Roger Kerr funeral

A service to honour Roger’s life will be held on Thursday 3 November at 2.30 pm at Old St Paul’s in Wellington.

At Roger’s blog, they have links to some of the public tributes to Roger. Kudos to the Greens who said:

The Green Party today acknowledged the death of Roger Kerr, saying he was a principled man and respected opponent.

“Roger was a leading figure in the debate over the direction of the new Zealand economy. He played the issues not the person,” said Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei.

“We disagreed with most of his views but he was prepared to debate them openly and frankly.

One particular party remained silent.

Also at Roger’s blog, is his final blog post, made on the day he died. he attacks the myth that NZ’s net external indebtedness is a savings story. Roger showed how it is mainly interest on the debt built up before 1990 that has caused continued indebtedness. He also pointed out that NZ had a balance of trade surplus overall from 1990 to 2004.