2009 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

New Zealand Order of Merit

Dame Companion (DNZM)

• Jennifer Barbara Gibbs – of Auckland. For services to the arts.
• Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi – of Masterton. For services to Māori education.

  Knight Companion (KNZM)

• John George Walker – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community.

  Companion (CNZM)

• Simon Peter Wallace Murdoch – of Wellington. For public services, lately as secretary of Foreign Affairs.
• Paula Rae Rebstock – of North Shore. For public services, lately as chair of the Commerce Commission.
• Saana Waitai Romana Murray – of Kaitaia. For services to the community.
• Professor Alison Stewart – of Lincoln. For services to biology, in particular plant pathology.
• Dr Jeffery Lewis Tallon – of Lower Hutt. For services to science.
• Professor Peter Rowland Thorne – of Auckland. For services to auditory neuroscience.
• John Desmond Todd – of Wellington. For services to business and the community.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Ronald Chan – of Manukau. For services to business.
• Patrick William Cotter – of Christchurch. For services to medicine.
• Murray James Boyd Deaker – of North Shore. For services to broadcasting.
• Carl William Doy – of North Shore. For services to music.
• Dr Annabel Kirsten Finucane – of Auckland. For services to medicine, in particular paediatric heart surgery.
• Gurshon Fisher – of Auckland. For services to philanthropy.
• Associate Professor John Henley – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• Jacqueline Mary Hughes – of Whakatane. For services to the community.
• Robin Austin Judkins – of Christchurch. For services to sports administration.
• Stephen Peter Kearney – of Balwyn North, Victoria, Australia. For services to rugby league.
• Professor Stephen Irving Levine – of Wellington. For services to education and the Jewish community.
• Roger John Moses – of Wellington. For services to education.
• Robert Duncan Murdoch – of Wellington. For services to manufacturing and the community.
• Dr Graham James Sharpe – of Wellington. For services to anaesthesia.
• Jefferie James Tippen – of Christchurch. For services to tourism.
• Professor Michael Mathew Walker – of Auckland. For services to science.
• Frank Ivan Yukich – of Manukau. For services to wine industry.

• Colonel Graeme Roger Williams – Colonel's List, New Zealand Army.

  Member (MNZM)

