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2009 Special Honours (New Zealand)
The 2009 Special Honours in New Zealand were announced in August 2009 as a result of the reinstatement of the appellations of "Sir" and "Dame" to the New Zealand Royal Honours System by passing Special Regulation 2009/90 ''Additional Statutes of The New Zealand Order of Merit'', a legally binding regulation with the force of law in New Zealand. The effect of the change was that individuals who had been appointed as Principal Companions or Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit were given the option of accepting titular honours: Principal Companions could opt to become Knights or Dames Grand Companion, and Distinguished Companions could become Knights or Dames Companion. Of the 85 living Principal and Distinguished Companions at the time, all but 13 accepted redesignation. Living widows of deceased male Principal or Distinguished Companions were eligible to be granted the courtesy title of "Lady". The recipients are displayed as they were styled before the rede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Cole Catley
Dame Christine McKelvie Cole Catley (née Bull; 19 December 1922 – 21 August 2011) was a New Zealand journalist, publisher and author. Career Christine McKelvie Bull was born in 1922 in Wellington, New Zealand. She grew up on a farm in Hunterville, Rangitikei and began writing while still at school, freelancing for the ''Taranaki Daily News''. She won a scholarship to the University of Canterbury and moved to Christchurch, where she also worked as a part-time reporter for ''The Press'' newspaper while studying. While in Christchurch, she met and became friends with the artist Rita Angus, who painted her and her first child in a portrait entitled ''Mother and Child'' in 1945. In 1946, Cole Catley moved to Wellington and began writing for the Labour Party's daily paper, ''The Southern Cross'', the New Zealand Listener, and Radio New Zealand. Australia's ABC Network appointed her their New Zealand correspondent, and in 1956 the network sent her on assignment to Indonesia for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River, from the river's mouth, and from the end of the Manawatu Gorge, about north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of The official limits of the city take in rural areas to the south, north-east, north-west and west of the main urban area, extending to the Tararua Ranges; including the town of Ashhurst at the mouth of the Manawatu Gorge, the villages of Bunnythorpe and Longburn in the north and west respectively. The city covers a land area of . The city's location was once little more than a clearing in a forest and occupied by small communities of Māori, who called it ''Papa-i-Oea'', believed to mean "How beautiful it is". In the mid-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Millard
Dame Margaret Mary Millard (née Doherty; born 1939) is a New Zealand rural community leader. She was the first woman to serve as a provincial president of Federated Farmers, was chair of Rural Women New Zealand (formerly the Women's Division of Federated Farmers) between 1999 and 2001, and instigated the establishment of the Rural Family Support Trust. She was a Manawatu-Wanganui regional councillor from 1989 to 1992, and has also served on the Massey University Council. Biography Millard was born in 1939 in Woodville and was raised there. After living and working in Wellington for 10 years, she married Eddie Millard, a farmer from Bainesse, near Palmerston North, in 1969. After her marriage, Millard became actively involved in rural life. She joined the Women's Division of Federated Farmers, now known as Rural Women New Zealand, and served at national level for 20 years as a councillor, treasurer, home health chair, and finally as president from 1999 until 2001. In 1987, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Holloway
Dame Linda Jane Holloway (née Brown, born 10 June 1940) is a Scottish-born New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic, and was a full professor at the University of Otago. Early life Holloway was born in Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland, on 10 June 1940. She was raised in that country, and met her husband, New Zealand forester John Stevenson Holloway, the son of John Thorpe Holloway, while he was a student at the University of Aberdeen. She moved to New Zealand in 1970, becoming a naturalised New Zealander in 1978. Academic career After emigrating, Holloway initially worked in provincial New Zealand, before moving to the University of Otago and Dunedin Hospital in 1975. She held numerous administrative and advisory roles, including medical advisor to the Cartwright Inquiry and being a long-serving member of the Abortion Supervisory Committee. Holloway became a full professor at Otago in 1994, and following her retirement in 2006 was conferred the title of professor emeritus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Hollander
