The King’s Birthday Honours List 2023 – Ardern becomes a dame

The list of New Zealanders awarded honours for the King’s Birthday 2023 follows.

To be Additional Member of the Order of New Zealand

• Queen Camilla, services to New Zealand, London.

The New Zealand Order of Merit Dame Grand Companion

• Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern, services to the State, Auckland.

Dames Companion

• Jo Anne Brosnahan QSO, services to governance and business, Auckland.
• Dr Teuila Mary Percival, QSO, services to health and the Pacific community, Auckland.
• Helene Elizabeth Quilter, QSO, services to the public service and the arts, Wellington.

Knights Companion

• John Stephen Kos KC, services to the judiciary and legal education, Porirua.
• Selwyn Tanetoa Parata, services to Māori, Gisborne.
• Wayne Ross Smith CNZM, services to rugby, Waihi Beach.

Companions

• Rodney Keith Bracefield, services to search and rescue and aviation, Porirua.
• Emeritus Prof Alison Marion Cree, services to herpetology, particularly tuatara, Dunedin.
• Lianne Audrey Dalzie, services to local government and as a Member of Parliament, Christchurch.
• Distinguished Prof Nigel Peter French, services to epidemiology, Palmerston North.
• Deborah Kennedy Gilbertson, services to business, science and technology, Lower Hutt.
• Dr Karen Lesley Grylls ONZM, services to choral music, Auckland.
• Colin Charles James, services to journalism and public policy, Waiheke Island.
• Murray Gordon McPhail, services to horticulture, Gisborne.
• Samuel Kevin Prime ONZM MBE, services to Māori, the environment and health, Kawakawa.
• Prof Ralph Ernest Harper Sims, services to sustainable energy research, Palmerston North.
• Dr Ruth Lilian Spearing, services to haematology, Christchurch.
• Dr Brian Walter Wickham, services to the dairy industry and statistical genetics, Hamilton.
• Dr Richard Brice Wong She, services to burn care, Auckland.

Officers

• Michael John Absolum, services to education, Warkworth.
• Associate Prof Catherine Mary Andrew, nursing education, Christchurch.
• Rodney David Baxter, services to youth, Wellington.
• Nicholas Robert Billowes, services to education, Upper Hutt.
• Owen Patrick Bosson, services to thoroughbred racing, Tuakau.
• Karl Jason Chitham, services to the arts, particularly Māori art, Wellington.
• Philip Maurice Clarke, services to arts governance, Auckland.
• Prof Rochelle Lee Constantine, services to wildlife conservation and marine biology, Auckland.
• Dr Florence Joyce Cowan, services to midwifery, Auckland.
• Ria Lorraine Earp, services to health, Wellington.
• Dr William John Werahiko Edwards, services to Māori health, Hāwera.
• Dr Peter Flanagan, services to blood transfusion, Wellington.
• Nicolas Alfred Hager, services to investigative journalism, Wellington.
• Douglas Henry Hood, services to the music industry, Auckland.
• Colin Tindall Jone, services to the dairy industry, Auckland.
• Dr Shirley Jean Julich, services to restorative justice and survivors of sexual abuse, Whitianga.
• Dr Michael Frederick Klaassen, services to plastic and reconstructive surgery, Auckland.
• Matekino Lawless QSM, services to Māori art, Rotorua.
• Andrew Roy Leslie MNZM, services to sport and the community, Lower Hutt.
• Christopher Whitcombe Maclean, services to conservation and publishing, Waikanae.
• Materoa Vicki-Leigh Mar, services to Māori and Pacific health, Palmerston North.
• Sandra Marie Morris, services as an illustrator and to education, Whanganui.
• Sunita Devi Narayan, services to language education and the Indian community, Wellington.
• Wayne Stephen Bayne Norrie, services to business and governance, Napier.
• Deborah Anne Panckhurst, services to foreign affairs and Māori, Wellington.
• Prof Emeritus Alison Mary Rich, services to oral pathology, Dunedin.
• Jack Michael Rikihana, services to Māori, health governance and the community, Wellington.
• Ms Shae Maria Ronald, services to youth, Auckland.
• Bruce Ronald Russell, services to the New Zealand Police and the community, Tauranga.
• James Schuster, services to Māori arts and heritage preservation, Rotorua,.
• Nua Silipa (Nua Semuā Silipa), services to Pacific education, Auckland.
• Suzanne Findlay Sutherland, services to library and information services, Christchurch.
• John Frederic Taylor, services to disabled people, Paraparaumu.
• Peter John Morgan Taylor, services to business, Renwick.
• Prof Lynette Joy Tippett, services to neuropsychology and people with dementia, Auckland.
• Emeritus Prof David Robert Towns, services to conservation, Auckland.
• Dr Christopher Howard Wearing, services to entomology and the fruit and orchard industries, Auckland.
• Te Maari Anahera Whare, services to Māori language education, Rotorua.
• Emeritus Prof Paul Worthing Williams, services to geoscience and environmental science, Auckland.
• Steven Wyn-Harris, services to the farming industry and rural communities, Waipukurau.

