Order of New Zealand

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox order 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.<ref name="dpmc-onz">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="dpmc-onz"/> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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
1	Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Template:Post-nominals	File:Kiri Te Kanawa 2013 (cropped).jpg	17 June 1995	Template:Age	Opera singer
2	Sir Lloyd Geering Template:Post-nominals	File:Lloyd Geering 2020 (cropped).jpg	30 December 2006	Template:Age	Theologian
3	Sir Kenneth Keith Template:Post-nominals	File:Kenneth Keith ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg	4 June 2007	Template:Age	Judge of International Court of Justice
4	Sir Don McKinnon Template:Post-nominals	File:Don McKinnon ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg	31 December 2007	Template:Age	Former Commonwealth Secretary-General
5	Helen Clark Template:Post-nominals	File:Helen Clark 2010 (cropped).jpg	31 December 2009	Template:Age	Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
6	Sir Bob Charles Template:Post-nominals	File:Bob Charles (cropped).jpg	31 December 2010	Template:Age	Golfer
7	Albert Wendt Template:Post-nominals	File:Albert Wendt ONZ (cropped).jpg	3 June 2013	Template:Age	Writer
8	Sir Ron Carter Template:Post-nominals	File:Ron Carter ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg	2 June 2014	Template:Age	Businessman
9	Sir Peter Gluckman Template:Post-nominals	File:Peter Gluckman ONZ 2020 (cropped).jpg	1 June 2015	Template:Age	Scientist
10	Richie McCaw Template:Post-nominals	File:Richie McCaw ONZ (cropped).jpg	31 December 2015	Template:Age	Rugby union player
11	Joy Cowley Template:Post-nominals	File:Joy Cowley ONZ (cropped).jpg	30 December 2017	Template:Age	Writer
12	Sir Mason Durie Template:Post-nominals	File:Mason Durie ONZ (cropped).jpg	31 December 2020	Template:Age	Psychiatrist
13	Dame Anne Salmond Template:Post-nominals	File:Anne Salmond ONZ (cropped).jpg	31 December 2020	Template:Age	Historian
14	Vacant
15	Vacant
16	Vacant
17	Vacant
18	Vacant
19	Vacant
20	Vacant
Additional members
1	Michael Duffy Template:Post-nominals	File:Michael Duffy.jpg	6 February 1990	Template:Age	Former Attorney-General of Australia
2	C. K. Stead Template:Post-nominals	File:Karl Stead ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	6 February 2007	Template:Age	Writer
3	Dame Margaret Bazley Template:Post-nominals	File:Margaret Bazley ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg	4 June 2012	Template:Age	Public servant
4	Sir Peter Jackson Template:Post-nominals	File:Peter Jackson ONZ (cropped).jpg	4 June 2012	Template:Age	Film director
5	Dame Malvina Major Template:Post-nominals	File:Malvina Major ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg	4 June 2012	Template:Age	Opera singer
6	Dame Silvia Cartwright Template:Post-nominals	File:Silvia Cartwright 2020 (cropped).jpg	6 June 2022	Template:Age	Jurist and former governor-general
7	Sir Tipene O'Regan Template:Post-nominals	File:Tā Tipene O'Regan in 2020 (cropped).jpg	6 June 2022	Template:Age	Māori leader
8	Queen Camilla Template:Post-nominals	File:Queen Camilla in Aotearoa 2019.jpg	5 June 2023	Template:Age	Queen of New Zealand

• Officers:
  • Secretary and Registrar: Rachel Hayward<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deceased members

