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Order of New Zealand
Order of chivalry in New Zealand
Order of chivalry in New Zealand
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| title | Order of New Zealand | |
| image | [[File:Order of New Zealand.jpg | 250px]] |
| caption | Badge of a Member of the Order of New Zealand (neck ribbon and bow) | |
| awarded_by | the Monarch of New Zealand | |
| type | Order | |
| founded | 6 February 1987 | motto = |
| eligibility | Subjects of the Crown | |
| for | Outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity | |
| status | Currently constituted | |
| founder | Elizabeth II | |
| head_title | Sovereign | |
| head | Charles III | |
| grades | Member (ONZ) | |
| date | 6 February 1987 | |
| first_induction | 6 February 1987 | |
| last_induction | 5 June 2023 | |
| total | 46 ordinary members | |
| 21 additional members | ||
| 2 honorary members | ||
| higher | Order of Merit | |
| lower | New Zealand Order of Merit | |
| image2 | [[File:Order of New Zealand ribbon.png | 100px]] |
| caption2 | Ribbon of the Order of New Zealand |
21 additional members 2 honorary members The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in the New Zealand 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 on 6 February 1987. The order is modelled on the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour.{{cite web | access-date= 5 June 2023
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, in 2012 for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, in 2022 for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, and in 2023 to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Additional members have the same status as ordinary members. Honorary membership is for citizens of nations of which the Sovereign is not head of state. 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).
Richie McCaw represented the Order at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla in 2023, and took part in the procession of the King and Queen at the beginning of the ceremony.
Insignia
The insignia is made up of an oval medallion of the coat of 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 King of New Zealand
| Name | Portrait | Date of appointment | Age | Known for | Ordinary members | Additional members | Honorary members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa | ||||||
| [[File:Kiri Te Kanawa 2013 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 17 June 1995 | Opera singer | ||||
| 2 | Sir Lloyd Geering | ||||||
| [[File:Lloyd Geering 2020 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 30 December 2006 | Theologian | ||||
| 3 | Sir Kenneth Keith | ||||||
| [[File:Kenneth Keith ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 4 June 2007 | Judge of International Court of Justice | ||||
| 4 | Sir Don McKinnon | ||||||
| [[File:Don McKinnon ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2007 | Former Commonwealth Secretary-General | ||||
| 5 | Helen Clark | ||||||
| [[File:Helen Clark 2010 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2009 | Former Prime Minister of New Zealand | ||||
| 6 | Sir Bob Charles | ||||||
| [[File:Bob Charles (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2010 | Golfer | ||||
| 7 | Albert Wendt | ||||||
| [[File:Albert Wendt ONZ (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 3 June 2013 | Writer | ||||
| 8 | Sir Ron Carter | ||||||
| [[File:Ron Carter ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 2 June 2014 | Businessman | ||||
| 9 | Sir Peter Gluckman | ||||||
| [[File:Peter Gluckman ONZ 2020 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 1 June 2015 | Scientist | ||||
| 10 | Richie McCaw | ||||||
| [[File:Richie McCaw ONZ (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2015 | Rugby union player | ||||
| 11 | Joy Cowley | ||||||
| [[File:Joy Cowley ONZ (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 30 December 2017 | Writer | ||||
| 12 | Sir Mason Durie | ||||||
| [[File:Mason Durie ONZ (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2020 | Psychiatrist | ||||
| 13 | Dame Anne Salmond | ||||||
| [[File:Anne Salmond ONZ (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2020 | Historian | ||||
| 14 | Vacant | ||||||
| 15 | Vacant | ||||||
| 16 | Vacant | ||||||
| 17 | Vacant | ||||||
| 18 | Vacant | ||||||
| 19 | Vacant | ||||||
| 20 | Vacant | ||||||
| 1 | Michael Duffy | ||||||
| [[File:Michael Duffy.jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1990 | Former Attorney-General of Australia | ||||
