New Year Honours: New Zealand Order of Merit

The New Year Honours list for 2006 and New Zealand Gallantry and Bravery awards announced today:

THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT

PCNZM (Principal Companion of the Order)

Professor Paul Terence Callaghan, Wellington
For services to science

DCNZM (Distinguished Companions of the Order)

Emeritus Professor Judith Mary Caroline Binney CNZM, Auckland
For services to historical research

David Rendel Kingston Gasgoigne CBE, Wellington
For services to the arts and business

Ralph James Norris, Australia
For services to business

Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping, Wellington
For services as a Judge of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of New Zealand

CNZM (Companions of Order)

Professor Atholl John Anderson, Picton
For services to anthropology and archaeology

Michael Shane Campbell ONZM, Porirua City
For services to golf

The Most Reverend Peter James Cullinane, Palmerston North
For services to the community

Thomas George Goddard, Wellington
For services to the Employment Court

Dr Ruth Elizabeth Harley OBE, Wellington
For services to the New Zealand film industry

Mabel June Hinekahukura Mariu QSM, JP, Waitakere City
For services to Maori and the community

Jonathan Irving Mayson, Mt Maunganui
For services to the shipping industry and to export

Jennifer Ann Morel, Wellington
For services to business

Bruce Craig Munro, North Shore City
For services to the wool industry and science innovation

Professor Edward David Penny, Palmerston North
For services to science

Robert James Robinson, Wellington
Lately Commissioner of Police, for services to the New Zealand Police

Melwyn Purefoy Smith, Raumati Beach
For public services, lately as an Ombudsman

Associate Professor Clifford Tasman-Jones, Auckland
For services to public health

ONZM (Officers of the Order)

Dr Christopher John Baker, Feilding
For services to agriculture

Dr Robert Beaglehole, France
For services to medicine

Dr Ruth Bonita Beaglehole, France
For services to medicine

Emeritus Professor Arthur Neil Bruere, Palmerston North
For services to veterinary science

Bruce George Cameron, North Shore City
For services to sport

Dr Roger David John Collins, Dunedin
For services to art history

Dr Carrick Erskine Devine, Hamilton
For services to meat science

Emeritus Professor Robin Fraser, Christchurch
For services to medical research

Clive Andre Jermy, Otago
For services to the deer industry

Stacey William Jones, Auckland
For services to rugby league

Dr Anne Kolbe, Auckland
For services to medicine

Dr Matthew Balmano Marshall, Whangarei
For services to sports medicine

Alan Douglas Martin, Wellington
For services to business

Dr Pamela Susan Melding, North Shore City
For services to the psychiatry profession

Professor Anthony Christian Bernard Molteno, Dunedin
For services to ophthalmology and people with glaucoma

James Harray Richards DSC, North Shore City
For services to publishing

Elspeth Somerville Sandys, United Kingdom
For services to literature

Thomas Joseph Scott, Wellington
For services as a writer, journalist and illustrator

The Reverend Harry Ivan Shaw, Hamilton
For services to the Boys' Brigade of New Zealand and the community

Ellen Adrienne, Lady Stewart QSM, Christchurch
For services to the community

Professor Joyce Mary Waters (Lady Waters), Auckland
For services to chemistry

MNZM (Members of the Order)

Neil Carmichael Anderson, Fairlie
For services to local body affairs and the community

Emeritus Professor Josu Arrillaga, Christchurch
For services to electrical engineering

Mohammed Daud Azimullah, Auckland
For services to the Muslim community

Walter Francis Bayliss, Te Puke
For services to the kiwifruit industry

Grant Richard Beck, North Shore City
For services to yachting and board sailing

Judith Lesley Berryman, Wellington
For services to choral music

Barbara Whirimako Black, North Shore City
For services to Maori music

Ian Bell Blair, Otago
For services to ploughing

Kenneth John Bowen, Palmerston North
For services to the environment

Gael Patricia Brooks, Auckland
For services to child safety

Patrick Gerard Brosnan JP, Lower Hutt
For services to local body and community affairs

Raymond Wilton Burrell, Wellington
For services to mountain safety

Roger George Carson, North Shore City
Superintendent, New Zealand Police, for services to the New Zealand Police

Gordon Dennis Chesterman, Hamilton
For services to the community

Dr Grant Watson Christie, Auckland
For services to astronomy

Beverley Janice Cooper, Papakura
For services to rollerskating

Matthew James Andrew Cooper, Hamilton
For services to rugby and sports administration

Audrey Frances Cox, Wanganui
For services to the community

Emily Cecilia Drumm, Auckland
For services to women's cricket

Dr Roderick Boyd Ellis-Pegler, Auckland
For services to medicine

Helen Elizabeth Eskett, Christchurch
For services to family planning

Joan Elizabeth Fear, Hamilton
For services to the arts

Leslie Arthur Gilmore, West Coast
For services to the community

Jennifer Ann Hair, Blenheim
For services to hockey

Judith Rangimarie Hawkins, Hastings
For services to horticulture and the community

Patricia Rongomaitara (Ramai) Hayward, Auckland
For services to film and television

Carole Hicks, Porirua City
For services to archery

John David Jordan, Inglewood
For services to search and rescue

Meri Eileen Leask, Bluff
For services to the fishing industry

Barbara Louisa Isabel Lim, Te Awamutu
For services to the Chinese community

Keith Douglas (Midge) Marsden, Auckland
For services to music

Peter Alexander McNeill, Te Horo
For services to civil aviation

Andrew Philip Mehrtens, Christchurch
For services to rugby

Annabel Claire Norman, Nelson
For services to the arts and tourism

Rangitane Will (Tane) Norton, Christchurch
For services to rugby

Briolette Kah Bic Runga, Auckland
For services to music

Eric John Tupai Ruru, Gisborne
For services to forestry

Marilyn Claire Sainty, Auckland
For services to the fashion industry

Raylene Pamela Sommervile, Tokoroa
For services to international student exchange and the community

Matthew John Te Pou MBE, BEM, Whakatane
For services to rugby

Graeme William Thomson, Wellington
For services to broadcasting

Rodney James Titcombe JP, Feilding
For services to local body affairs

Paul John Van Den Munckhof, Auckland
For services to athletes with disabilities

Robert Geoffrey Veale, Wellington
Inspector, New Zealand Police, for services to the New Zealand Police

Peter Northe Wells, Auckland
For services to literature and film

Colin Willis, Christchurch
For services to the Paralympics in the field of shooting

New Zealand Defence Force

Lieutenant Commander John William Butcher, North Shore City,
Royal New Zealand Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Terry John Kinloch, Upper Hutt,
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps

Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Bradford Mackie, Eastbourne,
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Wing Commander Andrew Jack Woods, Wellington,
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Additional appointments, for military operational service, to the New Zealand Order of Merit:

ONZM

Lieutenant Colonel Philip John Morrison, Palmerston North,
The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers

MNZM

Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Carl Allnutt, Christchurch,
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Major David Michael Boyd, Upper Hutt,
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Major Roger Earp, Tauranga,
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force)

Captain Andrew James Fortune, Palmerston North,
Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery

Major Jeremy David Holmes, Upper Hutt,
New Zealand Intelligence Corps

Private Kueni (Sole) Matautia, Christchurch,
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Major Mark William Taylor, Christchurch,
Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals

Honorary appointments to the New Zealand Order of Merit:

MNZM

Sonia Sooknyu Hong, Republic of Korea
For services to tourism

Seiichi Kinoshita, Japan
For services to New Zealand-Japan relations