To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
ALOESE-MOE, Tuita'alili Vaitava'e Su'a, JP
For services to the Pacific community
Tuita'alili Vaitava'e Aloese-Moe has been contributing to the health and education sector for the Pacific community for more than 40 years.
Ms Aloese-Moe was a registered obstetric nurse with Middlemore Hospital between 1975 and 2000. She discovered a common concern for young Pacific mothers was the struggle of finding Pacific early learning services for their children. She helped her Samoan Catholic Community establish Sagato Iosefa Aoga Amata Early Childhood Education to meet this demand. She completed studies in early childhood education and alongside her Pacific community leaders, established the Mangere Pacific Early Childhood Education Trust, and was appointed the inaugural Chair between 1997 and 2011, with five centres established today. She founded the Tava’esina Trust Board and Fetu Ta’iala Aoga Amata, and with community encouragement opened another Pacific early childhood education centre in Mangere, Fetu Aolele in 2015. She helped establish Malaeola Community Centre which hosts more than 25 Catholic Parishes in Auckland and has been a member of the Parish Pastoral Council since 2011. She has been a Justice of the Peace since 2012 and a member of the Fundraising Committee for St Therese Catholic Parish. Ms Aloese-Moe was recognised for her services to education and health by the Head of State of Samoa who bestowed the honour of a matai for her contributions.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
ARULANANTHAM, Mr George Chandrakumar, QSM, JP
For services to the community
Mr George Arulanantham received a Queen’s Service Medal in 2012 for his services to the Tamil community.
Mr Arulanantham has been involved with several Rotary Clubs in the Auckland and Taranaki regions since 2012 and has held positions including Programme Coordinator, helping organise street appeals. He was a member of the Taranaki Multi-Ethnic Council between 2012 and 2015 and was key in establishing the ‘Extravaganza’ event, which celebrates different cultures through food and performance. In 2017, he was elected as Honorary Treasurer for the Auckland Network of the Institution of Engineering and Technology United Kingdom, promoting engineering to members in New Zealand. He was appointed a voluntary Assessor by the Institution of Engineering and Technology United Kingdom in 2019. He was the Chairperson for the Taranaki region of Engineering New Zealand in 2014, organising seminars and professional development courses. He became the Director of International Grants and Projects with the Onehunga and One Tree Hill Rotary Clubs, where he is responsible for three projects in Vanuatu. As Director, Mr Arulanantham was involved with the successful renovation of Godden Memorial Hospital on Ambae Island in September 2020, with the Asanvari Village Water and Sanitation Project on Maewo Island and Enkul Village Water and Sanitation Project on Pentecost Island as on-going projects.
HONOURS
Queen's Service Medal, New Year 2012
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
BLAKEY, Mr William John (John)
For services to education
Mr John Blakey has dedicated 30 years to the vocational education sector through industry training.
Mr Blakey was the Chief Executive Officer of FITEC, the forestry industry training organisation, between 1998 and 2006 where he led the development of the RADI Centre, New Zealand’s Centre of Excellence in Wood Manufacturing Training and Education. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Competenz between 2007 and 2015, an industry training organisation, leading the organisation through government led reforms of consolidation in the industry training sector, from 40 training organisations into 11. He was instrumental in the launch of the ‘Got a Trade? Got it Made’ campaign, a pan-industry training organisation campaign which is now known as ‘Vocation Nation’ led by the government. He is a former board member of the Tertiary Education Commission, holding the position between 2001 and 2008, where he led the industry training policy position on the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission. He is a former Head of School of the School of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology, where he established the School, introduced degrees and post-graduate qualifications, and was heavily involved in international education. He was the Chair of Industry Training Federation in 2001 and was the Strategic Human Capability Director of Dairy New Zealand. Mr Blakey is the Director and Trustee of Competenz.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
BRYANT, Dr Linda Julia Morcombe
For services to pharmacy and health
Dr Linda Bryant has informed significant changes in Hospital and Primary Care Pharmacy for more than 40 years, supporting pharmacists to enhance the health status of medicine-takers and raising awareness on the impact of drug related morbidity and mortality.
Dr Bryant was a founding member in 2003 and President from 2014 to 2017 of the Clinical Advisory Pharmacists Association, who support new emerging clinical advisory pharmacists to encourage a collaborative and positive approach in settings outside of traditional community pharmacies. She was a senior lecturer at University of Auckland from 2002 to 2013 and now holds honorary positions with the University of Auckland and University of Otago to provide clinical teaching to share her knowledge with postgraduate students. She is regarded as a valuable resource for the Goodfellow Unit providing education for GPs and general practice nurses, and regularly delivers clinical symposiums for pharmacists and other health providers. She has been a member of the Medicines Adverse Reactions Committee since 2006, which reviews and makes recommendations on medicines’ safety for New Zealanders. She received the Pharmaceutical Society’s Gold Medal in 2019 for significant services to the pharmacy profession. At the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards in 2020, Dr Bryant was recognised with the award for Outstanding Contribution to Health.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
BRYHAM, Ms Gaye Maree
For services to sport and recreation
Ms Gaye Bryham has dedicated 30 years in sport and recreation, having been Deputy Head of the School of Sport and Recreation at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) since 2000 and more recently Head of Department, Sport Leadership and Management.
Ms Bryham became the Deputy Head of School in 2000 contributing strong connections between tertiary education and the sport and recreation industry. Committed to fostering work-integrated learning and graduate employment she demonstrated this through the co-operative learning courses of the Bachelor of Sport and Recreation, which sees students leaning into research and work opportunities across the sports sector in New Zealand. She helped established AUT Millennium, a non-profit organisation that is committed to providing an environment for high performance sports training, community sport, health and wellbeing, championing the relationship between AUT and The Millennium Institute of Sport and Health to create a world-class teaching, research and applied centre of excellence. She helped form the New Zealand Academy of Sport North, leading the establishment of the Athlete Life Programme with High Performance Sport New Zealand. She contributed to the development of the AUT South Campus to expand accessibility of education to students in the South Auckland area. Ms Bryham is a founding member of Women in Sport Aotearoa and is a Sport Auckland Board Trustee.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
CADMAN, Ms Alison Pauline
For services to housing and the community
Ms Alison Cadman has been contributing to community housing and housing in general since 2002.
