To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
BARNETT, Mr John Daniel, ONZM
For services to film and television
Mr John Barnett is New Zealand's leading television and film producer, who over the past 45 years has produced some of New Zealand's most popular feature films, among them the internationally acclaimed 'Whale Rider', and the comedy 'Sione's Wedding'.
Mr Barnett has been actively involved in film, television and video distribution and in the development of multiplex cinemas. He joined South Pacific Pictures in 1993 as Managing Director, and in early 1998 led a management buy-out of the company becoming co-owner of New Zealand's largest television and film production company. He ran South Pacific Pictures for 23 years, during which time he oversaw production of popular television shows including 'Shortland Street' and 'Outrageous Fortune', and championed projects that spoke of New Zealand's Māori, Pacific and Asian population. He established the Sundance Channel (now Rialto), New Zealand's first art house film channel. In 2016 he re-established his company Endeavour Ventures to work on a range of feature film and television projects. He served two terms on the Board of the New Zealand Film Commission, was a member of the Government appointed New Zealand Screen Council from 2005 to 2008, and the Auckland Museum Foundation. Mr Barnett is a Trustee of the New Zealand Film Heritage Trust, the Auckland Hospital Charitable Trust, Auckland Health Foundation, and Te Urungi o Ngati Kuri.
HONOURS
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Queen's Birthday 2003
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
BEDFORD, Professor Richard Dodgshun, QSO
For services to governance
Professor Richard Bedford has served as President of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for the last four years, and led the Society through a period of transformation.
Professor Bedford is a former academic who was appointed to the voluntary role of President of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, formerly the Royal Society of New Zealand, in 2015 to guide the institution through restructuring and modernisation. His leadership oversaw the change of the Royal Society's name to Royal Society Te Apārangi, and a revision of the Society's Code of Professional Standards and Ethics to include all research epistemologies such as social sciences. He has developed and strengthened the bi-cultural commitments of the Society, including partnerships with Māori research communities, and greater recognition of Mātauranga Māori. He led a major programme to improve diversity, and the awarding of medals and fellowships by the Society has nearly reached gender parity in 2018. He played a major leadership role in the Society's 150th anniversary in 2017, including hosting a two-day leadership symposium for national academies around the world. Professor Bedford has continued work as a peer reviewer of research for publication, and served in advisory roles to government agencies alongside his work at Te Apārangi.
HONOURS
Companion of the Queen's Service Order, New Year 2008
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
CAMPBELL, Mr Robert James (Rob)
For services to governance and business
Mr Rob Campbell has made major contributions to governance in New Zealand for a number of years.
Mr Campbell began his career teaching economic history at Victoria University of Wellington. During the late 1970s and early 1980s he was recognised as a key contributor to modern unionism as an advocate for improving workers conditions while balancing the need for businesses to grow and prosper in order to support workers. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he worked as an economic consultant and was a director of a number of wholly or partially state-owned enterprises, including the establishment Board of New Zealand Post, Bank of New Zealand, and the Government Printing Office. In the late 1980s he moved into business as a director and investment manager for a number of organisations, notably Freightways Ltd and Tappenden Holdings. From 2000 he moved full time into a wider governance career. Virtually every company he has chaired since that time have seen substantial growth in performance, shareholder returns, employee engagement levels, and wider recognition in New Zealand society. Mr Campbell has been recognised as a leader in diversity in the governance community and a promoter of sustainability issues in business.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
CARRYER, Dr Jennifer Barbara (Jenny), MNZM
For services to health, particularly nursing
Professor Jenny Carryer was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2000 for her services to nursing.
Professor Carryer is Professor of Nursing at Massey University's School of Nursing and has been Executive Director of the College of Nurses Aotearoa for 27 years. In 2010, she became the Chair of the National Nursing Organisations Leadership group and was Chair of the Health Workforce New Zealand's Nursing Workforce Advisory Group from 2015 to 2019. She has been a member of other organisations and groups including the Primary Health Advisory Council to the Ministry of Health, the Expert Nursing Advisory Group on primary health care development, and the Primary Health Organisation Development Taskforce. She has been a visiting Professor and Honorary faculty member of Yale University and has held adjunct positions, research positions, visiting scholar positions or consortium membership with the Universities of Maastricht (Netherlands), Alberta (Canada), the University of Technology Sydney, Flinders Universities and the University of South Australia. Professor Carryer's principle research interest, with more than 100 publications, has been chronic illness and the development and establishment of the Nurse Practitioner role in New Zealand.
