New Year Honours List 2025

The New Zealand 2025 New Year Honours list:

Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

• Julie Clare Chapman – For services to children and the community
• Nea Ingrid Collins, MNZM – For services to Māori, business and health governance
• Bogyung Ko (Lydia Ko), MNZM – For services to golf

Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

• John Allan Gallagher, CNZM, KStJ – For services to business, education, philanthropy and the community
• Edward Colin Manson, CNZM – For services to philanthropy, the community and business
• Peter Robert Skelton, CNZM – For services to environmental law

Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

• Graeme Hilton Blick – For services to geodesy
• Ian Douglas Foster – For services to rugby
• Esther Frances Fung, ONZM – For services to the Chinese community
• Frederick John Graham, ONZM – For services to Māori art
• John Bernard Hart, ONZM – For services to sports governance
• Jillian Jeanette Hooks – For services to accountancy and education
• Kai-Shek Luey, QSM – For services to the Chinese community
• Helen Linda Pilmore – For services to nephrology and transplantation services
• Suzanne Lena Prentice, OBE – For services to music and the community
• Robin Scholes, OBE – For services to the screen industry
• Harjinder Singh – For services to food science
• Alan Richard Baillie Smythe – For services to the community and philanthropy
• William Murray Thomson – For services to oral health
• Kennie Tsui – For services to the environment and governance
• Keith Sharman Turner – For services to the electricity industry

Honorary Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

• Laurie Ann Hilsgen – For services to family carers

Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

• Denise Katherine Astill – For services to the prevention of foetal anticonvulsant syndromes
• Carlos Edward James Bagrie – For services to the food and rural industries
• Major General John Raymond Boswell, DSD, (Rtd.) – For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
• Robert James William Campbell – For services to farming and governance
• Marguerite Diane Christophers – For services to Para sports
• Peter John Cleave – For services to Māori language education
• Trisia Angela Farrelly – For services to ecology
• Catherine Mary Ferguson – For services to otolaryngology
• Heke-Turoa Ropine Huata – For services to Māori and education
• Albert Puhirake Ihaka – For services to Māori and governance
• Sudesh Kumar Jhunjhnuwala – For services to the hospitality industry and philanthropy
• Prudence Elizabeth Lamerton – For services to nuclear medicine
• Nadia Rui-Chi Lim – For services to the food industry
• Professor Cyril Wayne McIlwraith – For services to veterinary medicine and the equine industry
• Matthew Christian Metcalfe – For services to the film industry
• Lee Wei-Hahn Murray – For services to literature, particularly speculative literature
• Oliver Michael Newland – For services to real estate and the community
• Christine Rewa Panapa, MNZM – For services to Māori
• Te Taku Parai – For services to Māori, governance and the community
• Rear Admiral David Colin Proctor, RNZN (Rtd.) – For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
• Te Tuhi Robust – For services to Māori and education
• Anthony John Shaw – For services to people with intellectual disabilities and the community
• Margot Alison Skinner – For services to physiotherapy
• Mervyn John Solly – For services to the transport industry and business
• Debra Mary Delores Sorensen – For services to Pacific health
• Kate Elizabeth Sylvester – For services to the fashion industry
• Iain Clark Taylor – For services to education
• Murray William Tilyard – For services to health
• Samuel Laurence Whitelock – For services to rugby and the community
• Bryce Derek Wilkinson – For services to economics

Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

• Clara Elisabeth Hutchinson-de Ranitz – For services to midwifery

Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

• Peter Wallace Allen – For services to disabled people
• Dale Cameron Bailey – For services to education
• Paula Val Baker – For services to health governance and the community
• Judith Anne Bell – For services to music education
• Richard Marshall Lovelace Bull – For services to conservation and the community
• Paul Francis Burns – For services to Search and Rescue and Fire and Emergency New Zealand
• Michael John Dyer Camm – For services to wildlife conservation
• Susan Jayne Clement – For services to education
• Ross Anthony Cocker, JP – For services to Search and Rescue and the community
• Karen Ann Colgan – For services to wildlife conservation and education
• Linda Ann Cooper, JP – For services to the community
• Maria Carmela Dalli – For services to education
• Priyani Therese de Silva-Currie – For services to multicultural communities, netball and civil engineering
• Makarena Diana Dudley – For services to people with dementia, particularly Māori
• Ross James Craufurd Dunlop, JP – For services to local government
• Iosefo Fa’afiu – For services to mental health, youth and the Pacific community
• Anne Maria Fitisemanu – For services to business
• Julian Richmond Fitter – For services to conservation
• Bronwyn Joy Groot – For services to fraud prevention awareness
• Noel Graham Harris – For services to the thoroughbred racing industry
• Rawinia Ruth Higgins – For services to Māori language, education and governance
• David Warwick Hodder – For services to outdoor recreation and conservation
• Ingrid Louise Maria Huygens – For services to education and Māori
• Leonard George Frederick Irvine – For services to woodcraft and education
• Marian Elizabeth Johnson – For services to technology and business
• Shelley Aroha Katae – For services to Māori and Pacific communities
• David John Kent – For services to the deaf and hard of hearing community
• Dinesh Kumar Khadka, JP – For services to the Nepalese community
• Tania Phillippa Kingi – For services to Māori and people with disabilities
• Malcolm Erskine Legget (Deceased. His Majesty’s approval of this award took effect on 31 October 2024, prior to the date of death.) – For services to cardiology
• Nicola Maree Ataria MacDonald – For services to the environment
• Deborah Claire Mackenzie – For services to victims of domestic violence
• Cedric Paul Malpass – For services to health
• Lachlan John Marshall – For services to water polo
• Adele Marie Mason – For services to New Zealand-Asia relations
• Duncan Paul Matthews – For services to rainbow communities
• John Leslie McKoy – For services to fisheries science and environment management
• Ross John McQueen – For services to the community
• Asad Mohsin – For services to the Muslim community and education
• Janice Molloy – For services to wildlife conservation
• Sheryll Ann Ofner – For services to education
• Louise Claire Parr-Brownlie – For services to neuroscience
• Daniel Oshana Pato – For services to the hairdressing industry
• Kirsten Pauline Eddy Patterson – For services to governance and women
• John Kenneth Peters – For services to governance and palliative care
• Ian Martyn Pickard – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand
• Billie-Jean Potaka Ayton – For services to education and Māori
• Tania Mateohorere-Carole Pouwhare – For services to Māori and Pacific communities, and the environment
• Sarah Jane McDonald Rae – For services to choral music
• Ian Dugald Reid – For services to musical theatre
• Alan Kenneth Richards – For services to the New Zealand Police and education
• Norefjell Jacquiline Marama Tanga Royal, JP – For services to Māori and governance
• Hilary Dawn Sangster – For services to governance
• Rachel Simon-Kumar – For services to women’s studies, health research and to ethnic communities
• Roy Martin Sloan – For services to conservation and game hunting
• Hilary Anne Smith – For services to linguistics and the community
• Helen Julia Snell – For services to nursing and diabetes care
• Sharon Carol Stevens-Cottle – For services to dance and theatre
• Michael Leslie Burton Styles – For services to people with dyslexia and education
• Linda Naumai Te Aho – For services to Māori and legal education
• Gary Raymond Trail – For services to martial arts, particularly Jiu Jitsu
• Keith Winton Trembath – For services to the community, agriculture and education
• Kateryna Turska – For services to the Ukrainian community
• Anita Gay Varga – For services to women and the construction industry
• Melissa Amy Vining – For services to charitable fundraising and the community
• Belinda Henderson Walker – For services to the community

Companions of the King’s Service Order:

