Birthday Honours 2008
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The Birthday Honours 2008 for the Commonwealth Realms were announced in June 2008, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 2008.
The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to 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.
Diplomatic and Overseas List
Civil Division
Diplomatic Division
Diplomatic and Overseas List
The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to 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
- Dr. James Anderson, CBE. For public and voluntary service.
- William AtkinsonWilliam Atkinson (teacher)Sir William Atkinson is a head teacher who 'turned around' Phoenix High School, a secondary school near White City. He also contributed to Channel 4's The Unteachables, and was the inspiration behind Lenny Henry's character in the 1999 BBC TV series Hope and Glory.-References:...
, Headteacher, Phoenix High SchoolPhoenix High School, LondonPhoenix High School is a secondary school near White City, London, England. In 2003 it had 759 students, of whom 429 were boys.In 1994 the school had been placed in special measures and was listed as one of the eight most challenging schools in England...
, Hammersmith and Fulham, London. For services to Education and to Community Relations. - Trevor Lloyd Baker, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to the National Health Service in the West Midlands
- Rt. Hon. Alan BeithAlan BeithSir Alan James Beith is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed.-Early life:Alan Beith was born in 1943 in Poynton, in Cheshire...
, MP, Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Berwick-upon-TweedBerwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
. For services to Parliament. - Professor Drummond Bone, F.R.S.E., Vice-Chancellor, University of LiverpoolUniversity of LiverpoolThe University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
. For services to Higher Education and to Regeneration in the North West. - Professor Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards. For services to Higher Education, Medical Science and to Regeneration in the North East.
- Mark Philip Elder CBEMark ElderSir Mark Philip Elder, CBE is a British conductor. He is the music director of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England.-Biography:Elder was born in Hexham, Northumberland, England, the son of a dentist...
, Conductor and Music Director, The Hallé OrchestraThe HalléThe Hallé is a symphony orchestra based in Manchester, England. It is the UK's oldest extant symphony orchestra , supports a choir, youth choir and a youth orchestra, and releases its recordings on its own record label, though it has occasionally released recordings on Angel Records and EMI...
. For services to Music. - Leonard Raymond Fenwick, C.B.E., Chief Executive, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Healthcare and to the community in Tyne and Wear.
- Dr. Philip John Hunter, C.B.E., Chief Schools Adjudicator. For services to Education.
- Moir Lockhead OBEMoir LockheadSir Moir Lockhead OBE is an English businessman and has been Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of UK transport group FirstGroup since its formation in 1995...
, Chief Executive, FirstGroup. For services to Transport. - Professor Andrew James McMichael, F.R.S., Professor of Molecular Medicine and Director, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. For services to Medical Science.
- William Moorcroft, Principal, Trafford CollegeTrafford CollegeTrafford College is a further education college in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.It was formed with the merger of North Trafford College and South Trafford College in 2007. The college has four branches...
. For services to local and national Further Education. - William Desmond Sargent, C.B.E., Executive Chair, Better Regulation Executive, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. For services to Business.
- Michael John Snyder. For services to Business and to the City of London Corporation.
- Paul Robert Stephenson QPMPaul Stephenson (police officer)Sir Paul Robert Stephenson, QPM was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, 2009-2011, the most senior police officer within the United Kingdom....
, Deputy CommissionerDeputy Commissioner of Police of the MetropolisThe Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly referred to simply as the Deputy Commissioner, is the second-in-command of London's Metropolitan Police Service. The rank is senior to Assistant Commissioner, but junior by one rank to Commissioner...
, Metropolitan Police ServiceMetropolitan Police ServiceThe Metropolitan Police Service is the territorial police force responsible for Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London which is the responsibility of the City of London Police...
. For services to the Police. - Professor Anthony John Newman Taylor, C.B.E., lately Chair, Industrial Injuries Advisory Council. For public service.
- Peter ViggersPeter ViggersSir Peter John Viggers is a lawyer and former Conservative Party member of parliament for the seat of Gosport in the United Kingdom. He stepped down in 2010 as a result of the investigation of MPs' expenses.-Early life:...
