Interview with Sir Roderick Deane - Asymmetric Information
April, 2013This interview spans the origins of Sir Roderick’s early interest in economics, his career as an economist, the influence of other international economists on his thinking and his research, the role of economic modeling, the balance between macro and micro economics, economic policy challenges, the usefulness of economics in his subsequent commercial career, the unintended consequences of government regulation, and Sir Roderick’s interests other than economics, such as in the arts and music, technology, education and support for persons with disabilities.
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August, 2012When Sir Roderick Deane was made a knight in the Queen's Birthday honours he said he felt most proud of the work he has done in the disability sector.
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New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) - Journal article
July, 2012Sir Roderick Deane FACA has been knighted for services to business and the community.
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Deane's honour a 'team effort'
Stuff.co.nz, April 6, 2012Roderick Deane, economist, company director and patron of the arts, says the honour of being made a knight belongs largely to the people he has worked with in his many roles.
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Corporate builder steps down
Marlborough Express, March 25, 2010Fletcher Building chairman Roderick Deane stands down at the end of this month. He talks to Catherine Harris about the company's success, and reflects on his other accomplishments in public and private sector business.
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Advisory Panel on Special Education
www.beehive.govt.nz, March 24, 2010Associate Minister of Education Heather Roy was today pleased to announce that the Ministry of Education has received more than 1,500 submissions on the Government's Review of Special Education to date, with further submissions still arriving.
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Former Telecom chief to head defence review
Otago Daily Times, March 23, 2010Former Telecom chief executive Roderick Deane will be leading a "value for money" inquiry into New Zealand's Defence Force, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced today.
"Dr Deane's wide-ranging experience in the public and private sectors makes him an excellent candidate to lead this exercise," Dr Mapp said.
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Deane to lead Defence Value For Money review
Beehive.govt.nz, March 23, 2010The Government's review aimed at providing better value for future Defence spending will be led by former Telecom Chief Executive Dr Roderick Deane, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp announced today.
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Roderick Deane: Architect and demolisher
Stuff.co.nz, March 3, 2010A building analogy works well for Roderick Deane. Over the past 25 years, he has been responsible for building giant companies up and tearing them down.
One of the architects of the state-owned enterprises, he is the man who broke up ECNZ, slashed the public service in the late 1980s, steered Telecom after privatisation, merged the ANZ and National Banks and, of course, oversaw the dismantling of Fletcher Challenge.
He also has a unique place in our economic history. As a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank, he and then-governor Spencer Russell were the men who temporarily stopped the currency international trading during a constitutional crisis in 1984.
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Mr Ralph Waters - Farewell speech for Roderick Deane on retiring as Chairman of Fletcher Building
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Jonathan Ling (CEO of Fletcher Building) - Speech at a function to mark Dr Deane's retirement from Fletcher Building.
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Regulation costs stifling, says Deane
The Dominion Post, July 23 2009New Zealand has a marked lack of world-class companies, says former Telecom chairman Roderick Deane.
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The Free Marketeer
The Independent, July 7, 2009Dr Roderick Deane has a track record in business that few can rival; he was a pivotal figure at the Reserve Bank during the Lange government, headed the State Services Commission over-seeing one of the most intense periods of public-sector reform and ran the country's biggest company, Telecom.
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Three New Galleries: Deane, Hirschfeld and Hancock
CityGallery.org.nz, 2009City Gallery Wellington to reopen with dedicated Māori & Pacific Gallery
One of three new architecturally-designed galleries thanks to support of Wellington arts families
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Award for Patronage - The Arts Foundation
Thearts.co.nz, 2008Gillian and Roderick created the Deane Endowment Trust in memory of their daughter Kristen, to assist and benefit the community and individuals in the fields of the arts and culture, scientific research, education, the environment, disability, and the work of charitable voluntary organisations. The Trust focus on the arts and culture is by way of sponsorship of a number of exhibitions and publications by a range of art galleries and museums; by the use of scholarships and grants, especially for educational purposes for young singers, musicians, dancers and artists exhibiting outstanding potential; and through donations to a number of classical music and opera organisations particularly those centred in Wellington.