Ms Cadman was employed as a Community Development Advisor for Wellington City Council before assuming the position of Director of the Wellington Housing Trust (now Dwell Housing Trust) in 2003. She led the transformation of the Wellington Housing Trust from a small charity with a few homes to Dwell Housing Trust, a social enterprise that manages more than 100 tenancies and houses approximately 250 people in need. As Chief Executive of Dwell Housing Trust since 2013, she has increased the organisation's capability, enabling it to undertake new build developments, managing all aspects of the projects from early consultation stage through to design and construction. She was a National Council Member of Community Housing Aotearoa between 2004 and 2013, including time as Co-Chair. She has set up several housing forums, with a recent initiative being the Wellington Region Community Housing Provider Forum, and mentors other community housing professionals. She has given numerous presentations and written several articles, including co-authoring chapter nine of ‘Homes People Can Afford: How to improve housing in New Zealand’. Ms Cadman has been a Trustee of Newtown Ethical Lending Trust since 2015 and has been involved with other community organisations over several decades.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
COONEY, Emeritus Professor Ralph Paul
For services to science and innovation
Emeritus Professor Ralph Cooney has led development of significant innovative national research and development networks between researchers and companies in New Zealand to assist transforming the country’s economy.
He has been Professor at the University of Auckland since 1986 and has been Head of the Department of Chemistry and Dean of Science. From 2001 to 2009, he was Pro Vice Chancellor of the University’s Tāmaki Innovation Campus where he developed successful campus-community initiatives, particularly with Māori and Pasifika and with New Zealand businesses. He holds several national and international fellowships, including with the Royal Society of New Zealand. He has led major government-funded research programmes over two decades. Between 1990 and 2005, he held several Crown appointments including representative on the Council of the University of the South Pacific, director on the Crown Research Institute ESR Ltd’s Board, and member of the International Science and Technology Advisory Committee. Since 2018, he has been contracted as an assessor for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Endeavour Fund. He has chaired various innovation groups including Auckland Metro Innovation Group, Scion Research Ltd International Science Panel, and the Packaging Council of New Zealand Environmental Awards. In 2019 Professor Cooney received the Jean-Marie Lehn Award at an International Pure and Applied Chemistry Conference.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
DAYARAM, Mr Prodhumun (Pradu)
For services to orthopaedics
Mr Pradu Dayaram has been an Orthopaedic surgeon on the West Coast for more than 35 years, being sole Orthopaedic surgeon in the region for ten years.
Mr Dayaram’s ten years as the sole Orthopaedic surgeon on the West Coast saw him on call on a 24-hour basis, during a time when drink driving, speeding and lack of safety around the wear of seatbelts was high, and in response to challenging injuries from accidents in the forestry and mining industries. He has operated following major incidents including Cave Creek and Pike River. He spent hours training his own theatre staff and junior doctors around New Zealand to be detail oriented and instructing the best procedures for patients. His theatre was regarded as one of the best nationally with low infection rates, shortest hospital stays and best patient control due to his team’s dedication. He was the first Orthopaedic surgeon in New Zealand to become a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He led the West Coast in many ‘first’ surgeries in New Zealand, including the first to use the technique of arthroscopy and first of two surgeons to perform carpel tunnel surgery through keyhole surgery for faster recovery time. Mr Dayaram was Lead Clinician of the newly built Te Nikau Grey Hospital in 2020.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
FENNESSY, Dr Peter Francis
For services to agricultural science and business
Dr Peter Fennessy has had a broad and distinguished career as a scientist, mentor, consultant, and entrepreneur over 45 years.
Dr Fennessy has had a key focus on bridging science and business in the New Zealand agricultural and biotechnology sectors to provide better outcomes for the public, enterprise, and the environment. His work has been undertaken in sheep, deer, horses, and bees, and significantly underpinned growth in deer and sheep farming and associated industry groups. He was General Manager of AgResearch Invermay from 1992 to 1997. He then entered the private sector, founding AbacusBio in 2001. He has led a commitment to training and education, with AbacusBio spending five times the industry average on training. He instigated an internship programme at AbacusBio for 10 students annually. He has held governance and management roles across numerous small-to-medium agri-and biotechnology start-ups and enterprises in New Zealand. He has worked with Māori enterprises to add commercial value through science. His contributions to agricultural science are recognised internationally and he has been retained by governmental and industry research organisations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and Brunei. Dr Fennessy is well regarded as a consulting scientist and has delivered numerous presentations, workshops, journal publications and press releases.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
GEORGE, Ms Deborah Louise
For services to education and governance
Ms Deborah George has had a career in education spanning three decades, in a variety of roles across commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors.
Ms George was co-founder and inaugural Chair of Ako Mātātupu Teach First New Zealand in 2011, which engages top graduates to teach in low decile secondary schools. She steered the organisation through start-up, has since overseen its strategic plan and ensured ongoing financial sustainability through fundraising. The programme currently graduates around 70 new teachers every year with a high retention rate, has worked with more than 30,000 children and in partnership with more than 60 schools. She was involved in the establishment of InZone Education Foundation (IZEF) as advisor, Trustee from 2013 and Chair from 2016 to 2020. IZEF enables Māori and Pacific students to attend top performing state schools by developing boarding hostels within the school zone and providing pastoral support. She has owned education businesses in Hong Kong and New Zealand and was one of a team of three to expand the Duffy ‘Books in Homes’ programme nationwide. She was on the Board of Trustees of Auckland Grammar School for five years. Ms George has been a Trustee of the Woolf Fisher Trust since 2017 and a judge of the Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards in 2017 and 2018.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
GODFREY, Dr Anthony Jonathan Royce (Jonathan)
For services to disabled people, particularly blind and low vision people
Dr Jonathan Godfrey has been on the Board of the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand since 2004 and President since 2016.
