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<i>New Year Honours:</i> The complete list

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THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT

DCNZM (Distinguished Companions):

Dr (Vera) Doreen Blumhardt CBE, Wellington, for services to pottery and art education

Jennifer Mary Shipley, Auckland, for services as a Member of Parliament

Bruce Houlton Slane CBE, Auckland, for services to personal and human rights, and the law

Peter John Trapski
CBE, Tauranga, for services to the law and the community


CNZM (Companions):

John Murray Black QSO, JP, Taupo, for services to local government

Peter Wing Ho Chin, Dunedin, for services to local body and community affairs

Robert Moncrieff Clarkson, Tauranga, for services to philanthropy

Wyatt Beetham Creech, Martinborough, for services as a Member of Parliament

Melvin Norman Day, Wellington, for services to painting and art history

Anne Gertrude Shorland Gambrill, Auckland, for services as a Master of the High Court

Lynette Jones, Blenheim, for services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society and the community

Sister Pauline Anne Leonard, Hamilton, for services to education

Graeme Eric Selby Lowe QSM, Havelock North, for services to the meat industry and the community

Professor Roger Stewart Morris, Palmerston North, for services to veterinary science

Mary Judith Mowbray, Wellington, for services to women

John Lindell O'Sullivan, Lower Hutt, for public services, lately as general manager, Parliamentary Service

Peter George Spenser Penlington QC, Christchurch, for services as a judge of the High Court

Dr Richard Patrick Suggate, Wellington, for services to geology

Dr Franklin Henry Wood, Prebbleton, Canterbury, for services to tertiary education


ONZM (Officers):

Professor (Monica) Innes Asher, Auckland, for services to paediatrics

Professor Bruce Charles Baguley, Auckland, for services to cancer research

Emeritus Professor John Anthony Barsby, Dunedin, for services to classical studies

Associate Professor Alexander Cheong Ping Chu JP, Palmerston North, for services to agriculture

Mervyn Tutuiri Church, Rotorua, for services to the sport of rodeo

Jean Ann Curry, Kerikeri, for services to bowls

David Joseph Dobbyn, Auckland, for services to music

Philip Hugh Gayton, New Plymouth, for services to volleyball

Peter Thomas Isaacs, Paraparaumu, for services to adult literacy and the community

Emeritus Professor Alexander Keith Jeffery, Dunedin, for services to orthopaedics

Stephen Albert Jelicich, Auckland, for services to architecture and the community

Doreen Isabella McLay, Waimate, for services to bowls and the community

Dr Sidney (Hirini) Melbourne, Hamilton, for services to Maori language, music and culture

Margaret Elizabeth Morriss, Palmerston North, for services to floral art

Michael Anthony Nock, Ashfield, New South Wales, for services to jazz

Lance Anthony O'Sullivan, Matamata, for services to thoroughbred racing

Ronald Allan Palenski, Dunedin, for services to sports journalism

Neale Morgan Pitches, Wellington, for services to education

Dr Irihapeti Merenia Ramsden, Wellington, for services to nursing education

Audrey Severinsen, Palmerston North, for services to local body and community affairs

Terry Robin George Stringer, Warkworth, for services to sculpture

Murray George Sturgeon, Nelson, for services to the forestry and export industries

Tuitofa Anne Tenari, Auckland, for services to persons with disabilities

Dr Kenneth John Thomson, Wellington, for services to pathology and the community

Heinz Ralf Unger, Christchurch, for services to psychology and the community

Dr Richard Anthony Drummond Wigley, Palmerston North, for services to medicine, in particular, rheumatology

Silvia Contreras Zonoobi, Wellington, for services to refugee and migrant communities

New Zealand Defence Force

Colonel Kevin James Riordan, Wellington

Colonels' List, New Zealand Army


MNZM (Members):

Donna Lindsay Akersten, Wellington, for services to acting

Elizabeth Margaret Bang, Hamilton, for services to women and the community

George Latham Berry, Oamaru, for services to education

Betty Blair, Petone, for services to railway superannuitants and netball

The Reverend David Hilliard Brown, Dunedin, for services to the community

Dr John Herbert Buckingham, Auckland, for services to science and technology

Helen Beverley Capel, Auckland, for services to the community

Kathryn Heather Barbara Clemans, Maryland, United States, for services to New Zealand interests in the United States of America

