4 March 2011 The Honours UnitCabinet OfficeParliament BuildingsWellington Dear Sir/Madam I am writing to you in support of Sir William Gallagher’s nomination of Roger Kerr for a New Zealand Royal Honour. I have known Roger well since the late 1970s when as Director of one of Treasury’s economics divisions I worked with him and a […]
Sir Ralph Norris: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
9 March 2011 The Honours UnitCabinet OfficeParliament BuildingsWellington New Zealand Dear Sir, I am writing to support the nomination of Roger Kerr for an honour. I have known Roger for nearly twenty years from the time I first became a member of the New Zealand Business Roundtable of which I subsequently became Chairman. In that […]
Sir William Birch: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
Sunday, 13 March 2020 The Prime MinisterParliament BuildingsWELLINGTON Dear John, I am writing to you to add my support to the nomination of Roger Kerr for the recognition of his outstanding work in the area of promoting a wider understanding of sound economic principles in business and the need to respect economic fundamentals across the […]
Reflections on a Life Well Lived—Tribute to Sir Ron Trotter
Eulogy by Roger Kerr, Old St. Paul’s, Wellington, 17 August 2010 Margaret and the family have asked me to reflect on Sir Ron’s role in business and public affairs and I’m honoured to do so. I loved Ron like a father. So it was with a heavy heart that I sat down to write these […]
Gratitude for and memories of Dad
(The following was delivered by Richard Kerr at the service to honour Roger Kerr’s life on Thursday 3 November 2011 at 2.30pm at Old St Paul’s in Wellington.) I feel truly privileged that I could provide Dad with love, support and comic relief during my nightly visits over the past couple of months. And he, […]