Dr Godfrey has provided leadership for the Disabled People’s Organisation Coalition, a coalition of seven disabled person-led organisations. He has played a key role in the development of the Disability Action Plan 2019-2023. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at Massey University, and is reportedly the first blind person to be appointed to such a role internationally. He has been a member of the cross-government Disability Data and Evidence Working Group, contributing his skills as a statistician to improve the availability of disability data in the census and other government surveys. His 2006 report ‘Supplementary analysis of the cost of blindness in New Zealand’ remains a valuable resource. Internationally, he has provided mentoring to blind students pursuing statistics and other STEM subjects. He was a Board member of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind from 2006 to 2011. Within the wider community, Dr Godfrey has held roles with Palmerston North City Council committees, been a member of Mid-Central DHB’s Disability Support Advisory Committee from 2008 to 2017, and has been a Trustee for Palmerston North’s Central Region Advocacy Service.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
GRENNELL, Ms Anne Marie Te Puata (Ann)
For services to health
Ms Ann Grennell has been an advocate for children diagnosed with behavioural and mental health challenges in Waikato and Kirikiriroa for 30 years.
Ms Grennell has been a member of the Waikato District Health Board’s (DHB) Local Advisory Board since 2010. She has been a member of the DHB’s Children's Cluster Governance Group creating Children's Cluster teams to develop infant, child and youth mental health and addictions services. With the Waikato DHB, she has led and developed specialist support services for those with a range of undiagnosed mental health conditions, including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She helped develop Rostrevor House from a support group into the Kaupapa Māori Mental Health and Social Services provider it is today, extending the services from Kirikiriroa to rural Waikato, Thames, Te Awamutu and Tokoroa. She was part of developing and leading the pilot Strengthening Families, which was tested within Kirikiriroa and rural Waikato and presented at several international conferences hosted in Australia, Canada, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. She remains actively involved with the Waikato Family Provider Group and the Te Ao Whānau Midlands Mental Health and Addictions Regional Network. Ms Grennell has provided essential services through Rostrevor House during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
HAYWARD, Ms Bronwyn Elizabeth
For services to people with disabilities and the arts
Ms Bronwyn Hayward was born with the spinal condition diastemietiamyelia and has been a life-long advocate for vulnerable persons, disability issues and mental health in both paid and voluntary capacities.
Ms Hayward has furthered inclusivity for disabled people in the arts, as a dancer with national mixed ability dance troupe Touch Compass and advocated for many years setting up an integrated mixed ability dance company in Wellington. She wrote, produced and starred in the short dance film ‘Beauty’, supported by New Zealand Ballet. She wrote Dance Aotearoa New Zealand’s Disability and Dance Strategy in 2010. She has volunteered with CCS – Disability Action, Disability Rights Promotion International, Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA), Youthline, and New Zealand Disabled Skiers. She drove the establishment of a network of disability advisors, Kaituitui, nationally with the DPA and led this team from 2012 to 2014. She has coordinated International Day of Disabled People events and organised a New Zealand Disability Pride Week red carpet function in 2017. She co-wrote and presented ‘Inside Out’, a TVNZ show raising awareness of disability issues running from 1996. She has designed and led disability youth leadership programmes, undertaken accessibility inspections and reports, worked with DHBs on disability strategies and facilitating disability community engagement and liaison. Ms Hayward was Disability Support Counsellor at Victoria University of Wellington, expanding the services offered.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
HOSKIN, Mr Richard Bond (Rick)
For services to the blind and people with low vision
Mr Rick Hoskin has chaired the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) since 2011.
Mr Hoskin has been totally blind and a member of RNZFB since the age of 17. He joined the RNZFB Board in 2009, at which time the Foundation was facing financial pressures. As Chair, he led the restructuring of property and financial investments, making the organisation financially stable and sustainable. He instigated the Foundation’s annual engagement roadshows where members of the Board and senior management visited towns around the country to hear from the blind and low vision community and learn how the Foundation could better support them. He established an improved service provision based on consumer needs. He instituted Governance and People committees to build greater accountability to members. He was the driving force in establishing a National Contact Centre for clients to have immediate assistance. He chaired the Foundation’s Strategic Planning Committee for two terms for the 2015 to 2020 period and the 2020 to 2024 period, and led a review of the RNZFB constitution. He won three gold medals at the 1977 Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled in track and field. Mr Hoskin has served on the Birkenhead Primary school Board of Trustees, including two years as Chair, and has been active with Birkenhead Rotary.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
HUTTON, Professor John David
For services to women's health education
Professor John Hutton has contributed to women’s health education for 50 years.
Professor Hutton became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1974, later becoming Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Wellington School of Medicine. He introduced secondary Obstetrics and Gynaecology services to the Kapiti Coast in 1985. Over a 12-year period in this posting, he developed blood monitoring of oestrogens for ovulation induction, donor insemination services and authored and installed the computerised Perinatal Information Management System. He made a key contribution in the early 1980s advocating for the continued availability of the injectable contraceptive Depo-Provera, rebutting misinformation of possible carcinogenesis. He became Deputy Dean of the Wellington School of Medicine in 1989 and upgraded the Postgraduate Education requirements for New Zealand Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the early 1990s. He developed student services for women’s health by facilitating clinics through the community, including at Family Planning and Fertility Clinics. In 1985 he founded the New Zealand Infertility Society (now FertilityNZ), after recognising the importance of improving services for those suffering infertility. Professor Hutton retired from clinical practice in 2014, since holding a key university appointment where he developed an electronic logbook for trainee interns and an electronic learning resource as an alternative to the undergraduate Obstetrics and Gynaecology textbook.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
JACOBS, Mrs Clare Francesca (Dr Clare Healy)
For services to medical forensic education
Dr Clare Healy has been working for and with people affected by sexual assault, abuse, family violence and non-fatal strangulation through Medical Sexual Assault Clinicians Aotearoa (MEDSAC) for more than 25 years.
