Order of New Zealand

Order of New Zealand
Badge of the Order of New Zealand
Awarded by Sovereign of New Zealand
Type Order
Eligibility Citizens of New Zealand
Awarded for Outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity
Status Currently constituted
Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II
Grades Member (ONZ)
Statistics
First induction 6 February 1987
Last induction 30 December 2017
Total inductees 42 Ordinary members
18 Additional members
2 Honorary members
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of Merit
Next (lower) New Zealand Order of Merit

Ribbon of the Order of New Zealand

The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in New Zealand's honours system, created "to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity". It was instituted by royal warrant of 6 February 1987. The order is modelled on the British Order of Merit and Order of the Companions of Honour.[1]

Composition

The order comprises the Sovereign and ordinary, additional and honorary members. The ordinary membership is limited to 20 living members, and at any time there may be fewer than 20. Additional members may be appointed to commemorate important royal, state or national occasions, and such appointments were made in 1990 for the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi, in 2002 for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, in 2007 for the 20th anniversary of the institution of the Order, and in 2012 for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Honorary membership is for citizens of nations of which the Sovereign is not head of state.[1] Members are entitled to the post-nominal letters "ONZ".

Appointments to the order are made by royal warrant under the monarch's sign manual on the prime minister’s advice. The order is administered by a Secretary and Registrar, (the Clerk of the Executive Council).

Insignia

The insignia is made up of an oval medallion of the Arms of New Zealand in gold and coloured enamel, worn on a white and ochre ribbon around the neck for men or a bow for women on their left shoulder.

Current members

Member numberNameKnown forDate of appointmentAge
Ordinary members
1New Zealand Dame Miriam Dell ONZ DBE JPWomen's welfare6 February 199394
2New Zealand Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ CH DBE ACOpera singer17 June 199574
3New Zealand Sir Miles Warren ONZ KBEArchitect17 June 199588–89
4New Zealand The Rt. Hon. Jim Bolger ONZFormer Prime Minister of New Zealand31 December 199783
5New Zealand Ken Douglas ONZTrade union leader31 December 199882
6New Zealand The Rt. Hon. Mike Moore ONZFormer Prime Minister of New Zealand31 December 199969
7New Zealand H.E. Cardinal Tom Williams ONZ CStJEmeritus Catholic Archbishop of Wellington5 June 200088
8New Zealand The Rt. Hon. Jonathan Hunt ONZFormer Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives31 December 200479
9New Zealand Sir Lloyd Geering ONZ GNZM CBETheologian30 December 2006100
10New Zealand The Rt. Hon. Sir Kenneth Keith ONZ KBE QCJudge of International Court of Justice4 June 200780
11United Kingdom New Zealand The Rt. Hon. Sir Don McKinnon ONZ GCVOFormer Commonwealth Secretary-General31 December 200779
12New Zealand Sir Murray Halberg ONZ MBEOlympic runner2 June 200885
13New Zealand The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark ONZ SSIFormer Prime Minister of New Zealand31 December 200968
14New Zealand Sir Bob Charles ONZ KNZM CBEGolfer31 December 201082
15Samoa New Zealand Albert Wendt ONZ CNZMWriter3 June 201378
16New Zealand Sir Ron Carter ONZ KNZMBusiness2 June 201483
17New Zealand Sir Peter Gluckman ONZ KNZMScience1 June 201568–69
18New Zealand Richard Hugh McCaw ONZRugby union31 December 201537
19New Zealand Joy Cowley ONZ DCNZM OBEWriter30 December 201782
20Vacant
Additional members
1Australia Hon. Michael Duffy ONZFormer Attorney-General of Australia6 February 199080
2New Zealand Hon. Dame Catherine Tizard ONZ GCMG GCVO DBE QSO DStJFormer Governor-General of New Zealand3 June 200287
3New Zealand Sir Brian Lochore ONZ OBERugby union6 February 200778
4New Zealand Christian Karlson Stead ONZ CBEWriter6 February 200785
5 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GCVO ONZ GBE AK QSO PCConsort to the Monarch of New Zealand4 June 201297
6New Zealand Dame Margaret Bazley ONZ DNZMDistinguished New Zealand public servant4 June 201280
7New Zealand Sir Peter Jackson ONZ KNZMFilm director 4 June 201256
8New Zealand Dame Malvina Major ONZ GNZM DBEOpera singer4 June 201275
Honorary members
1Guyana Hon. Sir Shridath Ramphal OE GCMG OM AC QCFormer Commonwealth Secretary-General6 February 199090
  • Officers:
    • Secretary and Registrar: Michael L. C. Webster.[2][3]