Honorary Officers

• Meleane Pau’uvale, services to the Tongan community and education, Auckland.
• Dr Maysoon Subhi Salama, services to the Muslim community and education, Christchurch.

Members

• Mary Puatuki Aue, services to education, technology and Pacific and Māori communities, Auckland.
• Ronald Tuakana Baker, services to Māori mental health, Auckland.
• Shanelle Kay Barrett, services to triathlon, Taupō.
• Victoria Jane Blood, services to the entertainment industry, Auckland.
• Yvonne Annette Browning, services to education and youth, Invercargill.
• Simon Alexander Challies, services to people with neurological conditions, Christchurch.
• Kendal Judee Collins, services to youth, Auckland.
• The late John Ido De Bernardo, services to the plumbing and gas industries, Wellington.
• Devon Ruahei Demant, services to rugby, Auckland.
• Dr Ofanaite Ana Dewes, services to health and the Pacific community, Auckland.
• Bryce Robert Dinneen, services to disabled people, Tauranga.
• Ann Violet Dunphy, services to youth and education, Auckland.
• Joy Dunsheath JP, services to human rights, women and education, Wellington.
• Gerald Peter Dwyer, services to rowing, Kaiapoi.
• Fa’atili Iosua Esera, services to Pacific education, Wellington.
• Margaret Mary Eyre, services to business and the community, Auckland.
• Toalele Len Faneva, services to Māori, Kerikeri.
• Dr Siale Alokihakau Foliaki, services to mental health and the Pacific community, Auckland.
• Loloma Foster, services to race walking, Hamilton.
• David Alexander Haig, services to woodworking, Nelson.
• Jeanette Sherilyn Hall, services to highland dancing, Tauranga.
• Gerard Anthony Hanning, services to education and the community, Dunedin.
• Michelle Louise Hooper, services to sports, Waiheke Island.
• Warren Graham Jack, services to the community, Auckland.
• Ian Leslie James, services to the community, Upper Hut.
• Peter John Kaiser, services to education, Auckland.
• Sgt Walter Wallace Kopa, services to the New Zealand Police and the community, Wellington.
• Gwendolyn Audrey Alexis Lewgor, services to ethnic communities, Rotorua.
• Charlotte Anne Lockhart, services to business and philanthropy, Waiheke Island.
• Qiane May Matata-Sipu, services to the arts, Auckland.
• Stacey Victoria Mendonca, services to women, Wellington.
• Lynette Evelyn Milne, services to the arts, Wānaka.
• Tara Lai-Ianne Moala, services to the community and environment, Auckland.
• Keni Upokotea Moeroa JP, services to the Cook Islands community, Dunedin.
• Superintendent Rakesh Sharanund Naidoo, services to the New Zealand Police and ethnic communities, Wellington.
• Andrea Kate Nelson, services to sport, Auckland.
• Malcolm Charles Nicolson, services to local government and the community, Kawakawa.
• Barry Thomas Pickering, services to football, Lower Hutt.
• Victor Lewys Pirihi, services to golf and Māori, Auckland.
• Rev Thomas Tamati Hemi Poata, services to Māori and the community, Rotorua.
• Helen Teiarere Rawiri, services to Māori language education, Takanini.
• Christine Margaret Richardson, services to Special Olympics and the community, Wellington.
• Anna Victoria Roger, services to literature, Christchurch.
• Nicola Ann Saker (Lady O’Regan), services to heritage preservation and the arts, Wellington.
• Amy Ella Satterthwaite, services to cricket, Prebbleton.
• Derek Monty Shaw, services to the environment, local government and athletics, Nelson.
• Kennedy Wailer Simon, services to rugby, Hamilton.
• John Edward Sims, services to karate, Auckland.
• Dr Susan (Huhana) Margaret Smith, services to the environment, Wellington.
• Franklin Manu Solomon, services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education, Auckland.
• Judith Anne Solomon, services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education, Auckland.
• Arthur Graham Sutherland, services to outdoor education, Wanaka.
• Awerangi Lorraine Tamihere, services to Māori health, Auckland.
• Tofilau Talalelei Senetenari Taufale, services to Pacific health, Napier.
• Dr Semisi Pouvalu Taumoepeau, services to education and tourism, Auckland.
• Dr Rangituatahi Te Kanawa, services to Māori art and heritage preservation, Te Kuiti.
• Robert John Tucker, services to photography and the community, New Plymouth.
• Murray Robert Warrington, services to brass bands, Napier.
• David John White, services to the prevention of family violence, Matamata,
• Dean Douglas Whiting, services to Māori arts, Wellington.
• Jacqueline Lesly Williams, services to scouting, Levin.
• June Lynette Williamson (Linn Lorkin), services to music, Auckland.
• Kenneth James Wilson, services to education, research and the economy, Wellington.
• Kathryn Anne Wood, services to youth and outdoor education, Auckland.

