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Current Members of the Order of New Zealand

Publication type:
Honours list
Published by:
Cabinet Office,
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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.

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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
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