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Patronage Award - Audio from Radio New Zealand - The Arts on Sunday
Radionz.co.nz June 1, 2008Gillian and Roderick Deane's support offered to many New Zealand artists is acknowledged with the Arts Foundation of 2008.
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Lessons China can teach us
Stuff.co.nz October 6, 2008I went to China recently to visit some industrial plants, meet the staff and learn from them. As Fonterra's present predicament indicates, business in China is not always straightforward.
China has much to learn about the importance of rigorous quality control systems and provides plenty of cautionary lessons for those considering investing there.
However, China is an economic phenomenon that is still on the rise and it has many other startling, positive lessons, especially for New Zealand.
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Tributes to Wellington Icons - Goldaward
Goldawards.co.nz 2007The career of Dr. Roderick Deane is in many ways a peculiarly Wellington story - a provincial boy who came to the city and made good in both public and private business arenas. Yet behind that glib summary is an impressive story of achievement which is probably unique in the business annals of New Zealand.
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Roderick Deane warns Commerce Commission not to pre-judge Cost of Capital
The Line - New Zealand Telecommunications News Today, Sept 20, 2006Former Telecom chairman and chief executive officer Dr Roderick Deane has welcomed the announcement by the Commerce Commission that it has established a Cost of Capital Expert Panel. However, Deane warns against the danger of the panel disregarding industry views on the issue.
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Call it a day but not a slow down
New Zealand Herald, June 3, 2006Exit, stage left. Take a good look at the picture and you will notice the man is smiling, the word on the door says "free". Did it feel like that last Wednesday when Dr Roderick Deane called time on his stewardship of Telecom, where he'd been CEO or chairman since since 1992?
"Liberated and relieved," he said. The announcement that June 30 will mark his last day there, and at ANZ National Bank and Te Papa, which he also chaired, coincides with the release of his authorised biography, Roderick Deane: His Life and Times, by historians Michael and Judith Bassett...
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Nine to Noon Interview of Dr Roderick Deane on the occasion of him stepping down as Chairman of Telecom NZ
Radio New Zealand June 2, 2006Full transcript (PDF format 160KB)
Executive Interview in the Telecommunications Review
Telecommunications Review June, 2006When the Telecommunications Review asked outgoing Telecom Chairman Dr Roderick Deane to share his views on the pressing issues facing the leading industry player he obliged. Here are his answers to probing questions from Telecommunications Review journalist David Dickens.
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Laying Down the Lore
NZ Management Magazine, August, 2005Learnings & legacies from Kevin Roberts, Roderick Deane, Ralph Norris, Jo Brosnahan, Gil Simpson, Joan Withers & others.
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Rod Deane - surfer and philanthropist
The New Zealand Herald, June 12, 2005Roderick Deane knows why he was dubbed "Dr Death", but he still reckons the label is wide of the mark.
Not that the chairman of Telecom, Fletcher Building and the ANZ National Bank minds.
"It's just life if that's the way people think about me. But it's odd really, if you asked me what was the biggest devotion of my life going back some years, it was the IHC when I was vice-president and then president. We managed to move most people out of psychopaedic wards into the community and we bought 600 or 700 houses...
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Citation for the award of Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Economists
Grant Spencer, May 2005Roderick has made a considerable contribution to New Zealand over the past 30 or so years: as an economist and policymaker; as a corporate leader; and as a citizen supporting the arts and the disadvantaged.
Following his early days at Opunake and New Plymouth Boys High, Roderick studied Accounting and Economics at Victoria University. Much of his study was undertaken part time while he worked, first at the Union Steamship Co, and then at the Reserve bank of New Zealand...
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Roderick Deane Profile
Zilla Efrat.Roderick Deane has seen much of his good work undone by rising Government interference. Frustrated, but certainly not bitter, he's moved his focus to areas where he can still make a difference. ZILLA EFRAT reports.
