The honour was announced at an awards function at the Otago Polytechnic.
Bond (25) and partner Eric Murray have been unbeaten internationally in the coxless pair for the last two years.
In the last 12 months they won world cup events at Bled, Munich and Lucerne and the Royal Henley Regatta.
Bond's international season culminated with a world championship title at Lake Karapiro in November.
The North End club rower capped an unbeaten year by being named the New Zealand rower of the year after the national championships at Lake Ruataniwha.
Bond and Murray were finalists for the team of the year at the Halberg Awards.
Bond won red coats in the pair, coxless four and eight at the New Zealand championships when he stroked the Southern RPC to wins in the three events. He has now won 14 premier titles.
He has inspired Otago rowers, many of whom produced fine results at the New Zealand championships at Lake Ruataniwha and at the Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro.
Otago rowers won 18 medals - seven gold, eight silver and three bronze - at the national regatta, up from seven last year.
There was also a lift in performance at the Maadi Cup with Otago rowers winning 13 medals - three gold, four silver and six bronze.
Kavanagh College pupil Zoe McBride (15) was named the Otago club rower of the year and the Otago female school rower of the year.
She won the under-19 single sculls at the South Island rowing championships and was fourth in the lightweight premier single sculls at the New Zealand championships.
McBride was the dominant female sculler at the Maadi Cup and won a gold medal in the under-16 single sculls and silver in the under-17 event.
She teamed with Hannah Duggan to win gold medals in the under-18 lightweight double sculls and the under-16 event at the Maadi Cup. The pair were named the Otago crew of the year for their consistent performances throughout the season.
Their performances were helped by their coach, John Parnell, who was named the Otago coach of the year.
Parnell initiated a recruit-ment programme at Kavanagh College that resulted in 32 pupils signing up for a learn-to-row programme.
Mick Strack, the father of world championship rower and Olympic hopeful Lucy Strack, was named the administrator of the year.
An Olympic Games pin was presented to Mary Thomas, the daughter the late John Solomon, who was a member of the Port Chalmers Rowing Club.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee is awarding a special pin and framed certificate to former Olympians. Solomon, who was a member of the New Zealand four and eight at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, died in 1981 at the age of 78. His Olympic pin number was 42.
Other recipients of awards: Jack O'Leary and Bryce Abernethy (Otago), novice crew; Rebecca Craies (University), masters rower; Michael Dessoulavy (University), coxswain; James McNicol (Waitaki Boys), male school rower.
