Queen's Birthday 2015 Honours List

The Queen's Birthday 2015 Honours List acknowledges a wide range of people who serve their communities, and recognises those who have achieved something special.

Congratulations to the following recipients...


The Order of New Zealand 

ONZ
To be a Member of the said Order: 

Professor Sir Peter David Gluckman, KNZM
For services to New Zealand


The New Zealand Order of Merit

DNZM
To be Dames Companion of the said Order:
 
Mrs Bronwen Scott Holdsworth, ONZM 
For services to business and the arts
 
Ms Diane Elizabeth Robertson
For services to the community

Mrs Therese Maria Walsh
For services to sports administration 


KNZM
To be Knights Companion of the said Order:

The Honourable James Kenneth McLay, CNZM, QSO 
For services to business and the State

Dr The Honourable Pita Russell Sharples, CBE
For services as a Member of Parliament and to Māori

Mr Peter Ivan Talijancich (Peter Talley), ONZM
For services to business and philanthropy


CNZM
To be Companions of the said Order:

Associate Professor Christopher Hugh Atkinson
For services to cancer care

Professor David Michael Bibby
For services to science and education

Professor Robert James Crawford
For services to tertiary education

Tagaloatele Professor Margaret Ellen Fairbairn-Dunlop, ONZM
For services to education and the Pacific community

Mr Robert Bertram Keith Gardiner, ONZM
For services to philanthropy and the arts

Mr Michael Crawfurd Macknight
For services to science

Mr John Livingston Marshall, QC
For services to the law

Professor Graham Wilfred Mellsop
For services to psychiatry

Dr Philip Thomas Norman
For services to music and musical theatre

Mr Geoffrey Owen Poole
For services to the meat industry

Mr Maxwell Noall Ritchie
For services to health and the community

Dr Lionel John Wood, QSO
For services to tertiary education and Māori


ONZM
To be Officers of the said Order:

Dr Jonathan James Baskett
For services to health

Mrs Jennifer Lillian Beck
For services to children's literature

Ms Melissa Jannet Clark-Reynolds
For services to the technology industry

Ms Carol Anne Donaldson
For services to people with intellectual disabilities

Mr Murray James Dudfield, MNZM
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Dr Gavin Peter Ellis
For services to journalism

Mr Edward Weller Ellison
For services to Māori and conservation

Ms Anita Finnigan
For services to education and the Pacific community

Mr Maxwell Harold Gimblett
For services to art

Dr Christopher Neville Hale
For services to horticultural science and the summerfruit industry

Mr Anthony John Hawken
For services to the kiwifruit industry

Mr Michael James Hesson
For services to cricket

Professor Emeritus Boyd Robert Jones
For services to veterinary medicine

Mrs Tuiātaga Fa'afua Savelina Leavasa-Tautolo, QSM
For services to education, arts and the Pacific community

Mr Barry Gordon Lett
For services to art and conservation

Detective Superintendent Andrew James Lovelock
For services to the New Zealand Police and the community

Ms Raewyn Jeanette Lovett
For services to netball

Mrs Judith Mary MacKenzie
For services to mental health

Mr Alexander Keith Robertson Mair
For services to basketball

Mr Brendon Barrie McCullum
For services to cricket

Mr Douglas Alexander McKay
For services to business and local government

Professor Elizabeth Ann McKinley
For services to education and Māori

Mr Andrew Roderick Meehan
For services to youth and tourism

Ms Donna Lesley Neill
For services to victim support

Dr George Ngaei
For services to health and the Pacific community

Mrs Louise Nicholas
For services to the prevention of sexual violence

Mr Nicholas Thomas Nobilo
For services to the wine industry

Mr Mark Rundle Pennington
For services to design

Mr Te Wahapu Rapana
For services to Māori

Mrs Denise Sheat
For services to Māori and education

Mrs Maretta Tuasivi Solomon
For services to education and the Pacific community

Mr Pulotu Arthur Gus Solomon
For services to education and the Pacific community

Mr Brian William Stevenson
For services to the arts and health

Sergeant Robin Bruce Woodley
For services to the New Zealand Police and youth


MNZM
To be a Member of the said Order:

