Order of New Zealand
The Order of New Zealand is the highest honor of New Zealand and was created to honor "outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in civilian or military terms." It was founded on February 6, 1987. The order is modeled on the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honor .
In addition to the head of state, the order has a maximum of 20 regular members, but it is possible to accept additional members and honorary members , who are not included in this number. Additional members were accepted on the 20th anniversary of the founding of the order.
The members use the abbreviation ONZ after their name .
The medal consists of an oval medallion with the coat of arms of New Zealand in gold and colored enamel, which is worn on a ribbon in white and ocher.
Current members with date of award
- Head of State Elisabeth II.
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Members:
- Dame Miriam Dell , February 6, 1993
- Kiri Te Kanawa , June 17, 1995
- Sir Miles Warren , June 17, 1995
- Jim Bolger , December 31, 1997
- Ken Douglas , December 31, 1998
- Mike Moore , December 31, 1999
- Thomas Stafford Williams , June 5, 2000
- Jonathan Lucas Hunt , December 31, 2004
- Lloyd Geering , December 30, 2006
- Sir Kenneth Keith , June 4, 2007
- Don McKinnon , December 31, 2007
- Sir Murray Halberg , June 2, 2008
- Helen Clark , December 31, 2009
- Sir Bob Charles , December 31, 2010
- Albert Wendt , June 3, 2013
- Sir Ron Carter , June 2nd, 2014
- Sir Peter Gluckman , June 1, 2015
- Richie McCaw , December 31, 2015
- Joy Cowley , December 30, 2017
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Additional members:
- Michael Duffy , February 6, 1990
- Dame Catherine Tizard , June 3, 2002
- Christian Karlson Stead , February 6, 2007
- Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh , June 4th 2012
- Margaret Bazley , June 4th 2012
- Sir Peter Jackson , June 4th 2012
- Malvina Major , June 4, 2012
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Honorary members
- Sir Shridath Ramphal , February 6, 1990
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Officers:
- Secretary and Registrar: Rebecca Kitteridge ( Executive Council of New Zealand employee )
Deceased members
(Date of appointment and date of death)
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Members
- Sir Arnold Nordmeyer , February 6, 1987 - February 3, 1989
- Walter Knox , February 6, 1988 - December 1, 1991
- Dame Whina Cooper , June 15, 1991 - March 26, 1994
- Frederick Turnovsky , February 6, 1988 - December 12, 1994
- Richard Matthews , February 6, 1988 - February 19, 1995
- Henry Lang , February 6, 1989 - April 17, 1997
- Clarence Edward Beeby , February 1987 - March 10, 1998
- John Somerville , June 15, 1991 - October 5, 1999
- Sir Thaddeus McCarthy , February 6, 1994 - April 11, 2001
- Douglas Lilburn , February 6, 1988 - June 6, 2001
- Manuhuia Bennett , February 6, 1989 - December 20, 2001
- Sonja Davies , February 6, 1987 - June 12, 2005
- David Lange , June 2, 2003 - August 13, 2005
- Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu , February 6, 1987 - August 15, 2006
- Professor Alan MacDiarmid , December 31, 2001 - February 7, 2007
- Sir James Fletcher , June 2, 1997 - August 29, 2007
- Sir Roy McKenzie , June 17, 1995 - September 1, 2007
- Sir Edmund Hillary , February 6, 1987 - January 11, 2008
- Ivan Lichter , June 2, 1997 - June 15, 2009
- Vera Doreen Blumhardt , December 30, 2006 - October 19, 2009
- Tini Whetu Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan , February 6, 1993 - July 20, 2011
- Margaret Mahy , February 6, 1993 - July 23, 2012
- June Blundell , February 6, 1987 - October 31, 2012
- Ralph Hotere , December 31, 2011 - February 24, 2013
- Clifford Whiting , December 31, 1998 - July 16, 2017
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Additional members:
- Sir Guy Powles , February 6, 1990 - October 24, 1994
- Allen Curnow , February 6, 1990 - September 23, 2001
- Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon , February 6, 1990 - March 30, 2002
- Janet Frame , February 6, 1990 - January 29, 2004
- Dame Ann Ballin , June 3, 2002 - September 2, 2003
- Sir Brian Lochore , February 6, 2007 - August 3, 2019
- Arthur Lydiard , February 6, 1990 - December 11, 2004
- Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon , June 3, 2002 - August 30, 2006
- Sir Hugh Kawharu , June 3, 2002 - September 19, 2006
- Sir Paul Reeves , February 6, 2007 - August 14, 2011
- Sir Owen Woodhouse , February 6, 2007 - April 15, 2014
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Honorary Members:
- William Hayward Pickering , June 2, 2003 - March 17, 2004
Web links
- Page of Buckingham Palace to the Order of New Zealand
- New Zealand Honors - The Order of New Zealand . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , archived from the original on April3, 2011; accessed on September 3, 2014(English, original website no longer available).
- New Zealand Honors Lists . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,accessed September 3, 2014.
- Order of New Zealand on the New Zealand Military website
- New Zealand Legislation. The statues of the order can be found under SR 1987/67.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Order of New Zealand. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, archived from the original on April 3, 2011 ; accessed on December 30, 2006 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ Honored New Zealanders . In: Weekend Herald . APN Holdings NZ , 2006, archived from the original on October 13, 2006 ; accessed on May 5, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).