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Principal and Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit to be redesignated as Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit, and the dates of their original appointments:
GNZM
Principal Companion of the Order (PCNZM) to be
redesignated as a Dame Grand Companion of the Order (GNZM):
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major, DBE, Christchurch, December 31
2007
Principal Companions of the Order (PCNZM) to be redesignated as
Knights Grand Companion of the Order (GNZM):
Professor Paul Terence Callaghan, Wellington, December 31
2005
Emeritus Professor Lloyd George Geering, ONZ, CBE, Wellington,
December 31 2000
Sir Patrick Ledger Goodman, CBE, Motueka, June 3 2002
Professor Ralph Heberley Ngatata Love, QSO, JP, Porirua, December
31 2008
DNZM
Distinguished Companions of the Order (DCNZM) to be redesignated as
Dames Companion of the Order (DNZM):
Emeritus Professor Judith Mary Caroline Binney, Auckland, December
31 2005
Dr (Vera) Doreen Blumhardt, ONZ, CBE, Wellington, December 31
2002
Professor Margaret Clark, CMG, JP, Wellington, December 30
2006
Christine McKelvie Cole Catley, QSM, North Shore, June 5 2006
Lynley Stuart Dodd, Tauranga, December 31 2001
Dr Mary Josephine (Joy) Drayton, MBE, Tauranga, 31 December
2004
Jocelyn Barbara Fish, CBE, JP, Hamilton, December 30 2000
Patricia Mary Harrison, QSO, Dunedin, June 4 2001
Grace Shellie Hollander, CBE, JP, Christchurch, June 5 2000
Professor Linda Jane Holloway, Dunedin, June 6 2005
Margaret Mary Millard, JP, Palmerston North, December 30 2001
Deirdre Glenna Milne, QSO, Auckland, December 31 2003
Lois Joan Muir, OBE, Dunedin, June 7 2004
Dr Claudia Josepha Orange, OBE, Wellington, December 31 2008
Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter, QSO, Wellington, June 4 2007
Alison Mary Roxburgh, CBE, QSO, JP, Nelson, June 2 2003
Margaret Kerslake Shields, QSO, JP, Pukerua Bay, December 31
2007
Jennifer Mary Shipley, Auckland, December 31 2002
Dr Margaret June Sparrow, MBE, Wellington, June 3 2002
Sukhinder Kaur Turner, Wanaka, June 3 2002
Robin Adair White, Masterton, June 2 2003
Gillian Karawe Whitehead, Alexandra, June 2 2008
.. (Isoleen) Heather Begg, OBE, Ashfield, New South Wales, was
redesignated from DCNZM to DNZM on April 17 2009 due to her ill
health. She died on May 12.
KNZM
Distinguished Companions of the Order (DCNZM) to be redesignated as
Knights Companion of the Order (KNZM):
Noel Crossley Anderson, QC, Waitakere, June 7 2004
Professor Donald Ward Beaven, CBE, Christchurch, December 31
2004
Peter Blanchard, Wellington, December 31 2004
Judge David James Carruthers, Paraparaumu Beach, June 6 2005
Russell Coutts, CBE, San Diego, USA, June 5 2000
Edward Taihakurei Junior Durie, Lower Hutt, December 31 2007
Eion Sinclair Edgar, Queenstown, June 2 2003
Air Marshal Bruce Reid Ferguson, OBE, AFC, RNZAF (Rtd), Wellington,
June 5 2006
George Vjeceslav Fistonich, Auckland, June 6 2005
Dr Alan Russell Frampton, Auckland, December 31 2004
Harawira Tiri Gardiner, Wellington, June 2 2008
David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne, CBE, Wellington, December 31
2005
Thomas Munro Gault, Auckland, December 30 2000
Professor Peter David Gluckman, Auckland, December 31 2007
John Packard Goulter, JP, Paihia, December 31 2003
John William Hansen, Rangiora, June 2 2008
John Steele Henry, QC, Auckland, June 4 2001
Professor Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones, Auckland, June 3
2002
Douglas Lorimer Kidd, Wellington, June 5 2000
Patrick Desmond Mahony, Wellington, December 31 2003
Peter Charles Maire, North Shore, June 2 2008
Professor Alan Francis Mark, CBE, Dunedin, December 30 2000
Emeritus Professor (Arthur) Harold Marshall, Auckland, June 2
2008
David Charles Mauger, Auckland, June 3 2002
John Joseph McGrath, QC, Wellington, December 30 2006
Dr Sidney Moko Mead, Wellington, June 5 2006
Colin Earl Meads, MBE, Te Kuiti, December 30 2000
Ralph James Norris, Sydney, December 31 2005
Noel Stuart Robinson, Auckland, June 5 2006
Peter Graham Siddell, QSO, Auckland, December 31 2007
Professor David Christopher Graham Skegg, OBE, Dunedin, December 31
2008
Bruce Houlton Slane, CBE, Auckland, December 31 2002
Dr Peter George Snell, OBE, Dallas, USA, December 31 2001
Kenneth Allen Stevens, Auckland, December 31 2007
Archie John Te Atawai Taiaroa, Taumarunui, June 2 2003
Tumu Te Heuheu, Taupo, December 31 2004
Edmund Walter Thomas, QC, Auckland, December 31 2001
Stephen Robert Tindall, North Shore, June 4 2007
Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping, Wellington, December 31 2005
Peter John Trapski, CBE, Tauranga, December 31 2002
Henry William van der Heyden, Putaruru, June 4 2007
John Wells, Auckland, December 31 2008
Tennant Edward (Tay) Wilson, OBE, Lower Hutt, December 30
2006
William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young, Christchurch, June 4 2007
LADY
Spouses of deceased Principal and Distinguished Companions of the
Order to be granted the use of the courtesy title of "Lady":
Olive Doreen Hutchins, Queenstown, spouse of the late Leslie
Hutchins, DCNZM, OBE
Elaine Ivy James, Hamilton, spouse of the late Oswald George James,
DCNZM, OBE
Doris Parekohe Vercoe, QSM, Rotorua, spouse of the late Right
Reverend Te Whakahuihui Vercoe, PCNZM, MBE.
STAYING THE SAME
Those who have elected to remain as Principal and
Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
Sir Ivor Lloyd Richardson, PCNZM, Knight Bachelor, Wellington
Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright, PCNZM, DBE, QSO, resident
overseas
Leonard Ramsey Castle, DCNZM, Auckland
Associate Professor Witi Ihimaera-Smiler, DCNZM, QSM,
Auckland
Nigel (Sam) Neill, DCNZM, OBE, Queenstown
Professor Vincent O'Sullivan, DCNZM, Wellington
Dr Ranginui Walker, DCNZM, Auckland
Cassia Joy Cowley, DCNZM, OBE, Wellington
Dr Patricia Grace, DCNZM, QSO, Mana
Sister Patricia Mary Hook, DCNZM, Hamilton
The Rt Rev Dr Penelope Ann Jamieson, DCNZM, Lower Hutt
Sister Pauline Margaret O'Regan, DCNZM, CBE, Christchurch
Margaret Wilson, DCNZM, Tauranga.