Current Members of the Order of New Zealand | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)

Honours list

Publication type:

Honours list

Published by:

Cabinet Office,

Part of:

New Zealand Royal Honours

Issue status:

Current

Issue date:

Thursday, 31 December 2020

Additional details

Last updated:

Friday, 2 December 2022

There are 24 current Members of the Order.

Ordinary members

16

TE KANAWA, Dame Kiri Janette, ONZ, DBE, AC (Australia)
Appointment date:
17 Jun 1995
BOLGER, The Right Honourable James Brendan, ONZ
Appointment date:
31 Dec 1997
WILLIAMS, His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Stafford, ONZ
Appointment date:
5 Jun 2000
HUNT, The Right Honourable Jonathan Lucas, ONZ
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2004
GEERING, Professor Sir Lloyd George, ONZ, GNZM, CBE
Appointment date:
30 Dec 2006
KEITH, The Right Honourable Sir Kenneth James, ONZ, KBE
Appointment date:
4 Jun 2007
McKINNON, The Right Honourable Sir Donald Charles, ONZ, GCVO
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2007
CLARK, The Right Honourable Helen Elizabeth, ONZ
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2009
CHARLES, Sir Robert James, ONZ, KNZM, CBE
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2010
WENDT, Emeritus Professor Albert, ONZ, CNZM
Appointment date:
3 Jun 2013
CARTER, Sir Ronald Powell, ONZ, KNZM
Appointment date:
2 Jun 2014
GLUCKMAN, Professor Sir Peter David, ONZ, KNZM
Appointment date:
1 Jun 2015
MCCAW, Richard Hugh, ONZ
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2015
COLES, Cassia Joy (Joy Cowley), ONZ, DCNZM, OBE
Appointment date:
30 Dec 2017
SALMOND, Distinguished Professor Dame Mary Anne, ONZ, DBE
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2020
DURIE, Emeritus Professor Sir Mason Harold, ONZ, KNZM
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2020

Additional members

7

DUFFY, The Honourable Michael John, ONZ, OBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1990
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations
STEAD, Professor Christian Karlson, ONZ, CBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 2007
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order
BAZLEY, Dame Margaret Clara, ONZ, DNZM
Appointment date:
4 Jun 2012
Additional Member appointed to the Order to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
JACKSON, Sir Peter Robert, ONZ, KNZM
Appointment date:
4 Jun 2012
Additional Member appointed to the Order to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
MAJOR, Dame Malvina Lorraine, ONZ, GNZM, DBE
Appointment date:
4 Jun 2012
Additional Member appointed to the Order to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
CARTWRIGHT, The Honourable Dame Silvia Rose, ONZ, PCNZM, DBE, QSO, DStJ
Appointment date:
6 Jun 2022
Additional Member appointed to the Order to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
O'REGAN, Sir Stephen Gerard (Tipene), ONZ
Appointment date:
6 Jun 2022
Additional Member appointed to the Order to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Honorary members

1

RAMPHAL, Sir Shridath Surendranath, OE, ONZ, GCMG, OM (Jamaica), AC (Australia), QC (United Kingdom)
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1990
Honorary Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations

Deceased members

44

NORDMEYER, The Honourable Sir Arnold Henry, ONZ, KCMG
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1987
Deceased:
2 Feb 1989
KNOX, Walter James, ONZ
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1988
Deceased:
1 Dec 1991
COOPER, Dame Whina, ONZ, DBE, JP
Appointment date:
15 Jun 1991
Deceased:
26 Mar 1994
POWLES, Sir Guy Richardson, ONZ, KBE, CMG, ED
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1990
Deceased:
24 Oct 1994
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations
TURNOVSKY, Frederick, ONZ, OBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1988
Deceased:
12 Dec 1994
MATTHEWS, Professor Richard Ellis Ford, ONZ
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1988
Deceased:
19 Feb 1995
LANG, Henry George, ONZ, CB
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1989
Deceased:
17 Apr 1997
BEEBY, Dr Clarence Edward, ONZ, CMG
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1987
Deceased:
10 Mar 1998
SOMERVILLE, The Very Reverend Dr John Spenser, ONZ, CMG, MC
Appointment date:
15 Jun 1991
Deceased:
5 Oct 1999
McCARTHY, The Right Honourable Sir Thaddeus Pearcey, ONZ, KBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1994
Deceased:
11 Apr 2001
LILBURN, Emeritus Professor Douglas Gordon, ONZ
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1988
Deceased:
6 Jun 2001
CURNOW, Dr Thomas Allen Monro, ONZ, CBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1990
Deceased:
23 Sep 2001
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990
BENNETT, The Right Reverend Manuhuia Augustus, ONZ, CMG
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1989
Deceased:
20 Dec 2001
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, LG, LT, ONZ
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1990
Deceased:
30 Mar 2002
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990
BALLIN, Dame (Reubina) Ann, ONZ, DBE
Appointment date:
3 Jun 2002
Deceased:
2 Sep 2003
CLUTHA (Janet Frame), Miss Nene Janet Paterson, ONZ, CBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1990
Deceased:
2 Jan 2004
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990
PICKERING, Dr William Hayward, ONZ, KBE
Appointment date:
2 Jun 2003
Deceased:
17 Mar 2004
Honorary Member appointed 3 June 2002
LYDIARD, Arthur Leslie, ONZ, OBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1990
Deceased:
12 Dec 2004
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Visit to New Zealand and the 1990 Commemorations 6 February 1990
DAVIES, Sonja Margaret Loveday, ONZ, JP
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1987
Deceased:
12 Jun 2005
LANGE, The Right Honourable David Russell, ONZ, CH
Appointment date:
2 Jun 2003
Deceased:
13 Aug 2005
TE ATAIRANGIKAAHU, Dame Te Arikinui, ONZ, DBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1987
Deceased:
15 Aug 2006
COOKE, The Right Honourable Sir Robin Brunskill, The Lord Cooke of Thorndon, ONZ, KBE
Appointment date:
3 Jun 2002
Deceased:
30 Aug 2006
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee 3 June 2002
KAWHARU, Professor Sir (Ian) Hugh, ONZ
Appointment date:
3 Jun 2002
Deceased:
19 Sep 2006
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee 3 June 2002
MacDIARMID, Professor Alan Graham, ONZ
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2001
Deceased:
7 Feb 2007
FLETCHER, Sir James Muir Cameron, ONZ
Appointment date:
2 Jun 1997
Deceased:
29 Aug 2007
McKENZIE, Sir Roy Allan, ONZ, KBE
Appointment date:
17 Jun 1995
Deceased:
1 Sep 2007
HILLARY, Sir Edmund Percival, KG, ONZ, KBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1987
Deceased:
11 Jan 2008
LICHTER, Dr Ivan, ONZ
Appointment date:
2 Jun 1997
Deceased:
12 Jun 2009
BLUMHARDT, Dame Vera Doreen, ONZ, DNZM, CBE
Appointment date:
30 Dec 2006
Deceased:
17 Oct 2009
TIRIKATENE-SULLIVAN, The Honourable (Mrs) Tini Whetu Marama, ONZ
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1993
Deceased:
20 Jul 2011
REEVES, The Right Reverend and The Honourable Sir Paul Alfred, ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, QSO
Appointment date:
6 Feb 2007
Deceased:
14 Aug 2011
Additional Member appointed in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order.
MAHY, Miss Margaret May, ONZ
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1993
Deceased:
23 Jul 2012
BLUNDELL, Lady June Daphne, ONZ, QSO
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1988
Deceased:
31 Oct 2012
HOTERE, Mr Hone Papita Raukura, ONZ
Appointment date:
31 Dec 2011
Deceased:
24 Feb 2013
WOODHOUSE, The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Owen, ONZ, KBE, DSC
Appointment date:
6 Feb 2007
Deceased:
15 Apr 2014
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order
WHITING, Dr Clifford Hamilton, ONZ
Appointment date:
31 Dec 1998
Deceased:
16 Jul 2017
LOCHORE, Sir Brian James, ONZ, KNZM, OBE
Appointment date:
6 Feb 2007
Deceased:
3 Aug 2019
Additional Member appointed in Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Institution of the Order
MOORE, The Right Honourable Michael Kenneth, ONZ, AO (Australia)
Appointment date:
31 Dec 1999
Deceased:
2 Feb 2020
His Royal Highness The Prince Philip DUKE OF EDINBURGH, KG, KT, OM, ONZ, GCVO, GBE, AK, QSO, PC
Appointment date:
4 Jun 2012
Deceased:
9 Apr 2021
Additional Member appointed to the Order to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
TIZARD, The Honourable Dame Catherine Anne, ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO
Appointment date:
3 Jun 2002
Deceased:
31 Oct 2021
Additional Member appointed to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee
DELL, Dame Miriam Patricia, ONZ, DBE, JP
Appointment date:
6 Feb 1993
Deceased:
22 Mar 2022
WARREN, Sir (Frederick) Miles, ONZ, KBE
Appointment date:
17 Jun 1995
Deceased:
9 Aug 2022
DOUGLAS, Kenneth George, ONZ, JP
Appointment date:
31 Dec 1998
Deceased:
13 Sep 2022
HALBERG, Sir Murray Gordon, ONZ, MBE
Appointment date:
2 Jun 2008
Deceased:
30 Nov 2022