, MP, Member of Parliament for Gosport. For services to Parliament. - Professor Nicholas John WaldNicholas WaldProfessor Sir Nicholas John Wald, MB, BS, DSc , FRCP, FFPH, FRCOG, FMedSci, CBiol, FlBiol, FRS is Professor of Environmental and Preventive Medicine at at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, part of Queen Mary, University of London....
. Professor of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. For services to Preventive Medicine.
Diplomatic and Overseas List
- Dr. Richard J. RobertsRichard J. RobertsSir Richard "Rich" John Roberts is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing.When he was 4, his family moved to Bath. In...
. For services to molecular biology and UK science, USA.
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)
Military Division-
- Royal Navy
- Admiral Sir Jonathon BandJonathon BandAdmiral Sir Jonathon Band, GCB, DL, ADC , from 2006 to 2009, was the First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom, the most senior serving officer in the Royal Navy. Before serving as First Sea Lord he was Commander-in-Chief Fleet...
, K.C.B., A.D.C.
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- Royal Air Force
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Lester TorpyGlenn TorpyAir Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Lester Torpy, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander. He was a fast jet pilot in the late 1970s and 1980s, a senior officer in the early 1990s and a senior commander in the late 1990s and 2000s...
, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., A.D.C.
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)
Military Division-
- Army
- Lieutenant General John Nicholas Reynolds HoughtonJohn HoughtonJohn Houghton may refer to:* John Houghton , English Catholic priest and martyr* Sir John T. Houghton, British scientist*John Houghton , New Zealand international football player...
, C.B.E.
Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath (D.C.B.)
- Helen Frances Ghosh, Permanent Secretary, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Companions of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
Military Division-
- Royal Navy
- Rear Admiral Richard Jeffery Ibbotson, D.S.C.
- Rear Admiral Paul Lambert
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- Army
- Major General Gary Robert Coward, O.B.E.
- Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, The Duke of WestminsterGerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of WestminsterMajor-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, , is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Hon. Viola Maud Lyttelton. He is the owner of property company Grosvenor Group...
, K.G., O.B.E., T.D., D.L.
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- Royal Air Force
- Air Vice Marshal Steven Chisnall
Civil Division
- Timothy John Burr, Comptroller and Auditor-General, National Audit OfficeNational Audit Office (United Kingdom)The National Audit Office is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies...
. - Louise CaseyLouise CaseyLouise Casey is a British civil servant and former Victims' Commissioner of the United Kingdom. She became deputy director of Shelter in 1992, the head of the Rough Sleepers' Unit in 1999, the director of the national Anti-Social Behaviour Unit in 2003, and the head of the Respect Task Force in...
. For public service. - Jeremy Carl Groombridge, Director of Transformation and Product Management, Jobcentre PlusJobcentre PlusJobcentre Plus was a government agency for working-age people in Great Britain. The agency was formed when the Employment Service, which operated Jobcentres, merged with the Benefits Agency, which ran social security offices, and was re-named Jobcentre Plus on 1 April 2002...
. For public and voluntary service. - Lin Homer, Chief Executive, Border and Immigration AgencyBorder and Immigration AgencyThe Border and Immigration Agency was an executive agency of the British Home Office, created on 1 April 2007. The Agency assumed the responsibilities of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate for managing immigration control in the UK...
. For public and voluntary service. - William Roy Junkin, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
- Stephen Quinn, Permanent Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and InvestmentDepartment of Enterprise, Trade and InvestmentThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...
, Northern Ireland ExecutiveNorthern Ireland ExecutiveThe Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland. It is answerable to the Assembly and was established according to the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, which followed the Good Friday Agreement...
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (G.C.M.G.)
Diplomatic DivisionCompanions of the Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.)
Civil DivisionDiplomatic Division
Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour
- Richard Rogers, The Lord Rogers of RiversideRichard RogersRichard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH Kt FRIBA FCSD is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs....
, For public service and for services to Architecture.
Diplomatic and Overseas List
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.)
Civil Division- Joan Dawson Bakewell CBE, Broadcaster and Writer.
