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Born 1911. Poet, critic and dramatist. On the staff of the English Department of Auckland University 1951-76. Author of over 18 volumes of poems. In 1989 received The Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. Citation prepared 1990

Born 1916. Anglican Bishop of Aotearoa from 1968 to 1981. During this period and in his retirement he made a significant contribution to Maoridom, in particular as a Member of the Waitangi Tribunal. Citation prepared 1989

Born 1900. Her Majesty, consort of the late King George VI, was appointed to the Order during her 90th year. Citation prepared 1990

Dame Ann Ballin has made an outstanding contribution to the welfare of New Zealanders. She was chairperson of the Victims’ Task Force from 1988 to 1993 and pioneered changes in the criminal justice system to ensure greater justice for victims of...

Born 1924. She is one of New Zealand’s foremost authors and literary figures. Citation prepared 1990

Dr Pickering has made an outstanding contribution to science and engineering, in particular relating to the exploration of the solar system which has been of immense international importance and benefit. He was born in Wellington and educated at...

Born 1917. He is regarded as one of the world's leading athletic coaches. He helped start jogging in many countries and the movement is now world-wide. Citation prepared 1990

Born 1923. For many years active in trade union movement. First women vice-president of the Federation of Labour (1981-87). Founder New Zealand Child Care Association. National chairperson of the New Zealand International Year of Peace Committee, 1986,...

Mr Lange, during the past twenty-five years, has made a major contribution to public affairs in New Zealand. He was the Member of Parliament for Mangere from 1977 to 1996 and served as Deputy and later Leader of the Opposition. In 1984, at the age of 41...

Born 1931. Arikinui (Head) of the Maori Kingship to which she was elected in succession to her father, King Koroki, the 5th Maori King, in 1966. She is the highest ranking person in the Tainui tribes who live in the Waikato. She is Patron of the Maori...

Sir Hugh Kawharu has an outstanding record of service as an academic and to the Maori people. In 1970 he was the foundation Professor of Social Anthropology and Maori Studies at Massey University. Between 1985 and 1993 he was Professor of Maori Studies...

Professor MacDiarmid has made an outstanding contribution to chemistry and the New Zealand science community. He was born and educated in New Zealand but has lived and worked in the United States of America since 1950. In 2000 he was one of three joint...

Sir James Fletcher, born 1914, has made an admirable contribution to the business industry and the community in New Zealand. He became the Managing Director of Fletcher Construction and Fletcher Holdings Ltd in 1942 and remained in that position until...

Sir Roy McKenzie, born 1922, is one of New Zealand’s leading dedicated philanthropists who has contributed to the community for over 50 years. He has spent half of his life contributing funds to areas of need in New Zealand society and being...

Sir Edmund Hillary, born 1919, is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer and is one of New Zealand’s most famous living icons. He is most notable for conquering the summit of Mount Everest; however, he has also made significant contributions...

Dr Ivan Lichter, born 1918, is a retired thoracic surgeon who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of palliative care and the modern hospice movement in New Zealand. He has devoted his life to this branch of medicine, improving the standards of...

Doreen Blumhardt, born 1914, is one of New Zealand’s foremost potters and has worked as a ceramicist and arts educator for 70 years. She is considered to be a pioneer of art education and was head of the Art Department of Wellington College of...

Sir Paul Reeves, born 1932, made an outstanding contribution to the Anglican Church and the community.  He was Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia from 1980 to 1985 and was Bishop of Waiapu in 1971....

Mr Ralph Hotere is a painter, sculptor and collaborative artist and is regarded as one of New Zealand's most important contemporary artists. His works are a reaction to local and global social and environmental issues and are dominated by black,...

Dame Margaret Bazley has held senior leadership roles in the health and state sector for more than 50 years, most recently as Chair of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission from 1999 to 2011.She was Commissioner and Deputy Chairperson of the State...

Sir Peter Jackson is one of New Zealand’s best-known film-makers, and has made a leading contribution to the development of the New Zealand film industry. His work has not only brought him international fame, but has also widely promoted New...

Dame Malvina Major is one of New Zealand’s great opera divas. She has had an outstanding international career as a singer, but is also renowned as a teacher of voice and for her encouragement of the next generation of artists through the Dame...

Sir Ron Carter has contributed to New Zealand in the areas of regional and national infrastructure planning, governance, business and education. Sir Ron was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1998 for services to...

Professor Sir Peter Gluckman is one of New Zealand's internationally recognised biomedical and medical scientists. Sir Peter's research focuses have ranged from the hormonal control of growth before and after birth, intrauterine growth restriction and...

The Policy Project hosted a workshop with policy capability leads (people nominated by their agency to lead work to improve policy quality and capability). We discussed how agencies are using the Policy Project policy improvement frameworks,...

"Policy advisors need to challenge their traditional practice. We need to reinvent the art of policy making by adding new tools and methods that give us richer information about people, their lives, and how they experience and are influenced by...

Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession, hosted a round table for senior government leaders and academics from Victoria University with Professor Jeanne Liedtka from the Darden Business School, USA. The session was to learn about the...

The Prime Minister and the Head of the Policy Profession officially launched the Policy Project’s three policy improvement frameworks. The Prime Minister said: “I’m impressed with the Policy Project frameworks being launched today. They provide a...

In two speeches this week Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of the Policy Profession continued his theme of the ‘F-words’ that characterise good policy advice – free, frank, fearless, full and future-focused. He stressed the need to invest in policy stewardship...

In this speech, hosted by IPANZ at Victoria University of Wellington’s new Auckland facility, Andrew Kibblewhite shared his views on what makes for quality policy advice (PDF 454 KB). “good policy advice hits the sweet spot between what is desirable (...

Nehal Davison, senior researcher from the United Kingdom’s Institute for Government, spent five weeks with the Policy Project team in late 2015. She produced a case study on the Policy Project to analyse its origins, progress and challenges against...

In this seminar, Jeanne Liedtka from the Darden Graduate School of Business discussed the application of design thinking to policy, with a particular focus on the social sector. Jeanne reached beyond the buzzwords to show how design thinking...

At an IPANZ seminar on free and frank policy advice, Andrew Kibblewhite discussed the infrastructure for providing free and frank policy advice. He suggested that 'the difference between knowing the rules and being skilled in the art of providing free...

The Tier 2 Policy Leaders Network were joined by the Head of the Policy Profession at a special session to identify longer term strategic policy questions. The challenge: what are the 5-10 top policy questions for the next 10 years? How might...

In this workshop we took the first steps towards co-creating a policy specific skills framework by describing the knowledge and skills of the modern policy professional. The workshop brought together two Policy Project cross-agency working groups; the...

Andrew Kibblewhite presented the IPANZ speech in his capacity as Head of the Policy Profession. Andrew discussed the state of the policy profession, what future policy success will look like and what the policy community needs to do to get...