2017 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

New Zealand Order of Merit

Dame Companion (DNZM)

• Valerie Kasanita Adams – of Auckland. For services to athletics.
• Georgina Kingi – of Hastings. For services to Māori and education.
• The Honourable Frances Helen Wilde – of Wellington. For services to the State and the community.

  Knight Companion (KNZM)

• Distinguished Professor Richard Lewis Maxwell Faull – of Auckland. For services to medical research.
• Brian Joseph Roche – of Wellington. For services to the State and business.
• The Honourable Toke Tufukia Talagi – of Alofi, Niue. For services to Niue.
• David Arthur Rhodes Williams – of Auckland. For services to international law and international arbitration.

  Companion (CNZM)

• Emeritus Professor John Frederick Burrows – of Christchurch. For services to the State.
• The Honourable Marion Anne Frater – of Wellington. For services to the judiciary.
• The Honourable Philip Bruce Goff – of Auckland. For services as a member of Parliament.
• David Howman – of Wellington. For services to sport.
• Mary Catherine Kamo – of Banks Peninsula. For services to the welfare of prisoners.
• The Honourable Patrick John Keane – of Auckland. For services to the judiciary.
• The Honourable Murray John Finlay Luxton – of Wellington. For services to the dairy industry.
• Iain Robert Rennie – of Wellington. For services to the State.
• Paul Randolph Rose – of Hamilton. For services to ophthalmology and optometry.
• Michael Rowland Stanley – of Auckland. For services to sport.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Richard Hammond Aitken – of Auckland. For services to business and engineering.
• Naomi Eunice Ballantyne – of Auckland. For services to the insurance industry.
• Roger Francis Albion Bridge – of Christchurch. For services to business and philanthropy.
• Cameron Temple Brown – of Auckland. For services to triathlon.
• Kelvin John Coe – of Leeston. For services to local government.
• Vi Cottrell – of Kaiapoi. For services to trade aid and the fair trade movement.
• Stuart Alan Crosby – of Tauranga. For services to local government.
• Peter Jakob Ernst Heinrich Diessl – of Wellington. For services to music and philanthropy.
• Beverley Rae Duff – of Wellington. For services to women and education.
• Roland Alexander Ellis – of Dannevirke. For services to local government.
• John Ioane Fiso – of Wellington. For services to sport, education and the pacific community.
• Peter John Garden – of Wanaka. For services to aviation and conservation.
• Jennifer Mary Gill – of Auckland. For services to philanthropy.
• John Leslie Harrington – of Christchurch. For services to youth.
• Terence Charles Hatch – of Auckland. For services to horticulture.
• Durham Maxwell John Havill – of Hokitika. For services to local government, business and the community.
• Professor Robert Hans George Jahnke – of Palmerston North. For services to Māori art and education.
• Justine Margaret Kidd – of Takapau. For services to the dairy industry and equestrian sport.
• Peter Thomas Kiely – of Auckland. For services to New Zealand's interests in the Pacific and the law.
• Glenn Francis Leach – of Whitianga. For services to tourism and local government.
• Annette Kay Main – of Whanganui. For services to local government.
• Professor Donald Malcolm McRae – of Ottawa, Canada. For services to the State and international law.
• Dr David Ross Mitchell – of Pegasus. For services to education.
• Robin Timothy Christopher Murphy – of Waimate. For services to land and water management.
• Tihi Anne Daisy Nobel – of Hawera. For services to Māori.
• Barrie Mitchell Osborne – of Mill Valley, California, United States of America. For services to the film industry.
• Ranjna Patel – of Auckland. For services to health and the Indian community.
• Laurance Paterson – of Gore. For services to the beef industry.
• Ross James Paterson – of Tauranga. For services to local government.
• Linda Marie Penno – of Christchurch. For services to women's health and reproductive rights.
• Simon Perry – of Hamilton. For services to sport and philanthropy.
• Leanne Pooley – of Auckland. For services to documentary filmmaking.
• Rerekohu Ahiahi Robertson – of Waipukurau. For services to Māori.
• Elizabeth Malbon Robins – of Dunsandel. For services to children's welfare.
• Catherine Samantha Russell – of Christchurch. For services to health and governance.
• Gaylene Ann Sciascia – of Porirua. For services to dance.
• Charles Howard Shadbolt – of Christchurch. For services to the fishing industry and philanthropy.
• Bruce Raymond Sheppard – of Auckland. For services to business.
• Dr Neil Andrew Sinclair – of Putaruru. For services to local government.
• Alistair Travers Sowman – of Blenheim. For services to local government.
• Adrienne Lee Staples – of Featherston. For services to local government.
• Bruce Moncur Stewart – of Milton. For services to the community and the construction industry.
• Keith Bruce Taylor – of Wellington. For services to the State.
• Geoffrey Harold Thorpe – of Gisborne. For services to the wine industry.
• Sarah Trotman – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
• Vanessa Clare van Uden – of Queenstown. For services to local government.
• Anne Elizabeth Wilkinson – of Hamilton. For services to people with disabilities.

• Gad Propper – of Ramat HaSharon, Israel. For services to New Zealand–Israel relations.

