The 2001 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by
Elizabeth II in her right as
Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2000 and the beginning of 2001. They were announced on 30 December 2000.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Principal Companion (PCNZM)
Emeritus Professor
Lloyd George Geering
Sir Lloyd George Geering (born 26 February 1918) is a New Zealand theologian who faced charges of heresy in 1967 for teaching that the Bible's record of Jesus' death and resurrection is not true. He considers Christian and Muslim fundamentalis ...
– of
Wellington. For services to
religious studies.
File:Lloyd Geering (cropped).jpg, Lloyd Geering
Distinguished Companion (DCNZM)
*
Jocelyn Barbara Fish – of
Hamilton. For services to women and the community.
* The Right Honourable
Thomas Munro Gault
Sir Thomas Munro Gault (, 31 October 1938 – 19 May 2015) was a New Zealand jurist. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom as well as a non-permanent judge of the Court o ...
– of
Auckland. For services as a judge of the
Court of Appeal
A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of t ...
.
* Sister
Patricia Mary Hook – of Auckland. For services to nursing and the community.
* Professor
Alan Francis Mark – of
Dunedin. For services to conservation.
*
Colin Earl Meads – of
Te Kūiti. For services to
rugby and the community.
File:Sir Colin Meads 2015.jpg, Colin Meads
File:Alan Mark (cropped).jpg, Alan Mark
Companion (CNZM)
*
Jill Edwina Amos – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Druiscilla Kapu Barrett – of
Whangārei. For services to
Māori and the community.
* Dr Allan Gordon Cumming – of
Palmerston North. For services to medicine, health administration and the community.
* Professor
Mason Harold Durie – of
Feilding. For services to Māori.
* Dr
John Norman Harré – of Auckland. For services to education.
* The Honourable
(Cedric) Russell Marshall – of Wellington. For public services.
* Dorothy Frances Meyer – of
North Shore City. For services to women.
*
Richard Frederick Nottage
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
– of Wellington. For services as
Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) (Māori language, Māori: ''Manatū Aorere'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government, government on Foreign policy, foreign and trade poli ...
, 1991–1999.
* Associate Professor
Peter Robert Skelton – of
Christchurch. For services to environmental law.
*
Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi – of
Featherston
Featherston is a surname of English origin, at least as old as the 12th century. The link with "Featherstone" is probably not traceable, but people researching both spellings (and others such as "de Fetherestanhalgh") contribute to the collection o ...
. For services to Māori education.
* Anthony Ernest Walton – of Auckland. For services to the deaf.
* Professor
Albert Wendt
Albert Tuaopepe Wendt (born 27 October 1939) is a Samoan poet and writer who lives in New Zealand. He is one of the most influential writers in Oceania. His notable works include ''Sons for the Return Home'', published in 1973 (adapted into a ...
– of Auckland. For services to literature.
File:Jill Amos.jpg, Jill Amos
File:Durie-Mason-2010-04.jpg, Mason Durie
File:Russell Marshall, 2017.jpg, Russell Marshall
File:Iritana Tawhiwhirangi DNZM (cropped).jpg, Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi
File:Albert Wendt ONZ (cropped).jpg, Albert Wendt
Officer (ONZM)
*
John Stanley Body – of Wellington. For services to music, photography and education.
*
Riwia Brown – of
Paekākāriki
Paekākāriki () is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island, New Zealand, and one of the northernmost suburbs of Wellington. It lies north of Porirua and northeast of the Wellington CBD. The town's name comes from ...
. For services to theatre and film.
*
Dorothy Quita Buchanan
Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 28 September 1945) is a New Zealand composer and teacher.
Life
Buchanan was born in Christchurch on 28 September 1945, the second of six daughters in a musical family, and was educated at St Mary's College. She gr ...
– of
Eastbourne. For services to music.
*
Barry Vickerman Cleavin – of Christchurch. For services to the arts.
* Candis Eileen Craven – of Auckland. For services to health education.
* Dr
Catherine Frances (Kate) Dewes – of Christchurch. For services to the peace movement.
*
Graeme Dingle
Sir Graeme Dingle (born 30 November 1945) is a New Zealand outdoor adventurer and mountaineer, who founded the Graeme Dingle Foundation. He is also known for his writing and humanitarianism.[Leigh
Leigh may refer to:
Places In England
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan
** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
* Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Dorset
* Leigh, Gloucestershire
* Leigh, Kent
* Leigh, Sta ...]