Dr Healy has been a voluntary member of the Board for MEDSAC from 2000 to 2019, involved in the development and delivery of numerous MEDSAC Medical Forensic Training programmes since 2004. She was lecturer for New Zealand Police Sexual Assault Investigators Training Course from 2005 to 2011 and has provided independent expert opinion for hundreds of court cases. She has helped lead the primary healthcare response to family violence in Canterbury, driving cross-sector liaison between Police, Ministry of Justice, ACC, Oranga Tamariki, and NGOs which led to the establishment of a Canterbury-wide Primary Health Organisation Group providing support to GPs responding to family violence. She was a key contributor to the MEDSAC Accreditation Programme for sexual assault medical forensic examiners, which is recognised internationally and by New Zealand’s Judicial System. She played a key role in a 2018 law change introducing a new offence of strangulation or suffocation and negotiations to bring together a cross-agency initiative between Police and the Ministries of Justice and Health to support this legislation. Dr Healy is the content development lead for the new MEDSAC non-fatal strangulation education programme.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
JURY, Dr Angela Jean (Ang)
For services to victims of family and sexual violence
Dr Ang Jury has worked in the domestic violence area for more than 20 years, the majority of this time with the Women’s Refuge movement.
Dr Jury has held every role with Women’s Refuge from volunteer to advocate, management, Board member, and as current Chief Executive for the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges (NCIWR) since 2015. She led Palmerston North Women’s Refuge from 2010 to 2015 and chaired the governing Board for NCIWR operations. She has been instrumental in developing cross-agency collaborations both regionally and nationally. In recent years, she has overseen development of improved data and collection mechanisms in the refuge sector, and increased good practice and partnership with government agencies. This has included involvement with the Social Sector Commissioning Project Board, Data Ethics Advisory Group, Data Protection and Use Policy Working Group and Oranga Tamariki Workforce Working Group. She is a key stakeholder of the Joint Venture Business Unit and associated ministries for improving New Zealand’s systematic response to family and sexual violence. She developed and coordinated family violence collaborations within the Manawatu and Whanganui regions under the government’s Te Rito Family Violence Strategy from 2007 to 2009. Dr Jury has presented her research to forums within New Zealand and internationally and co-authored several publications.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
KER, Mr Phillip Ross (Phil)
For services to tertiary education
Mr Phil Ker was Chief Executive of Otago Polytechnic (OP) from 2004 to 2020, leading his staff to transform its performance, reputation and reach, achieve financial stability, and outstanding educational outcomes for its learners.
Under Mr Ker’s leadership, OP gained a high reputation for innovation through several initiatives including the EduBits micro-credentialing service, CapableNZ to help people gain NZQA credits for learning from work experience, New Zealand’s first brewing school, a heavy automotive programme in Dunedin, and an international campus in Auckland in partnership with Future Skills. In 2018 OP gained New Zealand’s first Baldrige-affiliated Performance Excellence Study Award, recognising OP as a world-class institution. He has contributed extensively to tertiary education nationally, including 18 years governance and curriculum leadership for polytechnic business education, as President of the polytechnic teacher’s union, and founding Board Member and Deputy Chair of Ako Aotearoa, the national centre for tertiary teaching excellence. He chaired two of seven workstreams to establish Te Pukenga (New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology), represented New Zealand as a Board Member of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics. He was a Director of Te Tapuae o Rehua, a partnership to grow Māori educational success. Mr Ker was a founding partner of Dunedin’s Economic Development Strategy.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
LIND, Mr Raymond Stanley
For services to industry training governance
Mr Raymond Lind has had a career in the social sector in corporate management and governance, notably as Chief Executive of Careerforce from 2011 to 2018.
Careerforce is the industry training organisation (ITO) for those working in aged care, mental health, youth work, disability, community support, pest management and cleaning services. Mr Lind influenced more industries in the care sector to join Careerforce, growing the number of individual trainees registering their qualifications with the ITO from 10,455 to 21,110 between 2012 and 2017. He rebuilt relationships with previously alienated stakeholders and transformed the company into an agile and proactive organisation focusing on needs of learners and their employers. Under his leadership, Careerforce has addressed two major challenges driven by rising demand on the health and care sector and pay-parity for aged care. Careerforce developed and initiated the 20-year Kaiāwhina workforce strategy for health and care workers jointly owned with the Ministry of Health, which is seen as an exemplar for how to provide meaningful career pathways for an unregulated workforce. Careerforce also supported pay-equity changes for the aged and disability workforce, supporting thousands of people with older qualifications and past work experience determine their equivalency for pay rises. Mr Lind is a current Board member of the New Zealand Blood Service.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MACKINTOSH, Mr John Bowden
For services to the legal profession
Mr John Mackintosh has contributed to legal education as a solicitor in Christchurch for 40 years and since 2010 as a consultant.
