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Ministerial portfolioThe Right Honourable James Bolger, ONZ
Honour or award recipientJim Bolger, born 1935, was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997 and has had a noteworthy career in politics for over 20 years.Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, ONZ, DBE (1982) [OBE 1973], AC
Honour or award recipientDame Kiri Te Kanawa, born 1944, is one of the world’s leading opera soprano singers and celebrated contemporary figures and nearly 30 years after she made her debut, she has continued to enthral and entertain audiences around the world.Sir Shridath Ramphal, ONZ, OE, GCMG, OM (Jamaica), AC, QC
Honour or award recipientSir Sonny Ramphal, born 1928, has made a significant contribution to international affairs for over 25 years.The Right Honourable Helen Elizabeth Clark, ONZ
Honour or award recipientMs Clark was the longest serving leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and became Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008.The Right Honourable Sir Donald Charles McKinnon, ONZ, GCVO (2009)
Honour or award recipientMr McKinnon was a Member of Parliament from 1978 to 2000.The Right Honourable Sir Kenneth James Keith, ONZ, KBE (1988)
Honour or award recipientSir Kenneth Keith has had extensive experience in the area of international law and is considered New Zealand’s pre-eminent international law expert.Emeritus Professor Lloyd Geering, ONZ, GNZM (2001), CBE (1988)
Honour or award recipientProfessor Lloyd Geering, born 1918, is one New Zealand’s most eminent theologians.Sir Robert James Charles, ONZ, KNZM (1999), CBE (1992) [OBE 1971]
Honour or award recipientSince becoming a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1999, Sir Bob Charles has continued to play international golf, support and mentor young players, and donate one percent of his income to New Zealand golf through the SiSir Ronald Powell Carter, ONZ, KNZM (1998)
Honour or award recipientSir Ron Carter has contributed to New Zealand in the areas of regional and national infrastructure planning, governance, business and education.WENDT, Emeritus Professor Albert, ONZ, CNZM (2001)
Honour or award recipientEmeritus Professor Albert Wendt is a novelist, poet, short story writer, playwright and painter.MCCAW, Mr Richard Hugh, ONZ
Honour or award recipientMr Richard McCaw has been a member of the All Blacks since 2001 and Captain since 2006, and is regarded as New Zealand’s finest rugby player.GLUCKMAN, Professor Sir Peter David, ONZ, KNZM (2008)
Honour or award recipientProfessor Sir Peter Gluckman is one of New Zealand's internationally recognised biomedical and medical scientists.REEVES, The Right Reverend and The Honourable Sir Paul Alfred, ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, QSO
Honour or award recipientSir Paul Reeves, born 1932, made an outstanding contribution to the Anglican Church and the community. He was Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia from 1980 to 1985 and was Bishop of Waiapu in 1971.…Sir Roy McKenzie, ONZ, KBE (1988)
Honour or award recipientSir Roy McKenzie, born 1922, is one of New Zealand’s leading dedicated philanthropists who has contributed to the community for over 50 years.Sir James Fletcher, ONZ
Honour or award recipientSir James Fletcher, born 1914, has made an admirable contribution to the business industry and the community in New Zealand.Dame (Reubina) Ann Ballin, ONZ, DBE (1992) [CBE 1981]
Honour or award recipientDame Ann Ballin has made an outstanding contribution to the welfare of New Zealanders. She was chairperson of the Victims’ Task Force from 1988 to 1993 and pioneered changes in the criminal justice system to ensure greater justice for victims of crime.The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse, ONZ, KBE (1981), [Kt Bach, 1974], DSC (1944)
Honour or award recipientSir Owen Woodhouse had a distinguished legal career as a lawyer, jurist and chair of government commissions.HOTERE, Mr Hone Papita Raukura, ONZ
Honour or award recipientMr Ralph Hotere is a painter, sculptor and collaborative artist and is regarded as one of New Zealand's most important contemporary artists.Lady Blundell, ONZ, QSO (1977), GCStJ (2004)
Honour or award recipientLady Blundell, born 1922, is the widow of Sir Denis Blundell (the Governor-General of New Zealand from 1972 to 1977). Over the years, she has made a contribution to New Zealand society through a wide range of community and welfare work.Miss Margaret Mahy, ONZ
Honour or award recipientMargaret Mahy, born 1936, is one of New Zealand’s greatest authors of children’s literature and is regarded as one of the best authors of English books for children in the world.The Hon Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, ONZ
Honour or award recipientWhetu Tirikatene-Sullivan, born 1932, has been active in a wide-range of educational, welfare, cultural, and community programmes for Maori people for over 30 years.Dame Vera Doreen Blumhardt, ONZ, DNZM (2003), CBE (1981)
Honour or award recipientDoreen Blumhardt, born 1914, is one of New Zealand’s foremost potters and has worked as a ceramicist and arts educator for 70 years.Dr Ivan Lichter, ONZ
Honour or award recipientDr Ivan Lichter, born 1918, is a retired thoracic surgeon who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of palliative care and the modern hospice movement in New Zealand.Sir Edmund Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (1953)
Honour or award recipientSir Edmund Hillary, born 1919, is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer and is one of New Zealand’s most famous living icons.Professor Alan Graham MacDiarmid, ONZ
Honour or award recipientProfessor MacDiarmid has made an outstanding contribution to chemistry and the New Zealand science community. He was born and educated in New Zealand but has lived and worked in the United States of America since 1950.Professor Sir (Ian) Hugh Kawharu, ONZ, [Knight Bachelor 1989]
Honour or award recipientSir Hugh Kawharu has an outstanding record of service as an academic and to the Maori people. In 1970 he was the foundation Professor of Social Anthropology and Maori Studies at Massey University.Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, ONZ, DBE (1970)
Honour or award recipientBorn 1931. Arikinui (Head) of the Maori Kingship to which she was elected in succession to her father, King Koroki, the 5th Maori King, in 1966. She is the highest ranking person in the Tainui tribes who live in the Waikato.The Right Honourable David Lange, CH (1990)
Honour or award recipientMr Lange, during the past twenty-five years, has made a major contribution to public affairs in New Zealand. He was the Member of Parliament for Mangere from 1977 to 1996 and served as Deputy and later Leader of the Opposition.Sonja Davies, ONZ, JP
Honour or award recipientBorn 1923. For many years active in trade union movement. First women vice-president of the Federation of Labour (1981-87). Founder New Zealand Child Care Association.Mr Arthur Lydiard, ONZ, OBE (1962)
Honour or award recipientBorn 1917. He is regarded as one of the world's leading athletic coaches. He helped start jogging in many countries and the movement is now world-wide. Citation prepared 1990