HONOURS
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Queen's Birthday 2000
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
CARTER, Mr Antony John (Tony)
For services to business governance
Mr Tony Carter is considered one of the leading Corporate Governance practitioners in New Zealand.
Mr Carter has been Chairman of Fisher and Paykel Healthcare since 2012 and Chairman of Air New Zealand from 2013 to 2019. In these roles he has steered these two iconic New Zealand companies through the recovery from the global financial crisis and uncertainty in offshore markets to greater success. He is a current Director on the Boards of ANZ Bank New Zealand and Vector Ltd, and was previously Director of Vector Building from 2007 to 2012. He was Chairman of the New Zealand Institute when it merged with the New Zealand Business Roundtable to form The New Zealand Initiative in 2012, of which he served as inaugural Chairman until 2013. He has contributed to the growth of New Zealand's retail grocery sector as the former Managing Director of The Foodstuffs Group from 2001 to 2010, having also been Foodstuffs Auckland Managing Director, and previously Chief Executive of Foodstuffs South Island from 1995 to 2000. He was instrumental in establishing a strategic programme of work for Foodstuffs, which included the development of owner/operator bases and the establishment of strategic partnerships. Mr Carter is previous Chairman of the Auckland Blues rugby franchise and is a Trustee of the Maurice Carter Charitable Trust.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
Lady DEANE, Gillian
For services to philanthropy, particularly for rare disorders, the arts and youth
Gillian, Lady Deane is the Founder and Chair of the Deane Endowment Trust, which was established in 1995 and provides financial assistance to a wide range of organizations and individuals for arts, cultural, health and environmental projects.
Lady Deane is a Patron of IHC New Zealand, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, the Mahara Gallery, and Friends of The Dowse Art Museum. She helped establish and has been National Coordinator of the Rett Syndrome New Zealand Trust. She has previously been a Trustee of the New Zealand Organization for Rare Disorders, the International Festival of the Arts, and the New Zealand Diana Princess of Wales Foundation. She has been a Patron of the Mary Potter Hospice and Toast Martinborough. She was the government-appointed ambassador for International Year of the Family. She has advocated strongly for those with disabilities and rare disorders, the arts, scientific and medical research, and helping young people. She has made significant donations to local community projects, including the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's proposed Civic Music Hub, the Auckland Town Hall restoration project, refurbishment of the Gisborne War Memorial Theatre, and extensions to the Ngā Manu Native Reserve teaching facility. Lady Deane has committed to substantial legacy gifts to both the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington, along with other organisations.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
HEFFERNAN, Ms Helen Mary
For services to health
Ms Helen Heffernan is widely regarded as New Zealand's technical expert on antibiotic resistance.
Ms Heffernan has worked in the field of antibiotic resistance for more than 40 years, primarily working at the National Health Institute and the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Her microbiology and surveillance work has been crucial in underpinning the introduction of vaccine programmes against diseases such as haemophilus influenzae type b, pneumococcus and meningococcus. In the early stages of her career, she developed the national cold chain standards for vaccine management, making vaccines safer for all New Zealand recipients. Later in her career, she led a team that studied and reported on the spread of many challenging infections, publishing her findings through the ESR, as well as in a wide range of national and international medical journals. This information has been essential to guide medical clinicians in their work to reduce the rate of increase in antibiotic resistance in New Zealand. She has been a member of numerous committees and advisory groups, including the National Antimicrobial Committee, the Ministry for Primary Industries' Technical Advisory Group, and the Ministry of Health's Pneumococcal Surveillance Advisory Group. Ms Heffernan has represented New Zealand at the World Health Organisation's workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and their Western Pacific regional meetings on antimicrobial resistance.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
HUGHES, Dr Frances Anne, ONZM, JP
For services to mental health and nursing
Dr Frances Hughes was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 for her services to the mental health profession.
In 2006, Dr Hughes completed the first situational analysis of the status of mental health in 16 Pacific countries for the World Health Organisation (WHO), followed by working as the first facilitator for the Pacific Island Mental Health Network. She published her first book in 2007, designed to help health professionals and the wider public to understand how to engage in public policy. She was the first nurse to be appointed to the WHO expert panel on mental health, serving a four-year term. She was appointed as the Director of CareerForce, a community support services industry training organisation, from 2009 to 2012. She was clinical advisor to the New Zealand correctional services clinical governance board from 2010 to 2015. After the Christchurch Earthquakes, she partnered with the New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses to provide psychological support to those affected. She was the CEO of the International Council of Nurses in Geneva from 2016 to 2018, during which time she strengthened the organisation's financial state. She is a Board member of One Family Health, which provides primary care clinics in Rwanda. Locally Dr Hughes established and chaired the Kapiti Community Enterprise Trust.