Mr Mackintosh lectured at Christchurch Polytechnic, the University of Canterbury, and Lincoln University on subjects including real estate, office practice, and business law. He presented continuing education seminars for the New Zealand Law Society and has chaired a number of conferences for the legal and other professions. He assisted many young lawyers to transition into practice, establishing a practical training course that ran from 1981 to 1985 and was replaced by a compulsory national post-degree training course. In 2010 he designed a course for the New Zealand Law Society called “Stepping Up”, which has been completed by more than 2,400 lawyers to date, helping them build their own legal careers. He designed the follow-up course “Topping Up Stepping Up”. He has been an active member of the Law Society, serving as Canterbury President in 1991. In recognition of his management expertise, he still undertakes investigations on the Law Society’s behalf. He was an early advocate supporting the inclusion and advancement of women in the law. Mr Mackintosh has also been involved with Rotary since 1982, a Board member of Osteoporosis New Zealand, and member of the Canterbury Society of Arts Council from 1985 to 1990.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MCGREGOR, Superintendent Peter Andrew (Andy)
For services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Superintendent Andy McGregor has had a 41-year career with the New Zealand Police in provincial and metropolitan settings and has been Bay of Plenty District Commander since November 2014.
He was Canterbury Metro Commander from 2012 to 2014 and National Manager of Communications Centres from 2008 to 2012. He has instigated a culture of partnership throughout the Bay of Plenty between government, Non-Government Organisations, and iwi, hapu and minority communities. He has driven a culture change with local Police, enabling more creative and effective policing styles and crime prevention initiatives, changing engagement with the community. This has included the development of a mobile application by his frontline staff for support service referrals and initiatives for drug and alcohol addiction and family harm offending. His Gang Harm Reduction Team has provided an alternative method in deterring young men and seasoned gang members away from the criminal lifestyle, also allowing mediation of several gang conflicts. He has established strong productive relationships with Iwi across the Bay of Plenty, which have been enduring and based on trust. This has been instrumental in helping address several sensitive tragedies and ensuring that major changes in how Police engage with Māori communities. Superintendent McGregor founded and chaired the Bay of Plenty Collective Impact Governance Group from 2016 to 2020, and currently Co-Chairs the Waiariki-Bay of Plenty Leadership Group.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MCLEOD, Ms Rosemary Margaret
For services to journalism and television
Ms Rosemary McLeod has contributed to New Zealand print and broadcast media since the early 1970s as a journalist, columnist, cartoonist and social historian.
Ms McLeod’s take on feminism, sexism and social mores, illustrated by her witty cartoons, have chronicled and interpreted the changing zeitgeist of New Zealand society. Her investigative and long-form journalism for monthly magazine ‘North and South’ saw her win five Qantas Feature Writer of the Year awards between 1988 and 1993. She is regarded as one of New Zealand’s first nationally published female cartoonists and first woman to write a television sitcom, in addition to writing television drama series. Her wit and satirical approach brought a nationwide following in a then male-dominated industry, paving the way for young women in journalism and in television with her female-dominated screenplays. She was a member of the Broadcasting Standards Authority from 1995 to 2000 and a Judge for the Newspaper Publishers’ Association awards and Movie Fest. Her history of New Zealand women’s textiles, ‘Thrift to Fantasy’ won the history category of the 2005 New Zealand Book Awards. Her satirical novel ‘A Girl Like I’ won the PEN Best First Book of Prose in 1976. Ms McLeod is a current columnist for Stuff and for Woman magazine.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MILDENHALL, Dr Lindsay Francis James
For services to neonatal intensive care and resuscitation training
Dr Lindsay Mildenhall is a Neonatologist and has been Clinical Head of the Neonatal Intensive Care Service at Middlemore Hospital since 1998, with the Unit expanding in size from 22 to 48 cots during his tenure.
Dr Mildenhall has been a member of the New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC) since 2000, a representative on the Australia New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR), and has spent 13 years on the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). He has been a significant researcher and contributor to ILCOR, whose recommendations are adapted for use as resuscitation guidelines in Australasia and around the world. He has reviewed and assessed literature on resuscitation, written and prepared guidelines for newborn resuscitation, and organised national and international conferences. Dr Mildenhall played a leading role in developing the Newborn Life Support (NLS) system, the New Zealand programme for teaching newborn resuscitation skills to doctors, nurses and midwives.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MILLER, Mr Roger Holmes
For services to governance and the community
Mr Roger Miller was Chair of The Charities Registration Board – Te Rata Atawhai from establishment in 2012 until June 2021, with 11,000 charities registered during this time.
The Board, responsible for registering charities in New Zealand, was established by Mr Miller following the disestablishment of the Charities Commission. He has been a Barrister and Solicitor for more than 40 years, and an active leader of business and business development, particularly in Porirua. He holds voluntary positions or been honorary solicitor for St James Theatre and Opera House, CARE NZ Manaaki Limited, Mary Potter Hospice and many other organisations. He chaired the Porirua City Council Community Services Board for six years, has been a Trustee of Pataka Foundation since 2017 and is Chair of the Performing Arts Foundation of Wellington. He was on the Executive of CCS Disability Action from 1986 and President in 1996/1997. He was Chairman of Scots College Wellington Foundation from 2002 to 2015. He had a 15-year involvement with Business Porirua Limited, including chairing the organisation for five years and leading two delegations to Japan. He was the Law Society Nominee appointed to the Porirua Foundation from 2009 to 2016. Mr Miller chaired Ski Racing New Zealand from 2004 to 2007 and Snow Sports New Zealand from 2006 to 2010.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MILNE, Mrs Dianne Mary
For services to the rural community
Mrs Dianne Milne has made significant contributions to the West Coast rural community since 1981.
Mrs Milne has been a pioneer for women in the rural community, as the first woman to be elected as Chair of Rotomanu Federated Farmers from 1989 to 1992, Chair of Provincial Meat and Wool from 1992 to 2000, Provincial President of the West Coast Federated Farmers, Chair of Rural Support Trust from 1997 to 2020, and Director of Phoenix Meat Company Limited from 1998 to 2000. She was Vice President of West Coast Federated Farmers during a period of 13-months of continuous rain that placed farmers under a lot of pressure, leading to the establishment of the Rural Support Trust in 1997. She chaired the Trust from inception until 2020 and has remained a Trustee since stepping down as Chair. She provided support to West Coast farmers on any concerns they had, and a 24 hour 0800-line was established with calls going directly to her. There was total confidentiality within the organisation to ensure farmers had a comfortable and safe environment to discuss matters that varied from animal welfare, financial problems to depression and stress. Mrs Milne was a Member of the West Coast Regional Animal Health Committee from 1992 to 2004, where she mentored farmers impacted by bovine tuberculosis.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MITCHELL-ANYON, Mr Ross
For services to the arts
Mr Ross Mitchell-Anyon has worked as a potter full-time for more than 40 years.
