The full list of New Year Honours recipients, released on December 30, 2023.
The New Zealand Order of Merit
DNZM
To be Dames Companion of the said Order:
Mrs Sarai-Paea Bareman - For services to football governance
Ms Pania Tyson-Nathan, MNZM, JP - For services to Māori and business
KNZM
To be Knights Companion of the said Order:
Dr Scott Duncan Macfarlane - For services to health
The Right Honourable Trevor Colin Mallard - For services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives
Mr Ian Barry Mune, OBE - For services to film, television and theatre
CNZM
To be Companions of the said Order:
Professor Brian Joseph Anderson - For services to paediatrics and anaesthesia
Dr Vanessa Shona Beavis - For services to anaesthesia
Mr David Kenrick Beeche - For services to sports administration
Professor Timothy Clinton Bell - For services to computer science education
Mr John Donald Brakenridge - For services to the New Zealand food and fibre sectors and the merino industry
Professor Graeme Mervyn Bydder - For services to medical imaging
Mr Philip Maxwell Cheshire - For services to architecture
Mr Clive Ernest Fugill - For services to Māori art
Mrs Dale Mary Adeline Garratt - For services to Christian music production
Mr David Reginald Garratt - For services to Christian music production
Mr Clive David Hill, MNZM - For services to literature, particularly children's literature
Ms Yolanda Lou-Anne Wisewitch Soryl - For services to literacy education
Dr Kevin Edward Trenberth - For services to geophysics
Ms Jo-anne Edna Mary Wilkinson, MNZM (Lady Dingle) - For services to youth
Mr James Ross Wilson - For services to the trade union movement and workplace safety
Dr Johanna Julene Wood - For services to football governance
ONZM
To be Officers of the said Order:
Associate Professor James Gregory Anson - For services to exercise sciences and neuroscience
Ms Susan Battye - For services to performing arts education
Professor Francis Harry Bloomfield - For services to neonatology
Mrs Ereti Taetuha Brown, QSM - For services to Māori and early childhood education
Mr Richard Waldron Bunton - For services as a cardiac surgeon
Mr Steven George Campbell - For services to Search and Rescue
Dr Rosemary Beatrice Cathcart, QSM - For services to gifted children
Dr Cherie Maria Chu-Fuluifaga - For services to education
Ms Valerie Ann Deakin - For services to dance
Ms Barbara Helen Dreaver - For services to investigative journalism and Pacific communities
Dr Graeme Peter Elliott - For services to wildlife conservation
Mr Philip Douglas Gifford - For services to broadcasting and sports journalism
Mrs Theodora Mary Götz - For services to gymnastics
Mr Anthony Trevor Gray - For services to accounting and Māori business
Detective Inspector Craig James Hamilton - For services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Ms Rosemary Alice Henderson - For services to social work and health
Mr Robert George Holding - For services to Pacific literature and business
Associate Professor Tristram Richard Ingham - For services to the disability community
Emeritus Professor Edith Marion Jones - For services to education
Ms Marie Carmel Celebrado Lindaya - For services to multicultural communities
Mr Frank Lindsay - For services to the apiculture industry
Mrs Norah Elizabeth Matthews - For services to curling
Mr Hamish John McCrostie - For services to outdoor recreation and Search and Rescue
Mr James Robert Morris - For services to table tennis
Dr Hana Merenea O'Regan - For services to education
Dr Anneliese Ruth Parkin - For services to the Public Service
Ms Jane Frances Patterson, MNZM - For services to sports administration
Mr Kevin Frank Pivac - For services to the deaf rugby community
Ms Mary Jane Rivers - For services to community-led development, governance and education
Dr Caroline Seelig - For services to education
Ms Tania Joy Te Rangingangana Simpson - For services to governance and Māori
Dr Simon Snook - For services to reproductive health
Mr Larnce Joseph Wichman - For services to the seafood industry and marine conservation
Ms Rosemary Dawn Wilkinson - For services to the blind and vision impaired community
Major General Evan George Williams - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
Emeritus Professor Peter Donald Wilson - For services to obstetrics and gynaecology
Ms Jodi Ann Wright - For services to the arts
MNZM
To be Members of the said Order:
Ms Harriet Bennett Allan - For services to the publishing industry
Ms Margaret Louise Barrell - For services as a hymn writer
Mr Luke Boustridge - For services to the electrical industry and vocational training
Ms Monica Jacqueline Briggs - For services to women and governance
Mr Patrick William Bronte - For services to military history
Mrs Barbara Joan Dewson - For services to dental and oral health therapy
Ms Carla Elena Donson - For services to women and the community
Mr Aaron Murray Fleming - For services to the community and sport
Mr Tevita Filisonu'u Funaki - For services to Pacific health
Mr Robert Lawrence Gemmell - For services to martial arts and the community
Ms Pamela Mary Hanna - For services to the community and early childhood education
Ms Roslyn Aileen Hiini - For services to women and the union movement
Mr Phillip Terence Humphreys - For services to people with disabilities and sport
Ms Christine Mary Hundleby - For services to Pacific arts
Mr Richard Geoffrey Keddell - For services to orthopaedics
Mr Trevor John Kempton - For services to the arts and local government
Ms Julie Ann King - For services to education
