The 2009 New Year Honours list announced today:
THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
PCNZM (Principal Companion of the Order): Prof Ralph Herberley Ngatata Love QSO, JP, Porirua, for services to Maori.
DCNZM (Distinguished Companions of the Order): Dr Claudia Josepha Orange OBE, Wellington, for services to historical research; Prof David Christopher Graham Skegg OBE, Dunedin, for services to medicine; Murray John Wells, Auckland, for services to business and sport; Margaret Anne Wilson, Tauranga, for services as a member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CNZM (Companions of the Order): Brian Phillip Najib Corban QSO, Auckland, for services to the community; David Finlay Currie, Raglan, for services to sports administration; Prof Roberta Lee Farrell, Hamilton, for services to biochemical research; Anthony Ian Gibbs, Auckland, for services to business; Dr Ronald John Goodey, Auckland, for services to otolaryngology; Emeritus Prof Jocelyn Margaret Harris, Dunedin, for services to education; Meredith Jane Hunter OBE, Renwick, for services to the viticulture industry; Prof Ronald William Jones, Auckland, for services to women's health; John Arthur Laurenson QC, Auckland, for services as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand; Steven Maharey, Palmerston North, for services as a member of Parliament; Dr Mark Prebble, Lower Hutt, for public services, lately as state services commissioner; Michael David Rann MP, Adelaide, for services to New Zealand-Australia relations; Prof John Scott Werry, Auckland, for services to child and adolescent psychiatry.
ONZM (Officers of the Order): Thomas John Mitchell Ashley, North Shore, for services to board sailing; Neil Cornelius Adrian Collins QSM, Dunedin, for services to broadcasting, local body affairs and the community; John Stanley Edgar, Waitakere, for services to art, in particular sculpture; Peter Gordon, London, for services to the food industry; Assoc Prof William Dean Halford, Palmerston North, for services to education; Prof Vada Harlene Hayne, Mosgiel, for services to scientific and medical research; Prof Michael Donald Hendy, Palmerston North, for services to mathematical biology; Prof Graham Lancelot Hill, Wanaka, for services to medicine; Diana, Lady Isaac QSM, Christchurch, for services to business, conservation and the community; Dr John Peter Langley JP, Auckland, for services to education; Prof Alan Forbes Merry, Auckland, for services to medicine, in particular anaesthesia; Lieutenant-colonel (retired) Christopher Bernard Marie Mullane MBE, North Shore, for services to Vietnam veterans; Prof Gareth J. Parry, Minnesota, US, for services to neurology; Katharine Margaret Felicity Price, Christchurch, for services to the arts and business; William Alexander Robertson, Porirua, for services to surveying; Assoc Prof Bridget Anne Robinson, Lyttelton, for services to medicine; Thomas Louis Rogerson, Auckland, for services to the visually impaired; Prof Caroline Mary Saunders, Christchurch, for services to agricultural research; Michael Stephen Seresin, London, for services to the film and wine industries; Prof David Christopher Thorns, Christchurch, for services to urban sociology; Valerie Kasanita Vili, Manukau, for services to athletics; Emeritus Prof Alan Dudley Ward, Newcastle, Australia, for services to New Zealand history; Dr Robert Arthur Sandel Welch, Hamilton, for services to biotechnology; Richard Frank Wells, Lower Hutt, for services to business; Prof Kenneth Geoffrey White, Dunedin, for services to science, in particular psychology.
MNZM (Members of the Order): Elizabeth Mavis Armstrong, Wellington, for services to early childhood education; Robin Henry Eden Beckett, Auckland, for services to the design industry; Albert Lloyd Beech, Napier, for services to the environment and the community; George Spencer Bridgewater, Oxford, UK, for services to rowing; Gregory Alexander (Elgregoe) Britt, Christchurch, for services to education; Toesulu Maea Brown, Auckland, for services to the Pacific Islands community; Jan Christine Coll JP, Westport, for services to the community; John Michael Cronin JP, Tauranga, for services to local body affairs and the community; Dr Jeanette Rosemary Crossley, Auckland, for services to science, in particular Addison's disease; Colyn Kathleen Devereux-Kay, Auckland, for services to business; Scott Ronald Dixon, Indianapolis, USA, for