Below is the full list of the New Year Honours for 2024. DNZM: To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Sarai-Paea (Sarai) Bareman - For services to football governance
Pania Tyson-Nathan (Rongomaiwahine), MNZM, JP - For services to Māori and business KNZM: To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Dr Scott Duncan Macfarlane - For services to health
The Right Honourable Trevor Colin Mallard - For services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ian Barry Mune, OBE - For services to film, television and theatre CNZM: To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Professor Brian Joseph Anderson - For services to paediatrics and anaesthesia
Dr Vanessa Shona Beavis - For services to anaesthesia
David Kenrick Beeche - For services to sports administration
Professor Timothy Clinton Bell - For services to computer science education
John Donald Brakenridge - For services to the New Zealand food and fibre sectors and the merino industry
Professor Graeme Mervyn Bydder - For services to medical imaging
Philip (Pip) Maxwell Cheshire - For services to architecture
Clive Ernest Fugill (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Rangi Wewehi) - For services to Māori art
Dale Mary Adeline Garratt - For services to Christian music production
David Reginald Garratt - For services to Christian music production
Clive David (David) Hill, MNZM - For services to literature, particularly children’s literature
Yolanda Lou-Anne Wisewitch Soryl - For services to literacy education
Dr Kevin Edward Trenberth - For services to geophysics
Jo-anne Edna Mary (Lady Dingle) Wilkinson, MNZM - For services to youth
James Ross (Ross) Wilson (Ngāi Tahu) - For services to the trade union movement and workplace safety
Dr Johanna Julene Wood - For services to football governance ONZM: To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Associate Professor James Gregory (Greg) Anson - For services to exercise sciences and neuroscience
Susan Battye - for services to performing arts education
Professor Francis Harry (Frank) Bloomfield - For services to neonatology
Ereti Taetuha (Letty) Brown (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou), QSM - For services to Māori and early childhood education
Richard Waldron Bunton - For services as a cardiac surgeon
Steven George (Steve) Campbell - For services to Search and Rescue
Dr Rosemary Beatrice Cathcart, QSM - For services to gifted children
Dr Cherie Maria Chu-Fuluifaga - For services to education
Valerie Ann (Val) Deakin - For services to dance
Barbara Helen Dreaver - For services to investigative journalism and Pacific communities
Dr Graeme Peter Elliott - For services to wildlife conservation
Philip Douglas Gifford - For services to broadcasting and sports journalism
Theodora Mary Götz - For services to gymnastics
Anthony Trevor Gray - For services to accounting and Māori business
Detective Inspector Craig James Hamilton - For services to the New Zealand Police and community
Rosemary Alice (Rose) Henderson - For services to social work and health
Robert George Holding - For services to Pacific literature and business
Associate Professor Tristram Richard Ingham (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Porou) - For services to the disability community
Emeritus Professor Edith Marion (Marion) Jones - For services to education
Marie Carmel Celebrado Lindaya - For services to multicultural communities
Frank Lindsay - For services to the apiculture industry
Norah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Matthews - for services to curling
Hamish John McCrostie - For services to outdoor recreation and Search and Rescue
James Robert Morris - For services to table tennis
Dr Hana Merenea O’Regan (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) - For services to education
Dr Anneliese Ruth Parkin - for services to the Public Service
Jane Frances Patterson, MNZM - For services to sports administration
Kevin Frank Pivac - For services to the deaf rugby community
Mary Jane Rivers - For services to community-led development, governance and education
Dr Caroline Seelig - For services to education
Tania Joy Te Rangingangana Simson (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngā Puhi, Ngāi Tahu) - For services to governance and Māori
Dr Simon Snook - For services to reproductive health
Larnce Joseph Wichman - For services to the seafood industry and marine conservation
Rosemary Dawn (Rose) Wilkinson - For services to the blind and vision impaired community
Major General Evan George Williams - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
Emeritus Professor Peter Donald (Don) Wilson - For services to obstetrics and gynaecology
Jodi Ann Wright - For services to the arts MNZM: To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Harriet Bennett Allan - For services to the publishing industry
Margaret Louise (Marnie) Barrell - For services as a hymn writer
Luke Boustridge - For services to the electrical industry and vocational training
Monica Jacqueline Briggs - For services to women and governance
Patrick William Bronte - For services to military history
Barbara Joan Dewson - For services to dental and oral health therapy
Carla Elena Donson - For services to women and the community
Aaron Murray Fleming - For services to the community and sport
Tevita Filisonu’u Funaki - For services to Pacific health
Robert Lawrence Gemmell - For services to martial arts and the community
Pamela Mary (Pam) Hanna - For services to the community and early childhood education
Roslyn Aileen Hiini - For services to women and the union movement
Phillip Terence (Phil) Humphreys - For services to people with disabilities and sport
Christine Mary (Kira) Hundleby - For services to Pacific arts
Richard Geoffrey Keddell - For services to orthopaedics
Trevor John Kempton - For services to the arts and local government
Julie Ann King - For services to education
Joan (Jo) Knight - For services to the environment
Patricia Jacqueline (Jacqui) Knight - For services to Lepidoptera conservation and the community
Philippa Agnes Laufiso - For services to arts and the community