	Name	Portrait	Date of appointment	Date of death	Known for
Ordinary members
1<ref group="n" name="Order2">The number shown is the individual's place in the wider order of appointment since the Order of New Zealand's inception.</ref>	Sir Arnold Nordmeyer Template:Post-nominals	File:Arnold Nordmeyer (1954).jpg	6 February 1987	2 February 1989	Minister of Finance
2	C. E. Beeby Template:Post-nominals	File:Clarence Edward Beeby (crop).jpg	6 February 1987	10 March 1998	Educationalist
3	Dame Te Atairangikaahu Template:Post-nominals	File:Te Atairangikaahu (1975).jpg	6 February 1987	15 August 2006	Māori Queen (Kīngitanga)
4	Sir Edmund Hillary Template:Post-nominals	File:Edmund Hillary, c. 1953, autograph removed.jpg	6 February 1987	11 January 2008	First official ascent of Mount Everest
5	Sonja Davies Template:Post-nominals	File:Sonja Davies (cropped).jpg	6 February 1987	12 June 2005	Trade union leader and politician
6	Jim Knox Template:Post-nominals	File:Jim Knox (crop).jpg	6 February 1988	1 December 1991	Trade union leader
7	Frederick Turnovsky Template:Post-nominals	File:Frederick Turnovsky.jpg	6 February 1988	12 December 1994	Manufacturer and arts leader
8	Richard Matthews<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Post-nominals		6 February 1988	19 February 1995	Microbiologist
9	Douglas Lilburn Template:Post-nominals		6 February 1988	6 June 2001	Composer
10	June, Lady Blundell Template:Post-nominals	File:June Blundell ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	6 February 1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	31 October 2012	Viceregal consort
11	Manuhuia Bennett Template:Post-nominals		6 February 1989	20 December 2001	Anglican bishop
12	Henry Lang Template:Post-nominals		6 February 1989	17 April 1997	Economist
13	Dame Whina Cooper Template:Post-nominals	File:Whina Cooper in Hamilton.jpg	15 June 1991	26 March 1994	Māori leader
14	Jack Somerville Template:Post-nominals	File:Jack Somerville 1948 (cropped).jpg	15 June 1991	5 October 1999	Presbyterian leader
15	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan Template:Post-nominals	File:Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg	6 February 1993	20 July 2011	Politician
16	Margaret Mahy Template:Post-nominals	File:Margaret Mahy at the Kaiapoi Club, 27 July 2011, smiling (digitally altered).jpg	6 February 1993	23 July 2012	Children's author
17	Dame Miriam Dell Template:Post-nominals	File:Miriam Dell ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	6 February 1993	22 March 2022	Women's welfare
18	Sir Thaddeus McCarthy Template:Post-nominals		6 February 1994	11 April 2001	President of the Court of Appeal
19	Sir Roy McKenzie Template:Post-nominals	File:Sir Roy Allan McKenzie.jpg	17 June 1995	1 September 2007	Philanthropist
20	Sir Miles Warren Template:Post-nominals	File:Miles Warren ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	17 June 1995	9 August 2022	Architect
21	Sir James Fletcher Template:Post-nominals		2 June 1997	29 August 2007	Industrialist
22	Ivan Lichter Template:Post-nominals	File:Ivan Lichter 1981 (cropped).jpg	2 June 1997	15 June 2009	Surgeon
23	Jim Bolger Template:Post-nominals	File:Jim Bolger ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg	31 December 1997	15 October 2025	Prime Minister
24	Cliff Whiting Template:Post-nominals	File:Cliff Whiting ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg	31 December 1998	16 July 2017	Artist
25	Ken Douglas Template:Post-nominals	File:Ken Douglas ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg	31 December 1998	14 September 2022	Trade union leader
26	Mike Moore Template:Post-nominals Template:Post-nominals Template:Post-nominals	File:New Zealand Ambassador Mike Moore Visits Governor 1 (cropped).jpg	31 December 1999	2 February 2020	Prime Minister
27	Tom Williams Template:Post-nominals	File:Tom Williams ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg	5 June 2000	22 December 2023	Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Wellington
28	Alan MacDiarmid Template:Post-nominals	File:Alan MacDiarmid 2005.017.004e crop.tif	31 December 2001	7 February 2007	Chemist, Nobel laureate
29	David Lange Template:Post-nominals	File:David Lange (1992).jpg	2 June 2003	13 August 2005	Prime Minister
30	Jonathan Hunt Template:Post-nominals	File:Jonathan Hunt ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	31 December 2004	8 March 2024	Speaker of the House of Representatives
31	Dame Doreen Blumhardt Template:Post-nominals	File:Doreen Blumhardt ONZ 2007 (cropped).jpg	30 December 2006	17 October 2009	Ceramicist
32	Sir Murray Halberg Template:Post-nominals	File:Murray Halberg ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	2 June 2008	30 November 2022	Olympic runner
33	Ralph Hotere Template:Post-nominals	File:Ralph Hotere (cropped).jpg	31 December 2011	24 February 2013	Artist
Additional members
1	Sir Guy Powles Template:Post-nominals		6 February 1990	24 October 1994	Public servant and diplomat
2	Allen Curnow Template:Post-nominals		6 February 1990	23 September 2001	Poet
3	Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Template:Post-nominals Template:Post-nominals Template:Post-nominals	File:Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother portrait.jpg	6 February 1990	30 March 2002	Mother of Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
4	Janet Frame Template:Post-nominals	File:Janet Frame 1993 (cropped).jpg	6 February 1990	29 January 2004	Author
5	Arthur Lydiard Template:Post-nominals	File:Arthur Lydiard.jpg	6 February 1990	11 December 2004	Athletics coach
6	Dame Ann Ballin Template:Post-nominals		3 June 2002	2 September 2003	Psychologist
7	The Lord Cooke of Thorndon Template:Post-nominals		3 June 2002	30 August 2006	Jurist
8	Sir Hugh Kāwharu Template:Post-nominals	File:Hugh Kawharu (cropped).jpg	3 June 2002	19 September 2006	Māori leader
9	Dame Catherine Tizard Template:Post-nominals	File:Cath Tizard ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	3 June 2002	31 October 2021	Governor-General of New Zealand
10	Sir Paul Reeves Template:Post-nominals	File:Paul Reeves ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	6 February 2007	14 August 2011	Anglican bishop and governor-general
11	Sir Owen Woodhouse Template:Post-nominals	File:Owen Woodhouse ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg	6 February 2007	15 April 2014	Jurist
12	Sir Brian Lochore Template:Post-nominals	File:Brian Lochore ONZ 2018 (cropped).jpg	6 February 2007	3 August 2019	Rugby union player and coach
13	The Duke of Edinburgh Template:Post-nominals Template:Post-nominals Template:Post-nominals	File:Prince Phillip of Edinburgh.jpg	4 June 2012	9 April 2021	Consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand
Honorary members
1	Sir Shridath Ramphal Template:Post-nominals Template:Post-nominals	File:Shridath Ramphal.JPG	6 February 1990	30 August 2024	Commonwealth Secretary-General
2	Bill Pickering Template:Post-nominals	File:Bill Pickering 1964 (cropped).jpg	2 June 2003	15 March 2004	Rocket scientist

External links

• New Zealand Legislation. The statutes of the Order can be found as SR 1987/67 of New Zealand regulations.