- Professor Christine Joan Beasley CBEChristine BeasleyDame Christine Joan Beasley, DBE is a British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator.-Career:Beasley began training in 1962 at the Royal London Hospital and worked as a staff nurse...
, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health. For public and voluntary service. - Hilary Sharon Braverman Blume. For services to the Voluntary Sector.
- Professor Janet Valerie Finch CBE DLJanet FinchDame Janet Valerie Finch DBE, DL, AcSS is a British sociologist and academic administrator. She was Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social Relations at Keele University, and has held a number of other public appointments in the UK...
, Vice-Chancellor, Keele UniversityKeele UniversityKeele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
. For services to Social Science and to Higher Education. - Clara Hedwig Frances FurseClara FurseDame Clara Hedwig Frances Furse DBE was the Chief Executive of the London Stock Exchange between 2001 and May 2009, and was the first female to occupy the position. In 2005 she was ranked 19th in Fortune magazine's Most powerful women in business list.Furse was born in Canada to Dutch parents, and...
, Chief Executive, London Stock ExchangeLondon Stock ExchangeThe London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...
. For services to the Financial Services Industry. - Margaret, Lady Holroyd, CBE (Margaret Drabble), Author. For services to Literature.
- Donna Kinnair, Director of Clinical Leadership, Southwark Primary Care Trust. For services to Nursing in London.
- Monica Margaret MasonMonica MasonDame Monica Mason DBE is a ballet dancer and has been the director of The Royal Ballet, since 2002.-Early life:Monica Margaret Mason was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1941...
, OBE, Director of the Royal Ballet. For services to Dance. - Barbara Mary Stocking CBE, Chief Executive, Oxfam GB. For services to Humanitarian work.
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Duncan RobinsonDuncan RobinsonDavid Duncan Robinson, C.B.E., F.R.S.A., D.L., is the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is also the Chairman of the Henry Moore Foundation and was, until 2007, the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum....
- Edward Fitzgerald (barrister)Edward Fitzgerald (barrister)Edward Hamilton Fitzgerald QC CBE is an English barrister who specialises in criminal law, public law, and international human rights law. His work against the death penalty has led him to represent despised criminals such as: Myra Hindley, a perpetrator in the Moors murders; Mary Bell, a child...
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Anthony Bailey
- Russell T Davies
- John Surtees MBEJohn SurteesJohn Surtees, OBE is a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver from England. He was 500cc motorcycle World Champion in 1956 and 1958–60, Formula One World Champion in 1964, and remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels...
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Phyllis Mary Self, Director, Whitehall Garden Centre. For services to the community in LacockLacockLacock is a village in Wiltshire, England, 3 miles from the town of Chippenham. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust, and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance.-History:...
, Wiltshire.
D.C.N.Z.M.
| Mr Harawira Tiri Gardiner | 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. | ||
| The Honourable John William Hansen John William Hansen Sir John William Hansen, KNZM is a judge of the New Zealand High Court and a member of the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission.... |
Rangiora | For services to the judiciary. | ||
| Mr Peter Charles Maire | North Shore | For services to business. | ||
| Emeritus Professor Arthur Harold Marshall Arthur Harold Marshall Sir Arthur Harold Marshall, KBE was an English Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Wakefield and for Huddersfield 1922-1923.- External links :... |
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 acoustical science. | ||
| Ms Gillian Karawe Whitehead | M.N.Z.M. | 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. |
C.N.Z.M.
