Life Members of NZARES
Ross Cullen (2024)
Dip Agriculture/Valuation & Farm Management Lincoln College
BCom (Hons) Otago University
PHD Otago University
Ross first studied economics while completing a Diploma in Agriculture, and a Diploma in Valuation and Farm Management in 1970 at (then)
Lincoln College, before returning for three years to farming. Following this he completed a BCom (Hons) in economics at the University of
Otago in 1977. His first professional position was Assistant Lecturer in economics at the University of Otago, where he completed his PhD
on The inter-country diffusion of pharmaceutical products.
After completion of his PhD Ross moved to teaching and research on resource, environmental and ecological economics. His research since 1982,
often in collaboration with colleagues in a range of fields, has applied economic analysis to diverse issues impacting natural resources and
the environment.
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Ross held several leadership positions at Lincoln University including Director of AERU, Head of Department of Economics and Marketing, and
the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, and Deputy Director of the Faculty of Commerce with a particular focus for a decade on
postgraduate students.
He has contributed to three professional associations, NZAE, NZARES (President 2005) and AARES. Ross was an AARES Federal Councillor
(2005 - 2006, 2010 - 2012), President in 2015, chair of the AARES Strategic Planning Committee 2015 - 017, and chair of the AARES
Postgraduate Thesis Award Committee 2017. Ross has over 190 research publications in over 50 different journals, served on the
Editorial Boards of several academic journals, and was AJARE co-editor for volumes 55-57.
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Distinguished Professor Caroline Saunders (2023)
ONZM FRSNZ
Caroline started her work as lecturer at Newcastle University in the UK after completing her PhD.
She then came to New Zealand in 1994 to Lincoln University. In 2001 she became director of the
Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit at Lincoln.
Over her career she has over 80 journal articles with broad focus on sustainable well-being. In
particular increasing primary sector export returns, capturing greater value from global value chains
and analysing the value given by consumers to different credence attributes ranging from food
safety, benefits of disease control to environmentally ‘cleaner’ and more sustainable production.
She has undertaken research for a wide range of private and public bodies both in NZ and overseas.
These include the EU commission, DEFRA, FAO, OECD, MPi, MFAT, Treasury, MFE, MBIE, NZTE,
Fonterra, MOT, Beef and Lamb and various other industries and sector groups. She is an appointee
on the Board of Wool Research of New Zealand and a member of the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy
Committee 2019-2024. She was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009, the NZIER
Economist of the Year in 2007 and made a Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand in 2021.
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She has undertaken research for a wide range of private and public bodies both in NZ and overseas.
These include the EU commission, DEFRA, FAO, OECD, MPi, MFAT, Treasury, MFE, MBIE, NZTE,
Fonterra, MOT, Beef and Lamb and various other industries and sector groups. She is an appointee
on the Board of Wool Research of New Zealand and a member of the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy
Committee 2019-2024. She was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009, the NZIER
Economist of the Year in 2007 and made a Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand in 2021.
Caroline joined the NZARES in 1994, she was executive member from 1997-2022 and president
2002-2003. Caroline and the AERU team have regularly attended the conferences and contributed
numerous papers. Caroline was also President of NZAE in 2001-2003 and president of the UK
Agricultural Economics Society 2019-2021. She was made a Distinguished Life Member, Australasian
Agricultural and Resources Economics Society in 2022.
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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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