2009 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

New Zealand Order of Merit

Principal Companion (PCNZM)

• Professor Ralph Herberley Ngātata Love – of Porirua. For services to Māori.

  Distinguished Companion (DCNZM)

• Dr Claudia Josepha Orange – of Wellington. For services to historical research.
• Professor David Christopher Graham Skegg – of Dunedin. For services to medicine.
• Murray John Wells – of Auckland. For services to business and sport.
• The Honourable Margaret Anne Wilson – of Tauranga. For services as a member of parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

  Companion (CNZM)

• Brian Phillip Najib Corban – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• David Finlay Currie – of Raglan. For services to sports administration.
• Professor Roberta Lee Farrell – of Hamilton. For services to biochemical research.
• Anthony Ian Gibbs – of Auckland. For services to business.
• Dr Ronald John Goodey – of Auckland. For services to otolaryngology.
• Emeritus Professor Jocelyn Margaret Harris – of Dunedin. For services to education.
• Meredith Jane Hunter – of Renwick. For services the viticulture industry.
• Professor Ronald William Jones – of Auckland. For servicesto women's health.
• The Honourable John Arthur Laurenson – of Auckland. For services as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand.
• The Honourable Steven Maharey – of Palmerston North. For services as a member of parliament.
• Dr Mark Prebble – of Lower Hutt. For public services, lately as State Services Commissioner.
• The Honourable Michael David Rann – of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. For services to New Zealand–Australia relations.
• Professor John Scott Werry – of Auckland. For services to child and adolescent psychiatry.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Thomas John Mitchell Ashley – of North Shore. For services to board sailing.
• Neil Cornelius Adrian Collins – of Dunedin. For services to broadcasting, local-body affairs and the community.
• John Stanley Edgar – of Waitakere. For services to art, in particular sculpture.
• Peter Gordon – of London, England. For services to the food industry.
• Associate Professor William Dean Halford – of Palmerston North. For services to education.
• Professor Vada Harlene Hayne – of Mosgiel. For services to scientific and medical research.
• Professor Michael Donald Hendy – of Palmerston North. For services to mathematical biology.
• Professor Graham Lancelot Hill – of Wanaka. For services to medicine.
• Diana, Lady Isaac – of Christchurch. For services to business, conservation and the community.
• Dr John Peter Langley – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Professor Alan Forbes Merry – of Auckland. For services to medicine, in particular anaesthesia.
• Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bernard Marie Mullane – of North Shore. For services to Vietnam veterans.
• Professor Gareth J Parry – of Hopkins, Minnesota, USA. For services to neurology.
• Katharine Margaret Felicity Price – of Christchurch. For services to the arts and business.
• Dr William Alexander Robertson – of Porirua. For services to surveying.
• Associate Professor Bridget Anne Robinson – of Lyttelton. For services to medicine.
• Thomas Louis Rogerson – of Auckland. For services to the visually impaired.
• Professor Caroline Mary Saunders – of Christchurch. For services to agricultural research.
• Michael Stephen Seresin – of London, England. For services to the film and wine industries.
• Professor David Christopher Thorns – of Christchurch. For services to urban sociology.
• Valerie Kasanita Vili – of Manukau. For services to athletics.
• Emeritus Professor Alan Dudley Ward – of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. For services to New Zealand history.
• Dr Robert Arthur Sandel Welch – of Hamilton. For services to biotechnology.
• Richard Frank Wells – of Lower Hutt. For services to business.
• Professor Kenneth Geoffrey White – of Dunedin. For services to science, in particular psychology.

• Mayumi Moriyama – of Tokyo, Japan. For services to New Zealand–Japan relations.

  Member (MNZM)