. For services to youth.
* Emeritus Professor
Robert Wallace Ellis – of Auckland. For services to fine arts.
*
Walter Fowlie
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1 ...
– of
Patea. For services to mountaineering.
*
Leigh Helen Gibbs – of
Gisborne. For services to netball.
* Gaewyn Elizabeth Griffiths – of Auckland. For services to education.
* Air Commodore
John Henry Staples Hamilton –
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...
.
* Dr Michael David Henry Holdaway – of Dunedin. For services to children and medical research.
*
Richard John Hubbard – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
* Lorna Ani McIntosh – of Auckland. For services to commerce and the community.
* Dorothy Catherine Matthews – of
Nelson. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* John Bentley Morrison – of Wellington. For services to the arts.
* Garry Peter Nash – of Auckland. For services to glass art.
*
Patricia Katherine Payne – of
Roxburgh. For services to opera and the community.
* Professor Emeritus James Ernest Ritchie – of
Raglan
Raglan may refer to:
People
*FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855), British Army officer, commander of British troops during the Crimean War
*Raglan (surname)
*Raglan Squire (1912–2004), British architect
Places Australia
*Count ...
. For services to the Māori people and education.
* Gerald Ryan – of Auckland. For services to racing, rugby league and the community.
* Sally Mavis Sloman – of Auckland. For services to opera.
* Jane Ann Thomson – of Dunedin. For services to literature.
*
Robert Norman Waddell – of
Cambridge. For services to rowing.
*
James Hay Wallace – of Auckland. For services to the arts.
;Additional
* Acting Lieutenant Colonel John Christopher Flanagan –
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
* Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Kyle Milward – of
Carterton;
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
;Honorary
*
Fatu Akelei Feu'u (Poutasi Falealili) – of Auckland. For services to art.
* Gerd le Bell – of
Egestorf, Federal Republic of Germany. For services to New Zealand interests in Germany.
* Ikuo Matsui – of
Hokkaido, Japan. For services to New Zealand interests in Japan.
File:Jack Body.jpeg, Jack Body
File:Barry Cleavin.jpg, Barry Cleavin
File:Kate Dewes.jpg, Kate Dewes
File:Graeme Dingle KNZM (cropped).jpg, Graeme Dingle
File:Dick Hubbard.jpg, Dick Hubbard
File:Rob Waddell in February 2008.jpg, Rob Waddell
File:James Wallace KNZM (cropped).jpg, James Wallace
File:Fatu Feu'u in 2022 (cropped).jpg, Fatu Feu'u
Member (MNZM)
* Alexander John Adams – of Christchurch. For services to
flood risk management.
* The Reverend Mark Thomas Beale – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Hori George Te Takinga Bennett – of
Rotorua
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...
. For services to broadcasting.
* Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd) Lawrence Morris Blyth – of Auckland. For services to war veterans and the community.
*
Rowan James Brassey – of Auckland. For services to bowls.
* Robin Edwin Brassington – of
Levin. For services to education and the community.
*
Errol Freeman Brathwaite – of Christchurch. For services to literature.
* Colleen Brenda Brown – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Raymond Daniel Cody – of Auckland. For services to sports broadcasting and the community.
*
Roderick William Coleman – of
Wanganui. For services to motorcycling.
* Pamela Ann Collings – of
Rangiora. For services to aviation.
* Gael Marion Collins – of Auckland. For services to the community.
*
Jayne Craike – of Auckland. For services to equestrian sport.
* Dr Leslie Ding – of Christchurch. For services to medicine and the community.
* Danae Clare Goosman – of Christchurch. For services to sport.
* William Morris Gosden – of Wellington. For services to
film festivals.
*
Richard John Hayes – of
Te Anau. For services to
search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...
operations.
* George William Neil Johansen – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
* Derek George Jones – of Christchurch. For services to
harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, or spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australi ...
.
*
Leilani Joyce
Leilani Rorani (formerly Joyce, née Marsh; born 15 April 1974) is a New Zealand former squash (sport), squash player. During her professional career, she reached the world number 1 ranking, won the British Open Squash Championships, British O ...
– of Hamilton. For services to
squash.
*
David Auld Kilgour – of Dunedin. For services to music.
* Lineahi Siale Fanovaha Lund – of Auckland. For services to the
Niuean community.
* Lindsay Albert George McCallum – of
Waikanae. For services to the business community.
*
David Francis MacCalman – of
Katikati. For services to sport.
* Ronald Bruce McNaughton – of Auckland. For services to local government and the community.
* Donald Eugene McRae – of Christchurch. For services to welfare.
* Ronald Wallace Messenger – of
Greymouth. For services to sport and the community.
* Jagdish Chandra Natali – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Desmond Joseph Nolan – of
Haast. For services to aviation and the community.
* Ou Lu – of
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...
. For services to
ballet.
*
Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann
Fuimaono Karl Pulotu-Endemann is a Samoan-born, New Zealand-based academic, nurse and fa'afafine and is called by '' Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'' "one of New Zealand's best-known and most honoured fa'afafine".
Pulotu-Endemann m ...
– of Wellington. For services to public health.
* George Paramena Rehu – of Rotorua. For services to returned services personnel.
* Audrey Reynolds – of
Paraparaumu. For services to the community.
*
Heather Jean Robson – of Auckland. For services to
racquet sports
Racket sports are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings. Paddles have a solid face rather than a netwo ...
.
* Dr Barbara Louise Ryan – of Eastbourne. For services to women and the community.
* Wesley Arthur Ryan – of Christchurch. For services to conservation.
* David George Scott – of
Ohakune. For services to the community.
* Henry William Dickens Skidmore – of
Te Aroha. For services to local body and community affairs.
* Dr Allan Gibson Smith – of
Porirua City. For services to community medicine.
*
John Campbell Thomas – of
Waikouaiti. For services to theatre.
* Richard Gwynne Trimble – of Auckland. Superintendent,
New Zealand Police
The New Zealand Police ( mi, Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police service and principal law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for preventing crime, enhancing public safety, bringing offenders to justice, and maintai ...
.
*
David Tua (Mafaufau Sita) – of Auckland. For services to
boxing.
* Ruth Jasmine Underhill – of Porirua City. For services to local body and community affairs.
*
Gina Louise Weber – of
Waitakere City. For services to
softball.
* Michael Donald Worth – of
Tokoroa. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* Walter Denzil Wyatt – of Auckland. For services to Korea veterans.
* Lieutenant Colonel Charles Alexander Sylvester Lott – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.
* Warrant Officer Marine Technical (Propulsion) Paul Andrew Coleman – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer John Paul Fleming – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Chief Petty Officer Seaman George Taranaki McGarvey – Royal New Zealand Navy.
;Additional
* Lieutenant Commander Shaun Thomas Fogarty – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Major Peter Te Aroha Emile Kelly – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
* Squadron Leader Mark David Cook – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Class One Peter Bowyer – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
* Staff Sergeant Shane Geoffrey Vooght – The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
;Honorary
* Maria Magdalena Westenberg Tibbe – of Christchurch. For services to women.
File:Richard Hayes (cropped).jpg, Richard Hayes
File:David Tua ONZM (cropped).jpg, David Tua
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* The Reverend Canon Te Rua Moera Anderson – of
Ōtorohanga.
* Dr
(Mohammad) Ashraf Choudhary – of Palmerston North.
* Denis Scott Currie – of
Papakura
Papakura is a southern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, approximately 32 kilometres south of the Auckland CBD. It is under the authority of the Auckland Council.
Papakura is a M ...
.
* Ruth Seline Filler – of Auckland.
*
(Hohi Ngapera Te Moana) Keri Kaa – of
Tikitiki
Tikitiki is a small town in Waiapu Valley on the north bank of the Waiapu River in the Gisborne Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The area in which the town resides was formerly known as ''Kahukura''. By road, Tikitiki is north-northeast ...
.
* Anna Maria (Maree) Millar – of Whangārei.
* Marcia Dawn Read – of Auckland.
File:Ashraf Choudhary.jpg, Ashraf Choudhary
File:Denis Currie 2018 (cropped).jpg, Denis Currie
File:Keri Kaa CNZM (cropped).jpg, Keri Kaa
For public services
* Paul Stephen Carpinter – of Christchurch.
* Dr
David George Chaplow – of Auckland.
* Roma Miringa Cook – of Rotorua.
* James Michael Fenton – of
Invercargill.
* Dr Stuart Peter Gowland – of Christchurch.
* Margaret Constance Long – of
Ōtaki.
* Dr
(Ralph Heberley) Ngātata Love – of
Petone.