Mrs Joan Knight - For services to the environment
Ms Patricia Jacqueline Knight - For services to Lepidoptera conservation and the community
Ms Philippa Agnes Laufiso - For services to arts and the community
Ms Vivien Lynette Heretaniwha Lee - For services to prisoner support and Māori
Ms Tupe Lualua - For services to the arts
Ms Huhana Te Uru Naomi Anne Manu - For services to STEM education and Māori
Mx Aych Carlin McArdle - For services to the rainbow community
Mrs Pearl Naulder - For services to education
Mr Aaron Roger Nicholson - For services to the New Zealand Police and Search and Rescue
Ms Dinah Jane Okeby - For services to the Public Service
Mrs Kahira Rata Patricia Olley - For services to women, youth and the prevention of family violence
Ms Ria Dawn Percival - For services to football
Dr Anne Doloras Perera - For services to food science and nutrition
Mrs Anuradha Ramkumar - For services to Indian classical dance
Mr Paul William James Reti - For services to ju-jitsu
Ms Alexandra Lowe Riley - For services to football
Lemalu Silao Vaisola Sefo - For services to Pacific health
Ms Susan Jane Sinclair - For services to art and education
Mr Prem Singh - For services to multicultural communities
Mr Harold Edgar Spark - For services to railway unions
The Honourable Maryan Street - For services as a Member of Parliament and to human and democratic rights
Dr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni - For services to education
Mrs Yvonne Lenette Sue - For services to health and Māori
Ms Joyce Alma Talbot - For services to sailing administration
Professor Yvonne Jasmine Te Ruki Rangi o Tangaroa Underhill - For services to tertiary education and Pacific development
Vaosa ole Tagaloa Makerita Urale - For services to Pacific arts
Mr Tama-o-Rangi Waipara - For services to Māori music
Mr David John West - For services to community development
Mrs Diane Christine Wilson - For services to the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association
Senior Sergeant Karl Edwin Rostance Wilson - For services to the New Zealand Police, disaster victim identification and Search and Rescue
Mr Lindsay Macdonald Wood - For services to environmental sustainability and climate change awareness
HONORARY
To be an Honorary Member of the said Order:
Mr Ismail Kasdemir - For services to New Zealand-Türkiye relations
The Queen's Service Order
QSO
To be a Companion of the said Order:
Mr Paul Thomas Gibson - For services to disabled people
The Queen's Service Medal
QSM
Ms Victoria Louise Andrews - For services to heritage preservation and conservation
Mr Lyall Ashley Bailey - For services to the community and local government
Mr David Alan Burnett - For services to multisport
Mr Ian Peter Carr, JP - For services to the community
Mr Neville Albert Carter - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and rugby
Mr Paul Clements - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Ewen Douglas Phillip Coleman - For services to theatre
Mr Lawrence John Counsell - For services to rowing
Mrs Alison Eleanor Crawford - For services to the community
Mr Russell George Geange - For services to swimming and rugby
Mrs Helen Alison Gordon - For services to the community
Mr Trevor John Hawkins - For services to the community
Mrs Katherine Jane Hawley (Katie Terris) - For services to the community and the arts
Ms Barbara Mary Hay - For services to the community and education
Mrs Kristeen Elizabeth Johnston - For services to the community
Mr Eruera Taihaere Kaiwai - For services to the community
Mr Allan John Kerr - For services to music
Mr Geoffrey Ramon Lienert - For services to sports administration, particularly cycling and athletics
Mrs Te Ao Marama Maaka - For services to the community
Mr Brian Campbell McCandless, CB, CBE - For services to the community
Mr Desmond Frank Meads - For services to hockey and the community
Mrs Ngahiwi Takamore Meroiti - For services to netball
Dr Michael John Hugh Miller - For services to rural health
Mrs Manisha Morar - For services to the Indian community
Mr Bruce Alexander Nairn - For services to the community and sport
Mrs Hansaben Dhanji Naran, JP - For services to the Indian community
Ms Karen Gaye Ngatai - For services to the community
Mrs Joy Margaret Oakly - For services to women and education
Mr Gavin John O'Donnell - For services to the rural community and conservation
Mr Brian Ernest Gladstone Pegler - For services to social work
Mr Alister Douglas Robertson - For services to people with dementia
Ms Jennifer Mary Mayson Saywood, JP - For services to restorative justice and women
Mrs Jennifer Mary Schollum - For services to the community and heritage preservation
Ms Susan Gay Stevens Jordan - For services to seniors and dance
Mrs Rowena Ngaio Tana, JP - For services to the Māori community
Ms Rai Vaeruarangi - For services to the Cook Islands community
Mr William Neil Walker - For services to outdoor bowls and smallbore rifle shooting
Mr Athula Cuda Bandara Wanasinghe, JP - For services to the Sri Lankan community and cricket
HONORARY
Mr Liyanage Sadun Sampath Kithulagoda - For services to the Sri Lankan community
The New Zealand Antarctic Medal
NZAM
Dr Megan Ruby Balks - For services to Antarctic soil science
The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration
DSD
Lieutenant Commander Louis James Munden-Hooper - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
Lieutenant Commander Makoare Kohupara Te Kani, MNZM - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
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