| 2 | C. K. Stead | ||||||
| [[File:Karl Stead ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 2007 | Writer | ||||
| 3 | Dame Margaret Bazley | ||||||
| [[File:Margaret Bazley ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 4 June 2012 | Public servant | ||||
| 4 | Sir Peter Jackson | ||||||
| [[File:Peter Jackson ONZ (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 4 June 2012 | Film director | ||||
| 5 | Dame Malvina Major | ||||||
| [[File:Malvina Major ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 4 June 2012 | Opera singer | ||||
| 6 | Dame Silvia Cartwright | ||||||
| [[File:Silvia Cartwright 2020 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 June 2022 | Jurist and former governor-general | ||||
| 7 | Sir Tipene O'Regan | ||||||
| [[File:Tā Tipene O'Regan in 2020 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 June 2022 | Māori leader | ||||
| 8 | Queen Camilla | ||||||
| [[File:Queen Camilla in Aotearoa 2019.jpg | 60px]] | 5 June 2023 | Consort of Charles III, King of New Zealand |
- Officers:
- Secretary and Registrar: Rachel Hayward
Deceased members
| Name | Portrait | Date of appointment | Date of death | Known for | Ordinary members | Additional members | Honorary members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Arnold Nordmeyer | ||||||
| [[File:Arnold Nordmeyer (1954).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1987 | 2 February 1989 | Minister of Finance | |||
| 2 | C. E. Beeby | ||||||
| [[File:Clarence Edward Beeby (crop).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1987 | 10 March 1998 | Educationalist | |||
| 3 | Dame Te Atairangikaahu | ||||||
| [[File:Te Atairangikaahu (1975).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1987 | 15 August 2006 | Māori Queen (Kīngitanga) | |||
| 4 | Sir Edmund Hillary | ||||||
| [[File:Edmund Hillary, c. 1953, autograph removed.jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1987 | 11 January 2008 | First official ascent of Mount Everest | |||
| 5 | Sonja Davies | ||||||
| [[File:Sonja Davies (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1987 | 12 June 2005 | Trade union leader and politician | |||
| 6 | Jim Knox | ||||||
| [[File:Jim Knox (crop).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1988 | 1 December 1991 | Trade union leader | |||
| 7 | Frederick Turnovsky | ||||||
| [[File:Frederick Turnovsky.jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1988 | 12 December 1994 | Manufacturer and arts leader | |||
| 8 | Richard Matthews | ||||||
| 6 February 1988 | 19 February 1995 | Microbiologist | |||||
| 9 | Douglas Lilburn | ||||||
| 6 February 1988 | 6 June 2001 | Composer | |||||
| 10 | June, Lady Blundell | ||||||
| [[File:June Blundell ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1988 | 31 October 2012 | Viceregal consort | |||
| 11 | Manuhuia Bennett | ||||||
| 6 February 1989 | 20 December 2001 | Anglican bishop | |||||
| 12 | Henry Lang | ||||||
| 6 February 1989 | 17 April 1997 | Economist | |||||
| 13 | Dame Whina Cooper | ||||||
| [[File:Whina Cooper in Hamilton.jpg | 60px]] | 15 June 1991 | 26 March 1994 | Māori leader | |||
| 14 | Jack Somerville | ||||||
| [[File:Jack Somerville 1948 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 15 June 1991 | 5 October 1999 | Presbyterian leader | |||
| 15 | Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan | ||||||
| [[File:Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1993 | 20 July 2011 | Politician | |||
| 16 | Margaret Mahy | ||||||
| [[File:Margaret Mahy at the Kaiapoi Club, 27 July 2011, smiling (digitally altered).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1993 | 23 July 2012 | Children's author | |||
| 17 | Dame Miriam Dell | ||||||
| [[File:Miriam Dell ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1993 | 22 March 2022 | Women's welfare | |||
| 18 | Sir Thaddeus McCarthy | ||||||
| 6 February 1994 | 11 April 2001 | President of the Court of Appeal | |||||
| 19 | Sir Roy McKenzie | ||||||
| [[File:Sir Roy Allan McKenzie.jpg | 60px]] | 17 June 1995 | 1 September 2007 | Philanthropist | |||
| 20 | Sir Miles Warren | ||||||
| [[File:Miles Warren ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 17 June 1995 | 9 August 2022 | Architect | |||
| 21 | Sir James Fletcher | ||||||
| 2 June 1997 | 29 August 2007 | Industrialist | |||||
| 22 | Ivan Lichter | ||||||
| [[File:Ivan Lichter 1981 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 2 June 1997 | 15 June 2009 | Surgeon | |||