Mr Mitchell-Anyon’s wood-fired domestic ware has been represented by major arts dealers in Auckland and Wellington and his work is held in public collections including Serjeant Gallery, Auckland Museum and Te Papa Tongarewa. He was a Polytechnic ceramics tutor in the late 1970s and has mentored emerging potters at his workshop, some of whom have gone on to establish international reputations including Paul Maseyk and Martin Poppelwell. He has exhibited in Australia and has had significant exhibitions nationally, particularly in Whanganui and Auckland. He has been a committed advocate for the retention of heritage buildings in Whanganui. With his business partner, he purchased many iconic old buildings and onsold them for use by the artistic community. He recognised an opportunity to develop glass arts in Whanganui, attracting a recognised glass artist from the United Kingdom to purchase the historic Freemason’s Lodge and establish a studio. His networking across artistic disciplines contributed to the establishment of the current Glassworks foundry and Whanganui’s recognition as a centre of excellence for contemporary glass art. Mr Mitchell-Anyon has been acknowledged as a strategic arts leader whose efforts played a key role in the regeneration of the Whanganui Town Centre.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MOON, Professor Evan Paul (Paul)
For services to education and historical research
Professor Paul Moon is an historian who specialises in nineteenth-century New Zealand history, and philosophies of colonisation.
Professor Moon has been a lecturer and Professor of History in the faculty of Māori Development at the Auckland University of Technology since 1993, and was awarded a Doctor of Literature degree in 2021. He is widely published, including in international peer-reviewed journals. His 35 published books include biographies of Governors Hobson and Fitzroy, Hone Heke and James Busby. His 'The Newest Country in the World: A History of New Zealand in the Decade of the Treaty' (2007) was widely acclaimed, as was his 2013 book ‘Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand’. His latest work, ‘Colonising New Zealand’ was published in New York in 2021. He has appeared as a frequent commentator on Treaty-related issues and other historical topics, and has worked on several Treaty claims and with numerous government agencies. He is a referee for several academic journals including the New Zealand Journal of History. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London. Within his local community, Professor Moon is an active member of the Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand, and a member of Mt Albert Grammar School Board of Trustees.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MOYES, Dr Christopher David (Chris)
For services to health
Dr Chris Moyes has been treating those with hepatitis B and C virus for 40 years, in addition to his work as a paediatrician.
Dr Moyes was a leading member of the Whakatane Hepatitis Research Unit (now Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand) in the 1980s. He played a key role in researching prevention and treatment of hepatitis B (HBV), as Māori and European children in parts of New Zealand had high rates of infection. As a result, Ministry of Health introduced an HBV immunisation programme for children in 1988. He was a Member of the South Pacific Advisory Group in the 1990s, who were established to seek HBV vaccine information, conduct epidemiological studies and monitor people with the virus. As HBV was prevalent in a significant number of children through ‘playground transmission’, alongside his colleagues he convinced the government to roll out a fully funded HBV vaccination for all infants. He has been working with local Kaumātua in Eastern Bay of Plenty to improve access to testing, monitoring and treatment in Māori living with HBV. Dr Moyes has been Medical Director of Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand for many years, supporting 30,000 patients.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
NATHAN, Mr Alexander (Alex)
For services to Māori and art
Mr Alex Nathan was heavily involved in the researching and presenting of Treaty of Waitangi claims lodged by Te Iwi o Te Roroa in 1986.
Mr Nathan was one of the lead negotiators from the conclusion of the Treaty of Waitangi Report in 1992 to a settlement being reached in 2008, chairing Te Roroa until 2010 in the post-settlement phase. He helped establish Matatina Marae in Waipoua Forest and represented his Iwi over the protection of the forest and Kai Iwi Lakes in negotiations with local and regional councils and government agencies. Many environmentally beneficial projects have been carried out, including restoration work for the health of Tane Mahuta, monitoring scientific research permits within the forest, and highway management through the ecologically sensitive Waipoua Forest. He co-founded in 1998 and was Honorary Chair of the Waipoua Forest Trust, an innovative bi-cultural conservation partnership giving Māori joint governance in the Trust’s property management. He is an internationally renowned artist known for his use of silver in indigenous art form. He has hosted many art, Māori culture, natural history and conservation programmes at Matatina Marae since the early 1990s. Mr Nathan has collaborated with indigenous artists globally including from the United States, Canada, Japan and various Pacific nations.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
PATRICK, Ms Celia Mary
For services to tennis
Ms Celia Patrick has contributed to tennis in New Zealand and internationally for 40 years.
Ms Patrick was a Senior Regional Representative in Hawkes Bay from 1981 to 1983 and held various positions with numerous tennis clubs until 2005. Following the restructure implemented by Tennis New Zealand (TNZ) she was inaugural Chair of the Tennis Northern Region, leading the transformation in a collaborative manner and building trust with stakeholders. She was elected to the TNZ Board in 2010, becoming Chair and President from 2013, focusing on strengthening relationships between TNZ and other national tennis organisations, in particular the relationship with Tennis Auckland. An agreement reached in 2015 enabled Tennis Auckland to host both men’s ATP and women’s WTA events at the ASB Classic Tournament. She helped lead TNZ to invest in digital platforms to grow tennis and expand high-performance activities of the organisation and signed a partnership with Aotearoa Māori Tennis Association in 2019. In 2015 she became the first New Zealander to be elected to the Board of the International Tennis Federation, holding various committee positions including Chair of the International Rules of Tennis Committee. Ms Patrick was elected to the Oceania Tennis Federation Board in 2015 and is an honorary member of the International Tennis Club of New Zealand.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
READ, Detective Superintendent Peter Dunbar
For services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Detective Superintendent Peter Read has been with the New Zealand Police for 42 years, with 20 years as a senior investigator in the Criminal Investigation Branch, and is currently Detective Superintendent: Southern, covering the South Island and latterly the Wellington Police District.
