2003 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

New Zealand Order of Merit

Distinguished Companion (DCNZM)

• Dr Doreen Blumhardt – of Wellington. For services to pottery and art education.
• The Right Honourable Jennifer Mary Shipley – of Auckland. For services as a Member of Parliament.
• Bruce Houlton Slane – of Auckland. For services to personal and human rights, and the law.
• Peter John Trapski – of Tauranga. For services to the law and the community.

  Companion (CNZM)

• John Murray Black – of Taupo. For services to local government.
• Peter Wing Ho Chin – of Dunedin. For services to local body and community affairs.
• Robert Moncrieff Clarkson – of Tauranga. For services to philanthropy.
• The Right Honourable Wyatt Beetham Creech – of Martinborough. For services as a Member of Parliament.
• Melvin Norman Day – of Wellington. For services to painting and art history.
• Anne Gertrude Shorland Gambrill – of Auckland. For services as a master of the High Court.
• Lynette Jones – of Blenheim. For services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society and the community.
• Sister Pauline Anne Leonard – of Hamilton. For services to education.
• Graeme Eric Selby Lowe – of Havelock North. For services to the meat industry and the community.
• Professor Roger Stewart Morris – of Palmerston North. For services to veterinary science.
• Mary Judith Mowbray – of Wellington. For services to women.
• John Lindell O'Sullivan – of Lower Hutt. For public services, lately as general manager, Parliamentary Service.
• The Honourable Peter George Spenser Penlington – of Christchurch. For services as a judge of the High Court.
• Dr Richard Patrick Suggate – of Wellington. For services to geology.
• Dr Franklin Henry Wood – of Prebbleton. For services to tertiary education.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Professor Innes Asher – of Auckland. For services to paediatrics.
• Professor Bruce Charles Baguley – of Auckland. For services to cancer research.
• Emeritus Professor John Anthony Barsby – of Dunedin. For services to classical studies.
• Associate Professor Alexander Cheong Ping Chu – of Palmerston North. For services to agriculture.
• Mervyn Tutuiri Church – of Rotorua. For services to the sport of rodeo.
• Jean Ann Curry – of Kerikeri. For services to bowls.
• David Joseph Dobbyn – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Philip Hugh Gayton – of New Plymouth. For services to volleyball.
• Peter Thomas Isaacs – of Paraparaumu. For services to adult literacy and the community.
• Emeritus Professor Alexander Keith Jeffery – of Dunedin. For services to orthopaedics.
• Stephen Albert Jelicich – of Auckland. For services to architecture and the community.
• Doreen Isabella McLay – of Waimate. For services to bowls and the community.
• Dr Sidney Melbourne – of Hamilton. For services to Māori language, music and culture.
• Margaret Elizabeth Morriss – of Palmerston North. For services to floral art.
• Michael Anthony Nock – of Ashfield, Australia || For services to jazz.
• Lance Anthony O'Sullivan – of Matamata. For services to thoroughbred racing.
• Ronald Allan Palenski – of Dunedin. For services to sports journalism.
• Neale Morgan Pitches – of Wellington. For services to education.
• Dr Irihapeti Merenia Ramsden – of Wellington. For services to nursing education.
• Colonel Kevin James Riordan – of Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
• Audrey Severinsen – of Palmerston North. For services to local body and community affairs.
• Terry Robin George Stringer – of Warkworth. For services to sculpture.
• Murray George Sturgeon – of Nelson. For services to the forestry and export industries.
• Tuitofa Anne Tenari – of Auckland. For services to persons with disabilities.
• Dr Kenneth John Thomson – of Wellington. For services to pathology and the community.
• Heinz Ralf Unger – of Christchurch. For services to psychology and the community.
• Dr Richard Anthony Drummond Wigley – of Palmerston North. For services to medicine, in particular, rheumatology.
• Silvia Contreras Zonoobi – of Wellington. For services to refugee and migrant communities.

• Thomas Anthony Baldwin – of Auckland. For services to basketball.

