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March 1 2009

Sir Frank Holmes elected NZAE Life Member (d. 2012)

There were economists in New Zealand before Frank, but not many, and he provides a more or less direct link to the origins of the economics profession in New Zealand.…

March 1 2009

Bob Buckle elected NZAE Life Member

It is with great pleasure the Association honours Bob Buckle with the award of life membership of the NZ Association of Economists. Starting with a masters degree from Auckland University…

March 26 2008

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Hello from Waikato

March 26 2008

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Hello from Treasury

March 26 2008

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Hello from Otago

March 26 2008

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Hello from Auckland

September 9 2007

Welcome to the NZAE blog

The intention of this blog is to highlight economists’ work and provide material to support education and general understanding, especially as it relates to economics in New Zealand. It is…

July 1 2007

Bruce Ross awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

The New Zealand Association of Economists is delighted to honour the many distinguished contributions made by Professor Bruce Jerome Ross, CNZM, over his long career as a research economist, policy…

July 1 2007

Don Brash awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

There can only be the barest handful of New Zealand economists who have had a career that is both as distinguished and varied as that of Don Brash. His career…

July 1 2007

Brian Silverstone elected NZAE Life Member

It is with great pleasure the Association honours Brian Silverstone with the award of Life Membership of the NZ Association of Economists. Brian, a graduate of both the University of…

July 1 2006

Peter Lloyd awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

When Professor Peter Lloyd was awarded his Distinguished Fellow’s award from the Australian Economic Society, the citation was co-authored by Max Corden (Corden and Jayasuriya (2006)). In trade research terms…

July 1 2006

John Gould awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

John Gould brought a new professionalism to the study and promotion of economic history in New Zealand. The New Zealand university economics curriculum had long had a component of economic…

July 1 2005

John McMillan awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE (d. 2007)

  I’m delighted to read this citation, largely written by John Gibson, for John McMillan, the Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of International Management and Economics at Stanford University. John McMillan…

July 1 2005

Gary Hawke awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

Gary Hawke’s distinction was apparent as a student in the Economics Department of Victoria University of Wellington in the early 1960s. The judgement of his VUW teachers that he was…

July 1 2005

Lewis Evans awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

How did a farm adviser on “technical and financial matters” become one of New Zealand’s finest academic economists; an economist who has published in top international journals and who has…

July 1 2005

Brian Easton awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

This Distinguished Fellowship award is made to the most popular economist to the New Zealand public over the last thirty years. The only recognisable New Zealand economist to most people…

July 1 2005

Len Bayliss elected NZAE Life Member (d. 2018)

Len Bayliss, then an economist at the Reserve Bank, played an important role in the creation of the New Zealand Association of Economists. Supported strongly by Alan Low, then the…

July 1 2004

Peter Phillips awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

Peter C B Phillips is an outstanding economist and econometrician. Peter is in many ways a product of the New Zealand education system at its best. He was dux of…

July 1 2004

Sir Frank Holmes awarded Distiguished Fellow of NZAE (d. 2012)

Sir Frank Holmes has been a prominent figure in New Zealand economics for the working life of everyone in this room. When I started work in Wellington in late 1957…

July 1 2004

Roderick Deane awarded Distinguished Fellow of NZAE

Roderick has made a considerable contribution to New Zealand over the past 30 years: as an economist and policymaker; as a corporate leader; and as a citizen supporting the arts…

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