2006 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

New Zealand Order of Merit

Principal Companion (PCNZM)

• Anand Satyanand – of Wellington; governor-general designate.

  Distinguished Companion (DCNZM)

• Christine Cole Catley – of North Shore City. For services to literature.
• Sidney Moko Mead – of Wellington. For services to education and the Māori people.
• Noel Stuart Robinson – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
• Air Marshal Bruce Reid Ferguson – of Wellington. For services to the New Zealand Defence Force, lately as Chief of Defence Force.

  Companion (CNZM)

• Marie Bell – of Wellington. For services to early childhood education.
• Richard John Bentley – of Wellington. For services to business, education and the community.
• Peter John Cartwright – of Wellington. For public services and services to the community.
• Mary Frances Hackett – of Mt Maunganui. For services to health administration and business.
• Michael James Bowie Hobbs – of Wellington. For services to rugby and sports administration.
• Professor Emeritus Alick Charles Kibblewhite – of North Shore City. For services to marine science and education.
• Andrew James Duncan Laing – of Dunedin. For services to sport.
• Ian Dallas Leggat – of Christchurch. For services to education and the community.
• The Honourable Colin Maurice Nicholson – of Auckland. For services as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand.
• Karen Olive Poutasi – of Wellington. For services to health administration, lately as Director General of Health.
• Linda Evelyn Sissons – of Wellington. For services to tertiary education.
• Lynette Merle Stewart – of Whangārei. For services to health administration.
• James Douglas Watson – of Auckland. For services to scientific and medical research.
• Air Vice-Marshal John Henry Staples Hamilton – of Wellington. For services to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Norman Matheson Beaumont – of Dunedin. For services to photography and the community.
• Professor James Christopher Belich – of Auckland. For services to historical research.
• Associate Professor Dorothy Anne Bray – of Dunedin. For services to medical research.
• Brenda Margaret Cutress – of Wellington. For services to business and the community.
• Caterina Maria De Nave – of Auckland. For services to television and film.
• Gareth Farr – of Wellington. For services to music and entertainment.
• Fay Freeman – of North Shore City. For services to netball and sports administration.
• Peter Gerald Gillespie – of Palmerston North. For services to business and sport.
• Charles Raymond Henwood – of Wellington. For services to film and the theatre.
• Tama Turanga Huata – of Hastings. For services to Māori performing arts.
• Donald Henderson McRae – of Auckland. For services to architecture and the community.
• Elizabeth Helen McRae – of Auckland. For services to the theatre.
• Sister Margaret Anne Mills – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Faipule Ionatana Galway O'Brien – of Fakaofo Village, Tokelau. For services to the Tokelau Islands.
• Lieutenant Commander Alistair Ian Hughes Paterson – Royal New Zealand Navy ; of Auckland. For services to literature.
• Charles Jonathan Pope – of Wellington. For services to business.
• Emeritus Professor Alastair Gardner Rothwell – of Christchurch. For services to musculoskeletal medicine.
• Te Paekiomeka Joy Ruha – of Wellington. For services to Māori.
• Professor Ronald Andrew Sharp – of London, United Kingdom. For services to political science.
• Malcolm Tukino Short – of Rotorua. For services to Māori.
• Brent Edward Stanley – of Christchurch. For services to dentistry.
• George Gregory Taylor – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Renée Gertrude Taylor – of Wellington. For services to literature and drama.
• James Edward Traue – of Wellington. For services to the library profession.
• Faipule Pio Iosefo Tuia – of Nukunonu Village, Tokelau. For services to the Tokelau Islands.
• Jonathan Falefasa Umaga – of Wellington. For services to rugby.
• Peter Wardle – of Christchurch. For services to plant ecology.
• Lydia Joyce Wevers – of Wellington. For services to literature.
• Brigadier Kenneth Eric Foote – New Zealand Army Territorial Force.

• Major Robert Brian Gillard – Royal New Zealand Engineers.

• Bernard Pierre Louis Lapasset – of Paris, France. For services to France–New Zealand relations.

