Gary Hawke

Gary Hawke was Head of the School of Government and Professor of Economic History at Victoria University of Wellington.

He held visiting appointments at Stanford University, All Souls’ College, Oxford, the Australian National University and a number of institutions in Japan. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Distinguished Fellow of the NZ Association of Economists and Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration of New Zealand.

He is a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He is a member of the NZPECC, a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, and represents NZ Institute for Economic Research on its Research Institutes Network. He is now Emeritus Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, and Senior Fellow, NZ Institute of Economic Research.

Gary has consulted for government on education policy, social science capabilities, and retirement policy, and currently chairs an Experts Advisory Group on Tertiary Education Reforms. He has had a long association with the New Zealand Committee of the Pacific Economic Co-operation Council and currently chairs its board.