| Ms Fleur Adcock Fleur Adcock Kareen Fleur Adcock , CNZM, OBE is a poet and an editor of English and Northern Irish ancestry, who has lived much of her life in England.-Life and career:... |
O.B.E. | London, United Kingdom | For services to literature. | |
| Professor Charles Richard William Beasley | 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 medical research, in particular asthma. | ||
| Mr Robert George Mappin Fenwick | Waiheke Island Waiheke Island Waiheke Island is an island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, located about from Auckland.The island is the second-largest in the Hauraki Gulf after Great Barrier Island. It is the most populated, with nearly 8,000 permanent residents plus another estimated 3,400 who have second or holiday homes... |
For services to conservation and the community. | ||
| Mr Philip Vernon Lough | Richmond Richmond, New Zealand Richmond, the seat of the Tasman District Council, lies 13 km south of Nelson in the South Island of New Zealand, close to the southern extremity of Tasman Bay... |
For services to business. | ||
| Dr Elizabeth Anne Meade | Q.S.O. | 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. | |
| Ms Diane Elizabeth Morcom | 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 lately as Secretary of Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council. | ||
| Mr Anthony John Nowell | 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. | ||
| Mr Anaru Ririwai Rangiheuea | O.N.Z.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... |
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 and the community. | |
| Professor Jacqueline Rowarth | 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 agricultural science. | ||
| Mr Wynton Alan Whai Rufer | 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 soccer. | ||
| Dr Meon Carolyn Shand | 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 women's health. |
O.N.Z.M.
| Dr Francis Angelo Anthony | 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 medicine, in particular spinal cord injuries. | ||
| Professor Brian Thomas Brooks | 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... |
For services to education. | ||
| Professor Keith Craig Cameron | 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 agricultural research. | ||
| Colonel Arthur John Campbell (Retired) | 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 returned services personnel. | ||
| Professor Ross Graham Clark | North Shore | For services to biotechnology. | ||
| Professor Hong Jie Di | 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 agricultural research. | ||
| Mr John Raymond Eady | 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 music, business and the community. | ||
| Dr John Lewis Edwards John Lewis Edwards The Ven John Lewis Edwards was Archdeacon of St Asaph from 1959 until his retirement in 1964.He was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1915. He began his career with curacies at Minera and Rhyl. After this he held incumbencies at Llanfwrog,... |
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 dentistry. | ||
| Mrs Elisabeth Findlay Elisabeth Findlay Elisabeth Findlay, better known as Liz Findlay, is a New Zealand fashion designer. She co-founded the fashion house Zambesi with her husband, Neville Findlay, in 1979. She is the daughter of Greek–Ukrainian immigrants and is the sister of Margarita Robertson, the designer at fashion label Nom... |
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 fashion. | ||
| Mr Neville John Findlay | 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 fashion. | ||
| Mrs Lyn Kathleen Gillanders | 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 dietetics. | ||
| Mr David Thomas Howden | Ashburton 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 services to outdoor recreation and the environment. | ||
| Mrs Tufuga Holoatu Nesi Lagatule | Q.S.M. | 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 Pacific Islands community and women. | |
| Mr Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli | 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 Māori arts, in particular ta moko Ta moko Tā moko is the permanent body and face marking by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. Traditionally it is distinct from tattoo and tatau in that the skin was carved by rather than punctured... . |
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| Mr Thomas Cedric Larkin | 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 New Zealand-Japan relations. | ||
| Professor Martin Richard Manning | 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... |
For services to climate change science. | ||
| Dr Diana Rae Martin | 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.... |
For services to microbiology. | ||
| Dr Dianne McCarthy | 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. | ||
| Dr Diane Helen Menzies | 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 environment. | ||
| Professor Alison Ruth Mercer | 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 science. | ||
| Mr Warwick George Roger | North Shore | For services to journalism. | ||
| Ms Pauline Annette Savage | 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 arts administration. | ||
| Dr Olive Jean Webb | Hororata Hororata Hororata is a small settlement at the northwestern edge of the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 15 kilometres southwest of Darfield, five kilometres south of Glentunnel, and 50 kilometres west of Christchurch, on the banks of the Hororata River.Hororata... |
For services to people with intellectual disabilities. |
M.N.Z.M.
