Roll of Honour

NZ Cross


Jacinda Margaret Amey, of Tuatapere, Southland, rescued a man attacked by a shark off Campbell Island on April 24, 1992.

Reginald John Dixon of Palmerston North suffered fatal burns when he helped other passengers in the Ansett Flight 703 in the Tararua Ranges on June 9, 1995.

New Zealand Bravery


Star Rob Hall, of Christchurch, died on a storm on Mt Everest on May 11, 1996, when he stayed to help a stricken climber.

Andrew Michael Harris of New Plymouth died when he went back up the mountain to help Mr Hall.

Walter Bruce Butler, 76, of Napier, intervened to rescue a 16-year-old neighbour being attacked by a knife-wielding man on December 7, 1996.

New Zealand Bravery Decoration


Terence Albert Hood, a security guard, rescued an electrician set on fire in a Wellington substation explosion on July 4, 1989.

Sergeant Allan Donald Cantley of Morrinsville confronted a mentally deranged man with explosives holding hostages in the town's police station.

Christopher Michael Crean, 27, of New Plymouth, testifed against gang members and was gunned down in front of his family in October 1996.

Graeme James Hunt of Hastings risked his life to help a policeman fatally wounded by a gunman in Flaxmere on April 21, 1996.

Constable Warren Gilbert Sloss of Wanganui suffered six knife wounds while saving a woman from her former boyfriend on October 12, 1996.

Hakihana Jackson Pomare, aged 11, of Matauri Bay, Kaeo, died trying to rescue a brother and sister from a house fire on June 21 1997.

New Zealand Bravery Medal


Private Brendon Drew Burchell (retired), of Auckland, Private David Edward Whawhai Stewart, of Whakatane, Private Sonny Wayne Terure, (retired), of Auckland, won plaudits for their conduct as members of an Army adventure training course group trapped near the summit of Mt Ruapehu on August 11, 1990. Private Stewart died.

Keith Desmond Troon, of Rangiora and Ross William McEwan, of Kaiapoi tried to rescue two contractors overcome by toxic fumes and lack of oxygen in a stickwater tank in Kaiapoi, on January 22, 1991.

Anne Michele Francis of Rotorua, an ambulance officer, calmed an armed man who had taken a drug overdose.

Tracey Lee-Anne Chapman, of Timaru, Karen Ruth Foster, of Timaru, and Jan Yvonne McCrea, of Ashburton calmly evacuated 35 patients from Talbot Hospital, Timaru, when fire broke out on January 4, 1992.

William John Funnell, of Taupo, brought the shark attack victim from Campbell Island to Invercargill in a risky 1200km helicopter flight over ocean Stephen Robert Gibb, of Nelson suffered a shattered foot in an airborne collision over the Fox Glacier on June 27, 1992, but he still managed to land the helicopter, saving the lives of six teenage Australian tourists on board.

Driver Mark Mattie Povey, Royal NZ Corps of Transport (retired), of Helensville tried to save a motorist and a motorcyclist trapped under a burning car on September 17, 1993.

Senior Constable Dean William Pleydell of Taupo and Constable Patrick Anthony Rice, of Auckland, overpowered an armed bank robber on September 23, 1993.

Flight Sergeant Michael James Cannon, of Auckland and Sergeant Lisa Kay Franken, of Melbourne supervised the rescue of 23 Taiwanese seamen after an ammonia explosion south of Fiji.

Senior Constable Peter Robert Broughton of Palmerston North and Constable Floyd Steven Pratt of Te Puke overpowered a man armed with a baseball bat despite suffering serious injuries in the pursuit, on October 11, 1994.

John Joseph McNamee, of Perth, dug out four skiers buried in an avalanche on Mt Cook on July 11, 1997.

New Zealand Gallantry Decoration


Chief Petty Officer John Clinton Lionel Oxenham, Royal New Zealand Navy (retired), of Lower Hutt, set an example to five other United Nations soldiers held captive for four days by the former Khmer Rouge in December 1992.