Deceased members

CountryNameDate of appointmentDate of deathKnown for
Ordinary members
1[n 1]New ZealandThe Rev. and Hon. Sir Arnold Nordmeyer6 February 19872 February 1989Minister of Finance
2New ZealandClarence Edward Beeby6 February 198710 March 1998
3New ZealandDame Te Atairangikaahu6 February 198715 August 2006Maori Queen (Kingitanga)
4New ZealandSir Edmund Hillary6 February 198711 January 2008
5New ZealandSonja Davies6 February 198712 June 2005
6New ZealandJim Knox6 February 19881 December 1991
7New ZealandFrederick Turnovsky6 February 198812 December 1994
8New ZealandRichard Matthews[4]6 February 198819 February 1995
9New ZealandDouglas Lilburn6 February 19886 June 2001
10New ZealandJune, Lady Blundell6 February 1988[5]31 October 2012Viceregal consort of New Zealand
11New ZealandThe Rt Rev. Manuhuia Bennett6 February 198920 December 2001
12New ZealandHenry Lang6 February 198917 April 1997
13New ZealandDame Whina Cooper15 June 199126 March 1994
14New ZealandThe Very Rev. John Somerville15 June 19915 October 1999
15New ZealandThe Hon. Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan6 February 199320 July 2011
16New ZealandMargaret Mahy6 February 199323 July 2012
17New ZealandThe Rt. Hon. Sir Thaddeus McCarthy6 February 199411 April 2001President of the Court of Appeal
18New ZealandSir Roy McKenzie17 June 19951 September 2007
19New ZealandSir James Fletcher2 June 199729 August 2007
20New ZealandIvan Lichter2 June 199715 June 2009
21New ZealandCliff Whiting31 December 199816 July 2017
22New ZealandAlan MacDiarmid31 December 20017 February 2007
23New ZealandThe Rt. Hon. David Lange2 June 200313 August 2005Prime Minister
24New ZealandDame Doreen Blumhardt30 December 200617 October 2009
25New ZealandRalph Hotere31 December 201124 February 2013
Additional members
1New ZealandSir Guy Powles6 February 199024 October 1994
2New ZealandAllen Curnow6 February 199023 September 2001
3 United KingdomHM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother6 February 199030 March 2002
4New ZealandJanet Frame6 February 199029 January 2004
5New ZealandArthur Lydiard6 February 199011 December 2004
6New ZealandDame Ann Ballin3 June 20022 September 2003
7New ZealandThe Lord Cooke of Thorndon3 June 200230 August 2006
8New ZealandSir Hugh Kawharu3 June 200219 September 2006
9New ZealandThe Rt. Rev. The Hon. Sir Paul Reeves6 February 200714 August 2011
10New ZealandThe Rt. Hon. Sir Owen Woodhouse6 February 200715 April 2014
Honorary members
1New Zealand United StatesWilliam Hayward Pickering2 June 200315 March 2004

Notes

  1. ↑ The number shown is the individual's place in the wider order of appointment since the Order of New Zealand's inception.

References

  1. 1 2 "The Order of New Zealand". Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. ↑ Appointed 18 March 2014 to the office of Secretary and Registrar of The Queen's Service Order, The Order of New Zealand, and The New Zealand Order of Merit, during Her Majesty's pleasure, in place of Rebecca Lucy Kitteridge, CVO
  3. ↑ ”The Queen's Service Order / The Order of New Zealand / The New Zealand Order of Merit (28 April 2014) 44 New Zealand Gazette 1263 at 1287.
  4. ↑ "Richard Matthews". New Zealand Microbiological Society. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "ONZ Biographical Notes". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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