| Ms Diane Margaret Baguley | 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. | |||
| Mrs Arihia Darryl Bennett | Kaiapoi Kaiapoi Kaiapoi is a town in the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand, located close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River, and approximately 17 kilometres north of Christchurch.... |
For services to Māori and the community. | |||
| Mr William Alfred Brien | J.P | Welington | For services to sport and the community. | ||
| Mr Alan Leonard Broadbent | Santa Monica, California Santa Monica, California Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and... |
For services to jazz music. | |||
| Ms Suzanne Lynette Carty | 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 journalism. | |||
| Mrs Colleen Shona Cole | Lyttelton Lyttelton, New Zealand Lyttelton is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour close to Banks Peninsula, a suburb of Christchurch on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.... |
For services to Scottish dance and culture. | |||
| Mr Christopher Robert Darlow | North Shore | For services to the law. | |||
| Dr Rosemary Joy De Luca | 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 ethics. | |||
| Mr Rudra Gamini de Zoysa | 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... |
For services to the Sri Lankan community. | |||
| Mrs Judith Ann Dixon | 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 primary education. | |||
| Mr Simon Christopher Edwards | 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... |
For services to journalism. | |||
| Mr Gerald James Ellott | Waiheke Island Waiheke Island Waiheke Island is an island in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, located about from Auckland.The island is the second-largest in the Hauraki Gulf after Great Barrier Island. It is the most populated, with nearly 8,000 permanent residents plus another estimated 3,400 who have second or holiday homes... |
For services to philately. | |||
| Mr Gerald Barnett Fell | Longburn Longburn Longburn is a rural settlement just outside of Palmerston North in the Manawatu-Wanganui area of New Zealand. Made up of large dairy processing plants Longburn is often mistaken to be a small township and not seen as a large satellite town of Palmerston North... |
For services to the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry. | |||
| Dr Leslie Henry Galler | 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 Anthony William Gilbert | Alexandra Alexandra, New Zealand Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Clutha River , on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell.At the time of the 2006 census, the permanent population was 4,827, an... |
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| Mrs Anne Stewart Gover | Gore Gore, New Zealand Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of... |
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| Mrs Patricia Anne Hanlen | 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 Margot Hart | 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... |
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| Dr Peter Keith Harwood | 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 Joseph Parata Hawke | 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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| Dr Ngapare Kaihina Hopa | 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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| Ms Whaearangi Rangi Inia | 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 Douglas Lloyd Jenkins | 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"... |
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| Mr James Anthony Jessep | J.P. | 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... |
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| Mr Ross William Jewell | 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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| Mrs Dayle Elizabeth Mace | 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 John Russell McCormick | 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... |
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| Mr Alma Edmond Mihaere | 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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| Mrs Hinewehi Mohi | 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 Jeremy Ross Moon | 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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| Dr Wendy Alison Nelson | 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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| Ms Kilda Mori Northcott | 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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| Dr Sally Pairman | 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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| Ms Molly Easther Lillian Pardoe | 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... |
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| Mr Peter Paul Posa | 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 Michael Philip Shepherd | 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 Crofton Roscoe Tait | 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 Cassidy Wehipeihana Tangaere | 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 Robert Wayne Taylor | Suva, Fiji | For services to the New Zealand Customs Service. | |||
| Mr Robert Tilsley | Tuakau Tuakau Tuakau is a town in the Franklin district, and is part of the Waikato Region in the North Island of New Zealand.The town serves to support local farming, and is the residence of many employees of New Zealand Steel at Glenbrook.... |
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| Mr Andrew Moke Timoti | 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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| Mr Desmond Thomas Townson | Manukau Manukau Manukau City was a large territorial authority in Auckland, New Zealand. The city was sometimes referred to as South Auckland, but this term did not possess official recognition and did not encompass areas like East Auckland, which was previously within the official boundaries of Manukau City... |
