Birthday Honours 2006
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The Birthday Honours 2006 for the Commonwealth Realms were announced on 17 June 2006, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2006.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged firstly by the country whose ministers advised the Queen on the appointments, then by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.

Knights Bachelor 

  • Michael John Michael Aaronson, C.B.E., lately Director-General of Save the Children
    Save the Children
    Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries...

    . For services to Children.
  • Professor Royal Malcolm Anderson
    Roy Anderson (zoologist)
    Sir Roy Malcolm Anderson FRS is a leading British expert on epidemiology. He has mathematically modelled the spread of diseases such as new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and AIDS...

    , Chief Scientific to the Ministry of Defence
    Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
    The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....

    .
  • Jonathan Elliott Asbridge
    Jonathan Asbridge
    Sir Jonathan Elliott Asbridge was the first president of the UK's Nursing and Midwifery Council and a registrant member for England .His first introduction to the caring profession was as a St John Ambulance Cadet at Cardiff Castle Division, Cardiff, South Wales...

    , President of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
    Nursing and Midwifery Council
    Established in 2002, the Nursing and Midwifery Council is a statutory body set up by the Parliament of the United Kingdom through the . The NMC is the UK regulator for nursing and midwifery professions with a stated aim to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public...

    . For services to the NHS
    National Health Service
    The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...

     and Nursing.
  • Norman George Bettison, Q.P.M.
    Norman Bettison
    Sir Norman George Bettison, QPM is a British police officer and the current Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police.-Education:...

    , Chief Executive of Centrex
    Centrex
    Centrex is a portmanteau of central exchange, a kind of telephone exchange.In the United Kingdom, British Telecom markets this service as FeatureLine .-Use of Centrex:...

     and lately Chief Constable
    Chief Constable
    Chief constable is the rank used by the chief police officer of every territorial police force in the United Kingdom except for the City of London Police and the Metropolitan Police, as well as the chief officers of the three 'special' national police forces, the British Transport Police, Ministry...

     of Merseyside Police
    Merseyside Police
    Merseyside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England. The force area is 647 square kilometres with a population of around 1.5 million...

    . For services to the Police.
  • James Robert Crosby, Chief Executive of HBOS plc.
    HBOS
    HBOS plc is a banking and insurance company in the United Kingdom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group having been taken over in January 2009...

     For services to the Finance Industry.
  • Donald Gordon Cruickshank
    Donald Cruickshank
    Sir Donald Gordon Cruickshank is a British businessman, academic and former government official.-Career/affiliations:* Board of Directors, Qualcomm, since June 2005* Chairman, Clinovia Group Ltd., 2004–06* Chairman, Formscape Group Ltd., 2003-06...

    . For public service.
  • Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, C.B.E.
    Barry Cunliffe
    Sir Barrington Windsor Cunliffe, CBE, known professionally as Barry Cunliffe is a former Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford, a position held from 1972 to 2007...

    , Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford
    University of Oxford
    The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

    . For services to Archaeology
    Archaeology
    Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

    .
  • Professor Albert Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England. For services to Children and Young People.
  • Philip Green
    Philip Green
    Sir Philip Green is a British businessman. Green was born into a Jewish family in 1952, beginning as a businessman at the age of 15. The first and last quoted company Green took lead of was "Amber Day", from which he stepped down as CEO and Chairman in 1992...

    , Retail Executive. For services to the Retail Industry.
  • Mark Grundy
    Mark Grundy
    Sir Mark Grundy, KB, current Head Teacher of Shireland Language College, Sandwell, Warley, West Midlands, England, was knighted in 2006 for "his work at George Salter High School in West Bromwich, as well as his work in ICT".-Methodology:...

    , Headteacher of Shireland Language College
    Shireland Language College
    Shireland Collegiate Academy is a secondary school in the English academy programme, located in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The school was built during the early 20th century...

    , Smethwick
    Smethwick
    Smethwick is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England. It is situated on the edge of the city of Birmingham, within the historic boundaries of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire....

    , Sandwell
    Sandwell
    Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands with a population of around 289,100, and an area of . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath,...

    , West Midlands
    West Midlands (county)
    The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

    . For services to Education and to ICT
    Information technology
    Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

    .
  • Dr. Richard Timothy Hunt, Principal Scientist of Cancer Research UK
    Cancer Research UK
    Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer...

    . For services to Science.
  • Stelios Haji-Ioannou
    Stelios Haji-Ioannou
    Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou , born 14 February 1967) is a British entrepreneur of Greek Cypriot origin, currently a resident of Monaco. He is the scion of a wealthy, shipowning family, but is best known for setting up easyJet, a highly successful and profitable low-cost airline, with start-up funds...

    . For services to Entrepreneurship.
  • Brian Gammell Ivory, C.B.E., Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland
    National Galleries of Scotland
    The National Galleries of Scotland are the five national galleries of Scotland and two partner galleries. It is one of the country's National Collections.-List of national galleries:* The National Gallery of Scotland* The Royal Scottish Academy Building...

    . For services to the Arts.
  • Kenneth John Knight, C.B.E., Q.F.S.M., Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade
    London Fire Brigade
    The London Fire Brigade is the statutory fire and rescue service for London.Founded in 1865, it is the largest of the fire services in the United Kingdom and the fourth-largest in the world with nearly 7,000 staff, including 5,800 operational firefighters based in 112 fire...

    . For services to the Fire and Rescue Service.
  • Councillor Richard Charles Leese, C.B.E.
    Richard Leese
    Sir Richard Charles Leese, CBE , is a politician in the City of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He has been the leader of Manchester City Council since 1996.-Early life:...

    , Leader of Manchester City Council
    Manchester City Council
    Manchester City Council is the local government authority for Manchester, a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. It is composed of 96 councillors, three for each of the 32 electoral wards of Manchester. Currently the council is controlled by the Labour Party and is led by...

    . For services to Local Government.
  • Robert John Margetts, C.B.E., Chair of the Natural Environment Research Council
    Natural Environment Research Council
    The Natural Environment Research Council is a British research council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences.-History:...

    . For services to Science and to Business.
  • David Michael Charles Michels, lately Chief Executive of Hilton Group plc.
    Ladbrokes
    Ladbrokes plc is a British based gambling company. It is based in Rayners Lane in Harrow, London owned by Bhavin Kakaiya. From 14 May 1999 to 23 February 2006, when it owned the Hilton hotel brand outside the United States, it was known as Hilton Group plc...

     For services to the Hospitality Industry.
  • David Gerald Richards
    David Gerald Richards
    Sir David Gerald Richards is the current chairman of the English Premier League and the former chairman of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. He was knighted in June 2006 in recognition of his services to Sport.-References:...

    , Chair of the FA Premier League
    FA Premier League
    The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...

     and Football Foundation. For services to Sport.
  • Dr. Peter Jeffery Simpson
    Peter Jeffery Simpson
    Sir Peter Jeffrey Simpson was the President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists from 2003 to 2006. He was knighted in June 2006 for his services to the National Health Service.-References:...

    , President of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
    Royal College of Anaesthetists
    The Royal College of Anaesthetists is "the professional body responsible for the specialty of anaesthesia throughout the United Kingdom". It sets standards in anaesthesia, critical care, pain management, and for the training of anaesthetists, physician assistants - and practising critical care...

    . For services to the NHS.
  • John Michael Sunderland
    John Sunderland (businessman)
    Sir John Michael Sunderland is a British businessman who was President of the Confederation of British Industry from 2004 to 2006, where his priority was restoring confidence in business after a series of corporate scandals....

    , Chair of Cadbury Schweppes
    Cadbury Schweppes
    Cadbury is a confectionery company owned by Kraft Foods and is the industry's second-largest globally after Mars, Incorporated. Headquartered in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom, the company operates in more than 50 countries worldwide....

     and President of the Confederation of British Industry
    Confederation of British Industry
    The Confederation of British Industry is a British not for profit organisation incorporated by Royal charter which promotes the interests of its members, some 200,000 British businesses, a figure which includes some 80% of FTSE 100 companies and around 50% of FTSE 350 companies.-Role:The CBI works...

    . For services to Business.
  • Gilbert Stanley Thomas, O.B.E.. For services to Business and to Charity in Wales
    Wales
    Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

    .
  • Charles Cornelius Wheeler, C.M.G.
    Charles Wheeler (journalist)
    Sir Charles Cornelius Wheeler CMG was a British journalist and broadcaster. Having joined the BBC in 1947, he became the corporation's longest serving foreign correspondent, serving in the role until his death...

    . For services to Broadcasting and to Journalism.
  • Professor Roger Williams, Chair of the High Education Funding Council for Wales. For services to Higher Education.


Diplomatic and Overseas List
  • The Honourable Justice Lisle Austin Ward, Q.C., lately Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda
    Law of Bermuda
    The law of Bermuda is based on the common law legal system of England and Wales.-Sources of Law:* The law of England and Wales as it stood in 1620 - of all kinds: common law, equity and statute - became the law of Bermuda at that time, and it remains so to the extent that other sources have not...

    .

Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)

Military Division
Royal Navy

  • Vice Admiral Timothy Pentreath McClement, O.B.E.
    Timothy McClement
    Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Pentreath McClement KCB OBE is a former Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet.-Naval career:Educated at Douai School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, McClement joined the Royal Navy in 1971...



Civil Division
  • John Elvidge
    John Elvidge
    Sir John William Elvidge KCB is the former Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government. He was appointed in July 2003, replacing Sir Muir Russell. He retired from the post in June 2010.-Early life:...

    , Permanent Secretary
    Office of the Permanent Secretary (Scotland)
    The Office of the Permanent Secretary is a civil service department of the Scottish Government. It was, in the past, headed by the Permanent Secretary Sir John Elvidge, who replaced Sir Muir Russell in July 2003.The Office was made up of:...

     to the Scottish Executive
    Scottish Executive
    The Scottish Government is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive, from the extant Scottish Office, and the term Scottish Executive remains its legal name under the Scotland Act 1998...

    .
  • David Rowlands, C.B., Permanent Secretary to the Department for Transport
    Department for Transport
    In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland which are not devolved...

    .
  • Roger Blackmore Sands, Clerk of the House
    Clerk of the House of Commons
    The Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 of the House of Commons of England...

     and Chief Executive of the House of Commons
    British House of Commons
    The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

    .

Companions of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)

Military Division
Royal Navy

  • Rear Admiral Nicholas Henry Linton Harris, M.B.E.
    Nicholas Harris
    Rear Admiral Nicholas Henry Linton Harris CB MBE is a former Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland.-Naval career:...

  • Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Laurence Jenkins, C.V.O

Army

  • Major General David Robert Bill (496284), late Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Major General David Malcolm Howell, O.B.E. (500438), late Adjutant General Corps (Army Legal Services Branch).

Royal Air Force

  • Air Vice-Marshal Iain Walter McNicoll, C.B.E.
    Iain McNicoll
    Air Marshal Iain Walter McNicoll CB CBE FRAeS is a retired Royal Air Force officer. He was formerly Deputy Commander-in-Chief Operations, RAF Air Command.-RAF career:...

    , Royal Air Force.


Civil Division
  • Philip Richard Hernaman Allen, lately Director of Corporate Services at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
    Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
    The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom...

    .
  • John William Bacon, lately Group Director of Health and Social Care Delivery at the Department of Health
    Department of Health (United Kingdom)
    The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for government policy for health and social care matters and for the National Health Service in England along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish,...

    .
  • Jonathan Richard Bell, lately Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency
    Food Standards Agency
    The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food throughout the United Kingdom and is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest...

    .
  • Simon Brooks, Director of Macroeconomics, HM Treasury
    HM Treasury
    HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy...

    .
  • Michelle Mary Eagan, Regional Offender Manager, National Offender Management Service.
  • Thomas Baird Jeffery, Director-General of Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Education and Skills.
  • Greer Sandra Kerrigan, Legal Director of Law, Governance and the Special Policy Group at the Department for Work and Pensions
    Department for Work and Pensions
    The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and...

    .
  • Joseph Montgomery, Director-General of the Tackling Disadvantage Group at the Department for Communities and Local Government
    Department for Communities and Local Government
    The Department for Communities and Local Government is the UK Government department for communities and local government in England. It was established in May 2006 and is the successor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, established in 2001...

    .
  • Nicola Susan Munro, Head of the Development Department of the Scottish Executive
    Scottish Executive
    The Scottish Government is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive, from the extant Scottish Office, and the term Scottish Executive remains its legal name under the Scotland Act 1998...

    .
  • Christopher Peter Jayantha Muttukmara, Legal Adviser and Legal Services Director at the Department for Transport.
  • Laurence Oates, Official Solicitor and Public Trustee at the Department for Constitutional Affairs
    Department for Constitutional Affairs
    The Department for Constitutional Affairs was a United Kingdom government department. Its creation was announced on 12 June 2003 with the intention of replacing the Lord Chancellor's Department...

    .
  • David Alan Pritchard, lately Head of the Economic Development and Transport Department of the National Assembly for Wales
    National Assembly for Wales
    The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...

    .

Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (G.C.M.G.)

Diplomatic Division
  • Sir Michael Hastings Jay, K.C.M.G.
    Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme
    Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, GCMG is a former British diplomat and is currently Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission.-Education:...

    , Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    Foreign and Commonwealth Office
    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...

     and Head of the Diplomatic Service.

Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (K.C.M.G.)

Diplomatic Division
  • Richard Hugh Turton Gozney, C.M.G.
    Richard Gozney
    Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG CVO KStJ is a British career diplomat. He has been Governor and Commander in Chief of Bermuda since 12 December 2007.-Background and education:...

