Service, courage acknowledged
Service, courage acknowledged
An architect, a Pike River survivor and an unnamed warrior are among the New Zealanders winning accolades in the New Year Honours list.
New Year Honours
Football: Order of Merit for Vicelich
Football: Order of Merit for Vicelich
Every time Ivan Vicelich retires from the All Whites, something great happens for New Zealand football.
Williams humbled by knighthood
Williams humbled by knighthood
One of the country's most well-known criminal lawyers and relentless campaigner for prisoners' rights over his 60-year career has been knighted for his services to the field.
Services to the South marked with honours
Services to the South marked with honours
New Year 2013 NZ Honours awarded in Otago and Southland.
New Year's Honours list
New Year's Honours list
THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
Judge receives knighthood
Judge receives knighthood
When Judge Bruce Robertson received recognition in the New Year's honours for services as a judge of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, he also became the second milk monitor from the 1954 standard 3 class at Wakari School to be knighted.
Filmmaker Peter Jackson knighted
Filmmaker Peter Jackson knighted
Helen Clark tops the New Year Honours, being appointed a member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) and filmmaker Peter Jackson is made a Knight.
Rescue veteran's efforts celebrated
Rescue veteran's efforts celebrated
John McLellan is not one for a fuss. Ask him what he thinks of receiving the Queen's Service Medal for services to marine search and rescue, and the 82-year-old Moeraki identity responds, "I thought that sort of thing was wiped long ago."
New Year Honours list
New Year Honours list
The 2010 New Year Honours announced today. -
Southern Honours: Helen Elizabeth Huddleston
Southern Honours: Helen Elizabeth Huddleston
Helen Elizabeth Huddleston
QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL (QSM)
Passion for her family and her community has resulted in Helen Huddleston (61) receiving the Queens Service Medal.
Through supporting her children in their interests, and her friends and neighbours in their every day activities, Mrs Huddleston has performed a variety of volunteer roles.
Southern honours: Lester Robert Harvey
Southern honours: Lester Robert Harvey
QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL (QSM)
Southern honours: Lorraine Pya Isaacs
Southern honours: Lorraine Pya Isaacs
QUEEN'S SERVICE ORDER (QSM)
Southern Honours: Rosalie Louise Carey
Southern Honours: Rosalie Louise Carey
MEMBER OF THE NZ ORDER OF MERIT (MNZM)
Southern honours: James Geoffrey Horne
Southern honours: James Geoffrey Horne
OFFICER OF THE NZ ORDER OF MERIT (ONZM)
Southern honours: Rita Joan Marlow
Southern honours: Rita Joan Marlow
QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL (QSM)
Southern honours: Stephen Andrew John Logie
Southern honours: Stephen Andrew John Logie
QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL (QSM)
Southern honours: Ian Campbell Templeton
Southern honours: Ian Campbell Templeton
COMPANION OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT (CNZM)
Southern honours: Michael Antony Boyes
Southern honours: Michael Antony Boyes
MEMBER OF THE NZ ORDER OF MERIT (MNZM)
Skegg gets top award in South
Skegg gets top award in South
University of Otago vice-chancellor and medical researcher Prof David Skegg has been awarded one of the highest accolades in the New Year honours list.
New Year Honours list
New Year Honours list
The 2009 New Year Honours list announced today: