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New Zealand Honours

 

Order of NZ

THE ORDER OF NEW ZEALAND

(Instituted 1987)

 

ONZ

 

There are currently 25 Members of the Order which comprise:

18 Ordinary Members
6 Additional Members
1 Honorary Member

 

Members as at 2 June 2008 are:

Appointed
BLUNDELL, June Daphne, Lady, QSO 6 February 1988

 

 
DUFFY, The Honourable Michael John, OBE  
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990
   
RAMPHAL, Sir Shridath Surendranath, OE, GCMG, OM (Jamaica), AC (Australia), QC (United Kingdom) 6 February 1990
Honorary Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations  

 

 
DELL, Dame Miriam Patricia, DBE, JP 6 February 1993

 

 
MAHY, Miss Margaret May 6 February 1993

 

 
TIRIKATENE-SULLIVAN, The Honourable (Mrs) Tini Whetu Marama 6 February 1993

 

 
TE KANAWA, Dame Kiri Janette, DBE, AC (Australia) 17 June 1995

 

 
WARREN, Sir (Frederick) Miles, KBE 17 June 1995

 

 
LICHTER, Dr Ivan 2 June 1997

 

 
BOLGER, The Right Honourable James Brendan 31 December 1997

 

 
DOUGLAS, Kenneth George 31 December 1998

 

 
WHITING, Dr Clifford Hamilton 31 December 1998

 

 
MOORE, The Right Honourable Michael Kenneth 31 December 1999

 

 
WILLIAMS, His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Stafford 5 June 2000

 

 
TIZARD, The Honourable Dame Catherine Anne, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO 3 June 2002
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee  

 

 
HUNT, The Right Honourable Jonathan Lucas 31 December 2004

 

 
BLUMHARDT, Dr Vera Dorren, DCNZM, CBE 30 December 2006

 

 
GEERING, Professor Lloyd George, PCNZM, CBE 30 December 2006

 

 
LOCHORE, Sir Brian James, KNZM, OBE 6 February 2007
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order  

 

 
REEVES, The Right Reverend and The Honourable Sir Paul Alfred, GCMG, GCVO, QSO 6 February 2007
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order  

 

 
STEAD, Professor Christian Karlson, CBE 6 February 2007
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order  

 

 
WOODHOUSE, The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Owen, KBE, DSC 6 February 2007
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order  

 

 
KEITH, The Right Honourable Sir Kenneth James, KBE 4 June 2007

 

 
McKINNON, The Right Honourable Donald Charles 31 December 2007

 

 
HALBERG, Sir Murray Gordon, MBE 2 June 2008

 

 

 

 

Clerk of the Executive Council of New Zealand
Secretary and Registrar

 
Administered by the Honours Secretariat
Cabinet Office
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
New Zealand
 

 

DECEASED MEMBERS

NORDMEYER, The Honourable Sir Arnold Henry, ONZ, KCMG
appointed
6 February 1987
(deceased
2 February 1989)

KNOX, Walter James, ONZ
appointed 6 February 1988

(deceased 1 December 1991)

COOPER, Dame Whina, ONZ, DBE, JP
appointed 15 June 1991

(deceased 26 March 1994)

POWLES, Sir Guy Richardson, ONZ, KBE, CMG, ED
appointed
6 February 1990
(deceased
24 October 1994)

TURNOVSKY, Frederick, ONZ, OBE
appointed 6 February 1988

(deceased 12 December 1994)

MATTHEWS, Professor Richard Ellis Ford, ONZ
appointed 6 February 1988

(deceased 19 February 1995)

LANG, Henry George, ONZ, CB
appointed 6 February 1989

(deceased 17 April 1997)

BEEBY, Dr Clarence Edward, ONZ, CMG
appointed 6 February 1987

(deceased 10 March 1998)

SOMERVILLE, The Very Reverend Dr John Spenser, ONZ, CMG, MC
appointed 15 June 1991

(deceased 5 October 1999)

McCARTHY, The Right Honourable Sir Thaddeus Pearcey, ONZ, KBE
appointed 6 February 1994

(deceased 11 April 2001)

LILBURN, Emeritus Professor Douglas Gordon, ONZ
appointed 6 February 1988

(deceased 6 June 2001)

CURNOW, Dr Thomas Allen Monro, ONZ, CBE
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990

(deceased 23 September 2001)

BENNETT, The Right Reverend Manuhuia Augustus, ONZ, CMG
appointed 6 February 1989

(deceased 20 December 2001)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990

(deceased 30 March 2002)

BALLIN, Dame (Reubina) Ann, ONZ, DBE
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee 3 June 2002

(deceased 2 September 2003)

CLUTHA (Janet Frame), Miss Nene Janet Paterson, ONZ, CBE
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990

(deceased 29 January 2004)

PICKERING, Dr William Hayward, ONZ, KBE
Honorary Member appointed 3 June 2002

(deceased 17 March 2004)

LYDIARD, Arthur Leslie, ONZ, OBE
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990

(deceased 12 December 2004)

DAVIES, Sonja Margaret Loveday, ONZ, JP
appointed 6 February 1987

(deceased 12 June 2005)

LANGE, The Right Honourable David Russell, ONZ, CH
appointed 2 June 2003

(deceased 13 August 2005)

TE ATAIRANGIKAAHU, Te Arikinui Dame, ONZ, DBE
appointed 6 February 1987

(deceased 15 August 2006)

COOKE, The Right Honourable Sir Robin Brunskill, The Lord Cooke of Thorndon, ONZ, KBE, PC
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee 3 June 2002

(deceased 30 August 2006)

KAWHARU, Professor Sir (Ian) Hugh, ONZ
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee 3 June 2002

(deceased 19 September 2006)

MacDIARMID, Professor Alan Graham, ONZ

appointed 31 December 2001
(deceased 7 February 2007)

FLETCHER, Sir James Muir Cameron, ONZ

appointed 2 June 1997
(deceased 29 August 2007)

McKENZIE, Sir Roy Allan, ONZ, KBE

appointed 17 June 1995
(deceased 1 September 2007)

HILLARY, Sir Edmund Percival, KG, ONZ, KBE

appointed 6 February 1987
(deceased 11 January 2008)

 

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