    , British High Commissioner
    High Commissioner
    High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...

     to Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

    .
  • Mark Justin Lyall Grant, C.M.G., British High Commissioner
    High Commissioner
    High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages.-Bilateral diplomacy:...

     to Pakistan
    Pakistan
    Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

    .

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

Civil Division
  • Gilliam Mary Anne Lambert, Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
    European Union
    The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

     in Brussels
    Brussels
    Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

    .
  • Paul Vallely
    Paul Vallely
    Paul Vallely CMG is a leading British writer on Africa and development issues. He first coined, in his seminal 1990 book Bad Samaritans: First World Ethics and Third World Debt, the expression that campaigners needed to move "from charity to justice" – a slogan that was taken up by Jubilee 2000 and...

    . For services to Journalism and to the Developing World.


Diplomatic Division
  • Timothy Earle Barrow, L.V.O., M.B.E., Counsellor of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Robert Scott Dewar
    Robert Dewar
    Robert Berriedale Keith Dewar is an American computer scientist.-Education:Dewar obtained his B.S. from the University of Chicago in 1964, and his Ph.D., also from the University of Chicago, in 1968.-Career:...

    , HM Ambassador to Ethiopia
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

    .
  • Hazel Mary Fox, Lady Fox, Q.C. (Hon.). For services to international and comparative law.
  • David George Hamilton Frost
    David Frost (British diplomat)
    David George Hamilton Frost, CMG , is a British diplomat. He is currently on loan at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills where he is Director for Europe, Trade, and International Affairs....

    , Counsellor of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Ian Charles Stewart Johnson, lately Vice-President and Head of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network at the World Bank
    World Bank
    The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...

    .
  • Julian Beresford King
    Julian King (diplomat)
    Julian Beresford King, CMG , is the British Ambassador to Ireland, appointed in September 2009, succeeding David Reddaway....

    , Political and Security Council Representative at the Office of the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
  • Edward Anthony Oakden, Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Christopher Robert Geoffrey Pagett, O.B.E., Counsellor of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Paul Raymond Sizeland, Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Robin Anthony Vincent, C.B.E., lately Registrar at the Special Court for Sierra Leone
    Special Court for Sierra Leone
    The Special Court for Sierra Leone is an independent judicial body set up to "try those who bear greatest responsibility" for the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sierra Leone after 30 November 1996 during the Sierra Leone Civil War...

    .
  • Ralph Zacklin, lately Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Secretariat
    United Nations Secretariat
    The United Nations Secretariat is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and it is headed by the United Nations Secretary-General, assisted by a staff of international civil servants worldwide. It provides studies, information, and facilities needed by United Nations bodies for...

    .

Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.)

  • Claude Dunbar Hankes-Drielsma, formerly Trustee of St. George's House, Windsor Castle
    Windsor Castle
    Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...

    .
  • Major Richard Yates Henderson, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran
    Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran
    This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland....

    .
  • Ronald Hobson. For services to charity.
  • Robert Richard Taylor, O.B.E., Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands
    Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands
    This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands since the creation of that office on 1 April 1974.*Charles Ian Finch-Knightley, 11th Earl of Aylesford 1 April 1974 – 1993* Sir Robert Richard Taylor 16 December 1993 – 2007...

    .

Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.)

  • Adam Anthony Murless Lewis, formerly Serjeant Surgeon in the Royal Household
    Royal Household
    A Royal Household in ancient and medieval monarchies formed the basis for the general government of the country as well as providing for the needs of the sovereign and his relations....

    .

Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (L.V.O.)

  • Major Barnaby Cockcroft, Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
  • Anne Frost, Lady in Waiting
    Lady in Waiting
    Lady in Waiting is the 2nd album by American southern rock band Outlaws, released in 1976. -Track listing:#"Breaker-Breaker" – 2:59#"South Carolina" – 3:05#"Ain't So Bad" – 3:48...

     to Princess Michael of Kent
    Princess Michael of Kent
    Princess Michael of Kent is an Austrian-Hungarian member of the British Royal Family. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, who is a grandson of King George V....

    .
  • Colonel Robert Shaun Longsdon, Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
  • Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu. For services to the Royal Collection
    Royal Collection
    The Royal Collection is the art collection of the British Royal Family. It is property of the monarch as sovereign, but is held in trust for her successors and the nation. It contains over 7,000 paintings, 40,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 150,000 old master prints, as well as historical...

    .
  • Christopher William Pittaway, M.V.O., RN (Retd.), Manager/Chief Pilot of The Queen's Helicopter Flight
    No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron RAF
    No. 32 Squadron of the Royal Air Force at present operates from RAF Northolt, west London, in the VIP and general air transport roles.-Formation:...

    .
  • Eric Stephen Sharp, formerly Operations Director of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
    The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
    The Duke of Edinburgh's Award , is a programme of activities that can be undertaken by anyone aged 14 to 24, regardless of personal ability....

    .
  • Captain Colin Michael Cato Stewart, formerly Assistant of the Corporation of Trinity House
    Trinity House
    The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the official General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales and other British territorial waters...

    .

Members of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)

  • Peter James George Archer, formerly Court Correspondent of the Press Association
    Press Association
    The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying multimedia news content to almost all national and regional newspapers, television and radio news, as well as many websites with text, pictures, video and data content globally...

    .
  • Tonino Bonici, R.V.M., Palace Foreman at Buckingham Palace
    Buckingham Palace
    Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...

    .
  • Antigoni Christodoulou, Clerk Comptroller of the Duke and Duchess of Kent's Household.
  • Paul Frank Cradock, Horological Conservator of the Royal Collection
    Royal Collection
    The Royal Collection is the art collection of the British Royal Family. It is property of the monarch as sovereign, but is held in trust for her successors and the nation. It contains over 7,000 paintings, 40,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 150,000 old master prints, as well as historical...

    .
  • Philip Shaun Croasdale, R.V.M., Standards and Training Manager in the Master of the Household
    Master of the Household
    The Master of the Household is the operational head of the "below stairs" elements of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom...

    's Department.
  • Chief Inspector Richard James Curtis, Norfolk Constabulary
    Norfolk Constabulary
    Norfolk Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for the county of Norfolk in England. As of March 2009 the force had a strength of 1,668 police officers, 243 Special Constables, 277 PCSOs and just over 1,300 police staff.-History:...

    . For services to Royalty Protection.
  • Mark Fromont, R.V.M., Premier Chef of the Royal Household.
  • Lucinda Gooch, Retail and Publishing Co-ordinator of the Royal Collection.
  • Andrew Mark Holt, Building Surveyor on the Sandringham
    Sandringham House
    Sandringham House is a country house on of land near the village of Sandringham in Norfolk, England. The house is privately owned by the British Royal Family and is located on the royal Sandringham Estate, which lies within the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-History and current...