Shirley Dawn Cowles, Christchurch, for services to women's cricket

William Ian Cruden, Palmerston North, for services to sport, local body and community affairs

Anoma Indira de Silva JP, Waitakere City, for services to the community

Allan Stewart Doak Evans, Temuka, South Canterbury, for services to conservation

Michael Bryant Forbes, Auckland, for services to journalism

Nola Louise Hambleton, Manukau City, for services to education

Derek John Hargreaves, Christchurch, for services to the arts

Clifford William Hawkins, North Shore City, for services to maritime history

Christopher Gerard Hayward, Auckland, for services to water polo

Elizabeth Mary Hickey, Auckland, for services to guides and netball

Owen Erle Hoskin JP, Auckland, for services to education and the community

John Charles La Roche, Auckland, for services to engineering

Barbara Elaine Lawrence, Waiuku, for services to the Methodist Church and the community

Olive Kathleen Alice Luke JP, Ngaruawahia, for services to welfare work and the community

George Richmond Lyon JP, Richmond, for services to conservation

Dr Rachel Emily Maule, Auckland, for services to psychiatric medicine and the community

Colin Bruce McLachlan, Christchurch, for services to the community

Bernice Papasina Mene, Auckland, for services to netball

Panaghis (Peter) Mikelatos, Wellington, for services to the Greek community

Guy Kingdon Natusch DSC, Napier, for services to architecture

David John Ogg, Gore, for services to the community

Diana Mary Petersen JP, Waipukurau, for services to local body and community affairs

David Charles Proud, Tauranga, for services to music and the community

The Reverend Graham Hamilton Reddell JP, Christchurch, for services to the community

Dr Richard Peter Gorton Rothwell, Hamilton, for services to medicine

Kinsley Neville Sampson JP, New Plymouth, for services to local government

Colin Scadden, Masterton, for services to conservation

Margaret Lynne Sherriff, Wanganui, for services to the community

'Elisapeti Tevi, Auckland, for services to the Pacific Islands community

Grace Thompson, Dunedin, for services to the community

Professor Raymond Webster Thompson, Lower Hutt, for services to television and entertainment

Richard William Tonks, Cambridge, for services to rowing

Francis Desmond Torley, Waikanae, for services to television

Russell James Towns, Dunedin, for services to the sport of fencing and the community

Dr Ivanica Mary Vodanovich, Auckland, for services to development studies

Wi Rangi Wiremu Whaitiri JP, Clive, Hawke's Bay, for services to Maori

Jeffrey William Wilson, Dunedin, for services to rugby

New Zealand Defence Force

Commander David Charles Wright, Auckland, Royal New Zealand Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Diane Sarah Swap, Wellington, Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Retired)

Wing Commander Stephen Craig John Basher, Wellington, Royal New Zealand Air Force

Warrant Officer Yeoman of Signals Rawiri George Ahuriri, Auckland, Royal New Zealand Navy


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

MNZM:


Major Darryl Jeffrey Hubbard, Palmerston North, The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers

Captain Michael Allan Pettersen, Palmerston North, The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers

Warrant Officer Class One Wayne Alexander Lee Small, Auckland, Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment

Staff Sergeant Adrian Garry Vogt, Papakura, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Staff Sergeant Graeme Paul Weavers, Papakura, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Flight Sergeant David James Milne, Christchurch, Royal New Zealand Air Force

Sergeant Stephen Rawhiti Waerea, Burnham, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment

Corporal Mark Lawrence Soper, Blenheim, Royal New Zealand Air Force


Honorary appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit:

ONZM:


Thomas Anthony (Tab) Baldwin, Auckland, for services to basketball

MNZM:

Guy Gabriel Edouard Cornelius Gruwez OBE, OAM, MSM, Ypres, Belgium, for services to preserving the memory of New Zealand soldiers who died in World War 1

Elizabeth Peivi Alice Lee-Lo Smith, Porirua, for services to the community

THE QUEEN'S SERVICE ORDER

QSO (Companions of the Order for Community Service):

The Reverend Archdeacon Wallace (Warihi) Mangu Campbell, Wainuiomata

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The Reverend William Cuthers JP, Tokoroa