  Member (MNZM)

• Alison Patricia Ballance – of Wellington. For services to natural history, filmmaking and broadcasting.
• Lisa Maree Bates – of Auckland. For services to the arts and philanthropy.
• Raylene Isabel Bates – of Mosgiel. For services to sport, particularly athletics.
• Ivan Francis Batistich – of Kaiapoi. For services to health and innovation.
• Eleanor Kay Baxter – of Wairoa. For services to conservation and sustainable food production.
• Jacqueline Lindsay Bay – of Auckland. For services to science and education.
• Marion Clare Blake – of Wellington. For services to people with mental health and addiction issues.
• Ross Brown – of Taupo. For services to education.
• Dr Stuart Whitaker Brown – of Hamilton. For services to children's health.
• Peter Burling – of Tauranga. For services to sailing.
• Phillip Burrows – of Melbourne, Australia. For services to hockey.
• Murray Graham Chandler – of Auckland. For services to chess.
• Lisa Choegyal – of Kathmandu, Nepal. For services to New Zealand–Nepal relations.
• Reuben Glenn Collier – of Rotorua. For services to the television industry and Māori.
• Jillian Corkin – of Mangawhai. For services to education.
• Lyall David Daines – of Blenheim. For services to rugby.
• Derek Doddington – of Christchurch. For services to theatre.
• Alan Dormer – of Auckland. For services to the law.
• Karen Lorraine Fifield – of Wellington. For services to business and animal welfare.
• Derek Sinclair Firth – of Auckland. For services to arbitration and education.
• Robert Edward Semadeni Fischer – of Hamilton. For services to road safety and the community.
• Katie Alexandra Glynn – of Auckland. For services to hockey.
• Dr Paula Joy Green – of Auckland. For services as a poet and to literature.
• Anna Grimaldi – of Dunedin. For services to athletics.
• Madeline Gunn – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Senior Constable Susan Jean Guy – of Napier. For services to the New Zealand Police and youth.
• Darrin Haimona – of Waharoa. For services to Māori and the arts.
• Bernadette Hall – of Amberley. For services to literature.
• Caroline Marjorie Herewini – of Porirua. For services to women.
• John Heyes – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Robyn Hickman – of Invercargill. For services to education.
• Anthony Evan Hill – of Queenstown. For services to the community, disability sport and health.
• Katherine Horan – of Wellington. For services to Paralympic sport.
• Nikita Stevie Howarth – of Cambridge. For services to swimming.
• Ernest John Haines Howat – of Lower Hutt. For services to shooting sports.
• Hewitt Royden Humphrey – of Wellington. For services as a broadcaster and to the community.
• Dr John Chirnside Hyndman – of Kaiapoi. For services to health and innovation.
• Lyndsay Louise James – of Auckland. For services to people with cancer.
• Chunli Li – of Auckland. For services to table tennis.
• Huei Min Lim – of Auckland. For services to New Zealand–Asia relations and governance.
• Judith Roberta Macready – of Auckland. For services to hospice care.
• Liam Malone – of Nelson. For services to athletics.
• Professor Anthony Phillip Mann – of Wellington. For services to literature and drama.
• Dr Donald Alastair McDonald – of Havelock North. For services to rowing.
• Terence James McNamara – of Auckland. For services to the arts.
• Terence Valentine Parkes – of New Plymouth. For services to the arts, business and the community.
• Owen Leslie Pickles – of the Chatham Islands. For services to local government.
• Tangiwai Margaret Ria – of Gisborne. For services to Māori performing arts and the community.
• Sergeant Susan Jane Robinson – of Hastings. For services to the New Zealand Police and youth.
• Nahusita Selupe – of Auckland. For services to education and Māori and pacific communities.
• Elizabeth Mason Sinclair – of Waikanae. For services to the State.
• Benesia Denise Smith – of Christchurch. For services to the State.
• Desmond Gerald Smith – of Dunedin. For services to rugby and the community.
• John Maurice Takarangi – of Palmerston North. For services to Māori.
• Heather Rima Te Wiata – of Auckland. For services to film and television.
• Professor Keith Gordon Thompson – of Feilding. For services to veterinary pathology.
• Andrew Blair Tuke – of Kerikeri. For services to sailing.
• Alison Thelma Wilkie – of Christchurch. For services to health and education.
• Lynda Christine Williams – of Auckland. For services to women's health.
• Jason Wynyard – of Auckland. For services to the sport of wood chopping.

• Jae-chul Kim – of Seoul, Republic of Korea. For services to New Zealand–South Korea relations.
• Hiroshi Masumoto – of Chiba, Japan. For services to New Zealand–Japan relations and music.
• Dr William Brown McIlvaine Randall – of Auckland. For services to museum governance.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

• Alastair Miles Bisley – of Wellington. For services to the State.
• Judge Charles Stuart Blackie – of Auckland. For services to the judiciary and the community.
• Joel Patrick Bolton – of Nelson. For services to music.
• Richard Gerald McElrea – of Christchurch. For services as a coroner and to Antarctic heritage.
• Diane Marguerite Vivian – of Auckland. For services to seniors and youth.
• Celia Margaret Wade-Brown – of Wellington. For services to local government.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)