     Estate.
  • Mary Angela Kelly, Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to The Queen.
  • Vivienne Bowen Morgan, Director of The Prince's Trust
    The Prince's Trust
    The Prince's Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by Charles, Prince of Wales to help young people. They run a range of training programmes, provide mentoring support and offer financial grants to build the confidence and motivation of disadvantaged young people...

     in Carmarthenshire
    Carmarthenshire
    Carmarthenshire is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. It is the 3rd largest in Wales. Its three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford...

    .
  • Wing Commander Richard Edward George Pattle, Royal Air Force, formerly Equerry
    Equerry
    An equerry , and related to the French word "écuyer" ) is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon a Sovereign, a member of a Royal Family, or a national...

     to The Prince of Wales
    Charles, Prince of Wales
    Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...

     and The Duchess of Cornwall
    Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall
    Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall is the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and is the current holder of the titles of Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay and Countess of Chester...

    .
  • Terence Alan Pendry, B.E.M., Stud Groom and Manager of the Royal Mews
    Royal Mews
    A Royal Mews is a mews of the British Royal Family. In London the Royal Mews has occupied two main sites, formerly at Charing Cross, and since the 1820s at Buckingham Palace....

    , Windsor Castle
    Windsor Castle
    Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...

    .
  • Jane Pithers, formerly Personnel Manager of the Crown Estate
    Crown Estate
    In the United Kingdom, the Crown Estate is a property portfolio owned by the Crown. Although still belonging to the monarch and inherent with the accession of the throne, it is no longer the private property of the reigning monarch and cannot be sold by him/her, nor do the revenues from it belong...

    , Windsor.
  • Inspector Carol Alexandra Quirk, Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
  • Lynette Joyce Randall, Head of Savill Gardens, Crown Estate, Windsor Great Park
    Windsor Great Park
    Windsor Great Park is a large deer park of , to the south of the town of Windsor on the border of Berkshire and Surrey in England. The park was, for many centuries, the private hunting ground of Windsor Castle and dates primarily from the mid-13th century...

    .
  • Sergeant Dominic Charles Ryan
    Dominic Ryan
    Dominic Ryan is an Irish professional rugby union player for Lansdowne RFC and Leinster. Ryan made his senior debut for Leinster in the Magners League in late 2009. He made his first appearance in the Heineken Cup against Saracens in January 2011, scoring two tries...

    , Metropolitan Police. For services to Royalty Protection.
  • Brian Alan Ernest Stanley, R.V.M.
    Brian Stanley
    Brian Stanley is an Irish Sinn Féin politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála for the Laois–Offaly constituency at the 2011 general election, after the 7th count. He serves as Sinn Féin's Spokesperson on Environment, Community and Local Government...

    , Stud Groom of the Royal Paddocks, Hampton Court.
  • Susan Elaine Welch, Secretary in the Lieutenancy Office, Derbyshire
    Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire
    This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Since 1689, all the Lord Lieutenants have also been Custos Rotulorum of Derbyshire.*Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon...

    .
  • Norma Mae Blossom Wynter, Personal Secretary to the Governor-General of Jamaica
    Governor-General of Jamaica
    The Governor-General of Jamaica represents the Jamaican monarch, and head of state, who holds the title of King or Queen of Jamaica ....

    .

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

  • Edward George Reginald Charlett, R.V.M., Groom of the Vestry of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal
    Chapel Royal
    A Chapel Royal is a body of priests and singers who serve the spiritual needs of their sovereign wherever they are called upon to do so.-Austria:...

    , St. James's Palace
    St. James's Palace
    St. James's Palace is one of London's oldest palaces. It is situated in Pall Mall, just north of St. James's Park. Although no sovereign has resided there for almost two centuries, it has remained the official residence of the Sovereign and the most senior royal palace in the UK...

    .
  • Keith Howard Griffiths, R.V.M.
    Keith Griffiths
    Keith Griffiths is a former English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Griffiths began his playing career with Rhyl before joining hometown club Chester in the summer of 1955 along with John Devine...

    , Courier of the Royal Household.
  • Anthony Albert Harrowsmith, R.V.M., formerly Chief Woodman of the Crewe Survey of the Duchy of Lancaster
    Duchy of Lancaster
    The Duchy of Lancaster is one of the two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Cornwall. It is held in trust for the Sovereign, and is used to provide income for the use of the British monarch...

    .
  • John Trodden Kerr, R.V.M., Leading Palace Attendant at Windsor Castle.
  • Roger Edward Standen, R.V.M., Senior Housekeeping Assistant at Buckingham Palace.

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver)

  • Colin Richard Cartwright, formerly Lay Clerk of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • Trevor John Craddock, Lay Clerk of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
  • Stephen Cuthbert, Gamekeeper on the Sandringham Estate.
  • Karl Patrick Dennis, Forestry Worker on the Sandringham Estate.
  • Avrille Janette Cranston Dent, Deputy Housekeeper of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
  • Rachel Ann Jane Gordon, Assistant Housekeeper of Windsor Castle.
  • William Allan Henderson, Page of the Backstairs
    Page of the Backstairs
    A Page of the Backstairs is a senior servant of the British Royal Household who personally attends to the Sovereign and/or spouse ....

    , Master of the Household's Department.
  • Robert Stephen Jones, Palace Attendant at Buckingham Palace
  • Thomas Robert Peggie, Senior Painter on the Balmoral
    Balmoral Castle
    Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and east of Braemar. Balmoral has been one of the residences of the British Royal Family since 1852, when it was purchased by Queen Victoria and her...

     Estate.
  • Stephen John Read, Horticulturist/Steward of Thatched House Lodge
    Thatched House Lodge
    Thatched House Lodge is a royal residence in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England.The main house has six reception rooms and six bedrooms, and it stands in four acres of grounds. The gardens include an eighteenth-century two-room thatched summer house which gave the main...

    .
  • John Leonard Reed, Stud Hand of the Royal Studs at Sandringham.
  • Russell Peter Sturgess, Forestry Team Supervisor on the Crown Estate, Windsor.

Order of the Companions of Honour
Order of the Companions of Honour
The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V in June 1917, as a reward for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion....

 

Diplomatic and Overseas List
  • Professor Anthony James Pawson, O.C.
    Anthony Pawson
    Anthony 'Tony' James Pawson, OC, OOnt, CH, FRS, FRSC , British-born Canadian scientist whose research has revolutionized the understanding of signal transduction, the molecular mechanisms by which cells respond to external cues, and how they communicate with each other...

     For services to genetic science
    Genetics
    Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....

     and cancer research
    Cancer research
    Cancer research is basic research into cancer in order to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatments and cure....

    .

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.)

Civil Division
  • Professor Hazel Gillian Genn, C.B.E.
    Hazel Genn
    Dame Hazel Gillian Genn, DBE, QC , FBA is a leading authority on civil justice whose work has had a major influence on policy-makers around the world, and is currently Dean of the Faculty of Laws, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London.- Public service :Professor Genn is a...

    , Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at University College London
    University College London
    University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...

    . For services to Civil Justice.
  • Professor Carole Jordan
    Carole Jordan
    Professor Dame Carole Jordan, DBE, FRS, FInstP, was the first ever female president of the Royal Astronomical Society. She was also only the third female recipient of its Gold Medal .-Education:Carole Jordan was educated at Harrow County Grammar School for Girls and at University College London...

    , Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics (Theoretical Physics), University of Oxford
    University of Oxford
    The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

    . For services to Physics and Astronomy.
  • Professor Janet Laughland Nelson, Professor of Medieval History, King's College London
    King's College London
    King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...

    . For services to History.
  • Dr Ruth Muldoon Silver, C.B.E.
    Ruth Silver
    Dame Dr. Ruth Muldoon Silver, DBE is a British educator.Ruth Silver was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was the Principal of Lewisham College, was chair of the Working Men's College governing board from 2002 to 2005, and, at 2010, is the chair of The Learning and Skills Improvement Service , a...

    , Principal of Lewisham College
    Lewisham College
    Lewisham College is a further education college in Lewisham, south-east London.Lewisham College is located in the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London. The college comprise campuses in Lewisham Way, New Cross and at Deptford Church Street...

    . For services to Further Education.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

Civil Division
  • Apolo Dean. For services to the Church and public service.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

Civil Division
  • Tupa Urirau Tupa. For services to health and the community.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Civil Division
  • June Margaret Baudinet. For services to sports, business and the community.
  • Vereara Maeva-Taripo. For services to women, the Cook Islands Association for Non-Government Organisation and public service.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)

Civil Division
  • Bishop Emeritus Sydney Charles. For community service.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

Civil Division
  • Irwin Ollivierre. For services to education.
  • Helena Ross. For services to education.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

Civil Division

British Empire Medal

Civil Division
  • Otterson Frederick. For services to fishing.
  • Rose Hall. For community service.
  • Leo St. John. For services to fishing.

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

Civil Division
  • Francis Billy Hilly
    Francis Billy Hilly
    Francis Billy Hilly CMG is a Solomon Islands politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands from 18 June 1993 to 7 November 1994. He represented the Ranogga/Simbo Constituency in the National Parliament from 1976 to 1984, and has represented the constituency again since 1993...

    . For services to community development.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E)

Civil Division
  • The Reverend Aaron Bea. For services to church and community development.

Officers of the Order British Empire (O.B.E)

Civil Division
  • David Leslie Hayward. For services to commerce and sports development.
  • John Smith Pitabelama. For services to sport, police and public service.
  • Dr. Cecil Wilson Waketaku. For services to medical and health services.

Members of the Order British Empire (M.B.E)

Civil Division
  • Father Benedict Gairmane. For services to church and community development.
  • Stephen Tonafalea. For services to politics, church and community development.
  • Dudley Wate. For services to agriculture and community development..
  • The Reverend George Agava Zama. For services to education and church and community development.

Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)

Civil Division
  • Suzie Agnes-Ida D'Auvergne. For services to the judiciary.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

Civil Division
  • Emma Hippolyte. For services to the government and public service.
  • Velon Leo John
    Velon John
    Velon Leo John OBE is a Saint Lucian politician who represented the Laborie constituency for the Saint Lucia Labour Party. He served as the Minister for Labour Relations, Public Service and Co-operatives. He stood down before the general election of 11 December 2006.-References:...

    . For services to the public and the community.

Members of the Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)

Civil Division
  • Victor Aloysius Alexander Eudoxie. For services to banking.
  • Wilbert King. For public service.
  • Dr. Charles Keith Scotland. For services to the field of veterinary surgery.
  • Winston Andrew Taylor. For public service.

British Empire Medal (B.E.M.)

Civil Division
  • Victor Archie Edward. For services to agriculture.
  • Philson Leonard Joseph. For services to agriculture.

The New Zealand Order Of Merit Additional Principal Companion

Mr Anand Satyanand
Anand Satyanand
Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ was the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand. He previously worked as a lawyer, judge and ombudsman.-Early life and family:...

 
D.C.N.Z.M., Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
Governor-General Designate.

The New Zealand Order Of Merit Distinguished Companion

Mrs Christine Cole Catley
Christine Cole Catley
Dame Christine McKelvie Cole Catley, DNZM, QSM was a New Zealand journalist, publisher and author. In 2006 she was awarded the Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature...

 
Q.S.M., North Shore City  For services to literature.
Dr Sidney Moko Mead
Sidney Moko Mead
Sir Sidney Moko Haerewa Mead, KNZM is a New Zealand anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher, writer and prominent Māori leader. Initially training as a teacher and artist, Mead taught in many schools in the East Coast and Bay of Plenty regions, and later served as principal of several schools...

 
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to education and the Māori people.
Mr Noel Stuart Robinson  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to business and the community.
Air Marshal Bruce Reid Ferguson  O.B.E. A.F.C.
Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)
The Air Force Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy"...

 
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
(M83823) (Retired) of Wellington. For services to the New Zealand Defence Force, lately as Chief of Defence Force.

C.N.Z.M

Dr Marie Bell
Marie Bell
Marie Bell , born Marie-Jeanne Bellon, was a French tragedian, comic actor and stage director. She was the director of the Théâtre du Gymnase in Paris from 1962 onwards, and this theatre now bears her name....

 
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to early childhood education.
Mr Richard John Bentley  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to business, education and the community.
Mr Peter John Cartwright  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For public services and services to the community.
Mrs Mary Frances Hackett  Mt Maunganui  For services to health administration and business.
Mr Michael James Bowie (Jock) Hobbs  M.N.Z.M., Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to rugby and sports administration.
Professor Emeritus Alick Charles Kibblewhite  North Shore City  For services to marine science and education.
Mr Andrew James Duncan Laing  O.B.E., Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For services to sport.
Dr Ian Dallas Leggat  Q.S.O.  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to education and the community.
The Honourable Colin Maurice Nicholson  Q.C.  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services as a Judge of the High Court of New Zealand.
Dr Karen Olive Poutasi  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to health administration, lately as Director General of Health.
Dr Linda Evelyn Sissons  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to tertiary education.
Mrs Lynette Merle Stewart  Whangarei
Whangarei
Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...

 
For services to health administration.
Dr James Douglas Watson  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to scientific and medical research.
Air Vice-Marshal
Air Vice-Marshal
Air vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...

 John Henry Staples Hamilton 
O.N.Z.M., M.V.O  (T84772) (Retired) Wellington. For services to the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

O.N.Z.M

Mr Norman Matheson Beaumont  Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For services to photography and the community.
Professor James Christopher Belich  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to historical research.
Associate Professor Dorothy Anne Bray  Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For services to medical research.
Brenda Margaret Cutress  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to business and the community.
Ms Caterina Maria De Nave  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to television and film.
Mr Gareth Farr
Gareth Farr
Gareth Vincent Farr ONZM is a New Zealand composer and percussionist. He has released a number of classical CDs and composed a number of works performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Royal New Zealand Ballet...