For many people, New Year's resolutions are made with the best intentions and then slowly forgotten as the year progresses. But this was certainly not the case for Roderick Deane, well at least not this year. As 2005 drew to a close, he decided it was time to quit any commitments he felt negative about so that he could concentrate on the more exciting and stimulating aspects of his life. And he did, resigning in June from two of New Zealand's most coveted corporate roles - that of chairman of Telecom Corporation of NZ and as a director of the ANZ National Bank...
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Roderick Deane on Corporate Governance
Business Round Table, February 11, 2005Not many people achieve mastery in both business and economics - they are very different vocations requiring different sets of skills. Some understanding of economics helps in running a business, but it is not a core skill set. Similarly, what people learn from running a business doesn't help a great deal in formulating economic policy. A rare example of a person highly qualified in both fields is Roderick Deane, who was recently named Chairperson of the Year...
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The Listener 2004 Power List: The 50 Most Powerful People in New Zealand
11 December 2004"I'm not in the power game," Deane says. It's working with stimulating people on stimulating challenges that motivates him.
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New Zealand Listener - Tribute to Reg Deane
4 September 2004Roderick Deane, Telecom Chairman, pays tribute to his Father, Reginald (Reg) Roderick Deane general manager of the Wairarapa Electric Power Board and president of the Electrical Supply Authorities.
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Deane hits at burden of red tape
New Zealand Herald, March 25, 2004Roderick Deane maintains politicians' interventionist path is leading the nation 'back to the future', writes Fran O'Sullivan.
The chairman of three of New Zealand's major companies is a man of piercing intellect.
Right now Roderick Deane is turning his attention to the plethora of Government regulation, interventions and policies which he says are putting New Zealand back to where it was before the 1980s economic deregulation era...
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QBE Insurance Chairperson of the Year
Management, 2004Dr Roderick Deane's rise to the top of New Zealand's hierarchy of corporate performance has, in many respects, been as unorthodox as it has been successful. The story of his career is hardly the stuff of classic management texts but the challenges and triumphs along the way make compelling reading and provide ample proof of his extraordinary leadership skills and abilities as a chairman of the board...
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"Corporate Commander - Roderick Deane" Face to Face article by Deborah Coddington
North and South Magazine, May 2001Dr Roderick Deane turned 60 on April 8 but this unremitting corporate leader shows no signs of slowing down. He talks to Deborah Coddington about dueling with Muldoon, steering Fletchers and the love of his life...
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"'Tough Guy' being realistic at Our Place" article by Anthony Hubbard on Roderick Deane's appointment as Chairman of Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand
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Listener article on Kristen Deane
New Zealand Listener, April 20, 1996This article by Mary Holm in the Listener backgrounds the rewards and the challenges a family faces with a daughter with Rett Syndrome.
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Appointment of Dr Deane as Chairman of the State Services Commission
Deane Goes Softly Softly
New Zealand Times, March 9, 1986
Rod Deane is adamant he is not the Government's "hatchet man". In the Deane lexicon the term hatchet man is a "quite inappropriate" way to describe the position he has been appointed to by the Prime Minister. The Public Service Association has attached the label to the new State Services Commission chairman but Deane says state sector unions don’t need to feel threatened by his appointment...
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Appointment of Dr Deane as Chairman of the State Services Commission
Pragmatic View of Public Service
New Zealand Herald, March 5, 1986
Dr Rod Deane, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank who has become head of the public service at the age of 44, is every inch the elegant central banker. But his quiet charm hides a sharp mind which will be widely felt when he moves down five floors from his sumptuous, book-lined room on the 12th floor of the Reserve Bank building in Wellington to the plainer office of the chairman of the Sate Services Commission...
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Appointment of Dr Deane as Chairman of the State Services Commission
National Business Review - Commentary
National Business Review, February 28, 1986
Tip the public service on end and see what comes rolling out. That, roughly speaking, is the brief for Dr Roderick Deane, just appointed to chair the state services commission (SSC). Rod Dean's ascension does not quite herald an imminent revolution in the public service - but it does, most agree, mark a significant turning point...
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