Ewen James Derrick, North Shore City

The Reverend Elder Risatisone Ete, Wellington

Valerie June Rhodes, Wellington

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Katerina Catherine Mary Waiari, Edgcumbe

Margaret Grace Wheeler, Masterton

QSO (Companions of the Order for Public Services):

Teata Rangi Matua Kore Allen, Takapau, Hawke's Bay

Colin Stewart Ballantyne, Winton

Basil Franklin Bolt, Vienna, Austria

Geoffrey Bernard Braybrooke JP, Levin

Beverley Fay Mason JP, North Shore City

Dr Rajen Prasad, Auckland

Russell Mathew Rimmington JP, Hamilton

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Alison Vale Stokes, Wellington

THE QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL

QSM for Community Service:

Sonia Christine Andrews, Auckland

Keith McChesney Ashley, Gore

Marianne Johanna Bodt, Auckland

Beverley-Inez Christie, Invercargill

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William Henry Cross, Balclutha

Betty Greig Cuthbert, North Shore City

Ivan Desmond England, Lower Hutt

Margaret Dorothea (Rosemary) Greene, Christchurch

Gwynedd Vida Gunn, Paraparaumu Beach

Patricia Ann Hotter, Turangi

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Winsome Helen Humphries, Wyndham, Southland

Limaono Folautolutama Kingi, Auckland

Jack Campbell Knight JP, Owaka, Otago

Mazhar Shukri Krasniqi

, Auckland

Roberta May Laurie, Waimate

Nellie Martin, Kerikeri

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Kingi Matthews, Greytown

Edward George McInnes, Oamaru

Elizabeth Heather Pennell, Hokianga

Margreta Hilary Peterson, Wellington

Mosammat Begum Farida Sultana, Auckland

Sinnakuddy Kandavanam Thuraisundaram JP, Auckland

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Manuera Hone Tohu, Dargaville

Peter Hans Vollweiler, Waihola, Otago

Mere Walker JP, Kawerau

Henry (Harry) Stewart Walsh, Masterton

Helen Fergusson Webber, Nelson

Norman George Williams, Lower Hutt

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Velma Beatrice Winter, Warkworth

QSM for Public Services:

Alan Laurence Anderson JP, Auckland

Beatrice Annie (Sheila) Ashley, Auckland

Leah Braham, Wellington

Janice Rae Burns, Riversdale Beach, Wairarapa

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Aleana Anne Cannons, Manukau City

Russell Edward Martin Carr, Queenstown

Barry John Clark, Christchurch

Maxwell David Charles Dowell, Hokitika

Gladstone James Orlando Durham, Auckland

Olwyn Domett Frith, Orewa

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The Reverend William Pokura Hakaoro JP, Auckland

Leonard Patrick Harwood, Taumarunui

Ani Hemara, Hikurangi, Northland

Paul Desmond Hudson, Marton, Chief Fire Officer, Marton Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service

Maud Makuini Isaac, Wainui Beach, Gisborne

(Valerie) Anne Knox, New Plymouth, Inspector, New Zealand Police

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Grant Phillip Lane, Kaeo, Northland

Nancy Louise Lane, Kaeo, Northland

Ian Chappell Mackley, Lower Hutt

James Peter Maxwell, Thames, Third Officer, Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service

Ngaire Winifred Mountfort, Woodville

Robert Philip Alexander Patton, Tauranga

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Brian Ronald Pearce, Christchurch, Detective Inspector, New Zealand Police

John Balfour Pickering, Picton, Lately Senior Constable, New Zealand Police

Joan Elizabeth Porteous, Lyttelton

Leslie John Pye, Blenheim

June Elvira Rowland, Raumati Beach

Annette Maree Samson JP, Christchurch

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Barry John Shiels, Whakatane, Senior Constable, New Zealand Police

Andrew Denis Sissons, Wellington, Sergeant, New Zealand Police

Clifford James Harris Smith, Auckland

Gary Neil Phillip Tonkin JP, Christchurch

Maree Ann Vaile, Westport

Stewart George Walker, Lower Hutt, Chief Fire Officer, Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service

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Mark David John Williams, Auckland, Detective Sergeant, New Zealand Police

Bronwyn Ruth Naumai Yates, Auckland.

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