The 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen 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. They were announced on 2 June 2008.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Order of New Zealand (ONZ)
;Ordinary member
* Sir Murray Gordon Halberg – of Auckland.
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John William Hansen
Sir John William Hansen (born 1945) is a retired judge of the New Zealand High Court and a member of the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission.
North Shore North Shore or Northshore may refer to:
Geographic features Australia
*North Shore (Sydney), a suburban region of Sydney
**Electoral district of North Shore
**North Shore railway line, Sydney
*Noosa North Shore, Queensland
* North Shore, New So ...
. For services to business.
* Emeritus Professor Arthur Harold Marshall – of Auckland. For services to acoustical science.
* Gillian Karawe Whitehead – of Dunedin. For services to music.
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Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
. For services to business.
* Dr Elizabeth Anne Meade – of Wellington. For services to education.
* Diane Elizabeth Morcom – of Wellington. For public services, lately as Secretary of Cabinet and Clerk of the
Executive Council Executive Council may refer to:
Government
* Executive Council (Commonwealth countries), a constitutional organ that exercises executive power and advises the governor
* Executive Council of Bern, the government of the Swiss canton of Bern
* Ex ...
.
* Anthony John Nowell – of Auckland. For services to business.
* Anaru Ririwai Rangiheuea – 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 Māori and the community.
* Professor
Jacqueline Rowarth
Jacqueline Sara Rowarth is a New Zealand agronomist, Dairy farming, dairy farmer and science administrator. Palmerston North. For services to agricultural science.
* Wynton Alan Whai Rufer – of Auckland. For services to soccer.
* Dr Meon Carolyn Shand – of Wellington. For services to women's health.
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File:Robert Fenwick CNZM (cropped).jpg, Rob Fenwick
File:Jacqueline Rowarth CNZM (cropped).jpg, Jacqueline Rowarth
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Officer (ONZM)
* Dr Francis Angelo Anthony – of Christchurch. For services to medicine, in particular spinal-cord injuries.
* Professor
Brian Thomas Brooks
Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world.
It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meani ...
– 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 education.
* Professor Keith Craig Cameron – of Lincoln. For services to agricultural research.
* Colonel Arthur John Campbell (Retired) – of Dunedin. For services to returned services personnel.
* Professor Ross Graham Clark – of North Shore. For services to biotechnology.
* Professor Hong Jie Di – of Lincoln. For services to agricultural research.
* John Raymond Eady – of Auckland. For services to music, business and the community.
* Dr John Lewis Edwards – of Auckland. For services to dentistry.
*
Elisabeth Findlay
Elisabeth Findlay is a New Zealand fashion designer. She co-founded the fashion house Zambesi with her husband, Neville Findlay, in 1979.
Career
Findlay was born in Athens, Greece. In 1951 the Red Cross relocated her family to Dunedin, Ne ...
– of Auckland. For services to business and fashion.
* Neville John Findlay – of Auckland. For services to business and fashion.
* Lyn Kathleen Gillanders – of Auckland. For services to dietetics.
* David Thomas Howden – of Ashburton. For services to outdoor recreation and the environment.
* Tufuga Holoatu Nesi Lagatule – of Christchurch. For services to the Pacific Islands community and women.
* Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli – of Gisborne. For services to Māori arts, in particular tā moko.
* Thomas Cedric Larkin – of Wellington. For services to New Zealand–Japan relations.
* Professor Martin Richard Manning – of Lower Hutt. For services to climate-change science.
* Dr Diana Rae Martin – of Waikanae. For services to microbiology.
* Dr Dianne McCarthy – of Wellington. For services to education.
* Dr Diane Helen Menzies – of Christchurch. For services to the environment.
* Professor Alison Ruth Mercer – of Dunedin. For services to science.
* Warwick George Roger – of North Shore. For services to journalism.
* Pauline Annette Savage – of Wellington. For services to arts administration.
* Dr Olive Jean Webb – of
Hororata
Hororata is a village at the northwestern edge of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 15 kilometres southwest of Darfield, New Zealand, Darfield, five kilometres south of Glentunnel, and 50 kilometre ...
. For services to people with intellectual disabilities.
;Additional
* Colonel Paul Willem Van Den Broek – Colonels' List, Royal New Zealand Army.
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Member (MNZM)
* Diane Margaret Baguley – of Auckland. For services to business.
* Arihia Darryl Bennett – of Kaiapoi. For services to Māori and the community.
* William Alfred Brien – of Wellington. For services to sport and the community.
* Alan Leonard Broadbent – of Santa Monica, California. For services to jazz music.
* Suzanne Lynette Carty – of Wellington. For services to journalism.
* Colleen Shona Cole – of Lyttelton. For services to Scottish dance and culture.
* Christopher Robert Darlow – of North Shore. For services to the law.
* Dr Rosemary Joy De Luca – of Hamilton. For services to ethics.
* Rudra Gamini de Zoysa – of Lower Hutt. For services to the Sri Lankan community.
* Judith Ann Dixon – of Hamilton. For services to primary education.
* Simon Christopher Edwards – of Lower Hutt. For services to journalism.
* Gerald James Ellott – of Waiheke Island. For services to philately.
* Gerald Barnett Fell – of Longburn. For services to the Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry.
* Dr Leslie Henry Galler – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
* Anthony William Gilbert – 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 ...
. For services to rugby and education.
* Anne Stewart Gover – of Gore. For services to education.
* Patricia Anne Hanlen – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
* Margot Hart – of Auckland. For services to the Citizens Advice Bureau and the community.
* Dr Peter Keith Harwood – of Auckland. For services to Māori and the community.
* Joseph Parata Hawke – of Auckland. For services to Māori and the community.
* Dr Ngapare Kaihina Hopa – of Hamilton. For services to Māori.
* Whaearangi Rangi Inia – of Auckland. For services to Māori and the community.
*
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
– 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 ...
. For services to design.
* James Anthony Jessep – of Blenheim. For services to marine farming and the community.
* Ross William Jewell – of Auckland. For services to business.
* Colonel Timothy James Keating – Colonel's List, Royal New Zealand Army
* Dayle Elizabeth Mace – of Auckland. For services to the arts and the community.
* John Russell McCormick – of Palmerston North. For services to music, in particular jazz.
* Alma Edmond Mihaere – of Lower Hutt. For services to Māori.
*
Hinewehi Mohi
Dame Hinewehi Mohi (born 1964) is a New Zealand musician and producer, best known for her double-platinum album ''Oceania'' (1999) and its lead single " Kotahitanga (Union)", performing the New Zealand National Anthem in Māori during the 1999 ...
– of Auckland. For services to Māori.
* Jeremy Ross Moon – of Wellington. For services to business.
* Dr
Wendy Alison Nelson
Wendy Alison Nelson is a New Zealand marine scientist and world expert in phycology. She is New Zealand's leading authority on seaweeds. Nelson is particularly interested in the biosystematics of seaweeds/macroalgae of New Zealand, with resear ...
– of Wellington. For services to the marine environment.
* Kilda Mori Northcott – of Dunedin. For services to dance.
* Dr Sally Pairman – of Dunedin. For services to women's health.
* Molly Easther Lillian Pardoe – of Gisborne. For services to Māori health.
* Peter Paul Posa – of Te Awamutu. For services to entertainment.
* Michael Philip Shepherd – of Auckland. For services to art.
* Commander Peter Graeme Sullivan – Royal New Zealand Navy
* Crofton Roscoe Tait – of Auckland. For services to land search and rescue.
* Cassidy Wehipeihana Tangaere – of Wellington. For services to Māori language education.
* Robert Wayne Taylor – of
Suva
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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 community.
;Honorary
* Manuel Franklin Herrera – of
Montevideo
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, Uruguay. For services to New Zealand–Uruguayan relations.
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File:Alan Broadbent MNZM (cropped).jpg, Alan Broadbent
File:Joe Hawke MNZM (cropped).jpg, Joe Hawke
File:Ngapare Hopa MNZM (cropped).jpg, Ngapare Hopa
File:Tim Keating CNZM (cropped).jpg, Tim Keating
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File:Wendy Nelson (cropped).jpg, Wendy Nelson
File:Va'aiga Tuigamala MNZM (cropped).jpg, Va'aiga Tuigamala
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
* Misatauveve Dr Melani Anae – of Auckland. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
* Gail Patricia Collingwood – of Nelson. For services to local-body affairs, women and the community.
* The Honourable Brian John Donnelly – of
Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...
. For public services.
* Kathleen Jillian Dooley – of Manukau. For services to special education.
* Dianne Patricia Hale – of North Shore. For services to local-body affairs.
* Tione Haunui – of Ngāruawāhia. For services to Māori.
* Beverly Ann Magee – of Waitakere. For services to local government and the environment.
* John Robert Martin – of Wellington. For public services.
* Susan Leigh McLachlan – of Manukau. For services to education.
* Marilyn Joy Quigley – 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 ...
. For public services.
* Professor Ann Kathleen Richardson – of Christchurch. For services to public health.
* John Struan Robertson – 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 ...
. For public services and services to local-body affairs.
* Dr Martin Joseph Sullivan – of Palmerston North. For services to people with disabilities.
* Te Wano Walters – of Te Puke. For services to Māori.
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Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
* Shirley Ellen Alabaster – of Alexandra. For services to the community.
* Helen Marie Algar – of Oamaru. For services to health and disability issues.
* Eleanor Joan Parehina Barton – of Hamilton. For services to Māori and the community.
* Phyllis Mabel Bawden – of Kohukohu. For services to the community.
* Pembroke Peraniko Bird – of Murupara. For services to education.
* David Boston – of Napier. For services to music.
* Shirley Margaret Bosworth – of Dunedin. For services to the prevention of domestic violence.
* Ann Elizabeth Carran – of Te Anau. For services to conservation.
* Wayne Francis Carran – of Te Anau. For services to conservation.
* Jean Kathleen Chamberlain – of Ōtaki. For services to the community.
* Hasmukh (Hari) Chhagan – of Rotorua. For services to the Indian community and sport.
* Squadron Leader Shane Andrew Cole – of Christchurch. For services to the New Zealand Cadet Forces.
* Vincent Joseph Collins – of Auckland. For services to the hospitality industry and the community.
* Gladys Joan Coombe – of Te Aroha. For services to the Order of St John and the community.
* Koroneihana Cooper – of Ngāruawāhia. For services to Māori.
* Joseph John Currie – of Nelson. For services to the community.
* Mary Elizabeth Dunnet – of Tīrau. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
* Paula Marie Enoka – of North Shore; constable,
New Zealand Police
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. For services to the New Zealand Police.
* Ataga'i Esera – of Christchurch. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
* Marie Therese Faith-Allen – of Warkworth. For services to the Department of Corrections.
* David Alexander Field – of Rotorua. For services to forestry and the community.
* Brother Kieran Jeremiah Noel Oliver Garvey – of Wellington. For services to prison chaplaincy.
* Donald Richard Gerrand – of Cambridge; chief fire officer, Cambridge Volunteer Fire Brigade. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
* Helen Louisa Gordon – of Taihape. For services to music.
* Elizabeth Sarah Grubb – of
St Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fou ...
. For services to drama education and the community.
* David William Haddock – of Whakatāne. For services to the maritime industry and the community.
* Tamati Waka Tenene Heperi – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
* Dr Patricia Dorothy Hill – of Wellington. For services to community health.
* Ian Sinclair Hogarth – of Whangārei. For services to conservation and wildlife management.
* Rex Neville Hoskin – of Hastings. For services to mountain safety.
* Frances Mary Jessep – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
* Peter John Kamstra – of Wanganui; lately senior sergeant, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
* Judith Ann Karaitiana – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
* Dennis John Keall – of Lower Hutt. For services to
herpetology
Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and rept ...