Vivien Lynette Heretaniwha (Heretaniwha) Lee - For services to prisoner support and Māori
Tupe Lualua - For services to the arts
Huhana Te Uru Naomi Anne (Naomi) Manu (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) - For services to STEM education and Māori
Aych Carlin McArdle - For services to the rainbow community
Pearl Naulder - For services to education
Aaron Roger Nicholson - For services to the New Zealand Police and Search and Rescue
Dinah Jane Okeby - For services to the Public Service
Kahira Rata Patricia Olley (Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Toa) - For services to women, youth and the prevention of family violence
Ria Dawn Percival - For services to football
Dr Anne Doloras Perera - For services to food science and nutrition
Anuradha Ramkumar - For services to Indian classical dance
Paul William James Reti (Ngāpuhi) - For services to ju-jitsu
Alexandra Lowe (Ali) Riley - For services to football
Silao Vaisola (Lemalu Silao) Sefo - For services to Pacific health
Susan Jane (Jane) Sinclair - For services to art and education
Prem Singh - For services to multicultural communities
Harold Edgar (Edgar) Spark - For services to railway unions
The Honourable Maryan Street - For services as a Member of Parliament and to human and democratic rights
Dr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni - For services to education
Yvonne Lenette (Bonnie) Sue - For services to health and Māori
Joyce Alma Talbot - For services to the sailing administration
Professor Yvonne Jasmine Te Ruki Rangi o Tangaroa Underhill - For services to tertiary education and Pacific Development
Makerita (Vaosa ole Tagaloa Makerita Urale) Urale - For services to Pacific arts
Tama-o-Rangi (Tama) Waipara (Ngāti Ruapani, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou) - For services to Māori music
David John West - For services to community development
Diane Christine Wilson (Maniapoto) - For services to the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association
Senior Sergeant Karl Edwin Rostance Wilson - For services to the New Zealand Police, disaster victim identification and Search and Rescue
Lindsay Macdonald Wood - For services to environmental sustainability and climate change awareness Honorary
Ismail Kaşdemir - For services to New Zealand-Türkiye relations The Queen’s Service Order QSO: To be Companions of the Queen’s Service Order
Paul Thomas Gibson - For services to disabled people The Queen’s Service Medal QSM
Victoria Louise Andrews - For services to heritage preservation and conservation
Lyall Ashley Bailey - For services to the community and local government
David Alan (Ginge) Burnett - For services to multisport
Ian Peter (Peter) Carr, JP - For services to the community
Neville Albert Carter - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand rugby
Paul Clements - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Ewen Douglas Phillip Coleman - For services to theatre
Lawrence John (Laurie) Counsell - For services to rowing
Alison Eleanor Crawford - For services to the community
Russel George Geange - For services to swimming and rugby
Helen Alison Gordon - For services to the community
Trevor John Hawkins (Ngāti Kahungunu) - For services to the community
Katherine Jane (Katie Terris) Hawley - For services to the community and the arts
Barbara Mary Hay - For services to the community and education
Kristeen Elizabeth Johnston - For services to the community
Eruera Taihaere (Eru) Kaiwai (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti) - For services to the community
Allan John Kerr - For services to music
Geoffrey Ramon (Geoff) Lienert - For services to sports administration, particularly cycling and athletics
Te Ao Marama Maaka (Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Wairere a Ngāi te Rangi) - For services to the community
Brian Campbell McCandless, CB, CBE - For services to the community
Desmond Frank (Des) Meads - For services to hockey and the community
Ngahiwi Takamore Meroiti (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Tama) - For services to netball
Dr Michael John Hugh Miller - For services to rural health
Manisha Morar - For services to the Indian community
Bruce Alexander Nairn - For services to the community and sport
Hansaben Dhanji (Hansa) Naran, JP - For services to the Indian community
Karen Gaye Ngatai - For services to the community
Joy Margaret Oakly - For services to women and education
Gavin John O’Donnell - For services to the rural community and conservation
Brian Ernest Gladstone Pegler - For services to social work
James Harry (Harry) Piner, MStJ - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Alister Douglas Robertson - For services to people with dementia
Jennifer Mary Mayson Saywood, JP - For services to restorative justice and women
Jennifer Mary Schollum - For services to the community and heritage preservation
Susan Gay (Susan Jordan) Stevens Jordan - For services to seniors and dance
Rowena Ngaio Tana (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manu, Te Kapotai, Ngāti Kawa, Te Orewai, Ngāti Te Ara, Ngāpuhi), JP - For services to the Māori community
Rai Vaeruarangi - For services to the Cook Islands community
William Neil (Neil) Walker - For services to outdoor bowls and smallbore rifle shooting
Athula Cuda Bandara Wanasinghe, JP - For services to the Sri Lankan community and cricket Honorary
Liyanage Sadun Sampath (Sadun) Kithulagoda - For services to the Sri Lankan community The New Zealand Antarctic Medal NZAM
Dr Megan Ruby Balks - For services to Antarctic soil science The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration DSD
Lieutenant Commander Louis James Munden-Hooper - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
Lieutenant Commander Makoare Kohupara (Mark) Te Kani (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Te Whakatōhea), MNZM - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
This is awesome, but by golly that’s a long list!
Stoked that Dr Bell is being recognised, he’s an absolute legend in his field
Heh, a National government giving a knighthood to Trevor Mallard.