  Member (MNZM)

• Andrew Ralph Adamson – of Los Angeles, USA. For services to film.
• John Kenneth Ash – of Waitomo Caves. For services to tourism.
• Linda Mary Beck – of Christchurch. For services to people with disabilities.
• Katerina Barbara Bennett – of Wellington. For services to Māori.
• Judith Ann Blair – of Christchurch. For services to netball.
• Alastair Dawson Bull – of Gisborne. For services to conservation.
• Douglas George Caldwell – of Christchurch. For services to jazz music.
• Roderick Collin Carlyon – of Auckland. For services to broadcasting and the community.
• Garth Alan Carnaby – of Lincoln. For services to the wool industry.
• Peter Coupland Chandler – of Waitomo Caves. For services to tourism.
• Martin Allen Clements – of Christchurch. For services to the fruit industry.
• Gordon Sydney Collier – of Taupō. For services to horticulture.
• Raymond James Cranch – of Auckland. For services to sport, especially rugby league.
• George Leslie Alfred Day – of Manukau City. For services to horticulture.
• Vera Egermayer – of Prague, Czech Republic. For services to New Zealand interests in the Czech Republic.
• Professor Cynthia Margaret Farquhar – of Auckland. For services to women's health.
• John Paterson Garden – of Roxburgh. For services to science and farming.
• Sara Georgeson – of Wellington. For services to people with disabilities.
• Annie Anitewhatanga Hare – of Whakatāne. For services to Māori.
• Jane Elizabeth Harman – of North Shore City. For services to food science and technology.
• Bruce William Hayward – of Auckland. For services to earth science and conservation.
• The Reverend Tevita Kilifi Heimuli – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Colin Duncan Hitchcock – of North Shore City; New Zealand Customs Service. For services to the New Zealand Customs Service and conservation.
• Thomas Elger Inglis – of Motueka. For services to the hop industry.
• Trevor John Cornwall Joy – of Blenheim. For services to civil aviation.
• Leaupepe Elisapeta Karalus – of Hamilton. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Dex George Knowles – of New Plymouth. For services to resource management.
• Jane Elizabeth Lancaster – of Christchurch. For services to agricultural and horticultural research.
• Maia Ann Mereana Lewis – of Porirua City. For services to women's cricket.
• Arthur Richard Lockwood – of Palmerston North. For services to returned services personnel.
• Edward Robert Low – of Whangārei. For services to music.
• Sally Ann Markham – of Auckland. For services to the arts.
• Jennie Margaret McCormick – of Manukau City. For services to astronomy.
• Bradley Spencer McGann – of Auckland. For services to the film industry.
• Vivienne Jennifer McLean – of Dunedin. For services to music.
• Tawera Nikau – of Huntly. For services to rugby league and the community.
• Robin David Odams – of Christchurch. For services to roading.
• Dorothy Joan Pilkington – of Napier. For services to conservation.
• Associate Professor Roger John Pitchforth – of Paraparaumu Beach. For services to dispute resolution.
• Janette Elizabeth Pratt – of Hamilton. For services to education.
• Barry Charles Prior – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Mervyn Stanley Rosser – of Auckland. For services to tertiary education and the community.
• Gordon Frank Sanderson – of Dunedin. For services to people with visual impairments.
• Elizabeth Rae Segedin – of Auckland. For services to children's health.
• Arthur Te Takinga Smallman – of Tūrangi. For services to the community.
• Keith Fraser Storey – of Te Awamutu. For services to the dairy industry and the community.
• David Edward Tunnicliffe – of Wellington. For services to Parliament.
• Evelyn Awhina Waaka – of Napier. For services to education.
• Denis Alfred Warren – of Hamilton. For services to returned services personnel and the community.
• Raymond Richard Waru – of Auckland. For services to radio and television.
• Barbara Elizabeth Wheadon – of North Shore City. For services to sport.
• Ian Robert Hugh Whitwell – of Dunedin. For services to conservation.
• Chief Petty Officer Combat System Specialist Alyson Rachel Douglas – Royal New Zealand Navy
• Lieutenant Colonel Justin Scott Emerson – New Zealand Army Legal Service.
• Major Robert Shane Krushka – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.

• Captain Charles Scott Monteiro – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Staff Sergeant Troy Elliott Perano – New Zealand Special Air Service.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Judith Anne Tiahuia Abraham – of Whanganui
• John Gordon Armstrong – of New Plymouth.
• Mollie McGrade Clark – of Christchurch.
• Ishwar Ganda – of Christchurch.
• Gloria June Ombler – of Wellington.
• Ailsa Crawford Stewart – of Whanganui.
• The Very Reverend Charles Robert Tyrrell – of Nelson.

