Roderick Deane

The NZ Herald calls Roderick Deane 'the godfather of New Zealand commerce'. He has had a bigger impact on NZ's economic revolution of the past two decades than any person other than Roger Douglas. As deputy-governor of the Reserve Bank he was at the very heart of the dramatic introduction of Rogernomics. As head of the State Services Commission, Deane oversaw the selling of the 'family silver' - the break-up of the public service. In the past twenty years only Roger Douglas has played a bigger role in reshaping the NZ economy. And the remarkable thing is that Deane has always been a public servant and then a businessman - never an elected politician. This biography provides a fascinating picture of political and economic life behind the scenes during some of NZs most tumultuous times, and contains genuine fireworks. The saga of Muldoon behaving atrociously during the handover of power to the Lange government in 1984, for example, is described in fascinating detail.Bassett, Michael is the author of 'Roderick Deane', published 2006 under ISBN 9780670045679 and ISBN 0670045675.