He has led investigations into some of the most challenging and high-profile cases in New Zealand. He oversaw the St John of God enquiry into significant and historic sexual offending by a group of priests at a Christchurch school from the 1960s to 1980s, leading the investigation to a successful resolution. Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, he oversaw the missing person coordination, the disaster victim identification process and led the investigation of the CTV Building collapse. He was appointed in 2010 to lead the criminal investigation into the Pike River Mine explosion and to oversee the Pike River re-entry programme, an ongoing investigation. Following the 2019 Christchurch terror attacks, he jointly led the investigation and made key evidential decisions that achieved outcomes that observed cultural sensitivities, without compromising evidential demand against a background of intense scrutiny. He has overseen the creation of the Investigation Management Tool (IMT), a software-based solution that has improved management of investigative casework. Detective Superintendent Read supported the development of the Law Enforcement Torch Run in New Zealand, a global organisation supporting the Special Olympics movement.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
SIMPSON, Mr Peter James
For services to education
Mr Peter Simpson was Principal of Belfast School in Christchurch for 23 years, working to address wellbeing and equity issues for children.
Mr Simpson was appointed by the Ministry of Education to be the Foundation Chairperson of the Te Mataura School Board of Trustees in 2018, guiding the newly built school through all establishment processes and helping during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been a long serving member and Chairperson on the New Zealand Educational Institute Principals Council and received Associate Membership for his voluntary service. He was an executive member of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation from 2000 to 2013, serving as National President in 2011 and was an executive member of the Canterbury Principals’ Association for 23 years, receiving Life Membership with both organisations in 2017 and 2019 respectively. He has helped organise two successful Australasian Principals Conferences in 2000 and 2008. Mr Simpson has worked with several innovative programmes to further support children in education including with the Families and Schools Together (FAST Trust) ensuring students with autism, learning and behavioural issues receive assistance in their classrooms and Time 2 Talk Trust, an organisation set up to help students and parents discuss the harmful effects of pornography.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
SMITH, Mr Campbell Roy
For services to the music industry
Mr Campbell Smith founded CRS Music Management in 1995 and has been a long-term contributor to the New Zealand music industry.
Mr Smith’s advocacy for musicians’ rights contributed to the creation of the Recording Artists and Producers Fund, which has seen millions of dollars paid to New Zealand artists as a direct share of broadcast royalties. In 2005 he was appointed CEO of RIANZ (Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). He played a significant role in the revamp of the New Zealand Music Awards, creating The Tuis. He produced the annual Big Day Out festival from 2004, which paved the way for other large-scale music events. In 2007 he launched the annual Winery Tour, which played more than 120 summer shows to more than 400,000 people at wineries throughout New Zealand. Since 2015 he has continued to develop and produce large-scale outdoor festivals and events, such as Auckland City Limits and the annual Western Springs Outer Fields concert series. In 2003 he co-founded the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust and was Chair until 2010. Mr Smith co-founded in 2011 and chaired MusicHelps until 2021. MusicHelps has to date raised and distributed more than $1 million to entities that use music to improve the lives of New Zealanders in need, or the provision of emergency support to members of the music community.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
STOCKDALE, Mrs Monica
For services to Māori health
Mrs Monica Stockdale has contributed to health outcomes by helping rehabilitate those suffering addictions, particularly Māori, since 1983.
Mrs Stockdale trained in psychotherapy, social work, counselling, psychodrama and group therapy process, and was a Psychotherapist and addiction and mental health specialist at Queen Mary Hospital Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programme in Christchurch from 1983 to 1998. She developed programmes that focussed on cultural linkages to Te Ao Māori, centred on the healing process and creating a balanced delivery for Māori. She was an assessor and trainer with the Central Institute of Wellington in the 1990s, helping remove barriers to education for Māori, and to deliver courses to remote communities and provincial centres, resulting in an influx of Māori health workers in the field of addictions. She became the Manager of Addiction Services with the Hawkes Bay District Health Board to provide health services to meet the needs of Māori communities. She created Ngā Punawai Aroha a specialist programme for Māori and Pacific peoples that included both western forms of therapy and Māori models of therapy, Te Rangihaeta Oranga in 2000 to address gambling problems and Āwhina Whānau Services which provides counselling, psychotherapy and group education for whanau. Since retirement in 2016, Mrs Stockdale has been supervising health workers and presenting at conferences.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
TEHIRA, Ms Jane
For services to sport
Ms Jane Tehira is the first woman to represent New Zealand in three different sporting codes, namely basketball, softball and hockey from the 1950s, winning seven national titles.
Ms Tehira captained several teams while with the Akarana Sports Association. She played for Akarana Indoor Basketball team, who were the North Island Champs from 1951 to 1956 and won the New Zealand Championship in 1954. She played for the New Zealand Indoor Basketball team from 1953 to 1955. Her hockey career included the Seddon Tech. women’s hockey team and the Auckland Women’s Hockey team from 1952 to 1956 and 1964 to 1966. She played for the Auckland Women’s Hockey team to win the New Zealand Championships for 1953/1954. She played for the national hockey team at the 1956 World Championship in Sydney. She played softball for Akarana Softball team, the Auckland Women’s Softball team from 1950 to 1955, and the New Zealand Women’s Softball team in 1954/1955. She was a member of the Akarana Ladies rugby team who won the 1949 ‘Te Rarawa Challenge Cup’. Her achievements are notable for overcoming challenges as a young Māori woman in sport during the 1950s in New Zealand. Ms Tehira was inducted into the Māori Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
THOMPSON, Ms Laura Gail, MNZM
For services to Paralympic cycling
Ms Laura Thompson is a sighted pilot for Para-cyclists and was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013 for her services to Paralympic sport.