• Elizabeth Mavis Armstrong – of Wellington. For services to early childhood education.
• Robin Henry Eden Beckett – of Auckland. For services to the design industry.
• Albert Lloyd Beech – of Napier. For services to the environment and the community.
• George Spencer Bridgewater – of Oxford, United Kingdom. For services to rowing.
• Gregory Alexander Britt – of Christchurch. For services to education.
• Toesulu Maea Brown – of Auckland. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Jan Christine Coll – of Westport. For services to the community.
• John Michael Cronin – of Tauranga. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Dr Jeanette Rosemary Crossley – of Auckland. For services to science, in particular Addison's Disease.
• Colyn Kathleen Devereux-Kay – of Auckland. For services to business.
• Scott Ronald Dixon – of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. For services to motorsport.
• Susan Jane Driver – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale – of Cambridge. For services to rowing.
• Brett Alexander England – of North Shore; superintendent, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Amosa Fa'afoi – of Christchurch. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Christine Ellen Henderson – of Lumsden. For services to conservation.
• Graeme John Horsley – of Mount Maunganui South. For services to the valuation profession.
• Oscar Kightley – of Taupo. For services to television and the theatre.
• Associate Professor Michele Joy Leggott – of North Shore. For services to poetry.
• Cameron Leslie – of Waiwera. For services to swimming.
• Heather Lynette Thelma Maloney – of Pukekohe. For services to the community.
• Dr Diane Lysette Mara – of Napier. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Commissioner Garth Hugh McKenzie – of Wellington. For services to The Salvation Army.
• Peter Minturn – of Auckland. For services to jewellery manufacturing.
• Dr Johan Hendrik Morreau – of Rotorua. For services to community health.
• Thomas Eruera Whanaupani Mulligan – of Hastings. For services to Māori.
• Wendy Grace Neilson – of Tauranga. For services to people with disabilities.
• Sophie Frances Pascoe – of Christchurch. For services to swimming.
• David John Murray Peart – of Hamilton. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• John Reuelu Penisula – of Invercargill. For services to art, in particular sculpture.
• Nicholas Graeme Perry – of London, England; detective superintendent, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Hugh Charles Llewellyn Price – of Wellington. For services to publishing.
• Dr Lesley Claire Rothwell – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
• Hayden Roulston – of Ashburton. For services to cycling.
• Nola Leith Stuart – of Riverton. For services to the community.
• Julie Ann Stufkens – of Christchurch. For services to dietetics and paediatric nutrition.
• Professor Janis Elizabeth Swan – of Hamilton. For services to engineering.
• Paula Margaret Tesoriero – of Wellington. For services to cycling.
• Lois Myra Thompson – of Wellington. For services to education.
• Evelyn Maria Tobin – of Waitakere. For services to te reo.
• Anihira Te Waihanea Turoa-Henry – of Taumarunui. For services to Māori.
• Robert Nathan Twaddle – of Cambridge. For services to rowing.
• Garry Ralph Ward – of Waikanae. For services to broadcasting.
• Mabel Wharekawa-Burt – of Katikati. For services to the performing arts and the community.
• Nicholas Ian Willis – of Lower Hutt. For services to athletics.
• Stephen Ernest Wilson – of Christchurch. For services to business.
• Elizabeth Wood – of Lower Hutt. For services to children and young people.
• Professor Georgina Elsie Zellan-Smith – of Red Beach. For services to music.
• Warrant Officer Class One David Leslie Armstrong – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.

• Colonel Brendon Lee Fraher – Colonels' list, New Zealand Army.

• Pier Luigi Loro Piana – of Vercelli, Italy. For services to the New Zealand merino trade.
• Kenji Nishi – of Beppu, Ōita, Japan. For services to New Zealand–Japan relations.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

• Jennifer Marion Broom – of Auckland. For services to the refugee community.
• Thomas Edward Clarke – of Christchurch. For services to education.
• Jessie Muriel Mary Gunn – of Wellington. For services to veterans' affairs.
• Barbara Holland – of Greymouth. For services to health.
• Murray Roger Hosking – of Lower Hutt. For services to conservation.
• Professor Philippa Lynne Howden-Chapman – of Wellington. For services to public health.
• Elspeth Cantlie Kennedy – of Nelson. For services the community.
• Gavin Alistair McFadyen – of Wellington; lately assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Kay Therese McKelvie – of Auckland. For services to business and health.
• Gwendolyn Anne Nagel – of Kaukapakapa. For services to special education.
• The Honourable Clement Rudolph Simich – of Auckland. For services as a member of parliament.
• The Honourable Paul Desmond Swain – of Upper Hutt. For services as a member of parliament.
• Lester Gordon Taylor – of Lower Hutt. For services to education.
• Major Hone Hikitia Te Rangi Waititi – of Opotiki. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Charles Tansey Waldegrave – of Lower Hutt. For services to social policy.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

