Order of New Zealand

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 British Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honour.[1]

Order of New Zealand
Badge of the Order of New Zealand
Awarded by the Monarch of New Zealand
TypeOrder
EligibilitySubjects of the Crown
Awarded forOutstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity
StatusCurrently constituted
FounderElizabeth II
SovereignCharles III
GradesMember (ONZ)
Statistics
First induction6 February 1987
Last induction5 June 2023
Total inductees46 ordinary members
21 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

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.[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).

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.[2]

Insignia
Elizabeth II wearing the insignia of the Sovereign of the Order of New Zealand (the bow on her shoulder)

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
NamePortraitDate of appointmentAgeKnown for
Ordinary members
1Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
ONZ CH DBE AC		17 June 199579Opera singer
2Jim Bolger
ONZ PC		31 December 199788Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
3Cardinal Tom Williams
ONZ ChStJ		5 June 200093Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Wellington
4Jonathan Hunt
ONZ PC		31 December 200484Former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
5Sir Lloyd Geering
ONZ GNZM CBE		30 December 2006105Theologian
6Sir Kenneth Keith
ONZ KBE KC PC		4 June 200785Judge of International Court of Justice
7Sir Don McKinnon
ONZ GCVO PC		31 December 200784Former Commonwealth Secretary-General
8Helen Clark
ONZ SSI PC		31 December 200973Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
9Sir Bob Charles
ONZ KNZM CBE		31 December 201087Golfer
10Albert Wendt
ONZ CNZM		3 June 201383Writer
11Sir Ron Carter
ONZ KNZM		2 June 201488Businessman
12Sir Peter Gluckman
ONZ KNZM		1 June 201574Scientist
13Richie McCaw
ONZ		31 December 201542Rugby union player
14Joy Cowley
ONZ DCNZM OBE		30 December 201787Writer
15Sir Mason Durie
ONZ KNZM		31 December 202084Psychiatrist
16Dame Anne Salmond
ONZ DBE		31 December 202077Historian
17Vacant
18Vacant
19Vacant
20Vacant
Additional members
1Michael Duffy
ONZ		6 February 199085Former Attorney-General of Australia
2C. K. Stead
ONZ CBE		6 February 200791Writer
3Dame Margaret Bazley
ONZ DNZM		4 June 201285Public servant
4Sir Peter Jackson
ONZ KNZM		4 June 201261Film director
5Dame Malvina Major
ONZ GNZM DBE		4 June 201280Opera singer
6Dame Silvia Cartwright
ONZ PCNZM DBE QSO DStJ		6 June 202279Jurist and former governor-general
7Sir Tipene O'Regan
ONZ		6 June 202284Māori leader
8Queen Camilla
LG LT ONZ GCVO PC		5 June 202376Queen of New Zealand
Honorary members
1Sir Shridath Ramphal
ONZ OE GCMG OCC AC KC		6 February 199095Former Commonwealth Secretary-General
  • Officers:
    • Secretary and Registrar: Rachel Hayward[3][4]

Deceased members
NamePortraitDate of appointmentDate of deathKnown for
Ordinary members
1[n 1]Sir Arnold Nordmeyer
ONZ KCMG		6 February 19872 February 1989Minister of Finance
2C. E. Beeby
ONZ CMG		6 February 198710 March 1998Educationalist
3Dame Te Atairangikaahu
ONZ DBE OStJ		6 February 198715 August 2006Māori Queen (Kīngitanga)
4Sir Edmund Hillary
KG ONZ KBE		6 February 198711 January 2008First official ascent of Mount Everest
5Sonja Davies
ONZ JP		6 February 198712 June 2005Trade union leader and politician
6Jim Knox
ONZ JP		6 February 19881 December 1991Trade union leader
7Frederick Turnovsky
ONZ OBE		6 February 198812 December 1994Manufacturer and arts leader
8Richard Matthews[5]
ONZ		6 February 198819 February 1995Microbiologist
9Douglas Lilburn
ONZ		6 February 19886 June 2001Composer
10June, Lady Blundell
ONZ QSO GCStJ		6 February 1988[6]31 October 2012Viceregal consort of New Zealand
11Manuhuia Bennett
ONZ CMG		6 February 198920 December 2001Anglican bishop
12Henry Lang
ONZ CB		6 February 198917 April 1997Economist
13Dame Whina Cooper
ONZ DBE		15 June 199126 March 1994Māori leader
14Jack Somerville
ONZ CMG MC ChStJ		15 June 19915 October 1999Presbyterian leader
15Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan
ONZ		6 February 199320 July 2011Politician
16Margaret Mahy
ONZ		6 February 199323 July 2012Children's author
17Dame Miriam Dell
ONZ DBE JP		6 February 199322 March 2022Women's welfare
18Sir Thaddeus McCarthy
ONZ KBE		6 February 199411 April 2001President of the Court of Appeal
19Sir Roy McKenzie
ONZ KBE		17 June 19951 September 2007Philanthropist
20Sir Miles Warren
ONZ KBE		17 June 19959 August 2022Architect
21Sir James Fletcher
ONZ		2 June 199729 August 2007Industrialist
22Ivan Lichter
ONZ		2 June 199715 June 2009Surgeon
23Cliff Whiting
ONZ		31 December 199816 July 2017Artist
24Ken Douglas
ONZ		31 December 199814 September 2022Trade union leader
25Mike Moore
ONZ AO PC		31 December 19992 February 2020Prime Minister
26Alan MacDiarmid
ONZ		31 December 20017 February 2007Chemist, Nobel laureate
27David Lange
ONZ CH PC		2 June 200313 August 2005Prime Minister
28Dame Doreen Blumhardt
ONZ DNZM CBE		30 December 200617 October 2009Ceramicist
29Sir Murray Halberg
ONZ MBE		2 June 200830 November 2022Olympic runner
30Ralph Hotere
ONZ		31 December 201124 February 2013Artist
Additional members
1Sir Guy Powles
ONZ KBE CMG ED		6 February 199024 October 1994Public servant and diplomat
2Allen Curnow
ONZ CBE		6 February 199023 September 2001Poet
3Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
LG LT ONZ GCVO GBE CI CC RRC CD		6 February 199030 March 2002Mother of Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
4Janet Frame
ONZ CBE		6 February 199029 January 2004Author
5Arthur Lydiard
ONZ OBE		6 February 199011 December 2004Athletics coach
6Dame Ann Ballin
ONZ DBE		3 June 20022 September 2003Psychologist
7The Lord Cooke of Thorndon
ONZ KBE PC QC		3 June 200230 August 2006Jurist
8Sir Hugh Kāwharu
ONZ		3 June 200219 September 2006Māori leader
9Dame Catherine Tizard
ONZ GCMG GCVO DBE QSO DStJ		3 June 200231 October 2021Governor-General of New Zealand
10Sir Paul Reeves
ONZ GCMG GCVO QSO KStJ		6 February 200714 August 2011Anglican bishop and governor-general
11Sir Owen Woodhouse
ONZ KBE DSC PC		6 February 200715 April 2014Jurist
12Sir Brian Lochore
ONZ KNZM OBE		6 February 20073 August 2019Rugby union player and coach
13The Duke of Edinburgh
KG KT OM ONZ GCVO GBE AK QSO PC		4 June 20129 April 2021Consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
Honorary members
1Bill Pickering
ONZ KBE		2 June 200315 March 2004Rocket scientist

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

References
  1. "The Order of New Zealand". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. "Appointment of new Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. "Rachel Hayward". Government House. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  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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