 
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to music and entertainment.
Ms Fay Freeman  J.P. North Shore City  For services to netball and sports administration.
Mr Peter Gerald Gillespie  Palmerston North
Palmerston North
Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...

 
For services to business and sport.
Mr Charles Raymond Henwood  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to film and the theatre.
Mr Tama Turanga Huata  Hastings
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....

 
For services to Māori performing arts.
Mr Donald Henderson McRae  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to architecture and the community.
Mrs Elizabeth Helen McRae  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to the theatre.
Sister Margaret Anne Mills  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to the community.
Faipule Ionatana Galway O’Brien  Fakaofo Village, Tokelau  For services to the Tokelau Islands.
Lieutenant Commander Allisteir Ian Hughes Paterson  R.N.Z.N  (Retired) Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to literature.
Mr Charles Jonathan Pope  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to business.
Emeritus Professor Alastair Gardner Rothwell  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to musculoskeletal medicine.
Ms Te Paekiomeka Joy (Pae) Ruha  Q.S.M.  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to Māori.
Professor Ronald Andrew Sharp  London, United Kingdom  (lately of Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

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For services to political science.
Mr Malcolm Tukino Short  Rotorua
Rotorua
Rotorua is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns...

 
For services to Māori.
Dr Brent Edward Stanley  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to dentistry.
Mr George Gregory Taylor  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to education.
Ms Renée Gertrude Taylor  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to literature and drama.
Mr James Edward Traue  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to the library profession.
Faipule Pio Iosefo Tuia  Nukunonu Village, Tokelau  For services to the Tokelau Islands.
Mr Jonathan Falefasa (Tana) Umaga  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

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Dr Peter Wardle  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to plant ecology
Plant ecology
Plant ecology is a subdiscipline of ecology which studies the distribution and abundance of plants, the interactions among and between members of plant species, and their interactions with their environment...

.
Dr Lydia Joyce Wevers  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to literature.
Brigadier Kenneth Eric Foote  E.D  (A738974) New Zealand Army Territorial Force.

M.N.Z.M.

Mr Andrew Ralph Adamson  Los Angeles, United States of America  For services to film.
Mr John Kenneth Ash  Waitomo Caves
Waitomo Caves
The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti. The community of Waitomo Caves itself is very small, though the village has many temporary service workers...

 
For services to tourism.
Ms Linda Mary Beck  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to people with disabilities.
Ms Katerina Barbara (Kitty) Bennett  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to Māori.
Mrs Judith Ann Blair  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to netball.
Mr Alastair Dawson (Sandy) Bull  Gisborne
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

 
For services to conservation.
Mr Douglas George Caldwell  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to jazz music.
Mr Roderick Collin (Ric) Carlyon  J.P. Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to broadcasting and the community.
Dr Garth Alan Carnaby  Lincoln
Lincoln, New Zealand
Lincoln is a town in the Selwyn District of Canterbury, New Zealand. The town has a population of 2,727.-Location:It is located on the Canterbury Plains to the west of Banks Peninsula, 22 kilometres south of Christchurch.-History:...

 
For services to the wool industry.
Mr Peter Coupland Chandler  Waitomo Caves
Waitomo Caves
The Waitomo Caves are a village and cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 kilometres northwest of Te Kuiti. The community of Waitomo Caves itself is very small, though the village has many temporary service workers...

 
For services to tourism.
Mr Martin Allen Clements  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to the fruit industry.
Mr Gordon Sydney Collier  Taupo
Taupo
Taupo is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region....

 
For services to horticulture.
Mr Raymond James Cranch  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to sport, especially rugby league.
Mr George Leslie Alfred Day  Manukau City  For services to horticulture.
Vera Egermayer  Prague, Czech Republic  For services to New Zealand interests in the Czech Republic.
Professor Cynthia Margaret Farquhar  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to women’s health.
Mr John Paterson Garden  Roxburgh
Roxburgh
Roxburgh , also known as Rosbroch, is a village, civil parish and now-destroyed royal burgh. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland...

 
For services to science and farming.
Ms Sara Georgeson  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to people with disabilities.
Mrs Annie Anitewhatanga Hare  J.P. Whakatane
Whakatane
Whakatane is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region, in the North Island of New Zealand, and is the seat of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Whakatane is 90 km east of Tauranga and 89 km north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatane River.The town has a population of , with...

 
For services to Māori.
Dr Jane Elizabeth Harman  North Shore City  For services to food science and technology.
Dr Bruce William Hayward  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to earth science and conservation.
The Reverend Tevita Kilifi Heimuli  Q.S.M. J.P.
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 
Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to the community.
Mr Colin Duncan Hitchcock  North Shore City  New Zealand Customs Service. For services to the New Zealand Customs Service and conservation.
Mr Thomas Elger Inglis  Motueka
Motueka
The town of Motueka in the South Island of New Zealand lies close to the mouth of the Motueka River, on the western shore of Tasman Bay. It is, after Nelson and Richmond, the third largest centre in the Tasman Region, with a population of 7125...

 
For services to the hop industry.
Mr Trevor John Cornwall Joy  Blenheim
Blenheim, New Zealand
Blenheim is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the regional council. It has a population of The area which surrounds the town is well known as a centre of New Zealand's wine industry...

 
For services to civil aviation.
Mrs Leaupepe Elisapeta Karalus  J.P. Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 
For services to the Pacific Islands community.
Mr Dex George Knowles  New Plymouth
New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....

 
For services to resource management.
Ms Jane Elizabeth Lancaster  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to agricultural and horticultural research.
Ms Maia Ann Mereana Lewis  Porirua City  For services to women's cricket.
Mr Arthur Richard Lockwood  Palmerston North
Palmerston North
Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...

 
For services to returned services personnel.
Mr Edward Robert (Eddie) Low  Whangarei
Whangarei
Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...

 
For services to music.
Ms Sally Ann Markham  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to the arts.
Ms Jennie Margaret McCormick  Manukau City  For services to astronomy.
Mr Bradley Spencer McGann  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to the film industry.
Ms Vivienne Jennifer McLean (née North) Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For services to music.
Mr Tawera Nikau
Tawera Nikau
Tawera Nuieia Nikau is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative forward, he played club football at a number of different clubs in New Zealand, England and Australia during his career, including the Melbourne Storm's victory...

 
Huntly
Huntly, New Zealand
Huntly is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is on State Highway 1, 93 kilometres south of Auckland and 35 kilometres north of Hamilton. It is situated on the North Island Main Trunk Railway and straddles the Waikato River.Huntly was called Rahui Pokeka when...