services to motorsport; Susan Jane Driver, Wellington, for services to the community; Alexander Mahe Owens Drysdale, Cambridge, for services to rowing; Superintendent Brett Alexander England, North Shore, for services to the New Zealand Police; Amosa Fa'Afoi, Christchurch, for services to the Pacific Islands community; Christine Ellen Henderson, Lumsden, for services to conservation; Graeme John Horsley, Mt Maunganui, for services to the valuation profession; Oscar Kightley, Taupo, for services to television and the theatre; Assoc Prof Michele Joy Leggott, North Shore, for services to poetry; Cameron Leslie, Waiwera, for services to swimming; Heather Lynette Thelma Maloney JP, Pukekohe, for services to the community; Dr Diane Lysette Mara, Napier, for services to the Pacific Islands community; Commissioner Garth Hugh McKenzie, Wellington, for services to the Salvation Army; Peter Minturn, Auckland, for services to jewellery manufacturing; Dr Johan Hendrik Morreau, Rotorua, for services to community health; Thomas Eruera Whanaupani Mulligan, Hastings, for services to Maori; Wendy Grace Neilson JP, Tauranga, for services to people with disabilities; Sophie Frances Pascoe, Christchurch, for services to swimming; David John Murray Peart JP, Hamilton, for services to local body affairs and the community; John Reuelu Penisula, Invercargill, for services to art, in particular sculpture; Detective Superintendent Nicholas Graeme Perry, London, for services to the New Zealand Police; Hugh Charles Llewellyn Price, Wellington, for services to publishing; Dr Lesley Claire Rothwell, Wellington, for services to medicine; Hayden Roulston, Ashburton, for services to cycling; Nola Leith Stuart JP, Riverton, for services to the community; Julie Ann Stufkens, Christchurch, for services to dietetics and paediatric nutrition; Prof Janis Elizabeth Swan, Hamilton, for services to engineering; Paula Margaret Tesoriero, Wellington, for services to cycling; Lois Myra Thompson, Wellington, for services to education; Evelyn Maria Tobin JP, Waitakere, for services to te reo; Anihira Te Waihanea Turoa-Henry JP, Taumarunui, for services to Maori; Robert Nathan Twaddle, Cambridge, for services to rowing; Garry Ralph Ward, Waikanae, for services to broadcasting; Mabel Wharekawa-Burt JP, Katikati, for services to the performing arts and the community; Nicholas Ian Willis, Lower Hutt, for services to athletics; Stephen Ernest Wilson, Christchurch, for services to business; Elizabeth Wood, Lower Hutt, for services to children and young people; Prof Georgina Elsie Zellan-Smith, Red Beach, for services to music.
NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE Warrant Officer Class One: David Leslie Armstrong, Timaru, Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial force); ADDITIONAL MNZM (Additional Member of the Order): Colonel Brendon Lee Fraher, Wanaka, Colonel's List, New Zealand Army.
HONORARY ONZM (Honorary Officer of the Order): Mayumi Moriyama, Tokyo, for services to New Zealand-Japan relations; HONORARY MNZM (Honorary Members of the Order): Pier Luigi Loro Piana, Vercelli, Italy, for services to New Zealand merino trade; Kenji Nishi, Beppu-shi, Japan, for services to New Zealand-Japan relations.
THE QUEEN'S SERVICE ORDER QSO (Companions of the Order): Jennifer Marion Broom, Auckland, for services to the refugee community; Thomas Edward (Ward) Clarke, Christchurch, for services to education; Jessie Muriel Mary Gunn MBE, Wellington, for services to veterans' affairs; Barbara Holland, Greymouth, for services to health; Murray Roger Hosking, Lower Hutt, for services to conservation; Prof Philippa Lynne Howden-Chapman, Wellington, for services to public health; Elspeth Cantlie Kennedy MBE, Nelson, for services to the community; Gavin Alistair McFadyen, Wellington, lately Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police, for services to the New Zealand Police; Kay Therese McKelvie, Auckland, for services to business and health; Gwendolyn Anne Nagel, Kaukapakapa, for services to special education; Clement Rudolph Simich, Auckland, for services as a member of Parliament; Paul Desmond Swain, Upper Hutt, for services as a member of Parliament; Lester Gordon Taylor JP, Lower Hutt, for services to education; Major (retired) Hone Hikitia Te Rangi Waititi JP, Opotiki, for services to the community; Rev Charles Tansey Waldegrave, Lower Hutt, for services to social policy.