• Errol Douglas Baldwin – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Mary Tiki Balzer – of Hamilton. For services to Māori health.
• Brigit Diana Blair – of Christchurch. For services to business.
• Malcolm James Burgess – detective superintendent, New Zealand Police, of Christchurch. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Norma Ellen Campbell – of Christchurch. For services to women's health, in particular midwifery.
• Yvonne Joyce Cave – of Wanganui. For services to photography and horticulture.
• Belinda Jane Charteris – of Christchurch. For services to netball.
• Professor George Raymond Clark – of Auckland. For services to biochemistry.
• Professor Terence John Crooks – of Dunedin. For services to education.
• Madeline Mary East – of Manukau. For services to education.
• Emeritus Professor David George Elms – of Christchurch. For services to civil engineering.
• Dr Francis Patrick Joseph Farry – of Queenstown. For services to rural medicine.
• Lester Campbell Flockton – of Dunedin. For services to education and pipe bands.
• Margaret Mary Anne Foster – of Christchurch. For services to sport, in particular netball.
• John William Gilks – of Wanaka. For services to business and the community.
• Frank Derrington Godbert – of Kerikeri. For services to yachting.
• Ronald Noel Harries – of Wellington. For services to soccer.
• Peter John Harris – of Huntly. For services to local-body affairs and rugby.
• Margaret Anne Ruwaioterangi Hiha – of Napier. For services to sport.
• Dr Cheung-Tak Hung – of Dunedin. For services to philanthropy and the Chinese community.
• Dr Richard John Isaacs – of Palmerston North. For services to oncology.
• Lauraine Annette Jacobs – of Auckland. For services to the food industry.
• Ian Laurie Keats – of Masterton. For services to shearing.
• John Vivian Kouka – of Paekakariki. For services to contemporary Māori theatre.
• Leslie Thomas Lunny – of Wanganui. For services to touch rugby.
• Joseph Te Poroa Malcolm – of Rotorua. For services to Māori.
• Ross Shepley Miller – of Kaitaia. For services to the community.
• John Brian Mooney – of Urenui. For services to the dairy industry.
• John Francis MacLean Morrison – of Wellington. For services to cricket and the community.
• Roshan Lal Nauhria – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
• Che Ness – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Daniel Francis O'Connell – senior constable, New Zealand Police, of Wellington. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Robin Moncrieff Oliver – of Wellington. For services to the Department of Inland Revenue.
• Kevin John O'Sullivan – of Palmerston North. For services to the Anglican Church and the community.
• Haydn John Rawstron – of West Wickham, Kent, United Kingdom. For services to New Zealand interests in the United Kingdom.
• Puahaere Rutene – of Huntly. For services to Māori and netball.
• Paula Ann Ryan – of Auckland. For services to fashion.
• Rosalie Mary Sampson – of Karamea. For services to conservation and the community.
• Le'autuli'ilagi Taotua Malaeta Fa'asapisapi Sauvao – of Porirua. For services to the Samoan community and the community.
• Graeme Barry Sinclair – of Auckland. For services to television.
• Farib Sos – of Wellington. For services to international relations.
• Allan Murdoch Spence – of Auckland. For services to law and the community.
• David Thomas Steele – of Waimauku. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Ian Hardy Symonds – of Waikanae. For services to the community.
• Ngarau Tarawa – of Taumarunui. For services to Māori and community education.
• Te Whetu Werohia Tipiwai – of Napier. For services to Māori and rugby.
• Robert Te Ngau-ngau Tukiri – of Huntly. For services to the community.
• Philippa Jane Ussher – of Auckland. For services to photography.
• Irene van Dyk – of Upper Hutt. For services to netball.
• Norman Lawrence Withers – of Christchurch. For services to sport and the community.
• Jill Mabel Worrall – of North Shore. For services to social work.
• Robin Wray – of Auckland. For services to the community.

• Commander Blair Albert Gerritsen – Royal New Zealand Navy, of North Shore.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

• Bruce Alexander Aitken – of Dunedin. For services to education and music.
• Valerie Jeanette Burns – of Lower Hutt. For services to early childhood education.
• William John Clarke – of Gisborne. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Te Uira Graham Kerehoma – of Levin. For services to Māori and the community.
• Ian Montgomery Grant – of Auckland. For services to youth and parenting.
• Peter James Harrison – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Emeritus Professor Leslie Charles Holborow – of Paekakariki. For services to education and the community.
• Hamilton Manaia Pihopa Kingi – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• Inez Haereata Kingi – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• Jane Kominik – of Wellington. For services to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
• Diana Elizabeth Robinson – of Christchurch. For services to the Child Cancer Foundation.
• Kaa Kataraina Kathleen Williams – of Auckland. For services to Māori.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