• Teina Akavi – of Waitakere. For services to the Cook Islands community.
• Allan Royce Anderson – of Wanganui. For services to conservation and the community.
• Christine Ann Anderson – of Otaki. For services to the community.
• Stephen William Baggs – of Waitakere. For services to the New Zealand Customs Service.
• Wikitoria Suvia Baker – of Temuka. For services to Māori, music and the community.
• Robert Ames Bettison – of Waiuku. For services to the community.
• Jeanette Lesley Blackadder – of Christchurch. For services to country music.
• Donald Gilmour Brash – of Oakura. For services to the community.
• Ereti Taetuha Brown – of Waitakere. For services to Māori and youth.
• Judith Anne Bruce – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Squadron Leader Wayne Leslie Buckingham – of Paekakariki; New Zealand Cadet Forces. For services to the New Zealand Cadet Forces.
• Laurel Beatrice Burdett – of Taupo. For services to the community.
• Monica Teresa Burns – of Invercargill. For services to netball.
• Mary Elizabeth Busch – of Wellington. For services to education and the community.
• Dr Eleanor Margaret Carmichael – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Dennis Paul Clarke – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Joseph Cochrane – of Upper Hutt. For services to the community.
• Glenn William Cockburn – of Rolleston; chief fire officer, Rolleston Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• The Reverend David Allan Connor – of Auckland. For services to prisoner welfare.
• Ashley Ralph Day – of Dunedin. For services to education.
• Irwin Lloyd Esler – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Dr Michael John Seaborn Floate – of Cromwell. For services to conservation and mountaineering.
• Patricia Ellen Flynn – of Featherston. For services to the community.
• Robin John Frederick Frahm – of Oxford. For services to the community.
• Gina Garcia – of Kerikeri. For services to music.
• Professor Russell Garcia – of Kerikeri. For services to music.
• Kalwant Singh Gill – of Palmerston North. For services to ethnic communities.
• Benjamin Wallace Goddard – of Ohakune; chief fire officer, Ohakune Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Bruce Leonard Good – of Auckland; detective inspector, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Bridget Margaret Graham – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Anthony James Haggerty – of Waitakere. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Malia Toa Filimoe'unga Hamani – of Auckland. For services to the Pacific Islands community and senior citizens.
• Frederick Robert Hamer – of Wellington. For services to the railways.
• Dr Brahmavar Ramanna Sadananda Hegde – of Lower Hutt. For services to community medicine.
• Athol John Herbert – of Papamoa. For services to the community.
• Susan Sui Wei Hou – of Dunedin. For services to the Chinese community.
• The Reverend Dorothy Howard – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Marie Elizabeth May Hull-Brown – of North Shore. For services to the Mental Health Foundation.
• James Brian Hulton – of Kaiapoi. For services to soccer.
• Noel Alfred Jones – of Whakatane. For services to sport.
• Brian Desmond Joyce – of Papakura. For services to Māori and the community.
• Dr Frank Yet Keong Liaw – of Turangi. For services to community medicine and the community.
• Heather Elizabeth Lindauer – of Russell. For services to the community.
• Thangaratnam Mahasivam – of Auckland. For services to the Tamil community.
• Lindsay Mitchell Malcolm – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
• Anna Marshall – of Whangarei. For services to the Pacific Islands community and the community.
• Pamela Yvonne Marama Marshall – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Albert Martin – of New Plymouth. For services to Māori.
• Lyneve Constance Maxwell – of Paeroa. For services to music.
• Gordon Douglas McDowell – of Taupo. For services to returned services personnel.
• Samuel Peter Moeke – of Hastings. For services to Māori.
• Kevin Ronald Moseley – of Blenheim. For services to brass bands.
• Janet Patricia Paku – of Napier. For services to the Department of Corrections.
• Nellie Waimatatini Paratene – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• Dr Kantilal Naranji Patel – of Manukau. For services to community medicine and the Indian community.
• Ranjna Patel – of Manukau. For services to the Indian community.
• Lynne Renwick – of Te Aroha. For services to theatre and youth.
• Fraser Bell Ross – of Timaru. For services to conservation.
• Ernest Thomas Rouse – of Napier. For services to entertainment.
• John Richard Edward Ryan – of Cambridge. For services to Māori and the community.
• Taime Pareanga Samuel – of Hastings. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Mary Ann Selwyn – of Manukau. For services to Māori and the community.
• Gary Ross Severinsen – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Granby Ray Siakimotu – of Manukau. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Maureen Smith – of Motueka. For services to the community.
• Dr Margaret Rose Southwick – of Porirua. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Kevin James Stewart – of Napier; sergeant, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Homer Geoffrey Stubbs – of Waihi. For services to the community.
• Graeme Stuart Tait – of Huntly. For services to the community.
• Tupou Here Tamata-Manapori – of Manukau. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Archdeacon Richard Rangi Wallace – of Hokitika. For services to Māori.
• John Howard Ward – of Porirua; constable, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Rodney Dean Waterhouse – of Te Puke; senior firefighter, Maketu Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Kenneth Ivan Williamson – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Gerald Joe Wong – of Palmerston North. For services to the Chinese community.
• Mary Woods – of Christchurch. For services to volunteering.
• Susan Valerie Wright – of Coromandel. For services to the community.

  Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD)

• Gunner Phillip John Manning – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Stores Accountant Neil Andrew Roberts – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel George Sean Trengrove – Colonel's list, New Zealand Army.
• Warrant Officer Class Two John Francis Weel – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.