THE QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL (QSM): Teina Akavi, Waitakere, for services to the Cook Islands community; Allan Royce Anderson JP, Wanganui, for services to conservation and the community; Christine Ann Anderson, Otaki, for services to the community; Stephen William Baggs, Waitakere, for services to the New Zealand Customs Service; Wikitoria Suvia Baker, Temuka, for services to Maori, music and the community; Robert Ames Bettison, Waiuku, for services to the community; Jeanette Lesley Blackadder JP, Christchurch, for services to country music; Donald Gilmour Brash, Oakura, for services to the community; Ereti Taetuha Brown, Waitakere, for services to Maori and youth; Judith Anne Bruce, Christchurch, for services to the community; Squadron-leader Wayne Leslie Buckingham, Paekakariki, New Zealand Cadet forces, for services to the New Zealand Cadet forces; Laurel Beatrice Burdett, Taupo, for services to the community; Monica Teresa Burns, Invercargill, for services to netball; Mary Elizabeth Busch JP, Wellington, for services to education and the community; Dr Eleanor Margaret Carmichael, Hamilton, for services to the community; Dennis Paul Clarke, New Plymouth, for services to the community; Joseph Cochrane, Upper Hutt, for services to the community; Glenn William Cockburn, Rolleston, Chief Fire Officer, Rolleston Volunteer Fire Brigade, for services to the New Zealand Fire Service; Rev David Allan Connor, Auckland, for services to prisoner welfare; Ashley Ralph Day JP, Dunedin, for services to education; Irwin Lloyd Esler, Invercargill, for services to the community; Dr Michael John Seaborn Floate, Cromwell, for services to conservation and mountaineering; Patricia Ellen Flynn, Featherston, for services to the community; Robin John Frederick Frahm JP, Oxford, for services to the community; Gina Garcia, Kerikeri, for services to music; Prof Russell Garcia, Kerikeri, for services to music; Kalwant Singh Gill, Palmerston North, for services to ethnic communities; Benjamin Wallace Goddard, Ohakune, Chief Fire Officer, Ohakune Volunteer Fire Brigade, for services to the New Zealand Fire Service; Detective Inspector Bruce Leonard Good, Auckland, for services to the New Zealand Police; Bridget Margaret Graham, Auckland, for services to the community; Anthony James Haggerty JP, Waitakere, for services to the New Zealand Fire Service; Malia Toa Filimoe'unga Hamani, Auckland, for services to the Pacific Islands community and senior citizens; Frederick Robert Hamer, Wellington, for services to the railways; Dr Brahmavar Ramanna Sadananda Hegde, Lower Hutt, for services to community medicine; Athol John Herbert JP, Papamoa, for services to the community; Susan Sui Wei Hou, Dunedin, for services to the Chinese community; Rev Dorothy Howard, Lower Hutt, for services to the community; Marie Elizabeth May Hull-Brown, North Shore, for services to the Mental Health Foundation ; James Brian Hulton, Kaiapoi, for services to football; Noel Alfred Jones, Whakatane, for services to sport; Brian Desmond Joyce JP, Papakura, for services to Maori and the community; Dr Frank Yet Keong Liaw, Turangi, for services to community medicine and the community; Heather Elizabeth Lindauer JP, Russell, for services to the community; Thangaratnam Mahasivam, Auckland, for services to the Tamil community; Lindsay Mitchell Malcolm, Oamaru, for services to the community; Anna Marshall, Whangarei, for services to the Pacific Islands community and the community; Pamela Yvonne Marama Marshall JP, Palmerston North, for services to the community; Rev Albert Martin, New Plymouth, for services to Maori; Lyneve Constance Maxwell, Paeroa, for services to music; Gordon Douglas McDowell, Taupo, for services to returned services personnel; Samuel Peter Moeke, Hastings, for services to Maori; Kevin Ronald Moseley, Blenheim, for services to brass bands; Janet Patricia Paku, Napier, for services to the Department of Corrections; Nellie Waimatatini Paratene, Masterton, for services to the community; Dr Kantilal Naranji Patel, Manukau, for services to community medicine and the Indian community; Ranjna Patel JP, Manukau, for services to the Indian community; Lynne Renwick, Te Aroha, for services to theatre and youth; Fraser Bell Ross, Timaru, for services to conservation; Ernest Thomas Rouse, Napier, for services to entertainment; John Richard Edward Ryan JP, Cambridge for services to Maori and the community; Taime Pareanga Samuel, Hastings, for services to the Pacific Islands community; Mary Ann Selwyn, Manukau, for services to Maori and the community; Gary Ross Severinsen JP, Napier, for services to the community; Granby Ray Siakimotu, Manukau, for services to the Pacific Islands community; Maureen Smith, Motueka, for services to the community; Dr Margaret Rose Southwick, Porirua, for services to the Pacific Islands community; Sergeant Kevin James Stewart, Napier, for services to the New Zealand Police; Homer Geoffrey Stubbs JP, Waihi, for services to the community; Graeme Stuart Tait, Huntly, for services to the community; Tupou Here Tamata-Manapori, Manukau, for services to the Pacific Islands community; Archdeacon Richard Rangi Wallace, Hokitika, for services to Maori; Constable John Howard Ward BEM, Porirua, for services to the New Zealand Police; Rodney Dean Waterhouse, Te Puke, Senior Firefighter, Maketu Volunteer Fire Brigade, for services to the New Zealand Fire Service; Kenneth Ivan Williamson JP, Hamilton, for services to the community; Gerald Joe Wong, Palmerston North, for services to the Chinese community; Mary Woods, Christchurch, for services to volunteering; Susan Valerie Wright, Coromandel, for services to the community.
THE NEW ZEALAND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE DECORATION (DSD) New Zealand Defence Force: Gunner Phillip John Manning, Palmerston North, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery; Warrant Officer stores accountant Neil Andrew Roberts, Upper Hutt, Royal New Zealand Navy; Colonel George Sean Trengrove, Nelson, Colonel's List, New Zealand Army (Territorial force); Warrant Officer Class Two John Francis Weel, Palmerston North, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
