kerr: A life in pictures|work=nzherald.co.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/5875388/Business-leader-Roger-Kerr-dies|title=Business leader Roger Kerr dies|work=stuff.co.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10762600|title=Kerr lauded as strong advocate|work=nzherald.co.nz|year=2011|accessdate=30 October 2011}}</ref>
Kerr was married to Margaret Northcroft for over 30 years with whom he had three sons, Bernard, Nicholas and Richard, two of whom live in the United States and one of whom lives in New Zealand. The marriage to Northcroft ended in divorce. He married [[Catherine Isaac]] in January 2010. Kerr died on 28 October 2011, after battling metastatic [[melanoma]] for a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10762465|title='National treasure' Roger Kerr dies|work=nzherald.co.nz|quote=High-profile business leader Roger Kerr has died after a year-long battle with metastatic melanoma.|accessdate=29 October 2011|date=29 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/image.cfm?c_id=3&gal_objectid=10762465&gallery_id=122435#8219428|title=Roger Kerr: A life in pictures|work=nzherald.co.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/5875388/Business-leader-Roger-Kerr-dies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029131629/http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/5875388/Business-leader-Roger-Kerr-dies|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2011|title=Business leader Roger Kerr dies|work=stuff.co.nz|year=2011|accessdate=29 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10762600|title=Kerr lauded as strong advocate|work=nzherald.co.nz|accessdate=30 October 2011|date=30 October 2011}}</ref>


==Honours and awards==
==Awards==
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* [[Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to business, in the [[2011 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2011 Queen's Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2011 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2011 |date=6 June 2011 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=10 May 2020}}</ref>
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* [[New Zealand Institute of Economic Research|NZIER]] [[Qantas]] Economics Award, 2001 <ref name="NZHerald217959"/>
* Alan McGregor Fellowship, 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Roger Kerr Receives Prestigious Australian Awards|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1108/S00058/roger-kerr-receives-prestigious-australian-awards.htm|date=1 August 2011|accessdate=5 May 2017}}</ref>
* Tasman Medal, 1994
* Charles Copeman Medal, 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/business-leader-roger-kerr-dies/UXPOJU2LMX6LS4KSS4ZUR4VIUA/ |title = Business leader Roger Kerr dies - NZ Herald| date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>
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* Companion of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]], 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to business.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Queen's Birthday Honours 2011|url=http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=58|work=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]]|date=6 June 2011|accessdate=6 June 2011}}</ref>
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* [[New Zealand Institute of Economic Research|NZIER]] [[Qantas]] Economics Award, 2001<ref name="NZHerald217959"/>
* Tasman Medal, 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/business-leader-roger-kerr-dies/UXPOJU2LMX6LS4KSS4ZUR4VIUA/ |title = Business leader Roger Kerr dies - NZ Herald| date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.nzbr.org.nz/ New Zealand Business Roundtable]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160210110026/http://www.nzbr.org.nz/ New Zealand Business Roundtable]


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| DATE OF DEATH = 28 October 2011
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Latest revision as of 14:12, 30 November 2024

For the Australian rules football player and coach, see Roger Kerr (footballer).

Kerr in August 2011

Roger Lawrence Kerr CNZM (17 January 1945 – 28 October 2011), a public policy and business leader, was the executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable,[1][2] a free-market think-tank based in Wellington, New Zealand.

Early life

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Kerr grew up on a farm at Appleby on the South Island of New Zealand, near Nelson.[3] Thirteen years younger than his sister Barbara and 10 years younger than his brother Alan, a paediatric heart surgeon,[4] his arrival was a surprise for the family.[3] He attended Appleby Primary and was one of the first students to attend Waimea College in Richmond.[3] He was first in the country in School Certificate (New Zealand).[5] He studied for an MA (Honours, First Class) (in his Arts degree he studied French) from the University of Canterbury. His master thesis was titled Jean-Paul Sartre : theoricien et critique de la litterature.[6] He also obtained a BCA from Victoria University of Wellington. Roderick Deane, the senior government official and businessman, who lectured economics, said Kerr was "the most outstanding economics student I ever had when I was teaching".[7]

Career

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Kerr spent much of his career in the economic policy debate in New Zealand. He was hired by Sir Ron Trotter and Sir Douglas Myers, then chairman and vice chairman of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, in 1986 as the first executive director. Kerr was a vocal proponent of Rogernomics and of policies that can be broadly characterised as free market. Before leading the Business Roundtable, he joined the New Zealand Treasury at age 32.[citation needed] At the Treasury he served as Director of Economics II and was part of the team of economists that authored Economic Management, the briefing paper presented to the Fourth Labor Government of New Zealand, which many regard as the blueprint for the economic reforms that followed.[who?] Kerr later became an assistant secretary.[citation needed]

He served as a director of the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand from 1986 to 1994,[8] as a member of the Council of Victoria University of Wellington from 1995 to 1999, and as a member of the Group Board of Colonial Limited in Melbourne from 1996 to 2000.[9]

Prior to Kerr's time at the Treasury he worked at Ministry of Foreign Affairs including as a diplomat in Brussels.[10]

Personal life

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Kerr was married to Margaret Northcroft for over 30 years with whom he had three sons, Bernard, Nicholas and Richard, two of whom live in the United States and one of whom lives in New Zealand. The marriage to Northcroft ended in divorce. He married Catherine Isaac in January 2010. Kerr died on 28 October 2011, after battling metastatic melanoma for a year.[11][12][13][14]

Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Roundtable chief honoured". The New Zealand Herald. 20 September 2001. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ "NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE". 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011. KERR
  3. ^ a b c nkerr.com/a-tribute-to-roger/
  4. ^ Chisholm, Donna (17 September 2017). "The father and son heroes of cardiac care in New Zealand". Noted.co.nz. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ^ "A Tribute to Roger – The Kerrant". 27 October 2016.
  6. ^ Kerr, Roger (1966). Jean-Paul Sartre : theoricien et critique de la litterature (Masters thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/5151. hdl:10092/8661.
  7. ^ McKinnon, M. Treasury - The New Zealand Treasury, 1840-2000, (2003). p 292.
  8. ^ "ELECTRICITY CORPORATION OF NEW ZEALAND LIMITED". business.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  9. ^ "COLONIAL LIMITED". business.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  10. ^ Roughan, John (5 November 2011). "Roger Kerr: Always a few steps ahead". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  11. ^ "'National treasure' Roger Kerr dies". nzherald.co.nz. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011. High-profile business leader Roger Kerr has died after a year-long battle with metastatic melanoma.
  12. ^ "Roger Kerr: A life in pictures". nzherald.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Business leader Roger Kerr dies". stuff.co.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  14. ^ "Kerr lauded as strong advocate". nzherald.co.nz. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  15. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2011". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Roger Kerr Receives Prestigious Australian Awards". 1 August 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Business leader Roger Kerr dies - NZ Herald". 5 June 2011.
  18. ^ "Business leader Roger Kerr dies - NZ Herald". 5 June 2011.
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