Order of New Zealand

Order of New Zealand
Order of New Zealand ;
	File:Onz.jpg 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 royal 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

Sovereign: The Queen of New Zealand

	Name	Date of appointment	Age	Known for
Ordinary members
1	Dame Miriam Dell ONZ DBE JP	6 February 1993	100	Women's welfare
2	Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ CH DBE AC	17 June 1995	80	Opera singer
3	Sir Miles Warren ONZ KBE	17 June 1995	Template:Str mid	Architect
4	Jim Bolger ONZ PC	31 December 1997	89	Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
5	Ken Douglas ONZ	31 December 1998	88	Trade union leader
6	Cardinal Tom Williams ONZ CStJ	5 June 2000	94	Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Wellington
7	Jonathan Hunt ONZ PC	31 December 2004	85	Former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
8	Sir Lloyd Geering ONZ GNZM CBE	30 December 2006	106	Theologian
9	Sir Kenneth Keith ONZ KBE QC PC	4 June 2007	86	Judge of International Court of Justice
10	Sir Don McKinnon ONZ GCVO PC	31 December 2007	85	Former Commonwealth Secretary-General
11	Sir Murray Halberg ONZ MBE	2 June 2008	91	Olympic runner
12	Helen Clark ONZ SSI PC	31 December 2009	74	Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
13	Sir Bob Charles ONZ KNZM CBE	31 December 2010	88	Golfer
14	Albert Wendt ONZ CNZM	3 June 2013	84	Writer
15	Sir Ron Carter ONZ KNZM	2 June 2014	89	Businessman
16	Sir Peter Gluckman ONZ KNZM	1 June 2015	Template:Str mid	Scientist
17	Richie McCaw ONZ	31 December 2015	43	Rugby union
18	Joy Cowley ONZ DCNZM OBE	30 December 2017	87	Writer
19	Vacant
20	Vacant
Additional members
1	Michael Duffy ONZ	6 February 1990	86	Former Attorney-General of Australia
2	Dame Catherine Tizard ONZ GCMG GCVO DBE QSO DStJ	3 June 2002	93	Former Governor-General of New Zealand
3	C. K. Stead ONZ CBE	6 February 2007	91	Writer
4	The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM ONZ GCVO GBE AK QSO PC	4 June 2012	103	Consort to the Monarch of New Zealand
5	Dame Margaret Bazley ONZ DNZM	4 June 2012	86	Public servant
6	Sir Peter Jackson ONZ KNZM	4 June 2012	62	Film director
7	Dame Malvina Major ONZ GNZM DBE	4 June 2012	81	Opera singer
Honorary members
1	Sir Shridath Ramphal ONZ OE GCMG OCC AC QC	6 February 1990	95	Former Commonwealth Secretary-General

Officers:
- Secretary and Registrar: Michael L. C. Webster.^[2]^[3]

Deceased members

	Name	Date of appointment	Date of death	Known for
Ordinary members
1^{[n 1]}	Sir Arnold Nordmeyer ONZ KCMG	6 February 1987	2 February 1989	Minister of Finance
2	C. E. Beeby ONZ CMG	6 February 1987	10 March 1998	Educationalist
3	Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ DBE OStJ	6 February 1987	15 August 2006	Māori Queen (Kīngitanga)
4	Sir Edmund Hillary KG ONZ KBE	6 February 1987	11 January 2008	First official ascent of Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953
5	Sonja Davies ONZ JP	6 February 1987	12 June 2005	Trade union leader and politician
6	Jim Knox ONZ JP	6 February 1988	1 December 1991	Trade union leader
7	Frederick Turnovsky ONZ OBE	6 February 1988	12 December 1994	Manufacturer and arts leader
8	Richard Matthews^[4] ONZ	6 February 1988	19 February 1995	Microbiologist
9	Douglas Lilburn ONZ	6 February 1988	6 June 2001	Composer
10	June, Lady Blundell ONZ QSO GCStJ	6 February 1988^[5]	31 October 2012	Viceregal consort of New Zealand
11	Manuhuia Bennett ONZ CMG	6 February 1989	20 December 2001	Anglican bishop
12	Henry Lang ONZ CB	6 February 1989	17 April 1997	Economist
13	Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE	15 June 1991	26 March 1994	Māori leader
14	Jack Somerville ONZ CMG MC ChStJ	15 June 1991	5 October 1999	Presbyterian leader
15	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan ONZ	6 February 1993	20 July 2011	Politician
16	Margaret Mahy ONZ	6 February 1993	23 July 2012	Children's author
17	Sir Thaddeus McCarthy ONZ KBE	6 February 1994	11 April 2001	President of the Court of Appeal
18	Sir Roy McKenzie ONZ KBE	17 June 1995	1 September 2007	Philanthropist
19	Sir James Fletcher ONZ	2 June 1997	29 August 2007	Industrialist
20	Ivan Lichter ONZ	2 June 1997	15 June 2009	Surgeon
21	Cliff Whiting ONZ	31 December 1998	16 July 2017	Artist
22	Mike Moore ONZ AO PC	31 December 1999	2 February 2020	Prime Minister
23	Alan MacDiarmid ONZ	31 December 2001	7 February 2007	Chemist, Nobel laureate
24	David Lange ONZ CH PC	2 June 2003	13 August 2005	Prime Minister
25	Dame Doreen Blumhardt ONZ DNZM CBE	30 December 2006	17 October 2009	Ceramicist
26	Ralph Hotere ONZ	31 December 2011	24 February 2013	Artist
Additional members
1	Sir Guy Powles ONZ KBE CMG ED	6 February 1990	24 October 1994	Public servant and diplomat
2	Allen Curnow ONZ CBE	6 February 1990	23 September 2001	Poet
3	Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother KG KT ONZ GCVO GBE CI CC RRC CD	6 February 1990	30 March 2002
4	Janet Frame ONZ CBE	6 February 1990	29 January 2004	Author
5	Arthur Lydiard ONZ OBE	6 February 1990	11 December 2004	Athletics coach
6	Dame Ann Ballin ONZ DBE	3 June 2002	2 September 2003	Psychologist
7	The Lord Cooke of Thorndon ONZ KBE PC QC	3 June 2002	30 August 2006	Jurist
8	Sir Hugh Kāwharu ONZ	3 June 2002	19 September 2006	Māori leader
9	Sir Paul Reeves ONZ GCMG GCVO QSO KStJ	6 February 2007	14 August 2011	Anglican bishop and governor-general
10	Sir Owen Woodhouse ONZ KBE DSC PC	6 February 2007	15 April 2014	Jurist
11	Sir Brian Lochore ONZ KNZM OBE	6 February 2007	3 August 2019	Rugby union
Honorary members
1	Bill Pickering ONZ KBE	2 June 2003	15 March 2004	Rocket scientist

Notes

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

References

^ ^a ^b "The Order of New Zealand". Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
^ 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
^ ”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.
^ "Richard Matthews". New Zealand Microbiological Society. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
^ "ONZ Biographical Notes". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

External links

Buckingham Palace page on the Order of New Zealand
Order of New Zealand at New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Legislation. The statutes of the Order can be found as SR 1987/67 of New Zealand regulations.

[Order2-4] The number shown is the individual's place in the wider order of appointment since the Order of New Zealand's inception.

[dpmc-onz-1] "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.

[5] "Richard Matthews". New Zealand Microbiological Society. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

[6] "ONZ Biographical Notes". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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