• Rūpene Paul Amato – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Jocelyn Anne Armstrong – For services to interfaith communities
• Barry Joseph de Geest – For services to disabled people
• James William Goodwin – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Tristram Richard Ingham, ONZM – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Leoni Frances McInroe – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Paora Crawford Moyle – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Moeapulu Frances Eileen Tagaloa – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Keith Vernon Wiffin – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Gary Michael Williams, MNZM – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Paul Andrew Zentveld – For services to survivors of abuse in care

The King’s Service Medal

• Alister David Argyle – For services to the community
• Victoria Elizabeth Barnard – For services to the RNZSPCA
• Cynthia Jane Brooks – For services to local government and historical research
• Michael Russell Buick – For services to the performing arts, particularly musical theatre
• Colin Terence Campbell – For services to horse racing and governance
• Ian Peter Carter – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
• Leslie Edward Clarke – For services to the New Zealand Police and the community
• Kathleen Patricia Coster – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Shannel Peter Courtney – For services to conservation and choral music
• Sandra Lois May Curd, JP – For services to the community
• Sally Elizabeth Davies – For services to hockey and nursing
• Vaine Puapii Elia – For services to the Cook Islands community
• Rouruina Emile-Brown – For services to the Cook Islands community
• Patricia Mary Anne Eyles, JP – For services to the community
• Hans-Josef Erwin Freller – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Neta Bernadette Gilbert (Neta Kerepeti) – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Marie Eleanor Gilpin – For services to the community
• Thomas Michael Gray – For services to local government and the community
• Bryan Robert Guy – For services to the community
• Peter Colin Hensman – For services to cricket and the community
• Toni Lee James Jarvis – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Jeremy Wiremu Alexander Johnson – For services to the Anglican Church and the LGBTQI+ community
• Hans Allen Key – For services to health and safety and Pacific communities
• Paul Hendrick Lampe – For services to youth
• Michael Joseph Ledingham – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Peter Fala Aperila Leilua – For services to the community, particularly youth and Pacific peoples
• Tiliilagi Leilua – For services to the community, particularly youth and Pacific peoples
• Valerie Joan Lissette – For services to dance
• Moira Catherine Lockington – For services to the community
• Pamela Anne Logan – For services to theatre
• Patricia Annette Macaulay – For services to the community
• Carolyn Mayes – For services to conservation
• Ronald James Moles – For services to education and the community
• Fiona Mary Murdoch – For services to dance
• Delza Reay Neben – For services to print media and the community
• John William Oliver – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
• Jyoti Parashar, JP – For services to the community
• Graeme Victor Pearce – For services to heritage preservation and the community
• Marie Teresa Pearce – For services to the community and local government
• Neville Gordon Phillips – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and ice sports
• Peter Herehere Priest – For services to Māori and conservation
• Susan Lyall Priest – For services to Māori and conservation
• David John Ramsay – For services to the community
• Rangimahora Mokomoko Reddy – For services to Māori health
• David Malcolm James Richmond – For services to sport, particularly athletics and cricket
• Eugene Shane Te Awamate Ryder – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Barbara Anne Simpson – For services to conservation and the community
• Anne Acton Sinclair – For services to the community
• Darryl William Smith – For services to survivors of abuse in care
• Richard Antony Dougal Steele, JP – For services to the rural community
• Peter David Swain – For services to the community
• Teremoana Terepai – For services to the Pacific community and seniors
• Margaret Ann Vickers – For services to the community
• Grahame Roy Perry Webber – For services to local government and farming governance
• Phyllis Rosemary Weir – For services to cricket and horticulture
• Craig John Wells – For services to business and the community
• Jennifer Gai Wotten – For services to the community and squash

The New Zealand Antarctic Medal

• Alastair Robin Fastier – For services to Antarctic heritage conservation
• Colin Chalmers Monteath, QSM – For services to Antarctic field support, archival preservation, literature and photography

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

• Squadron Leader Paul Leslie Stockley – For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

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