  Member (MNZM)

• Warrant Officer Yeoman of Signals Rawiri George Ahuriri – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Donna Lindsay Akersten – of Wellington. For services to acting.
• Elizabeth Margaret Bang – of Hamilton. For services to women and the community.
• Wing Commander Stephen Craig John Basher – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• George Latham Berry – of Oamaru. For services to education.
• Betty Blair – of Petone. For services to railway superannuitants and netball.
• The Reverend David Hilliard Brown – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Dr John Herbert Buckingham – of Auckland. For services to science and technology.
• Helen Beverley Capel – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Kathryn Heather Barbara Clemans – of Bethesda, United States of America. For services to New Zealand interests in the United States of America.
• Shirley Dawn Cowles – of Christchurch. For services to women's cricket.
• William Ian Cruden – of Palmerston North. For services to sport, local-body and community affairs.
• Anoma Indira De Silva – of Waitakere City. For services to the community.
• Allan Stewart Doak Evans – of Temuka For services to conservation.
• Michael Bryant Forbes – of Auckland. For services to journalism.
• Nola Louise Hambleton – of Manukau City. For services to education.
• Derek John Hargreaves – of Christchurch. For services to the arts.
• Clifford William Hawkins – of North Shore City. For services to maritime history.
• Christopher Gerard Hayward – of Auckland. For services to water polo.
• Elizabeth Mary Hickey – of Auckland. For services to guides and netball.
• Owen Erle Hoskin – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.
• John Charles La Roche – of Auckland. For services to engineering.
• Barbara Elaine Lawrence – of Waiuku. For services to the Methodist Church and the community.
• Olive Kathleen Alice Luke – of Ngāruawāhia. For services to welfare work and the community.
• George Richmond Lyon – of Richmond. For services to conservation.
• Dr Rachel Emily Maule – of Auckland. For services to psychiatric medicine and the community.
• Colin Bruce McLachlan – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Bernice Papasina Mene – of Auckland. For services to netball.
• Panaghis Mikelatos – of Wellington. For services to the Greek community.
• Guy Kingdon Natusch – of Napier. For services to architecture.
• David John Ogg – of Gore. For services to the community.
• Diana Mary Petersen – of Waipukurau. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• David Charles Proud – of Tauranga. For services to music and the community.
• The Reverend Graham Hamilton Reddell – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Dr Richard Peter Gorton Rothwell – of Hamilton. For services to medicine.
• Kinsley Neville Sampson – of New Plymouth. For services to local government.
• Colin Scadden – of Masterton. For services to conservation.
• Margaret Lynne Sherriff – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Lieutenant Colonel Diane Sarah Swap – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
• 'Elisapeti Tevi – of Auckland. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Grace Thompson – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Professor Raymond Webster Thompson – of Lower Hutt. For services to television and entertainment.
• Richard William Tonks – of Cambridge. For services to rowing.
• Francis Desmond Torley – of Waikanae. For services to television.
• Russell James Towns – of Dunedin. For services to the sport of fencing and the community.
• Dr Ivanica Mary Vodanovich – of Auckland. For services to development studies.
• Wi Rangi Wiremu Whaitiri – of Clive. For services to Māori.
• Jeffrey William Wilson – of Dunedin. For services to rugby.
• Commander David Charles Wright – Royal New Zealand Navy.

• Major Darryl Jeffrey Hubbard – The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Captain Michael Allan Pettersen – The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Class One Wayne Alexander Lee Small – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.
• Staff Sergeant Adrian Garry Vogt – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Staff Sergeant Graeme Paul Weavers – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant David James Milne – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Stephen Rawhiti Waerea – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

• Guy Gabriel Edouard Cornelius Gruwez – of Ypres, Belgium. For services to preserving the memory of New Zealand soldiers who died in the Great War.
• Elizabeth Peivi Alice Lee-Lo Smith – of Porirua. For services to the community.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• The Reverend Archdeacon Wallace Mangu Campbell – of Wainuiomata.
• The Reverend William Cuthers – of Tokoroa.
• Ewen James Derrick – of North Shore City.
• The Reverend Elder Risatisone Ete – of Wellington.
• Valerie June Rhodes – of Wellington.
• Katerina Catherine Mary Waiari – of Edgecumbe.
• Margaret Grace Wheeler – of Masterton.