• Charles Michael Aamodt – of Upper Hutt. For services to the community.
• Stanley John Askew – of Omapere. For services to the community.
• Ross Alan Barnaby – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police, of North Shore. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Derek Quentin Battersby – of Waitakere. For services to local-body affairs.
• Clive Bibby – of Tolaga Bay. For services to the community.
• William Alan Boniface – of Warkworth. For services to the community.
• Robyn Boswell – of Whangarei. For services to education.
• Michael Edward Brooke – of New Plymouth. For services to sport and the community.
• Mervyn Burdge Brown – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• Murray Carey – of Whitianga. For services to brass bands and soccer.
• Shirley May Gwynneth Caspari – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Ian Brackenbury Channell – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• John Hugh Clayton – of Ikamatua. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Keith Richard Crate – of Taupo. For services to cycling.
• Elisabeth May Cunningham – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Graeme Edwin Dabb – of Auckland. For services to the Filipino community.
• Nguyen Phu Dang – of Manukau. For services to the Vietnamese community.
• Valerie Myrtle Dell – of Napier. For services to women and the community.
• Kindra Velvet Douglas – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• John Dallin Dunlop – of Napier. For services to astronomy and the community.
• Dr Lorna Christine Te Aroha Dyall – of Auckland. For services to Māori health.
• James Leslie Eyers – of Wanganui. For services to music and the community.
• Pamela Jean Fauvel – of Auckland. For services to youth.
• Lewis Wilson Findlay – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Angus Finlayson – of Lower Hutt. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Brian Gordon Flintoff – of Nelson. For services to taonga pūoro.
• Ian Lex Forrest – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Sister Frances Josephine Gibbs – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Stephen Godfrey Guard – of Nelson. For services to the maritime industry.
• Laly Paroane Haddon – of Wellsford. For services to conservation.
• Olive De Courtenay Hale-Ingram – of Gisborne. For services to the history of New Zealand ceramics.
• Judy Claris Hanbury – of Waitakere. For services to conservation.
• Trevor James Hosking – of Taupo. For services to the conservation of historic places.
• Thomas William Hutchinson – chief fire officer, Kaikohe Volunteer Fire Brigade, of Kaikohe. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Desmond Victor Jack – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Ian Dixon James – of Hamilton. For services to orchid growing.
• Roslyn Ann Jerram – of Opotiki. For services to the community.
• Leslie Clifford Johnston – of Tuatapere. For services to the community.
• Christine Jennifer King – of Manurewa. For services to the community.
• Au'Birthly Kingi – of Manukau. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Ernest Bongard Kirk – of Manukau. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Naomi Diane Kirk – of Manukau. For services to the community.
• John Alan Lancashire – of Paraparaumu. For services to conservation.
• David Hartley Lind – of Tauranga. For services to conservation and the community.
• Carl Ernest Lutz – of Otaki. For services to the community.
• Sally Geraldine Macauley – of Kaikohe. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Russell Frank Mackereth – chief fire officer, Silverdale Volunteer Fire Brigade, of Orewa. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Sandra Elizabeth Maclean – of Takanini. For services to senior citizens and the community.
• Lindsay Rihari Waitara MacLeod – of New Plymouth. For services to Māori.
• Kenneth George McKay – of North Shore. For services to education and the community.
• Peter McMillan – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Alec McNab – of Wanganui. For services to sport.
• Eamon Mark Molloy – of Christchurch. For services to the ethnic community.
• Kevyn Douglas Moore – of Napier. For services to business and the community.
• Margaret Elizabeth Morton – of Seddon. For services to Guiding.
• Emare Emily Rose Nikora – of Tokoroa. For services to Māori.
• Mildred Noakes – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Richard Anthony Nunns – of Nelson. For services to taonga pūoro.
• Lindsay Gordon Paku – of Hastings. For services to Māori and Māori youth.
• Robert Peter Greenwood Parr – of Cambridge. For services to the community.
• Solomon Neil Purcell – of Havelock North. For services to martial arts.
• The Reverend Canon Donald Morris Rangi – of Wellington. For services to the Treasury.
• Julie Te Turi Ranginui – of Wanganui. For services to Māori.
• Robert Brunswick Robertson – chief fire officer, Queenstown Volunteer Brigade, of Queenstown. For services to the community.
• Mele 'Ilaisipa Robson – of Blenheim. For services to the Pacific Islands community and the community.
• Shirley Joan Rudkin – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Paul Aaron Sampson – lately principal rural fire officer, of Rotorua. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Richard Lyal Stark – of Gore. For services to the community.
• Ellen Marion Sartori Stevenson – of Hastings. For services to kindergarten administration.
• Wanda Tate – of Porirua. For services to conservation.
• Bryan Emlyn Ward – community constable, New Zealand Police, of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Monica Hannah Mihingarangi Watson – of Hastings. For services to Māori.
• James Taui Himiona Wetere – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Raymund Williams – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Leslie Charles Winslade – of Taupo. For services to the community.

  New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (NZDSD)

• Warrant Officer Electronic Warfare Specialist Thomas Michael Allen – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Robert William Gillies – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.
• Acting Warrant Officer Master at Arms Shirley Anne Patton – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Simon John Caulfield Strombom – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.