Life Members of NZARES
Philip Journeaux
MBA Waikato University
M Ag Sc (Hons) Massey University
B Ag Sc Massey university
Phil started work as a Farm Advisory Officer for the (then) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) in 1977,
initially in Kaitaia, before shifting to Warkworth. Following completion of his Masters degree he ended up in Hamilton,
eventually becoming the Regional Policy Manager in 1988, and North Island Policy Manager in 2005. During this time he
was heavily involved in water quality issues, representing NZ at several OECD forums, and in Adverse Events policy
development and delivery. In 2012 he left MAF to become a consulting agricultural economist, working with AgFirst.
As part of this he has subsequently carried out a range of economic assessments and cost benefits.
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Phil joined NZARES in 1988, and was elected to the executive committee in 1994, became secretary in 1996,
President for the 1997/98 year, and Treasurer in 2004. Overall, he was on the executive committee for 25 years,
stepping down in 2019. Over this period, since joining the society, he has contributed a total of 28 papers to
the annual conference, as well as numerous other papers and articles to other conferences and journals, including
a chapter on the economics of reducing contaminant discharge into water bodies in an EU textbook. His period on
the executive also meant he has been heavily involved in the organisation of the annual conference over this time.
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Frank Scrimgeour
B Ag Sc (Hons) Lincoln University
PhD University of Hawaii
B D Melbourne College of Divinity
Frank started work with the NZ Meat & Wool Board Economic Service in 1978, before moving onto a position with the Christian
Leaders Training College in Papua New Guinea, before joining the University of Waikato in 1989. He then worked his way upwards,
becoming Professor of Environmental Economics in 2004, and Dean of the Waikato Management School in 2008 through to 2013.
Currently he is the Head of the School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics in the Waikato Management School.
Over his career, Frank has produced 60 journal articles, characterised by their broad focus on agricultural and resource
economics issues, both in New Zealand and the developing world. In addition, he has produced around 80 research reports
for clients including the national government, local government, general firms, and non-governmental organisations.
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Frank joined NZARES in 1990, and has contributed significantly to the organisation, including as President (2004-05, 2007-09,
2014-16) and Committee Member (1991-2002). He is also a member of the NZ Association of Economists (NZAE), being both a Council
Member (1998-2010) and President (2007-09) and recognised with Life Membership from NZAE in 2012.
He was awarded a fellowship of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand in 2009. In addition,
he was Editor of New Zealand Economic Papers (1998-2001) and Editor in Chief Australian Journal of Agricultural and
Resource Economics (2017-2019).
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Robin Johnson (1927 – 2008)
B Ag Sc Lincoln University
M Ag Sc Massey University
B Ag Sc Lincoln University
Robin’s career spanned an initial seven years in Zimbabwe as a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe.
He then moved back to New Zealand to take up a position at the Agricultural Economics Research Unit at Lincoln University.
After seven years at the AERU, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Economics Division at the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries (MAF) in Wellington in which capacity be served until 1985. He then served as a Research Fellow at the Centre
for Policy Studies at Massey University for a three-year period before returning to MAF in 1989 as a Senior Policy Consultant
attached to the Rural Policy Group. He retired from MAF in 1993.
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Robin was a founding member of NZARES (in 1974) and contributed significantly to the society and conference over many years.
He wrote over 100 papers, most published in peer-reviewed journals, and was president of both NZARES and AARES (1994).
He was editor of the Australian Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics from 1994 to 1997. He received the 1990
Commemorative Medal for Services to Agriculture, in 1996 was made an honorary life member of NZARES, and in 1998 was made a
Distinguished Fellow of AARES.
Robin was the first life member of NZARES, and in his memory, a “Robin Johnson Memorial Session” is held at each annual conference.
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Allan Rae
B Hort Sc Massey University
M Hort Sc Massey University
PhD. University of New England
After Allan completed his M Hort Sc degree at Massey University, he commenced work as a Research Officer with New Zealand’s Vegetable and Producer Growers’ Federation. In 1971 commenced his PhD at the University of New England. Allan then returned to Massey University, where he took on the role of senior lecturer in economics and was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor in agricultural economics. His two books “Crop Management Economics” published in 1977 and “Agricultural Management Economics: Activity Analysis and Decision Making” published in 1994 provided students with a solid foundation in crop economics and use of various modelling and analytical tools to model cropping systems. Allan has also published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.
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Although his initial research focus was on crop and horticultural economics Allan gradually moved into the field of international trade analysis, through the Massey Center for Agricultural Policy Studies, eventually becoming Director of the Centre. Also through the Centre, Allan developed a long-term relationship with the Centre for Global Trade Analysis at Purdue University, and was a Research Fellow of the Center from 2003 to 2010.
Allan was a Founding Member of the New Zealand Branch (NZARES), for which he has served as both President and Treasurer. He was Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) President, editor-in-chief of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics for three years and in 2010 was made a Fellow of AARES.
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Rod Forbes (1946 - present)
B Ag Sc Massey University (1970)
Grad Dip Bus Studies Massey University (2006)
Rod’s career started in December 1969 with the then Department of Agriculture which, after a number of name changes and restructurings, morphed into the current Ministry for Primary Industries. Over the first 15 years, he mainly carried out national cost benefit analyses of central government subsidised community drainage, flood control, soil conservation and water supply schemes. Following the 1984 economic deregulation, he applied analytical skills to the Ministry’s investment in buildings, computer hardware and systems, and pest and disease control programmes. In January 1992, Rod shifted to Wellington to work on policy and research. In 1996, he joined a team involved with monitoring and forecasting of agricultural exports and agriculture GDP. Over the next 20 years, the forecasting team expanded to cover forestry and fisheries. Rod retired from full time employment in June 2014 and then worked part time until September 2016.
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Rod was a founding member of NZARES or as it was known then, the NZ Branch of the Australian Agricultural Economic Society. He served the society extensively over the years –taking on all of the roles of committee member, secretary, treasurer and president a number of times. He, along with others, was instrumental in setting up the NZARES as a separate society. But maintaining the branch relationship to the AARES and inviting the current President to speak at the annual NZARES conference. Over the years, he has also prepared several conference contributed papers. He was made the third life member of NZARES in 2012.
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