HONOURS
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Queen's Birthday 2005
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
LE MESURIER, Ms Rachael
For services to governance, the community and health
Ms Rachael Le Mesurier has given almost 30 years of service to non-governmental organisations promoting health, human rights, social welfare and development.
Ms Le Mesurier has worked as the National Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand, CEO of Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand, a Regional Director of Family Planning New Zealand, and Executive Director of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF). While at NZAF, she increased their media presence by 700 percent between 2003 and 2005, and led a behaviour change campaign focused on STI and HIV awareness in New Zealand in 2009. She has been Executive Director of Oxfam New Zealand since 2014, during which time she has overseen New Zealand's aid response to natural disasters and long term development in the South Pacific and South Asia, as well as refugee support in Bangladesh and Syria with advocacy on wealth inequality and climate change. She has held voluntary roles as a Board Member of the New Zealand Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations and the Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. She has been on the Executive Committee of the Asia and Pacific AIDS Society, Director of the Board of Governance for the Elevator Group, and is currently on the Board of the Council for International Development. Ms Le Mesurier has represented New Zealand on the Board of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MACCORMICK, Mr Donald Evan Murray (Murray)
For services to health, particularly surgery
Mr Murray MacCormick has been a surgeon for 45 years, specialising in breast cancer and vascular surgery.
Mr MacCormick has worked as a tutor, consultation surgeon, and clinical director of General Surgery at Auckland Hospital. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Auckland, where he has introduced numerous surgical procedures, including breast reconstruction following mastectomy, carotid artery surgery, and a number of laparoscopic procedures now in general use. He founded the first multidisciplinary service for the management of breast cancer in Auckland in both the public and private spheres, and led the establishment of breast screening in Northland. He was also was one of the pioneers of renal transplant surgery in New Zealand. His recognition as a highly skilled surgeon has seen him assist with difficult cases across all specialities. He has also been significantly involved with the Cancer Society, as a Board Member of the Cancer Society Auckland Northland Division from 1992 to 2012, including time as Chair, and as a Board Member of the New Zealand Cancer Society from 2000 to 2014, including three years as Chair. He has been a Trustee of the Society's Auckland Northland Division Endowment Trust since 2000. Mr MacCormick is Chair of the Credentialing Committee at Mercy Ascot Hospital.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MATTHEWS, Dr Michael Edward (Mike)
For services to food technology and the food industry
Dr Mike Matthews is a professional food technologist who has worked for the New Zealand food industry for more than 40 years.
Dr Matthews graduated from Massey University, then earned his PhD degree in the United States, conducting research in the use of membrane filtration to extract protein. This technology contributes $1 billion per year to the New Zealand dairy industry. At the Dairy Research Institute, he contributed to the development of protein-enriched whey products that are now in strong demand in markets such as Japan. His career has included management roles in product development, engineering and marketing, culminating as Chief Executive Officer of The Tatua Cooperative Dairy Company from 1995 to 2008, a period of great change for the company. He helped steer Tatua on its course of independence, through determined pursuit of value-added opportunities. He served on the Prime Minister's Science and Innovation Advisory Council, the Fast Forward Board, and the Board of Food Industry Enabling Technologies. As a consultant, he assisted the formation of the Food Innovation Network and advised several projects funded by the Primary Growth Partnership. He has published 25 peer-reviewed technical papers and made numerous presentations at international conferences. Dr Matthews continues to provide mentoring assistance to young food technologists.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MCKINNON, Mr John Walter, QSO
For services to New Zealand-China relations
Mr John McKinnon was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for his services to the State in 2013.
Mr McKinnon served his second term as Ambassador to China in Beijing from 2015 to 2018, having served his first term from 2001 to 2004. His language proficiency and personal standing in Beijing has helped opened doors for New Zealand, facilitate dialogues and consider policy positions. He was Executive Director of the Asia New Zealand Foundation from 2012 to 2015. During this period he facilitated the growth of the Foundation's Young Leadership network. He has been a champion of Chinese language learning in New Zealand and developed the educational resources aspect of the Foundation during his tenure. Mr McKinnon has been Patron of New Zealand Chinese Language Week and was a driving force behind its inception in 2014.