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| Mr Michael Cliff Tuffery | 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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| Tuigamala Va'aiga Lealuga Tuigamala Ii | Waitakere Waitakere Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%... |
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| Mrs Jennifer Anne Vernon | J.P. | Raglan | For services to the community. | ||
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| Mr Manuel Franklin Herrera | Montevideo, Uruguay | For services to New Zealand–Uruguayan relations. |
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| Misatauveve Dr Melani Anae | 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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| Mrs Gail Patricia Collingwood | Nelson 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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| The Honourable Brian John Donnelly | Raratonga, the Cook Islands | For public services. | ||
| Ms Kathleen Jillian Dooley | Manukau Manukau Manukau City was a large territorial authority in Auckland, New Zealand. The city was sometimes referred to as South Auckland, but this term did not possess official recognition and did not encompass areas like East Auckland, which was previously within the official boundaries of Manukau City... |
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| Mrs Dianne Patricia Hale | J.P. | North Shore | For services to local body affairs. | |
| Mr Tione Haunui | Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia Ngāruawāhia is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers... |
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| Ms Beverly Ann Magee | Waitakere Waitakere Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%... |
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| Mr John Robert Martin | 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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| Ms Susan Leigh McLachlan | Manukau Manukau Manukau City was a large territorial authority in Auckland, New Zealand. The city was sometimes referred to as South Auckland, but this term did not possess official recognition and did not encompass areas like East Auckland, which was previously within the official boundaries of Manukau City... |
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| Ms Marilyn Joy Quigley | Kerikeri Kerikeri Kerikeri, the largest town in the Northland Region of New Zealand, is a popular tourist destination about three hours drive north of Auckland, and 80 km north of Whangarei... |
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| Professor Ann Kathleen Richardson | 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 John Struan Robertson | Papakura Papakura The Papakura District was the name of a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that existed from 1989 until 2010. The area made up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area.... |
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| Dr Martin Joseph Sullivan | 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... |
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| Mr Te Wano Walters | Te Puke Te Puke Te Puke is a town located 28 kilometres southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. It is particularly famous for the cultivation of kiwifruit... |
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| Mrs Shirley Ellen Alabaster | Alexandra Alexandra, New Zealand Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Clutha River , on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell.At the time of the 2006 census, the permanent population was 4,827, an... |
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| Mrs Helen Marie Algar | Oamaru Oamaru Oamaru , the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin, on the Pacific coast, and State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connects it to both... |
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| Miss Eleanor Joan Parehina Barton | 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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| Mrs Phyllis Mabel Bawden | Kohukohu Kohukohu, New Zealand Kohukohu is an historic village on the Hokianga Harbour in the far north of the North Island. It was one of the first European settlements in New Zealand.... |
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| Mr Pembroke Peraniko Bird | Murupara Murupara Murupara is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. The town is situated in an isolated part of the Bay of Plenty region between the Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera National Park, on the banks of the Rangitaiki River, 65 kilometres southeast of Rotorua, along SH38. Murupara is the... |
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| Mr David Boston David Boston David Byron Boston is a professional football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals eighth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft... |
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"... |
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| Mrs Shirley Margaret Bosworth | 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 the prevention of domestic violence. | ||
| Mrs Ann Elizabeth Carran | Te Anau Te Anau Te Anau is a town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Te Anau in Fiordland. Lake Te Anau is the largest lake in the South Island and second only within New Zealand to Lake Taupo. The 2001 census recorded the town's population as 1,857... |
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| Mr Wayne Francis Carran | Te Anau Te Anau Te Anau is a town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Te Anau in Fiordland. Lake Te Anau is the largest lake in the South Island and second only within New Zealand to Lake Taupo. The 2001 census recorded the town's population as 1,857... |
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| Mrs Jean Kathleen Chamberlain | Otaki Otaki, New Zealand Otaki is a town in the Kapiti Coast District of the North Island of New Zealand, situated half way between the capital city Wellington, 70 kilometres to the southwest, and Palmerston North, 70 kilometres to the northeast. It marks the northernmost point of the Wellington Region. The town's... |
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| Mr Hasmukh (Hari) Chhagan | J.P. | 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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| Squadron Leader Shane Andrew Cole | 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... |
