30 December 2022, 5:35 PM
One hundred and eighty-three people are recipients of New Year honours for service to their communities or as recognition for their achievements.Those named today are drawn from sectors that include: the arts and media, business, health, education, sport, voluntary work, science and technology.Six New Zealanders have been appointed knights and dames: Dame Miranda Harcourt, Dame Farah Palmer and Dame Janice Wright, Sir Ashley Bloomfield, Sir Markus Dunajtschik and Sir Haare Williams.Among other prominent people recognised are: Michael Barnett who has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He stepped down in May after 25 years as chief executive of the Auckland Business Chamber. During this time, he helped thousands of migrants and young people gain employment.Award-winning comedian Michèle A'Court has been appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. A'Court has been a trailblazer for women while performing for 30 years in radio, theatre and TV. She also set up the New Zealand Comedy Guild.A former premier of Niue Mititaiagimene Vivian has also been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Vivian oversaw the response to the destruction caused by Cyclone Heta which hit Niue 19 years ago.Two of the country's best rowers have also been appointed Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit - Hamish Bond and Eric Murray, who won gold in the men's coxless pairs at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. They also won seven consecutive world rowing championship titles in the same event and another two in the coxed pair and had an unbeaten partnership over 69 races.Bond was also a member of the gold medal-winning men's eight crew at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the only New Zealand man to win gold medals at three successive Olympics.Leigh Gibbs who has been a player, coach, umpire and administrator during her 50-year involvement in netball has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit alongside Kereyn Smith, the former chief executive of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.Trevor Maxwell, Paul Morgan, Lisa Tumahai, Kaa Williams and Tawhirimatea Williams have been made Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit in part for their services to Māori as well as their contributions in other fields such as education and business.Professor Rangi Matamua who is regarded as one of the country's foremost Māori scholars for his contribution to Māori astronomy, star lore and Māori culture has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. He has written widely on Matariki.Below is the full list of the New Year Honours for 2023.DNZM: To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:Miranda Catherine Millais Harcourt, ONZM - For services to the screen industry and theatreProfessor Farah Rangikoepa Palmer, ONZM - For services to sport, particularly rugbyDr Janice Claire Wright - For services to the State and the environmentKNZM: To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:Dr Ashley Robin Bloomfield - For services to public healthMarkus Dunajtschik - For services to philanthropyDr Haare Mahanga Te Wehinga Williams, MNZM, JP - For services to Māori, literature and educationCNZM: To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit:Michael Francis Barnett, ONZM - For services to businessHamish Bryon Bond, MNZM - For services to rowingDr Bruce Donald Campbell - For services to plant and food researchProfessor Helen Victoria Danesh-Meyer - For services to ophthalmologyLeigh Helen Gibbs, ONZM - For services to netballTrevor Horowaewae Maxwell, MNZM - For services to Māori and local governmentPaul Te Poa Karoro Reginald Morgan, QSO - For services to Māori and businessEric Gordon Murray, MNZM - For services to rowingEmeritus Professor David Gerard Simmons - For services to tourism and tertiary educationKereyn Maree Smith, MNZM - For services to sports governanceLisa Tumahai - For services to Māori developmentMititaiagimene Young Vivian - For services to NiueKaa Kataraina Kathleen Williams, QSO - For services to Māori and educationTawhirimatea Te Auripo Rewita Williams, MNZM - For services to Māori and educationONZM: To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit:Michèle Edith A'Court - For services to the entertainment and comedy industriesMartin Ranfurly Bennett - For services to the environment and the communityElizabeth Anne Caldwell - For services to the artsBarry John Clark, QSM, JP - For services to the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services AssociationDr Bruce Dudley Clarkson - For services to ecological restorationGrant Cleland - For services to disabled peoplePaul Daniel Coll - For services to squashProfessor Emerita Jennie Lynne Connor - For services to alcohol harm reductionJohn Terence Darby - For services to wildlife conservation and scienceBrian Patrick Donnelly - For services to social housingDeputy Commissioner Glenn