Queen's Birthday Honours 2009

The full list of this year's New Zealand Order of Merit.

KNZM (Knight Companion of the Order):
John George Walker CBE, Auckland, for services to sport and the community.

DNZM (Dame Companions of the Order):
Jennifer Barbara Gibbs CNZM, Auckland, For services to the arts.
Iritana Te Rangi Tawiwhirangi CNZM, MBE, Masterton, for services to Maori education.

CNZM (Companions of the Order):
Simon Peter Wallace Murdoch, Wellington, for public services, lately as Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Paula Rae Rebstock, North Shore, for public services, lately as chairwoman of the Commerce Commission. Saana (Hana) Waitai Romana Murray, QSM, Kaitaia, for services to the community.
Professor Alison Stewart, Lincoln, for services to biology, in particular plant pathology.
DrJeffery Lewis Tallon, Lower Hutt, for services to science.
Professor Peter Rowland Thorne, Auckland, for services to auditory neuroscience.
John Desmond Todd, Wellington, for services to business and the community.

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

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

THE NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE ADDITIONAL ONZM (Additional Officer of the Order):
Colonel Graeme Roger Williams, Auckland Colonel's List, New Zealand Army, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force.

MNZM (Additional Member of the Order):
Commander Blair Albert Gerritsen, North Shore Royal New Zealand Navy, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force.

THE QUEEN'S SERVICE ORDER QSO (Companions of the Order):
Bruce Alexander Aitken, Dunedin, for services to education and music; Valerie Jeanette Burns, Lower Hutt, for services to early childhood education; William John Clarke JP, Gisborne, for services to local body affairs and the community; Te Uira Graham Kerehoma, Levin, for services to Maori and the community; Ian Montgomery Grant, Auckland, for services to youth and parenting; Peter James Harrison, Auckland, for services to education; Emeritus Professor Leslie Charles Holborow, Paekakariki, for services to education and the community; Hamilton Manaia Pihopa Kingi MNZM, Rotorua, for services to the community; Inez Haereata Kingi MNZM, Rotorua, for services to the community; Jane Kominik, Wellington, for services to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage; Diana Elizabeth Robinson, Christchurch, for services to the Child Cancer Foundation; Kaa Kataraina Kathleen Williams, Auckland, for services to Maori.

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

THE NEW ZEALAND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE DECORATION DSD:
Warrant Officer Electronic Warfare Specialist Thomas Michael Allen MNZM, Porirua Royal New Zealand Navy, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force; Major Robert William Gillies, Upper Hutt Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), for services to the New Zealand Defence Force; Acting Warrant Officer Master at Arms Shirley Anne Patton, North Shore Royal New Zealand Navy, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force; Major Simon John Caulfield Strombom, Porirua Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial, Force), for services to New Zealand Defence Force.

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