The New Zealand Cadet Forces. For services to the New Zealand Cadet Forces. | ||
| Mr Vincent Joseph Collins | 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 hospitality industry and the community. | ||
| Mrs Gladys Joan Coombe | Te Aroha Te Aroha Te Aroha is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,768 . It is 53 km northeast of Hamilton and 50 km south of Thames. It sits at the foot of 952-metre Mount Te Aroha, the highest point in the Kaimai Range.... |
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| Mr Koroneihana Cooper | J.P. | Ngaruawahia Ngaruawahia Ngāruawāhia is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 20 km north-west of Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers... |
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| Mr Joseph John Currie | Nelson 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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| Mrs Mary Elizabeth Dunnet | J.P. | Tirau Tirau Tirau is a small town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres southeast of Hamilton. The town has a population of 732 . Tirau is primarily a farming town but in recent years has begun to exploit the income that comes from being on a major road... |
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| Paula Marie Enoka | North Shore | Constable, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police. | ||
| Miss Ataga'i Esera | 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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| Ms Marie Therese Faith-Allen | Warkworth 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 services to the Department of Corrections. | ||
| Mr David Alexander Field | J.P. | 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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| Brother Kieran Jeremiah Noel Oliver Garvey | 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 Donald Richard Gerrand | Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the... |
Chief Fire Officer, services to the New Zealand Fire Service. | ||
| Mrs Helen Louisa Gordon | 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 :... |
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| Mrs Elizabeth Sarah Grubb | St Andrews St Andrews St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife.... |
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| Mr David William Haddock | 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 the maritime industry and the community. | ||
| Mr Tamati Waka Tenene Heperi | 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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| Dr Patricia Dorothy Hill | 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 community health. | ||
| Mr Ian Sinclair Hogarth | 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 Rex Neville Hoskin | 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.... |
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| Mrs Frances Mary Jessep | 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... |
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| Mr Peter John Kamstra | 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.... |
Lately Senior Sergeant, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police. | ||
| Mrs Judith Ann Karaitiana | J.P. | 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.... |
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| Mr Dennis John Keall | 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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| Philip Stephen Kirkham | 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... |
Detective Sergeant, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police. | ||
| Mr Barry Leishman Lawrence | Queenstown Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains.... |
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| Mr David James Lawrence | J.P. | Waitakere Waitakere Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%... |
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| Mr Colin James Lawrie | Levin 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.... |
Senior Station Officer, Levin to the New Zealand Fire Service. | ||
| Ms Janett Helene Leaf | Kaikohe Kaikohe Kaikohe is the central service area for the Far North District of New Zealand, about 260 km from Auckland, situated on State Highway 12 at... |
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| Mrs Catherine May Mair | Katikati Katikati Katikati is a town located on the Uretara Stream near the tidal inlet opened by Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The nearest city is Tauranga, which is 40 kilometres to the southeast. Katikati lies 28 kilometres south of Waihi.Katikati was settled in 1875 by settlers from County... |
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| Dr Alan John Mangan | 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.... |
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| Mr Graham Gordon Mason | Westport Westport, New Zealand -Economy:Economic activity is based around fishing, coal mining and dairy farming. Historically, gold mining was a major industry, and coal mining was much more extensive than today . However, the region still is home to New Zealand's largest opencast mining operation in Stockton... |
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| Mr Alexander Ross Matheson | J.P. | Inglewood Inglewood, New Zealand Inglewood is a town in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand's North Island. The population was 3,090 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 144 from 2001. Inglewood lies 200m above sea level.... |
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| Miss Jacqueline Imelda Mauriri | Hawera Hawera Hawera is the second-largest town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight, 75 kilometres south of New Plymouth on State Highway 3 and 20 minutes' drive from Mount Taranaki/Egmont.It is also on State Highway 45,... |
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| Mr David Alan McKenzie | Kaitaia Kaitaia Kaitaia is a town in the far north region of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula which is about 160 km northwest of Whangarei. It is the last major settlement on the main road north to the capes and bays on the peninsula... |