Murray Dunbier - For services to the New Zealand police and the communityNathan Edward Fa'avae - For services to adventure racing, outdoor education and the Pacific communityDavid Rodney Fane - For services to the performing artsGrahame Boston Fong - For services to powerliftingDr Natalie Joan Gauld - For services to pharmacy and healthJoanne Lisa Gibbs - For services to public healthCindy Leigh Johns - For services to people with learning disabilitiesIan Keith MacEwan - For services to addiction servicesBeryl Te Haumihiata Mason - For services to Māori language educationWaihaere Joseph Mason, MNZM - For services to Māori and educationProfessor Rangiānehu Matamua - For services to Māori astronomyAnita Jane Mazzoleni - For services to corporate governanceBernard Joseph McKone - For services to the pharmaceutical sectorJanine Rania Morrell-Gunn - For services to children's television and the communityDon Edward Mortensen - For services to the prevention of sexual harmPānia Christine Papa - For services to Māori language education and broadcastingKhoa Dang (Mitchell) Pham - For services to the technology sector and New Zealand-Asia relationsProfessor Edwina Pio - For services to ethnic communitiesChristine Anne Rogan - For services to alcohol harm reductionNicola Maree Smith-Guerin - For services to anaesthesiologyDr Apisalome Sikaidoka Talemaitoga - For services to health and the Pacific communityLisa-Jane Taouma - For services to Pacific arts and the screen industryCharles Richard Veitch - For services to wildlife conservationDr Kathleen Joy Walker - For services to wildlife conservationPeter Muru Edward Walters - For services to touch rugbyPaula Mapuna Werohia-Lloyd - For services to Māori and businessKenneth Michael Williams - For services to governance and the communityTe Puea Pekerangi Eileen Winiata - For services to Māori and healthMNZM: To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit:Dr Hafsa Ahmed - For services to ethnic communities and womenWendy Allison - For services to drug harm reductionDr John Douglas Armstrong - For services to Māori healthDavid Wallace Bain - For services to health and the communityPriscilla June Baken - For services to midwiferyDr Timothy Robert Bevin - For services to healthCarlton Paul Bidois - For services to the environment and Māori-Crown relationsHoana Mere Burgman - For services to Māori and environmental governanceDr Heather Anne Came-Friar - For services to Māori, education and healthMalcolm James Campbell - For services to local government and the communityLloyd Russell Chapman - For services to the community and heritage rose preservationDavid Christopher Chapple - For services to the community and heritage preservationBrian Raymond Coffey - For services to people with disabilitiesDr Gina Annette Cole - For services to literatureCatherine Mary Cornish - For services to the performing artsCarlotta Brigid Dann - For services to addiction advocacyProfessor Christine Margaret Davies - For services to educationDale Winifred Farrar - For services to the StateFather Paulo Sagato Filoialii - For services to the Pacific communityBruce James Ford, JP - For services to the communityRuth Beatrice Gerzon - For services to community development and social justiceTony John Gray, JP - For services to educationAlbert Christopher Grinter - For services to education and MāoriPhillip Ross Halse - For services to local government and the communitySefita 'Alofi Hao'uli - For services to Tongan and Pacific communitiesChristina Angela Hape - For services to Māori and governanceAnna Maree Harrison - For services to netball and volleyballIan Robert Archibald Hastie - For services to educationPaul Leslie Hodge, JP - For services to the hospitality industryJohn Maxwell Inger - For services to educationDayle Olive Jackson - For services to education and sportPenelope Jane Jackson - For services to art crime research and visual artsMohamed Abdi Jama - For services to the Muslim communityTina Maria Jones - For services to suicide prevention and mental healthLakiloko Tepae Keakea - For services to Tuvaluan artMarilyn Rhonda Kohlhase - For services to Pacific arts and educationDebra Joy Lampshire - For services to mental healthDr Alana Marissa Lopesi - For services to the artsStanislaw Manterys - For services to refugees and the Polish communityDr Paul Allan Maunder - For services to the arts and the communityFelorini Ruta McKenzie - For services to Pacific educationRichard Mark McNamara - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and emergency managementSenior Sergeant Clifford Gordon Metcalfe - For services to the New Zealand police and Search and RescueBetty-Anne Maryrose Monga - For services to musicHenriette Michel Nakhle, QSM - For services to the Lebanese communityMelony Robin O'Connor - For services to basketballJocelyn Jane O'Donnell - For services to business and community developmentSullivan Luao Paea - For services to youthCorey Nathan Peters - For services to