New Year Honours list

How does it all work? The seniority of various NZ honours. ODT Graphic.

ONZ (Member of the Order of New Zealand): Helen Elizabeth Clark, Auckland.

• NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
DNZM (Dame Companion of the Order):
Lesley Max MBE, Auckland, for services to children.

KNZM (Knights Companion of the Order):
Professor Mason Harold Durie CNZM, Feilding, for services to Maori health, in particular public health services; Peter Robert Jackson CNZM, Wellington, for services to film; Arthur Douglas Myers CBE, London, for services to business and the community; James Bruce Robertson, Wellington, for services as a Judge of the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

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• HONORARY APPOINTMENT
KNZM (Honorary Knight Companion of the Order): Julian H. Robertson, New York, for services to business and philanthropy.

CNZM (Companions of the Order): Kevin Bernard Brady, Wellington, for public services, lately as Controller and Auditor-general; Dr Peter Richard Fisher, Auckland, for services to medicine; Dr Frederick Malcolm Graham, Auckland, for services to medicine; Trevor Joseph Grice MNZM, Otaki, for services to the community; George Winiata Henare OBE, Auckland, for services to the theatre; Assistant Professor Merata Mita, Whitianga, for services to the film industry; Hugh Richmond Lloyd Morrison, Wellington, for services to business; Tewi David Rawiri Te Whare, Rotorua, for services to Maori; Ian Campbell Templeton OBE, Wellington, for services to journalism; Prof Helen Stapylton Timperley, Auckland, for services to education; Neville Kenneth Wran AC QC, Sydney, for services to New Zealand-Australia relations.

ONZM (Honorary Officer of the Order): Patricia Alston, London, for services to New Zealand-United Kingdom relations; Florence Mary Annison QSM, Kerikeri, for services to the community; Judy Ann Bailey, North Shore City, for services to broadcasting and the community; Kevin Michael Barry MBE, Christchurch, for services to boxing and the community; Dr Robert Albert Boas, Auckland, for services to medicine, in particular pain management; John Herbert Bongard, Takanini, for services to business; Elizabeth Mary Brown, Manakau, for services to business, women and the community; Bruce Sutherland Chambers, Auckland, for services to sport, in particular triathlons; Wynton Gill Cox, Christchurch, for services to business; Rev Dr Allan Kenneth Davidson, Auckland, for services to history; Lawrence Charles Duckworth QSM, Blenheim, for services to Maori and the community; Flora Edwards, Wellington, for services to music; Dr James Daulby Edwards, Otaki, for services to the veterinary profession and the community; Friedrich Eisenhofer, Waikanae, for services to architecture; Anthony Edwin Falkenstein, Auckland, for services to business; Rodney Michael Grout, Christchurch, for services to transport, in particular the maritime industry; Assoc Prof Vernon John Harvey, Auckland, for services to medicine, in particular oncology research; Prof James Geoffrey Horne, Wellington, for services to medicine; Jack Lawson Inglis QSM, Motueka, for services to the community; Dr Gordon Murray Kirk, Palmerston North, for services to medicine; Elizabeth Ann Mallinson QSM, Wellington, for services to publishing, in particular children's literature; William Lindsay Matson, Waikanae, for services to swimming; Colin Harry Russell MBE, Christchurch, for services to education; Dr Hugh Timothy Spencer, Hamilton, for services to medicine, in particular anaesthesia; John David Sutherland, Auckland, for services to architecture; Edgar John Young JP, New Plymouth, for services to the dairy industry and the community.

• HONORARY APPOINTMENT
ONZM (Honorary Officer of the Order): John E. Mullen, Virginia, USA, for services to New Zealand-United States relations.

MNZM (Members of the Order):
Dr Jacqueline Sherburd Te Makahi Allan, Auckland, for services to Maori health; Craig George Baird, Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, for services to motorsport; Gillian Mary Bannan, Auckland, for services to golf; John Geoffrey Beaumont, Havelock North, for services to sport, in particular swimming; Donald Mairangi Bennett, Rotorua, for services to Maori and the community; Dr Roderick Leon Bieleski, North Shore City, for services to horticultural science; John Wesley Bowis, East London, South Africa, for services to Save the Children New Zealand; Dr Michael Antony Boyes, Dunedin, for services to outdoor recreation and mountain safety; Rosalie Louise Carey, Whangarei, for services to the theatre; David George Cox, Christchurch, for services to the community; Dr Daniel Charles Sundersingh Devadhar, Wellington; for services to medicine and the community; Peter Scott Drummond, Auckland, for services to the community; Margaret Lilian Ellett, North Shore City; for services to women; Maurice John Facoory JP, Auckland, for services to sport, in particular speedway; George Ian Fairbairn JP, Wellington, for services to the community; Dr Ian Brookman Ferguson, Waitakere; for services to horticultural science; Prof Sitaleki 'Ata'ata Finau, Auckland, for services to Pacific Islands community health; Gillian Heald, Christchurch, for services to education; Emeritus Prof Colin William Holmes, Palmeston North, for services to agriculture; Timothy Charles Robert Horner, Otaki, for services to the New Zealand Customs Service; Warwick Ean Hunt, United Arab Emirates, for services to accounting; Prof Peter John Hunter, Auckland, for services to science; Jacques Christian Jean-Louis, Auckland, for services to business; Mary Elizabeth Theresa Johnson, Auckland, for services to the deaf community; Ian Donald Jones, North Shore City, for services to rugby; Jimmie Kay Yin Kan, Palmerston North, for services to the Chinese community; Alan Bryan Kerr, Wellington, for services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; Lynette Ellen Miles, Christchurch, for services to netball administration; Garrick Peter Murfitt JP, Pahiatua, for services to local body affairs, agriculture and the community; Dr John Panton Musgrove, Christchurch, for services to community medicine; Dr Wallace Bruce Niederer, Taupo, for services to equine veterinary science; Dr Peter John O'Hara, Upper Hutt, for services to animal health and welfare; Bruce Leslie Orr, Tauranga, for services to agriculture; Det Supt Michael Kelvin Pannett, Wellington, New Zealand Police, for services to the New Zealand Police; Joanna Mary Gordon Perry, Auckland, for services to accounting; Ruth Jane Pretty, Te Horo, for services to the food industry; Dennis George Rich JP, Christchurch, for services to the community; Dr David William Sabiston, Napier, for services to ophthalmology and the community; Rex Samuel Sellers, Manukau, for services to yachting; Barry Edward Shea, Otaki, for services to the Ministry of Social Development; Prof Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Hamilton, for services to Maori culture; Jessie Lorna Thompson, Christchurch, for services to the community; John Percival Tregidga JP, Paeroa, for services to local body affairs and the community; David Reginald Kinnaird Truscott, Manukau, for services to business; George Curry Vickers JP, Te Kauwhata, for services to the community; Dr Christine Mary Miriam Walsh, Levin, for services to women's health; Paora Whaanga, Gisborne, for services to Maori and the community; William Glen Turner Wiggs, Wellington, for services to advertising; Bruce Te Kaeaea Werahiko Wikitoa, Timaru, for services to Maori.