Following the London Olympics, Ms Thompson began a partnership with Para-cyclist Emma Foy. The pair won gold with a world record in the Pursuit at the 2014 UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships. They competed in the 2016 UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships in the Women’s B 3km Pursuits, winning their third consecutive world title. They competed at the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Paralympic Games, winning silver in the Women’s B Individual Pursuit and bronze in the Women’s B Road Race. She retired from competing in 2016 with 10 world championship medals and five Paralympic medals. Ms Thompson has since transitioned to coaching, sharing her knowledge with other coaches and aspiring Para athletes and pilots as Para Cycling National Development Coordinator with Paralympics New Zealand.
HONOURS
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, New Year 2013
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
TUCKER, Mr James Edward (Jim)
For services to journalism
Mr Jim Tucker has contributed to journalism in New Zealand since 1965.
Mr Tucker has received six national awards for news reporting, feature writing, economics reporting and investigative journalism. He brought to light the pollution of the Taranaki rivers in an award-winning series and his articles contributed to widespread clean-up. As Editor of the Auckland Star, he led a team to create the first major newspaper set up in New Zealand since the 1920s, the Sunday Star (now Sunday Star Times), which won nine national awards in 1986. He was the head of journalism schools at Auckland University of Technology, Western Institute of Technology and Whitireia. He was Executive Director of the New Zealand Journalists Training Organisation and a media commentator and media awards judge for several decades until 2013. He received Life Membership of the Journalism Education Association of New Zealand in 2012. He was invited to join the organising panel of a Norwegian/Indonesian worldwide initiative, the Global Intermedia Dialogue, and was later given the Race Relations Commissioner Award for New Zealand Diversity Action. He has written, edited and/or published nine journalism books. Mr Tucker is an assessor for the Public Interest Journalism Fund and launched the Kiwi Journalists Association Facebook group in 2011, now the country’s main online journalism discussion forum with 3,300 members.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
WALKER, Mr Victor Thomas
For services to the Māori community
Mr Victor Walker has dedicated more than 35 years to the Te Tairawhiti region through several organisations.
Mr Walker has been actively supporting and facilitating Māori hui and Marae-based wananga programmes in Uawa since 1985. As Chairman of Te Aitanga a Hauiti Centre of Excellence Trust since 2010, he has led the design and implementation of iwi, hapu, marae and school learning opportunities and pathways. He is the Chairman of Uawa Cultural Haka Groups, providing significant leadership and cultural support, composing songs based on tradition, tapestry and history. As Chairman of E Tipu Kohanga Reo Uawa since 2010, he is focussed on ensuring the survival and revitalisation of the language, incorporating the core values as part of the educational pathway. Since 2011, he has provided community led initiatives as Chair of Uawanui Sustainability Project, that enable long-term economic, environmental and social benefits, working with organisations to ensure the revitalisation and restoration across the Uawa catchment. He has been the Chairman of the Uawa ANZAC Committee since 2010, successfully leading the refurbishment of the headstones at the Uawa Soldiers Plot, acknowledging the dual heritage. Mr Walker was presented with a Mayoral Award in 2019 for his services and leadership to the region.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
WENDT, Ms Sina Moana
For services to governance
Ms Sina Wendt has contributed to the commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors for 25 years, through her governance and executive roles.
Ms Wendt has been the Chief Executive Officer of Leadership New Zealand since 2012, an organisation that contributes to the capacity and capability of leaders across public and private sectors, from diverse communities in New Zealand. She has worked with people from the Pacific region, the Commonwealth, and with people of all ages and background to encourage, support and embolden all to step into leadership roles. She has increased the organisation’s alumni to 700 today due to her ability to build relationships and engage the broad spectrum of New Zealand. She helped develop and launch Mana Moana Experience, a leadership programme for Pasifika leaders. She is a Founding Trustee of the Pacific Music Awards Trust since 2005, initially starting with one Pacific Music Award at the New Zealand Music Awards to now having 18 categories at the Pacific Music Awards. She was the President of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Auckland from 2010 to 2012, and Co-President of YWCA New Zealand between 2012 and 2017. Ms Wendt has been a Council Member of the Auckland University of Technology Council since 2020.
To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
WONG, Mr Malcolm Ashley
For services to the community and New Zealand-China relations
Mr Malcolm Wong has contributed to the Dunedin community and New Zealand-China relations for 20 years.
Mr Wong was Treasurer, Secretary and the Chair of the fundraising subcommittee of the Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust since its inception in 1997. He has been Chair of the Trust since 2008. The Trust has built the only authentic Chinese Garden in Australasia and has gifted it to the city of Dunedin. Through the Trust, he has fostered the Dunedin-Shanghai sister city relationship, visiting Shanghai on several occasions. He has supported the Lawrence Chinese Camp Trust who work to record the history of Chinese and gold in central Otago. He has been a Trustee of the Chinese Tax Poll Heritage Fund since 2017 raising awareness and education of the history of Chinese communities in New Zealand and was Chair of Dunedin Shanghai Association from 2006 to 2015. He has been a Councillor on the Otago University Council and a Trustee of the Otago Community Trust since 2018. He has been a member of the Dunedin Club since 1995 and was elected President in 2015. Mr Wong has been actively involved with the Chinese community and Anglican Church organisations and has served on the vestry of St John’s Church in Dunedin.