 
For services to rugby league and the community.
Mr Robin David Odams  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For services to roading.
Mrs Dorothy Joan Pilkington  Napier
Napier, New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

 
For services to conservation.
Associate Professor Roger John Pitchforth  Paraparaumu Beach
Paraparaumu Beach
Paraparaumu Beach is situated to the west of the 'township' of Paraparaumu, located 50 km north of Wellington, New Zealand. The area overlooks Kapiti Island....

 
For services to dispute resolution.
Mrs Janette Elizabeth Pratt  Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 
For services to education.
Mr Barry Charles Prior  J.P. Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 
For services to the community.
Mr Mervyn Stanley Rosser  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to tertiary education and the community.
Mr Gordon Frank Sanderson  J.P. Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For services to people with visual impairments.
Dr Elizabeth Rae Segedin  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to children’s health.
Mr Arthur Te Takinga Smallman  J.P. Turangi
Turangi
Turangi is a small town on the west bank of the Tongariro River, 50 kilometres south-west of Taupo on the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand. It was built to accommodate the workers associated with the Tongariro hydro-electric power development project and their families...

 
For services to the community.
Mr Keith Fraser Storey  Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it...

 
For services to the dairy industry and the community.
Mr David Edward Tunnicliffe  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For services to Parliament.
Mrs Evelyn Awhina Waaka  Napier
Napier, New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

 
For services to education.
Mr Denis Alfred Warren  Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 
For services to returned services personnel and the community.
Mr Raymond Richard Waru  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For services to radio and television.
Mrs Barbara Elizabeth Wheadon  North Shore City  For services to sport.
Mr Ian Robert Hugh Whitwell  Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For services to conservation.
Chief Petty Officer Combat System Specialist Alyson Rachel Douglas  (D102859)
Lieutenant Colonel Justin Scott Emerson  (L991586) New Zealand Army Legal Service.
Major Robert Shane Krushka  (G56011) Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.

O.N.Z.M Additional

Major Robert Brian Gillard  (G991582) Royal New Zealand Engineers.

M.N.Z.M. Additional

Captain Charles Scott Monteiro  (F1000804) (Retired) Royal New Zealand Engineers.
Staff Sergeant Troy Elliott Perano  (M56384) New Zealand Special Air Service.

O.N.Z.M Honorary

Bernard Pierre Louis Lapasset  Paris, France  For services to France - New Zealand relations.

Q.S.O.

Mrs Judith Anne Tiahuia Abraham  Wanganui
Wanganui
Whanganui , also spelled Wanganui, is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region....

 
For Community Service
Mr John Gordon Armstrong  J.P. New Plymouth
New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....

 
For Community Service
Mrs Mollie McGrade Clark  J.P. Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For Community Service
Mr Ishwar Ganda  J.P. Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Gloria June Ombler  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 (lately of Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

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For Community Service
Ms Ailsa Crawford Stewart  Wanganui
Wanganui
Whanganui , also spelled Wanganui, is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region....

 
For Community Service
The Very Reverend Charles Robert Tyrrell  Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....

 
For Community Service
Mr Falaniko Iosefo Aukuso  Apia, Samoa
Apia, Samoa
-Administration:Apia is part of the Tuamasaga political district and of election district Vaimauga West and Faleata East. There is no city administration for Apia. Apia consists of some 45 individual, independent villages...

 
For Public Services
Dr William James Ballantine  M.B.E.  Warkworth, New Zealand
Warkworth, New Zealand
Warkworth is a town in the upper North Island of New Zealand, within the Rodney District and lying at the far north of the Auckland Region but just south of the Northland Region...

 
For Public Services
Dr David Michael Joseph Barry  Hastings
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....

 
For Public Services
Dr Alison Joy Dixon  Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For Public Services
Dr Robin James Dunlop  Masterton
Masterton
Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...

 
For Public Services
Professor Lynnette Robin Ferguson  Waitakere City  For Public Services
Judge Michael Frederick Hobbs  J.P. Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...

 
For Public Services
Mr Stephen Edward Long  Porirua City  For Public Services
Mr Lionel John Wood  Kaikoura
Kaikoura
Kaikoura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 180 km north of Christchurch.Kaikoura became the first local authority to reach the Green Globe tourism certification standard....

 
For Public Services

Q.S.M.

Mrs Kathleen Marie Barry  Hastings
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....

 
For Community Service
Mr James Henry Douglas Bond  Taihape
Taihape
Taihape is the Northern gateway town of the Rangitikei District, located near the middle of the North Island of New Zealand. It services a large rural community and lies on State Highway 1, which runs through the centre of the North Island.- Economy :...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Aileen Lorraine Buchanan  Taupo
Taupo
Taupo is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region....

 
For Community Service
Mr William Leicester Buckingham  Levin, New Zealand
Levin, New Zealand
Levin is a town in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand, and is the largest town in the Horowhenua district. It is 90 kilometres north of Wellington, 50 kilometres south of Palmerston North, and two kilometres to the east of Lake Horowhenua....

 
For Community Service
Mrs Susan Hayward Cathro  Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For Community Service
Mr John Edward Cunningham  J.P. New Plymouth
New Plymouth
New Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....

 
For Community Service
Mrs June Perham Douglas  Otorohanga
Otorohanga
Otorohanga is a north King Country town at the southern end of the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 53 kilometres south of Hamilton and 18 kilometres north of Te Kuiti, on the Waipa River...

 
For Community Service
Mr Geoffrey Charles Goodall  Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

 
For Community Service
Mr Malcolm Arthur Hahn  Waitakere City  For Community Service
Mrs Shirley Anne Hazlewood  Kaponga
Kaponga
Kaponga is a small town in the southern part of the Taranaki region of New Zealand. It is known as "The Gateway to Dawson's Falls" on Mount Taranaki/Egmont. Kaponga is located inland from Manaia and Eltham, and is on the main road connecting Eltham to Opunake. Opunaki is 26 km to the west and...

 
For Community Service
Mr Brian Edward Henaghan  Waitakere City  For Community Service
Ms Patricia Ellen Greville Henderson Watt  Whangarei
Whangarei
Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Kay Maree Ingley  J.P. Waitakere City  For Community Service
Mrs Rosemary Jones  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For Community Service
Mr Mohammed Zabid Iqbal (Javed) Khan  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For Community Service
Mr Ross Wootten Macdonald  Wanganui
Wanganui
Whanganui , also spelled Wanganui, is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region....

 
For Community Service
Mrs Margaret Ann Mahoney  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Yvonne Claire Matson  Manukau City  For Community Service
Mr Leslie William McFadden  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
For Community Service
Ms Carolina Anne Meikle  Port Chalmers
Port Chalmers
Port Chalmers is a suburb and the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, with a population of 3,000. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast from Dunedin's city centre....