Station Officer, Kaitaia to the New Zealand Fire Service. | ||
| Mr Michael Rereao Mohi | 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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| Mrs Noreen Linda Moorhouse | 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 Bernard William Murphy | Stratford Stratford, New Zealand Stratford is the only town in the central Taranaki district of Stratford District, New Zealand. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki/Egmont, approximately half-way between New Plymouth and Hawera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki region. The town has a population of... |
For services to sheep dog trials. | ||
| Mr Robin Anthony Ian Nairn | Havelock North | For services to the Anglican church and the community. | ||
| Ms Pratima Devi Nand | 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... |
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| Mrs Barbara Ann Olsen | Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the... |
For services to Māori. | ||
| Cushla Maree O'Shea | 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... |
Detective, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police. | ||
| Mrs Rangi Anewa Parker | 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 historical research. | ||
| Captain (Retd) Malcolm James Pearson | Lyttelton Lyttelton, New Zealand Lyttelton is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour close to Banks Peninsula, a suburb of Christchurch on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.... |
For services to yachting. | ||
| Mr Ronald Owen Pennell | Waitakere Waitakere Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%... |
Senior Volunteer Fire For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. | ||
| Mrs Avis Margaret Peterson | 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 community. | ||
| Mr Edward Neill Pickard | 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 music, in particular jazz. | ||
| Mr Jeffrey Steven Rackley | Nelson 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 services to sport and the community. | ||
| Mr Ian Garth Renall | Carterton Carterton, New Zealand Carterton is a small town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Carterton District. It lies in a farming area of the Wairarapa in New Zealand's North Island. It is located southwest of Masterton and northeast of Wellington... |
For services to the community. | ||
| Mrs Monica Bernadette Renwick | 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. | ||
| Mrs Elizabeth June Rock | Reefton | For services to health. | ||
| Mr Donald Sew Hoy | 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 Chinese community. | ||
| Mrs Jennie Sew Hoy | 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 Chinese community. | ||
| Mrs Shirley Muriel Spurr | J.P. | Waihi Waihi Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town. It had a population of 4,503 at the 2006 census.... |
For services to the community. | |
| Afioga Tagaloa Nua Su'A | 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 Pacific Islands community. | ||
| Mr James Budd Swindells | 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.... |
For services to conservation. | ||
| Mrs Jean Fay Swindells | 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.... |
For services to conservation. | ||
| Mrs Sandra Christine Terewi | J.P. | Turakina Turakina, New Zealand Turakina is an old Māori settlement situated south of Whanganui city on the North Island of New Zealand. Turakina village derives its name from the Turakina River, which cut its passage to the sea from a spring on Mount Ruapehu. The original inhabitants of the area were the descendants of the Kahui... |
For services to the community. | |
| Mr Eric Arthur Thorpe | 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 music. | ||
| Ms Rhona Mary Thorpe | 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 migrant and refugee communities. | ||
| Mr Michael Featherston Toogood | 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 helicopter ambulance services. | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Graeme Taiuru Vercoe (Retired)]] | 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 public services. | ||
| Dr Michael Louis Vidulich | 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 music. | ||
| The Reverend Janice Ann Wallace | Pukekohe Pukekohe Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, it is approximately 50 kilometres south of Auckland City, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. The hills of Pukekohe... |
For services to mathematics education and the community. | ||
| Vaoga Mary Lelefua Watts | Waitakere Waitakere Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%... |
For services to the Pacific Islands community. | ||
| Mr Richard Keith Wright | 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 the community. | ||
| Mrs Sharon Mary Connolly Young | Waitakere Waitakere Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%... |
For services to the community. |
Q.S.M. Honorary
| Mr William Frank Grubb | St Andrews St Andrews St Andrews is a university town and former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.St Andrews has a population of 16,680, making this the fifth largest settlement in Fife.... |
For services to music and the community. |
D.S.D.
| Squadron Leader Gregory John Burroughs | (K91388) | Royal New Zealand Air Force | |||
| Lieutenant Colonel Helen Joy Cooper | (B759024) | Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke York's Own) | |||
| Captain Michael Peter De Boer | (C1006620) | Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers | |||
| Squadron Leader Timothy Richard Evans | (U996677) | Royal New Zealand Air Force | |||
| Squadron Leader Timothy Hopkins | (T44890) | Royal New Zealand Air Force | |||
| Warrant Officer Robert David Joseph Martelletti | (F89061) | Royal New Zealand Air Force. | |||
| Warrant Officer Weapon Technician Wayne Robert Morris | (X22423) | Royal New Zealand Navy | |||
| Major Christopher Gerard Mortiboy | (E993443) | Royal New Zealand Corps Signals |
External links
- The website of the Ceremonial Secretariat, Cabinet Office - The UK Honours System
- 10 Downing Street - HM The Queen's Birthday and New Year Honours List
- http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=43