.
* Philip Stephen Kirkham – of Auckland; detective sergeant, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
* Barry Leishman Lawrence – of Queenstown. For services to local-body affairs and the environment.
* David James Lawrence – of Waitakere. For services to the community.
* Colin James Lawrie – of Levin; senior station officer, Levin Volunteer Fire Brigade. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
* Janett Helene Leaf – of Kaikohe. For services to the community.
* Catherine May Mair – of Katikati. For services to poetry and the community.
* Dr Alan John Mangan – of Wanganui. For services to medicine and health administration.
* Graham Gordon Mason – of Westport. For services to brass bands.
* Alexander Ross Matheson – of
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Australia
*Inglewood, Queensland
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*Inglewood, South Australia
*Inglewood, Victoria
* Inglewood, Western Australia
Canada
* Inglewood, Ontario
*Inglewo ...
. For services to the community.
* Jacqueline Imelda Mauriri – of Hāwera. For services to Māori.
* David Alan McKenzie – of Kaitaia; station officer, Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
* Michael Rereao Mohi – of Waipukurau. For services to conservation.
* Noreen Linda Moorhouse – of Whangarei. For services to Māori and the community.
* Bernard William Murphy – of Stratford. For services to sheepdog trials.
* Robin Anthony Ian Nairn – of Havelock North. For services to the Anglican church and the community.
* Pratima Devi Nand – of Auckland. For services to the Indian community.
* Barbara Ann Olsen – of Cambridge. For services to Māori.
* Cushla Maree O'Shea – of Auckland; detective, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
* Rangi Anewa Parker – of Hamilton. For services to historical research.
* Captain (Retired) Malcolm James Pearson – of Lyttelton. For services to yachting.
* Ronald Owen Pennell – of Waitakere; senior volunteer fire officer, Waitakere City Fire District. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
* Avis Margaret Peterson – of Te Awamutu. For services to the community.
* Edward Neill Pickard – of Christchurch. For services to music, in particular jazz.
* Jeffrey Steven Rackley – of Nelson. For services to sport and the community.
* Ian Garth Renall – of Carterton. For services to the community.
* Monica Bernadette Renwick – of Christchurch. For services to education.
* Elizabeth June Rock – of Reefton. For services to health.
* Donald Sew Hoy – of Auckland. For services to the Chinese community.
* Jennie Sew Hoy – of Auckland. For services to the Chinese community.
* Shirley Muriel Spurr – of Waihi. For services to the community.
* Afioga Tagaloa Nua Su'a – of Christchurch. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
* James Budd Swindells – of Te Kuiti. For services to conservation.
* Jean Fay Swindells – of Te Kuiti. For services to conservation.
* Sandra Christine Terewi – of Turakina. For services to the community.
* Eric Arthur Thorpe – of Napier. For services to music.
* Rhona Mary Thorpe – of Christchurch. For services to migrant and refugee communities.
* Michael Featherston Toogood – of Hastings. For services to helicopter ambulance services.
* Lieutenant Colonel Graeme Taiuru Vercoe (Retired) – of Rotorua. For public services.
* Dr Michael Louis Vidulich – of Auckland. For services to music.
* The Reverend Janice Ann Wallace – of Pukekohe. For services to mathematics education and the community.
* Vaoga Mary Lelefua Watts – of Waitakere. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
* Richard Keith Wright – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
* Sharon Mary Connolly Young – of Waitakere. For services to the community.
;Honorary
* William Frank Grubb – of St Andrews. For services to music and the community.
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New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD)
* Squadron Leader Gregory John Burroughs –
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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.
* Lieutenant Colonel Helen Joy Cooper – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke of York's Own).
* Captain Michael Peter De Boer – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
* Squadron Leader Timothy Richard Evans – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Timothy Hopkins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Robert David Joseph Martelletti – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Weapon Technician Wayne Robert Morris – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Major Christopher Gerard Mortiboy – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.