Dame Grace Shellie Hollander (née Goldsmith, 25 March 1922 – 27 June 2016) was a New Zealand community leader. Biography Born in Christchurch on 25 March 1922, Grace Shellie Goldsmith was the daughter of post-World War I Jewish migrants to New Zealand, Dinah Goldsmith (née Vander Molen) and Leon Arundul Goldsmith. She was educated at Christchurch Girls' High School, and went on to study at Digby's Commercial College in Christchurch. During World War II, she served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment, and in 1947 she married Eber Hollander. Having previously studied accountancy and worked as a statistical officer for Hay's department store, Hollander took over the management of the family fashion business when her husband became ill. She later managed a chartered accountant's office. Alongside her work and family duties, Hollander became involved in a range of voluntary community organisations, including the National Council of Women of New Zealand, the Christchurch Relief and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. The city has a rich Scottish, Chinese and Māori heritage. With an estimated population of as of , Dunedin is both New Zealand's seventh-most populous metro and urban area. For historic, cultural and geographic reasons the city has long been considered one of New Zealand's four main centres. The urban area of Dunedin lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour, and the harbour and hills around Dunedin are the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean. Archaeological evidence points to lengthy occupation of the area by Māori prior to the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Harrison (educationalist)
Dame Patricia Mary Harrison (née Thomson; born 6 September 1932) is a New Zealand educationalist. Early life and family Born in Dunedin on 6 September 1932, Harrison was educated at Otago Girls' High School from 1946 to 1950. She went on to study at Dunedin Teachers' College and the University of Otago, graduating with Master of Arts with second-class honours in 1957. In 1957, she married Arthur Keith Harrison, and the couple went on to have three children. Education career In 1955, Harrison's first teaching post was at Queen's High School, Dunedin, where she became interested in students with special needs. All of her teaching career, apart from three years in Christchurch, was spent in South Dunedin, and she served as principal of Queen's High School, Dunedin from 1975 to 1994. Community involvement Since her retirement, Harrison has continued working with young people in Dunedin, helping the vulnerable and those who drop out of formal education, through programmes run by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton ( mi, Kirikiriroa) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato region. With a territorial population of , it is the country's fourth most-populous city. Encompassing a land area of about , Hamilton is part of the wider Hamilton Urban Area, which also encompasses the nearby towns of Ngāruawāhia, Te Awamutu and Cambridge. In 2020, Hamilton was awarded the title of most beautiful large city in New Zealand. The area now covered by the city was originally the site of several Māori villages, including Kirikiriroa, from which the city takes its Māori name. By the time English settlers arrived, most of these villages, which sat beside the Waikato River, were abandoned as a result of the Invasion of Waikato and land confiscation (''Raupatu'') by the Crown. Initially an agricultural service centre, Hamilton now has a diverse economy and is the third fastest growing urba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jocelyn Fish
Dame Jocelyn Barbara Fish (née Green; 29 September 1930 – 19 September 2021) was a New Zealand women's rights campaigner. Biography Fish was born Jocelyn Barbara Green, the daughter of Edna and John Green, at Whangārei on 29 September 1930. She was educated at Whangarei High School and Hamilton High School, and went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1952. She trained as a secondary school teacher, and taught at Fairfield College until her marriage to Robert John Malthus Fish, a farmer, in 1959. The couple had three children. In 1980, Jocelyn Fish was elected as a Piako County councillor, the first woman in that role, and served until 1989. She was national president of the National Council of Women from 1986 to 1990, and served as a member of the Film and Literature Board of Review between 1981 and 1984. She was a member of the New Zealand national commission of UNESCO between 1989 and 1995, and was one of a group of women who lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Drayton
Dame Mary Josephine Drayton (née Stock, 13 January 1916 – 14 September 2012), known as Joy Drayton, was a New Zealand teacher, academic and officeholder. Early life and education Mary Josephine Stock was born in Dunedin in 1916 and educated at Wellington East Girls' College. She graduated from Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University College with a MA(Hons) in history in 1937 and went on to complete a DipEd at the same institution.Former Chancellors of the University of Waikato retrieved 18 December 2012. On 14 June 1941, she married Ronald Wilfred Drayton at the Vivian Street Baptist Church in Wellington. Education career Drayton was a teacher at Wellington College (New Zealand), Wellington College from 1942 to 1944. She became principa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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