sit-skiingNico Porteous - For services to snow sportsRussell John Postlewaight - For services to Fire and Emergency New ZealandRita Keka Powick - For services to Māori, education and governanceShirleen Vinita Lata Prasad - For services to addiction services and the South Asian communityHelen Ngairie Rasmussen - For services to Māori and conservationRosanna Marie Raymond - For services to Pacific artBonnie Jane Robinson - For services to seniors and social servicesChristopher Stephen Rooney - For services to educationReweti Ratu Ropiha - For services to Māori healthZoi Katherine Sadowski-Synnott - For services to snow sportsJennifer Robyn Shattock, QSM, JP - For services to local government and economic developmentSarah (Sally) Margaret Shaw - For services to nursingDr Gregory Howard Sherley - For services to conservationDr Jane Elizabeth Skeen - For services to children with cancerCheryl Smith - For services to rugbyMargaret Teresa Tai Rākena - For services to victims of sexual violence and the communityJohn Maxwell Tait - For services to education and MāoriDr Amama Bagem Thornley - For services to healthCharles Beswick Wilkinson - For services to arts governance and the communityThe Queen's Service Order QSO: To be Companions of the Queen's Service Order:John Robert Dobson - For services to people with disabilitiesDr Caroline Ann McElnay - For services to public healthKura Te Rangi Moeahu - For services to Māori and the artsHayden Paul Waretini Wano - For services to Māori healthThe Queen's Service Medal QSMNaomi Ruth Baker-Wenley - For services to operaMargaret Anne Bourke - For services to the communityRodger Henry Brickland - For services to athleticsBrendan Sean Butler - For services to Fire and Emergency New ZealandGeoffrey Denis Clews - For services to the arts and the communityMaurice James Cowie - For services to Search and RescueTrevor Michael Crosbie, JP - For services to Fire and Emergency New ZealandRosemary Jane Ensor - For services to the communityKinaua Bauriri Ewels - For services to the Kiribati communityLynore Ann Farry - For services to the communityGeorge Rafton Flavell - For services to Māori culture and heritage preservationMatthew Vincent Frost - For services to people with autismGalumalemana Fetaiaimauso Marion Galumalemana - For services to the Pacific communityJames William Gordon - For services to the communityHana Melania Halalele - For services to Pacific healthClyde Harris Hamilton - For services to the community and heritage preservationAfife Skafi Harris - For services to migrant communitiesEileen Margaret Jean Harvey-Thawley - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the communityJames Richard Strachan Higham - For services to rugby and educationBarbara Noeline Jeffries - For services to equestrian sport and war commemorationJudith Ann Johnson, JP - For services as a Justice of the PeaceTeurukura Tia Kekena - For services to the Cook Islands and Pacific communitiesCarol Anne Martin - For services to the community and netballKevin James McComb - For services to cyclingAgnes (Nancy) McCulloch McShane - For services to women and pay equityKaren Anne Morris - For services to the communityKenneth Michael Morris - For services to the communityNanai Pati Muaau - For services to Pacific healthEuon Graham Murrell, JP - For services to the communityReverend Woo Taek Nam - For services to the Korean communityLomia Kaipati Semaia Naniseni - For services to the Tokelau communityJames Allan Ngarewa, JP - For services to the community and educationGavin Russell Alan Nicol - For services to veteransYong Rahn Park - For services to the Korean communityLinda Susan Rutland - For services to the communityMa'a Brian Sagala - For services to Pacific communitiesMamaitaloa Sagapolutele - For services to education and the Pacific communityIan Rankin Smith, JP - For services to civil defence and the communityPatricia Isabel Smith - For services to the communityDonald Bruce Thomas - For services to the community and the legal professionMuriel Patricia Tondi - For services to the Italian community and language educationMavis Emlen Tweedie - For services to the communityKevin Victor Watkins - For services to the community and New Zealand-China relationsHelen Whittaker - For services to art and the communityRobin Young - For services to the communityHonoraryTofilau Nina Kirifi-Alai - For services to education and the Pacific communityTuifa'asisina Kasileta Maria Lafaele - For services to Pacific healthNemai Divuluki Vucago - For services to Fijian and Pacific communitiesKyo Jin Yun - For services to the Korean communityThe New Zealand Antarctic Medal NZAMNigel John Watson - For services to Antarctic heritage preservationThe New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration DSDCaptain Brendon John Clark - For services to the New Zealand Defence ForceServiceman L - For services to the New Zealand Defence ForceSergeant Hayden Peter Smith - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