Mr John Walker Bain, JP
For services to the community and sport

Mrs Colleen Margaret Bond
For services to netball

Mr Andrew Garth Browning
For services to health and the community

Mr Henri Jacques Burkhardt
For services to Māori

Ms Linda Maldwyn Clapham
For services to the community

Dr Lynne Melissa Coleman
For services as a sports doctor

Ms Margaret Anne Comer
For services to philanthropy

Mr Paul David Daley
For services to education

Mr Trevor Frank Daley
For services to music

Associate Professor Rae de Lisle
For services to music

Ms Sarah Delahunty
For services to theatre

Dr Michelle Emma Dickinson
For services to science

Mr Richard Maurice Edmonds
For services to art and the community

Mrs Lesley Frances Elliott
For services to the prevention of domestic violence

Mr Terence John Farrell
For services to conservation

Mr Latoatama Halatau
For services to the blind and the Pacific community

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Davis Hall
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Mr Geoffrey Thomas Henry
For services to athletics

Mr David Ernest Albert Hill
For services to Paralympic sport and health

Miss Elizabeth Anne Horgan
For services to primary education

Ms Rachel Ruth Jacobsen
For services to New Zealand-United States relations

Mr Timothy Clarence Johnson
For services to disability sport

Mrs Ann Mary Judson Farr
For services to ballet

Mr David Kernohan
For services to architecture

Mr Mauriora Kingi, JP
For services to Māori

Dr Norman Edgar MacLean
For services to obstetrics and gynaecology

Professor Roderick Duncan MacLeod
For services to hospice and palliative care

Mr Bruce William Martin
For services to tertiary education

Mr Peter John Masters
For services to Search and Rescue, conservation and cycling

Mrs Beverley May McConnell, QSM
For services to horticulture

Mr Donald Gordon McFarlane, JP
For services to agriculture and the community

Ms Anne Edith Miles
For services to education

Ms Paula Mary Morgan (Paula Hunt)
For services to dance

Mr Graeme Douglas Murray, JP
For services to tourism and conservation

Mr Peter Francis Murray
For services to basketball

Mrs Deirdre Gay Neville-White
For services to children's health

Mr Nigel Ngahiwi
For services to the blind and Māori

Ms Mary O'Hagan
For services to mental health

Mr Manahi Paewai, JP
For services to Māori

Mr Thomas William Parsons
For services to education

Ms Jennifer Helen Pearce
For services to sports nutrition

Mrs Marcia Veronica Kathleen Petley
For services to athletics

Mrs Nora Tawhi Rameka
For services to Māori and education

Mr John Clive Rennie
For services to education and sport

Mr Bruce Stuart Ritchie
For services to education

Mrs Robyn Rosemary Rosie
For services to education

Mr Allan Martin Rumble
For services to education

Mr James Stewart Ryburn
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service and the community

Mr Terrence Maxwell Sheldrake
For services to sport

Ms Kereyn Maree Smith
For services to sports governance

Mr Neville Rohan Smith
For services to philanthropy and the community

Mr Keith Albert Stanton
For services to business and philanthropy

Mr Paul David Swallow
For services to the State and the community

Dr Anthony Haydon Townsend
For services to health

Mr Bruce Arthur Trask
For services to the environment and sport

Mr Richard Arland Ussher
For services to multisport

Mr Allen Wihongi
For services to Māori, the arts and education

Mr Neil Wilkinson
For services to education

Mr Tawhirimatea Te Auripo Rewita Williams
For services to Māori and education

Mr Waynne Stewart Williams
For services to the television industry

Mr Michael Hedley Willis
For services to wildlife conservation


HONORARY
To be Honorary Members of the said Order:

Mr Freddy Edy Andre Declerck
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration

Mr Sandy Evrard
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration

Mr Benoit Mottrie
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration

Mr Steven Reynaert
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration


The Queen's Service Order

QSO
To be a Companion of the said Order:

Judge Neil MacLean
For services to the judiciary


The Queen's Service Medal 

QSM

Mr Gary John Aburn
For services to conservation

Mr Bryan Andrews
For services to the community and sport

Mr Edward Brian Andrews
For services to the community

Ms Susan Eileen Baker Wilson
For services to historical research and war commemoration

Mrs Judith Merenako Billens
For services to Māori

Mr Allen Clement Birchall
For services to landscape architecture

Mrs Paku Jane Brown
For services to Māori

Mrs Shirley Doris Brown
For services to tennis

Mrs Weixing Che, JP
For services to the Chinese community

Mrs Wendy Corrine Coutts
For services to people with disabilities and motorsport

Mrs Nancy Kathleen Crawford
For services to people with Williams Syndrome

Mrs Geraldine Butler Dunwoodie
For services to heritage preservation

Mrs Erin Meryl Fleming, JP
For services to the community

Ms Harima Thelma Renei Fraser
For services to veterans and Māori

Mr Neilson John Gifford
For services to squash

Mr Moo Lock Gock
For services to the horticulture industry

Mr John Patrick Goodin
For services to the community

Mrs Valmai Jeanne Hall
For services to senior citizens and people with disabilities

Mr David Leigh Halstead
For services to business and the community

Mrs Susan Heath
For services to foster care

Mr Ronald Boyd Hudson
For services to Māori

Mr Leonard Keith Hughes
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Mr Cyril Elder Jenks
For services to the welfare of wild horses

Mrs Marilyn Kathleen Jenks
For services to the welfare of wild horses

Mr David Peter Jones
For services to the community and philanthropy

Mrs Faye Mollie Kainuku
For services to people with diabetes

Dr Barry Caine Knight
For services to health

Mr Murray Philip Lamb
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Mrs Kathryn Jane Logan
For services to swimming and waterpolo

Mr Terence Robert Logan
For services to swimming and waterpolo

Mrs Ethel Taihaere Macpherson
For services to Māori and education

Mrs Prudence Jane Matthews
For services to heritage preservation

Mrs Norma McCallum
For services to the community

Mrs Lynette Ann McFedries
For services to surf life saving

Mr Napier Hugh McFedries
For services to surf life saving

Mr Colin Peter McKenna
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Ms Vivienne Carol McLean
For services to conservation

Mr Minarapa Mitai-Ngatai
For services to Māori and the community

Dr Daniel Muthumala, JP
For services to the Sri Lankan community

Ms Betty Edith Nelley
For services to history and tourism

Mr Stewart Tuari John James Panapa
For services to Māori and education

Mr Teaku Petaia
For services to the Tokelauan community

Mr Ian Herbert Pirani
For services to conservation

Mrs Mere Neehi Pirikahu
For services to Māori

Mr Brian David Rance
For services to conservation

Mrs Christine Rance
For services to conservation

Mrs Beth Richardson
For services as a nurse and to the community

Mr Ian Charles Roberts
For services to the community and education

Mr Arthur Morris Robertson
For services to the community

Mrs Christine Muriel Rodda
For services to netball

Mr Robert Arthur Shearing
For services to the intellectually disabled and the community

Mr James Edward Shepherd, JP
For services to the community

Mrs Yvonne Mary Simpson
For services to women

Dr Elizabeth Sarah Neal Sneyd
For services to music education

Mr Lindsay John Blair Spooner
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service and the community

Mr Allan Graeme Derek Spratt
For services to agriculture

Mrs Olga Jean Stancliff
For services to music

Mr Mervyn Craig Sullivan
For services to rugby

Mr John Gray Sutherland
For services to cricket

Mr Herewini Selwyn Tarawa
For services to Māori

Mr Ronald James Turner, JP
For services to the community

Mr Craig Michael Utting
For services to music education

Mr Te Uru O Te Whetu Frederick Whata
For services to Māori

Mrs Yvonne Louisa Maria Williams
For services to youth


The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE
DSD

Captain Daniel Alexander Edginton
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Serviceman G
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Staff Sergeant Robert Victor Keith McGee
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Serviceman S
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Lieutenant Simon Andrew Wasley
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force