 
For Community Service
Mrs Henriette Nakhle  Manukau City  For Community Service
Mr Colin Matthew Neil  Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Valerie Margaret Poszeluk  Napier
Napier, New Zealand
Napier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Shona Dorothy Purves  Tauranga
Tauranga
Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

 
For Community Service
Mr Nanu Ranchhod  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
For Community Service
The Reverend Te Wiki Tamaho Rawiri  the Bay of Islands  For Community Service
Mr Horace Victor Shankland  Warkworth, New Zealand
Warkworth, New Zealand
Warkworth is a town in the upper North Island of New Zealand, within the Rodney District and lying at the far north of the Auckland Region but just south of the Northland Region...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Marlene Alison Rosa Shrubshall  J.P. North Shore City  For Community Service
Mr Alfred Silberstein  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Ann Christine Stokes  Darfield
Darfield, New Zealand
Darfield is a town in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 35 kilometres west from the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand on State Highway 73 and the town is on the Midland railway line, route of the famous TranzAlpine train service...

 
For Community Service
Mr Dinesh Tailor  J.P. Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Noeline Margaret Tainui  Hokitika  For Community Service
Mrs Paeroa Lavinia Wharekauri (Rawinia) Te Kani  Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne, New Zealand
-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Sara Turepu-Murray  Porirua City  For Community Service
Mrs Maria Whakatiki Waiwai  Wairoa
Wairoa
Wairoa is a town in New Zealand's North Island. It is the northernmost town in the Hawke's Bay region, and is located on the northern shore of Hawke Bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and to the west of Mahia Peninsula...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Pamela Joan Warren  Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
For Community Service
Pauline Winifred Wilson  Ashburton, New Zealand
Ashburton, New Zealand
Ashburton is a town and district in the Canterbury Region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the third-largest centre in Canterbury, after Christchurch and Timaru. The area around Ashburton is frequently referred to as Mid Canterbury, which is also the name of the...

 
For Community Service
Mr Alister George Young  E.D.
Efficiency Decoration
The Efficiency Decoration is a defunct medal of Britain and the Commonwealth awarded for long service in the Territorial Army of the UK, the Indian Volunteer Forces and Colonial Auxiliary Forces....

, J.P.
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

,
Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...

 
For Community Service
Mrs Fiona Siu Fun Yuen  J.P. Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
For Community Service
Mr James Leonard Anderson  Rotorua
Rotorua
Rotorua is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns...

 
Lately Chief Fire Officer, Te Kuiti
Te Kuiti
Te Kuiti is a small town in the south of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of State Highways 3 and 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, 80 km south of Hamilton....

 Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service
New Zealand Fire Service
The New Zealand Fire Service is New Zealand's national fire fighting body. While its founding legislation, the Fire Service Act 1975, only provides for this role, the organisation has assumed responsibility for several other areas.-Strategic Direction:The New Zealand Fire Service has defined for...

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Mr Franciscus Emilius Alfons Rosalia Baetens  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
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Mr Hubert David Edward Brooke  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
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Mr Peter Robin Cooke  J.P. Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
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Mrs Anne Sandra L’Huillier Corbett  Drury, New Zealand
Drury, New Zealand
Drury is a rural town near Auckland, in northern New Zealand. Located 36 kilometres to the south of Auckland CBD, under authority of the Auckland Council. Drury lies at the southern border of the Auckland metropolitan area, 12 kilometres to the northeast of Pukekohe, close to the Papakura Channel,...

 
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Mr Peter Cotton  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
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Luke Mikaire Crawford  Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
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Mr David Werner Donaldson  Rotorua
Rotorua
Rotorua is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns...

 
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The Reverend John Anthony Elvidge  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
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Mr Alan Jephson Howard Empson  Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it...

 
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Mr Keith Raymond Henderson  Mataura
Mataura
Mataura is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Mataura has a meat processing plant, and until 2000 it was the site of a large pulp and paper mill....

 
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Brian William Hewett  Invercargill
Invercargill
Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. It lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains on the Oreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff,...

 
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Mrs Valarie June Hoogerbrugge  J.P. Taupo
Taupo
Taupo is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region....

 
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Dr Michael Lesslie Hucks  Taupo
Taupo
Taupo is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region....

 
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Mrs Claire Elizabeth Hurst  Hikurangi
Hikurangi
Hikurangi is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The city of Whangarei is 17 km to the south, and Kawakawa is 39 km northwest. The Glenbervie Forest is southeast of the settlement. State Highway 1 once passed through the town, but now bypasses it to the west. Mount Hikurangi is a...

 
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Mr Dalton Leo Kelly  Waikanae
Waikanae
Waikanae is a small town on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast. The name is a Māori word meaning "The waters of the yellow eyed mullet". Another settlement called Waikanae Beach exists near Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand....

 
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Mrs Marlene Maude Lamb  J.P. Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

 
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Mr Lesley William Russell Langdon  Ashburton, New Zealand
Ashburton, New Zealand
Ashburton is a town and district in the Canterbury Region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the third-largest centre in Canterbury, after Christchurch and Timaru. The area around Ashburton is frequently referred to as Mid Canterbury, which is also the name of the...

 
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Mr Murray Ronald Lints  J.P. Whangarei
Whangarei
Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...

 
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Mr William Harry Albert Lloyd  Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
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Mr Murray John Mitchell  J.P. Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 
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Mr Kihi Ngatai  Tauranga
Tauranga
Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

 
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Mrs Mabel Maria Hokimate Ngatai  J.P. Tauranga
Tauranga
Tauranga is the most populous city in the Bay of Plenty region, in the North Island of New Zealand.It was settled by Europeans in the early 19th century and was constituted as a city in 1963...

 
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Mrs Helen Blanche Haumihiata O’Shea  J.P. Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island is a large island of New Zealand, situated to the north-east of central Auckland in the outer Hauraki Gulf. With an area of it is the fourth-largest island of New Zealand's main chain of islands, with its highest point, Mount Hobson, rising...

 
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Mr Ivor Moir Reid  Masterton
Masterton
Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...

 
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Mr Tihema Hamiora Ripi  North Shore City  For Public Services
Mr John Joseph Thomas Sheahan  Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...

 
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New Zealand Fire Service
The New Zealand Fire Service is New Zealand's national fire fighting body. While its founding legislation, the Fire Service Act 1975, only provides for this role, the organisation has assumed responsibility for several other areas.-Strategic Direction:The New Zealand Fire Service has defined for...

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Mrs Magdalena Joanna Maria Van Gils  Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
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Mr Colin Vlietstra  Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

 
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New Zealand Police
The New Zealand Police is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand...

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Mr Gary David Weaver  Waipukurau
Waipukurau
Waipukurau , also known as Ypuk, is the largest town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 50 kilometres southwest of Hastings on the banks of the Tukituki River....

 
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New Zealand Fire Service
The New Zealand Fire Service is New Zealand's national fire fighting body. While its founding legislation, the Fire Service Act 1975, only provides for this role, the organisation has assumed responsibility for several other areas.-Strategic Direction:The New Zealand Fire Service has defined for...

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Mrs Gillian Anne Williams  Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....

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Greymouth
Greymouth is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coast's inhabitants...

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