HONOURS
Companion of the Queen's Service Order, Queen's Birthday 2013
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
MOSES, Mr Roger John, ONZM
For services to education
Mr Roger Moses was Headmaster of Wellington College for 23 years until stepping down in April 2018 as the second longest serving Headmaster in the school's 150 year history.
Under Mr Moses' leadership, since the implementation of New Zealand Scholarship Examinations, Wellington College has been among the top performers in New Zealand schools in terms of scholarships awarded to students. He saw the roll grow to 1,700 students while maintaining an approachable presence for students. He was appointed Acting Rector of King's High School in Dunedin in 2019. Recently he has chaired the Professional Advisory Group working alongside the Ministerial Advisory Group providing advice to the Minister and Ministry of Education on the NCEA review. He has continued to be an active researcher and promoter of boys' education. In 2012 he was involved with the research project conducted by the New Zealand Council for Education Research on boys' academic performance at single sex schools. He has been a member of a working group investigating educational outcomes for young males in the New Zealand prison system. Mr Moses has been a member of the Board of the International Boys' Schools Coalition and a past Chairman of the Association of Boys' Schools New Zealand.
HONOURS
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Queen's Birthday 2009
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
PLUME, Ms Helen Joan
For services to the environment
Ms Helen Plume has been a world-renowned expert in the field of climate change negotiation, monitoring and implementation for more than 30 years.
Ms Plume is currently Chair of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD) and International Energy Agency (IEA) Climate Change Experts Group. She is employed as a Principal Analyst, Climate Change at the Ministry for the Environment, where she has worked for the past 35 years. She has been at the forefront of the New Zealand government's domestic and international response to climate change since the beginning of global discussions to address the issue. She frequently participates in United Nations-led expert peer reviews on national emissions reporting. She has made significant contributions to the implementation of key international climate change agreements, including the Kyoto Protocol and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC) monitoring, reporting and verification processes. She has held numerous voluntary positions within the UNFCCC and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), including chairing panels and groups. She was elected as Chair of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice for two years. In 2007, Al Gore and the IPCC were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Ms Plume was one of a small number of individuals within the IPCC that were recognised by name for their contribution.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
WARD, Dr Edward (Ted)
For services to intensive care practice
Dr Ted Ward was a pioneer of intensive care practice in New Zealand hospitals and founded the Intensive Care Unit at Hawke's Bay Hospital in 1974.
As Director of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care until 1997, Dr Ward pioneered the establishment and provision of intensive care services to the people of the Hawke's Bay region. He was one of the first to take on the role of Intensive Care Specialist in regional New Zealand, and contributed to advancing adult, paediatric and neo-natal intensive care. He was involved in establishing a Newborn intensive Care Unit in Hawke's Bay. He developed ongoing training for other staff and undertook design improvements to ICU equipment. He instigated patient-retrieval services by road and air from other regional hospitals, bringing patients to the Hastings ICU where he could directly assess and supervise their immediate and ongoing care. The result of these services was an ever-improving rate of 'quality-life survival' for both adults and children. He was a founder member of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS), and from 1978 to 1982 was Chair of the New Zealand Regional Committee. He was an examiner for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. Dr Ward was Medical Director for the local St John Ambulance until 1995.
To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:
WEBSTER, Dr Dianne Rosemary, QSO
For services to health, particularly paediatrics
Dr Dianne Webster has directed the national newborn metabolic screening programme (NMSP) for more than 25 years.
The screening programme detects 50 to 60 affected babies annually, many of whom would have died or suffered life-long disabilities if their condition had not been detected. In 2017, severe combined immune deficiency was added to the national screening programme. Dr Webster led the complex discussion with policy makers around the implications for parental consent to conduct the screen and oversaw the laboratory's adaption to the new technology requirements. In 2016 she helped develop a text message alert system for midwives and has championed other initiatives to improve screening speed and equity. She helped develop the lysosomal storage disease network in 2009. She has held a number of panel and leadership roles with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (USA) since 2014. She has chaired the newborn screening subcommittee of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia since 1999. She has supported screening initiatives in a number of other countries. She is currently the Secretary of the Australasian Society for Inborn Errors of Metabolism and the Vice-President and an Asia-Pacific representative on the Council of the International Society for Neonatal Screening (ISNS). Dr Webster has served on the organising committees for many international meetings, most recently the 10th International ISNS meeting held in Hangzhou, China.
HONOURS
Companion of the Queen's Service Order, Queen's Birthday, 2007