  For public services

• Falaniko Iosefo Aukuso – of Apia, Samoa.
• William James Ballantine – of Warkworth.
• David Michael Joseph Barry – of Hastings.
• Alison Joy Dixon – of Dunedin.
• Robin James Dunlop – of Masterton.
• Professor Lynnette Robin Ferguson – of Waitakere City.
• Judge Michael Frederick Hobbs – of Upper Hutt.
• Stephen Edward Long – of Porirua City.
• Lionel John Wood – of Kaikoura.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Kathleen Marie Barry – of Hastings.
• James Henry Douglas Bond – of Taihape.
• Aileen Lorraine Buchanan – of Taupō.
• William Leicester Buckingham – of Levin.
• Susan Hayward Cathro – of Dunedin.
• John Edward Cunningham – of New Plymouth.
• June Perham Douglas – of Otorohanga.
• Geoffrey Charles Goodall – of Gisborne.
• Malcolm Arthur Hahn – of Waitakere City.
• Shirley Anne Hazlewood – of Kaponga.
• Brian Edward Henaghan – of Waitakere City.
• Patricia Ellen Greville Henderson Watt – of Whangārei.
• Kay Maree Ingley – of Waitakere City.
• Rosemary Jones – of Wellington.
• Mohammed Zabid Iqbal Khan – of Auckland.
• Ross Wootten Macdonald – of Whanganui.
• Margaret Ann Mahoney – of Christchurch.
• Yvonne Claire Matson – of Manukau City.
• Leslie William McFadden – of Christchurch.
• Carolina Anne Meikle – of Port Chalmers.
• Henriette Nakhle – of Manukau City.
• Colin Matthew Neil – of Hamilton.
• Valerie Margaret Poszeluk – of Napier.
• Shona Dorothy Purves – of Tauranga.
• Nanu Ranchhod – of Wellington.
• The Reverend Te Wiki Tamaho Rawiri – of the Bay of Islands.
• Horace Victor Shankland – of Warkworth.
• Marlene Alison Rosa Shrubshall – of North Shore City.
• Alfred Silberstein – of Auckland.
• Ann Christine Stokes – of Darfield.
• Dinesh Tailor – of Auckland.
• Noeline Margaret Tainui – of Hokitika.
• Paeroa Lavinia Wharekauri Te Kani – of Gisborne.
• Sara Turepu-Murray – of Porirua City.
• Maria Whakatiki Waiwai – of Wairoa.
• Pamela Joan Warren – of Dunedin.
• Pauline Winifred Wilson – of Ashburton.
• Alister George Young – of Invercargill.
• Fiona Siu Fun Yuen – of Auckland.

  For public services

• James Leonard Anderson – of Rotorua; lately chief fire officer, Te Kuiti Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Franciscus Emilius Alfons Rosalia Baetens – of Auckland.
• Hubert David Edward Brooke – of Christchurch.
• Peter Robin Cooke – of Christchurch.
• Anne Sandra L'Huillier Corbett – of Drury; New Zealand Police.
• Peter Cotton – of Wellington.
• Luke Mikaire Crawford – of Wellington; sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• David Werner Donaldson – of Rotorua.
• The Reverend John Anthony Elvidge – of Christchurch.
• Alan Jephson Howard Empson – of Te Awamutu.
• Keith Raymond Henderson – of Mataura.
• Brian William Hewett – of Invercargill; detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Valarie June Hoogerbrugge – of Taupō.
• Michael Lesslie Hucks – of Taupō.
• Claire Elizabeth Hurst – of Hikurangi.
• Dalton Leo Kelly – of Waikanae.
• Peter George Kelly – of Manukau City.
• Marlene Maude Lamb, – of Hamilton.
• Lesley William Russell Langdon – of Ashburton.
• Ann Primrose Lewis – of Tākaka.
• Murray Ronald Lints – of Whangārei.
• William Harry Albert Lloyd – of Christchurch.
• Murray John Mitchell – of Wellington.
• Kihi Ngatai – of Tauranga.
• Mabel Maria Hokimate Ngatai – of Tauranga.
• Helen Blanche Haumihiata O'Shea – of Great Barrier Island.
• Michael Merton Oxnam – of Porirua City; detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Gwenda Alice Pulham – of North Shore City.
• Ivor Moir Reid – of Masterton; lately chief fire officer, Masterton Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Tihema Hamiora Ripi – of North Shore City.
• John Joseph Thomas Sheahan – of Upper Hutt; lately operational support officer, Silverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• James Michael Smith – of Manukau City; chief fire officer, Auckland Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Magdalena Joanna Maria Van Gils – of Auckland.
• Colin Vlietstra – of Lower Hutt; lately inspector, New Zealand Police.
• Gary David Weaver – of Waipukurau; chief fire officer, Waipukurau Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Gillian Anne Williams – of Nelson.