Honorary Members

• Mr Fa’amoana Ioane Luafutu, services to arts and the Pacific community, Christchurch.
• Fumiyuki Saijo, services to New Zealand-Japan relations, Otaru, Japan.

Queen’s Service Medal

• Heniaka August, services to Māori and the community, Porirua.
• Peggy Ann Barriball JP, services to the community, Thames.
• Dianne Joy Buchan JP, services to the community and environment, Ōtaki.
• Colleen Helen Carr, services to the community, Lake Hāwea.
• Stella Frances Cattle, services to the community and seniors, Auckland.
• Venus Mary Cherrington, services to health and the community, Kaikohe.
• Derek Boyd Collier JP, services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community, Whitianga.
• Ralph John Correa JP, services to the Indian community, Whangārei.
• Lynne Cousin, services to social welfare, Wellington.
• Joseph Davis, services to the Fijian community, Auckland.
• Dr Handunnethi Kolitha De Silva, services to health, Lower Hutt.
• Brian Leslie Doughty, services to rural communities and outdoor recreation, Whanganui.
• Richard Harold Dunkerton, services to swimming, Whangārei.
• Dr Mary Angela Eastham, services to interfaith communities, Feilding.
• Anthony Louis Fortune JP, services to the community, Reefton.
• Catriona McDonald Foster, services to nursing, Waiheke Island, services to the community, Ohakune.
• Shirley Douglas Gillard JP, services to the community, Te Aroha.
• Rodney James Graham, services to the community, Ōtaki.
• Kate Lorraine Hargraves, services to the community, Auckland.
• James Donald Hazlett, services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community, Naseby.
• Peter Thomas Housiaux, services to surf lifesaving and canoe polo, Ōtaki.
• Robin Ethnye Jackson, services to swimming, Invercargill.
• Karen Desiree Knudson, services to choral music, Dunedin.
• Rev Alofa Ta’ase Lale, services to the community, Dunedin.
• Richard Hunter Lemon, services to the agriculture and pastoral industry, Ashburton.
• Bernice Monica Lepper, services to the community and education, Alexandra.
• Ngaio Patricia Lewis, services to charitable fundraising, Waiheke Island.
• Diane Frances Martin JP, services to the community, Katikati.
• Geoffrey William Mayal, services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community, Kaikohe.
• Karen Ann McClintock, services to the community, Timaru.
• Miraka Cynthia Norgate, services to the community, Nelson.
• Teremoana O Ma Hodges (Teremoana Maua-Hodges), services to sport and culture, Porirua.
• Antony Mark Pettinger, services to outdoor recreation, Dunedin.
• Kane Kahora Rangitonga, services to social work and the community, Te Awamutu.
• Susan Reardon, services to nursing, Whangaparāoa.
• Neil Alexander Robbie, services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community, Foxton Beach.
• Glenys Anne Scandrett, services to dance, Dunedin.
• Kirsty Jean Sharpe JP, services to the community, Queenstown.
• Stephen Garry Shaw, services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and hockey, Cromwell.
• Rev Margaret (Penny) Ruth Sinnamon, services to the community, Omakau.
• Ronald George Smith, services to the community and Search and Rescue, Methven.
• Sylvia Mary Smith, services to netball, Morrinsville.
• Dr Sivagnanaratanam Sri Ramaratnam, services to the Tamil community, Wellington.
• Marcia Rei Te Au-Thomson JP, services to seniors, Māori and health, Invercargill.
• Raana Amelia Thelma Tuuta, services to Māori and the community, Chatham Islands.
• Putiani Upoko, services to the Pacific community, Auckland.
• Robyn Ann van Reenen, services to the arts, Wānaka.
• Jillian Helen Vincent, services to pipe bands, Christchurch.
• Patricia Mavis Wyatt, services to netball, Rotorua.

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration. For services to the New Zealand Defence Force:

• Group Captain Glenn Gowthorpe
• Squadron Leader George Samuel McInnes
• Lieutenant Colonel Vanessa Maria Ropitini