Order of New Zealand

The Order of New Zealand is the highest honour in New Zealand's 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 Order of the Companions of Honour.[1]

Order of New Zealand
Badge of the Order of New Zealand
Awarded by Sovereign 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
SovereignQueen Elizabeth II
GradesMember (ONZ)
Statistics
First induction6 February 1987
Last induction31 December 2020
Total inductees46 Ordinary members
18 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, and in 2012 for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. 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).

Insignia
The Queen of New Zealand wearing the insignia of the Sovereign of the Order of New Zealand

The insignia is made up of an oval medallion of the 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 199578Opera singer
2Sir Miles Warren
ONZ KBE		17 June 199592Architect
3Jim Bolger
ONZ PC		31 December 199786Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
4Ken Douglas
ONZ		31 December 199886Trade union leader
5Cardinal Tom Williams
ONZ ChStJ		5 June 200092Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Wellington
6Jonathan Hunt
ONZ PC		31 December 200483Former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
7Sir Lloyd Geering
ONZ GNZM CBE		30 December 2006104Theologian
8Sir Kenneth Keith
ONZ KBE QC PC		4 June 200784Judge of International Court of Justice
9Sir Don McKinnon
ONZ GCVO PC		31 December 200783Former Commonwealth Secretary-General
10Sir Murray Halberg
ONZ MBE		2 June 200888Olympic runner
11Helen Clark
ONZ SSI PC		31 December 200972Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
12Sir Bob Charles
ONZ KNZM CBE		31 December 201086Golfer
13Albert Wendt
ONZ CNZM		3 June 201382Writer
14Sir Ron Carter
ONZ KNZM		2 June 201486Businessman
15Sir Peter Gluckman
ONZ KNZM		1 June 201573Scientist
16Richie McCaw
ONZ		31 December 201541Rugby union
17Joy Cowley
ONZ DCNZM OBE		30 December 201785Writer
18Sir Mason Durie
ONZ KNZM		31 December 202083Psychiatrist
19Dame Anne Salmond
ONZ DBE		31 December 202076Historian
20Vacant
Additional members
1Michael Duffy
ONZ		6 February 199084Former Attorney-General of Australia
2C. K. Stead
ONZ CBE		6 February 200789Writer
3Dame Margaret Bazley
ONZ DNZM		4 June 201284Public servant
4Sir Peter Jackson
ONZ KNZM		4 June 201260Film director
5Dame Malvina Major
ONZ GNZM DBE		4 June 201279Opera singer
Honorary members
1Sir Shridath Ramphal
ONZ OE GCMG OCC AC QC		6 February 199093Former Commonwealth Secretary-General
  • Officers:
    • Secretary and Registrar: Michael L. C. Webster.[2][3]

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 with Tenzing Norgay in 1953
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[4]
ONZ		6 February 198819 February 1995Microbiologist
9Douglas Lilburn
ONZ		6 February 19886 June 2001Composer
10June, Lady Blundell
ONZ QSO GCStJ		6 February 1988[5]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 James Fletcher
ONZ		2 June 199729 August 2007Industrialist
21Ivan Lichter
ONZ		2 June 199715 June 2009Surgeon
22Cliff Whiting
ONZ		31 December 199816 July 2017Artist
23Mike Moore
ONZ AO PC		31 December 19992 February 2020Prime Minister
24Alan MacDiarmid
ONZ		31 December 20017 February 2007Chemist, Nobel laureate
25David Lange
ONZ CH PC		2 June 200313 August 2005Prime Minister
26Dame Doreen Blumhardt
ONZ DNZM CBE		30 December 200617 October 2009Ceramicist
27Ralph 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
KG KT 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
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 Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  2. Appointed 18 March 2014 to the office of Secretary and Registrar of The Queen's Service Order, The Order of New Zealand, and The New Zealand Order of Merit, during Her Majesty's pleasure, in place of Rebecca Lucy Kitteridge, CVO
  3. ”The Queen's Service Order / The Order of New Zealand / The New Zealand Order of Merit (28 April 2014) 44 New Zealand Gazette 1263 at 1287.
  4. "Richard Matthews". New Zealand Microbiological Society. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  5. "ONZ Biographical Notes". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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