File:Stuart Gowland CNZM (cropped).jpg, Stuart Gowland
File:Ngatata Love 1998 (cropped).jpg, Ngātata Love
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For community service
* Lillian Patricia Anderson – of Auckland.
* Trevor William Andrews – of Hamilton.
* Indu Bajaj – of Auckland.
* Richard James Blundell – of
Napier Napier may refer to:
People
* Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name
* Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders
Given name
* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
* Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
.
* Raena Clark – of Waitakere City.
* James Albert Dangerfield – of Dunedin.
* Margaret Jane Cleland Donnelley – of
Levin.
* Janet Elizabeth Emery – of Napier.
* Kathleen Evans – of Levin.
* Maria Matalena George – of
Ōtara.
* Irene Denise Green – of
Matamata.
* Kenneth Raymond Greenslade – of
Queenstown.
* Margaret Louisa Hansen – of Auckland.
* Janet Athalie Henderson – of Hamilton.
* Brian Kenneth Hudson – of Porirua City.
* Rosemary Gertrude Hudson – of Porirua City.
* Shirley Kilgour – of
Blenheim.
* Donald John McFarlane – of Christchurch.
* Jean Frances Mapson – of
Ngatea.
* (Margaret) Joan Massey – of
Waiuku.
* Tuarangi Michael Toki – of Waitakere City.
* The Reverend Father Roderick Milne – of Ōtaki.
* Rodney Mark Ottaway – of
Kaiwaka.
* Livinia Margaret Paterson – of
Cromwell.
* Barbara Elizabeth Phillipps – of Dunedin.
* Honor Rickard – of
Rangitukia.
* Eunice May Riddle – of
Pukekohe.
* Annette Rutter – of
Manukau City.
* Constance Sager – of
Putāruru.
* Anne Rachael Sayers – of Hamilton.
* Elwyn Margaret Wynn Stevens – of Palmerston North.
* Edward Taylor – of Auckland.
* Barry John Veale – of
Hokitika.
* Helen Alison Weggery – of
Tokomaru.
* Lorraine Margeret Wilson – of Auckland.
For public services
* Leota John Ahdar – of Christchurch.
* Graeme Alexander Anderson – of
Alexandra
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
.
* Noel Bertrand Briggs – of
Ashburton.
* Victor Joseph Brown – of
Ngunguru; chief fire officer, Tutukaka Coast Volunteer Fire Brigade,
New Zealand Fire Service.
* Margaret Jean Christensen – of
Masterton
Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...
.
* Derek Davison – of Auckland; inspector, New Zealand Police.
* Thelma Joyce Fagan – of
Taupō.
* Daphne May Fairbairn – of Auckland.
* The Reverend Penelope Pamela Fisher – of Lower Hutt.
* Peter Graham Gilroy – of Christchurch; detective, New Zealand Police.
* Raymond Fredric Harris – of Wellington.
*
John Vernon Head – of Wellington.
* Margaret Neilson (Tilly) Hunter – of Wellington.
* Margaret Hursthouse – of
Havelock North.
* Desmond Usher Kearns – of
Otipua, Timaru.
* William Alexander King – of
Wānaka.
* Ian Duncan McDonald – of
Paraparaumu Beach.
* Cliff Webster Mears – of Waitakere City; assistant fire region commander, Auckland, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Ian Powell – of Paekākāriki.
* Derek Newell Quickfall – of
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...
.
* Laxmi Rania – of Lower Hutt.
* David Harold Robertson – of Auckland.
* Brenda Gail Robinson – of North Shore City.
* Margery Ann Scott – of Auckland.
* Nona Leonce Smith (Sister Marianne Smith) – of Auckland.
* Dorothy Jean Southon – of Auckland.
* Eileen Edna Stevens – of
Waihi Beach.
* Ian Walter Stewart – of Auckland.
* Warren Nils Strand – of
Kumeū.
* John (Jack) Alexander Walker – of Wellington.
* Marion Elizabeth Wellington – of
Waitara.
* Patrick William Whiu – of
Kerikeri
Kerikeri () is the largest town in Northland, New Zealand. It is a tourist destination north of Auckland and north of the northern region's largest city, Whangarei. It is sometimes called the Cradle of the Nation, as it was the site of th ...
; senior constable, New Zealand Police.
* Thomas Barry Wilson – of Napier.
* Lindsay John Campbell Wright – of
Kaitangata.
File:John Vernon Head QSM.jpg, John Head
References
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