  For public services

• Teata Rangi Matua Kore Allen – of Takapau.
• Colin Stewart Ballantyne – of Winton.
• Basil Franklin Bolt – of Vienna, Austria.
• Geoffrey Bernard Braybrooke – of Levin.
• Beverley Fay Mason – of North Shore City.
• Dr Rajen Prasad – of Auckland.
• Russell Mathew Rimmington – of Hamilton.
• Alison Vale Stokes – of Wellington.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Sonia Christine Andrews – of Auckland.
• Keith McChesney Ashley – of Gore.
• Marianne Johanna Bodt – of Auckland.
• Beverley-Inez Christie – of Invercargill.
• William Henry Cross – of Balclutha.
• Betty Greig Cuthbert – of North Shore City.
• Ivan Desmond England – of Lower Hutt.
• Margaret Dorothea Greene – of Christchurch.
• Gwynedd Vida Gunn – of Paraparaumu Beach.
• Patricia Ann Hotter – of Turangi.
• Winsome Helen Humphries – of Wyndham.
• Limaono Folautolutama Kingi – of Auckland.
• Jack Campbell Knight – of Owaka.
• Mazhar Shukri Krasniqi – of Auckland.
• Roberta May Laurie – of Waimate.
• Nellie Martin – of Kerikeri.
• Kingi Matthews – of Greytown.
• Edward George McInnes – of Oamaru.
• Elizabeth Heather Pennell – of Opononi.
• Margreta Hilary Peterson – of Wellington.
• Mosammat Begum Farida Sultana – of Auckland.
• Sinnakuddy Kandavanam Thuraisundaram – of Auckland.
• Manuera Hone Tohu – of Dargaville.
• Peter Hans Vollweiler – of Waihola.
• Mere Walker – of Kawerau.
• Henry Stewart Walsh – of Masterton.
• Helen Fergusson Webber – of Nelson.
• Norman George Williams – of Lower Hutt.
• Velma Beatrice Winter – of Warkworth.

  For public services

• Alan Laurence Anderson – of Auckland.
• Beatrice Annie Ashley – of Auckland.
• Leah Braham – of Wellington.
• Janice Rae Burns – of Riversdale Beach.
• Aleana Anne Cannons – of Manukau City.
• Russell Edward Martin Carr – of Queenstown.
• Barry John Clark – of Christchurch.
• Maxwell David Charles Dowell – of Hokitika.
• Gladstone James Orlando Durham – of Auckland.
• Olwyn Domett Frith – of Orewa.
• The Reverend William Pokura Hakaoro – of Auckland.
• Leonard Patrick Harwood – of Taumarunui.
• Ani Hemara – of Hikurangi.
• Paul Desmond Hudson – of Marton; chief fire officer, Marton Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Maud Makuini Isaac – of Gisborne.
• Anne Knox – of New Plymouth; inspector, New Zealand Police.
• Grant Phillip Lane – of Kaeo.
• Nancy Louise Lane – of Kaeo.
• Ian Chappell Mackley – of Lower Hutt.
• James Peter Maxwell – of Thames; third officer, Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Ngaire Winifred Mountfort – of Woodville.
• Robert Philip Alexander Patton – of Tauranga.
• Brian Ronald Pearce – of Christchurch; detective inspector, New Zealand Police.
• John Balfour Pickering – of Picton; lately senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Joan Elizabeth Porteous – of Lyttelton.
• Leslie John Pye – of Blenheim.
• June Elvira Rowland – of Raumati Beach.
• Annette Maree Samson – of Christchurch.
• Barry John Shiels – of Whakatane; senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Andrew Denis Sissons – of Wellington; sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Clifford James Harris Smith – of Auckland.
• Gary Neil Phillip Tonkin – of Christchurch.
• Maree Ann Vaile – of Westport.
• Stewart George Walker – of Lower Hutt; chief fire officer, Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Mark David John Williams – of Auckland; detective sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Bronwyn Ruth Naumai Yates – of Auckland.