| 23 | Jim Bolger | ||||||
| [[File:Jim Bolger ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 1997 | 15 October 2025 | Prime Minister | |||
| 24 | Cliff Whiting | ||||||
| [[File:Cliff Whiting ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 1998 | 16 July 2017 | Artist | |||
| 25 | Ken Douglas | ||||||
| [[File:Ken Douglas ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 1998 | 14 September 2022 | Trade union leader | |||
| 26 | Mike Moore | ||||||
| [[File:New Zealand Ambassador Mike Moore Visits Governor 1 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 1999 | 2 February 2020 | Prime Minister | |||
| 27 | Tom Williams | ||||||
| [[File:Tom Williams ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 5 June 2000 | 22 December 2023 | Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Wellington | |||
| 28 | Alan MacDiarmid | ||||||
| [[File:Alan MacDiarmid 2005.017.004e crop.tif | 60px]] | 31 December 2001 | 7 February 2007 | Chemist, Nobel laureate | |||
| 29 | David Lange | ||||||
| [[File:David Lange (1992).jpg | 60px]] | 2 June 2003 | 13 August 2005 | Prime Minister | |||
| 30 | Jonathan Hunt | ||||||
| [[File:Jonathan Hunt ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2004 | 8 March 2024 | Speaker of the House of Representatives | |||
| 31 | Dame Doreen Blumhardt | ||||||
| [[File:Doreen Blumhardt ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 30 December 2006 | 17 October 2009 | Ceramicist | |||
| 32 | Sir Murray Halberg | ||||||
| [[File:Murray Halberg ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 2 June 2008 | 30 November 2022 | Olympic runner | |||
| 33 | Ralph Hotere | ||||||
| [[File:Ralph Hotere (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 31 December 2011 | 24 February 2013 | Artist | |||
| 1 | Sir Guy Powles | ||||||
| 6 February 1990 | 24 October 1994 | Public servant and diplomat | |||||
| 2 | Allen Curnow | ||||||
| 6 February 1990 | 23 September 2001 | Poet | |||||
| 3 | Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | ||||||
| [[File:Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother portrait.jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1990 | 30 March 2002 | Mother of Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand | |||
| 4 | Janet Frame | ||||||
| [[File:Janet Frame 1993 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1990 | 29 January 2004 | Author | |||
| 5 | Arthur Lydiard | ||||||
| [[File:Arthur Lydiard.jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 1990 | 11 December 2004 | Athletics coach | |||
| 6 | Dame Ann Ballin | ||||||
| 3 June 2002 | 2 September 2003 | Psychologist | |||||
| 7 | The Lord Cooke of Thorndon | ||||||
| 3 June 2002 | 30 August 2006 | Jurist | |||||
| 8 | Sir Hugh Kāwharu | ||||||
| [[File:Hugh Kawharu (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 3 June 2002 | 19 September 2006 | Māori leader | |||
| 9 | Dame Catherine Tizard | ||||||
| [[File:Cath Tizard ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 3 June 2002 | 31 October 2021 | Governor-General of New Zealand | |||
| 10 | Sir Paul Reeves | ||||||
| [[File:Paul Reeves ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 2007 | 14 August 2011 | Anglican bishop and governor-general | |||
| 11 | Sir Owen Woodhouse | ||||||
| [[File:Owen Woodhouse ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 2007 | 15 April 2014 | Jurist | |||
| 12 | Sir Brian Lochore | ||||||
| [[File:Brian Lochore ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 6 February 2007 | 3 August 2019 | Rugby union player and coach | |||
| 13 | The Duke of Edinburgh | ||||||
| [[File:Prince Philip of Edinburgh.jpg | 60px]] | 4 June 2012 | 9 April 2021 | Consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand | |||
| 1 | Sir Shridath Ramphal | ||||||
| [[File:Shridath Ramphal.JPG | 60px]] | 6 February 1990 | 30 August 2024 | Commonwealth Secretary-General | |||
| 2 | Bill Pickering | ||||||
| [[File:Bill Pickering 1964 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | 2 June 2003 | 15 March 2004 | Rocket scientist |
Notes
References
References
- (5 May 2023). "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News.
- (4 November 2022). "Appointment of new Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- (3 December 2022). "Rachel Hayward". Government House.
- "Richard Matthews". New Zealand Microbiological Society.
- "ONZ Biographical Notes". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
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