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Special Honours List – 1 October 2011   NEW ZEALAND GALLANTRY AWARDS The Queen has been pleased to approve the following New Zealand Gallantry Awards:   NEW ZEALAND GALLANTRY STAR (NZGS) To receive the New Zealand Gallantry Star:...

THE ORDER OF NEW ZEALAND The Queen has been pleased on the occasion of the celebration of the New Year, to make the following appointment to The Order of New Zealand: ONZ To be a Member of the said Order: Mr Hone Papita Raukura Hotere, of Dunedin....

Note: Text as published in the New Zealand Gazette (Special), Wellington: Monday, 10 June 1996 – Issue No. 59 (1487 – 1490)  The Queen's Service Order The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the New Zealand celebration of Her...

Note: Text as published in the New Zealand Gazette (Special), Wellington: Wednesday, 15 January 1997 – Issue No. 3 (79 - 82) The Queen’s Service Order The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of the New Year, to...

Note: Extract from the New Zealand Gazette, 7 March 1996, No. 23, p. 718  Honours and Awards Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointment to The Queen’s Service Order: THE QUEEN’S SERVICE...

Note: Extract from the New Zealand Gazette, Wellington: 26 September 1996, No. 130,  p. 3198 The New Zealand Order of Merit His Excellency the Governor-General, Chancellor of The New Zealand Order of Merit, has advised that the Queen has been...

Note: Text as published in the New Zealand Gazette (Special), Wellington: Friday, 19 January 1996 – Issue No. 4 (pp.121 - 124) Her Excellency The Governor-General has announced that The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the...

Text from the New Zealand Gazette (Special), Wellington: Friday, 23 June 1995 – Issue No. 62 (pp.1567 - 1600) Her Excellency The Governor-General has announced that The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty...

Note: Extract from the New Zealand Gazette, 16 November 1995, No. 134, p. 4364 ROYAL VISIT Honours and Awards The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of Her Majesty’s visit to New Zealand, to make the following promotion in, and...

Special Honours List – 20 April 2013 NEW ZEALAND GALLANTRY AWARDS The Queen has been pleased to approve the following New Zealand Gallantry Awards:   NEW ZEALAND GALLANTRY DECORATION (NZGD) To receive the New Zealand Gallantry...

The Order of New Zealand The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to make the following appointment to The Order of New Zealand: ONZ To be a Member of the said Order: Emeritus Professor Albert Wendt,...

NEW ZEALAND BRAVERY AWARDS The Queen has been pleased to approve the following New Zealand Bravery Awards: THE NEW ZEALAND BRAVERY DECORATION NZBD Georgina Rose LANGFORD  Citation On the night of 21 April 2011 Ms Georgina Langford, aged 21...

The Royal Victorian Order His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand wishes to record that The Queen has been pleased on the celebration of the New Year, to make the following promotion in the Royal Victorian Order: CVO To be a Commander:...

The Queen’s Service Order The Order of New Zealand The New Zealand Order of Merit  His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, Principal Companion of The Queen’s Service Order, and Chancellor of The New Zealand Order of Merit...

The Order of New Zealand The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to make the following appointment to The Order of New Zealand: ONZ To be a Member of the said Order: Sir Ronald Powell Carter, KNZM, of...

SPECIAL HONOURS LIST NEW ZEALAND BRAVERY AWARDS The Queen has been pleased to approve the following New Zealand Bravery Awards: THE NEW ZEALAND BRAVERY DECORATION (NZBD) Dr Bryce CURRAN Citation On 22 February 2011 a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck...

SPECIAL HONOURS LIST - 9 December 2014 NEW ZEALAND GALLANTRY AWARDS The Queen has been pleased to approve the following New Zealand Gallantry Awards. NEW ZEALAND GALLANTRY STAR (NZGS) To receive the New Zealand Gallantry Star: NEW ZEALAND...

Michael Duffy, born 1938, served as a Member of the Parliament of Australia from 1980 to 1996, however, he has maintained close connections with New Zealand since his childhood. He held a number of ministerial portfolios, including Minister for...

Lord Cooke is regarded as one of the foremost jurists New Zealand has produced. He is held in the highest regard not only in New Zealand but also the United Kingdom and in other countries of the Commonwealth. He was appointed a Judge of the High Court in...

Emeritus Professor Albert Wendt is a novelist, poet, short story writer, playwright and painter. Since the 1970s he has been an influential figure in the development of New Zealand and Pacific literature and is regarded internationally as one of the...

As a general rule, Ministers should put before their colleagues the sorts of issues on which they themselves would wish to be consulted.  Ministers should keep their colleagues informed about matters of public interest, importance, or controversy...

Some items go directly to EC without first being approved by Cabinet. These items are usually drafted in a department, rather than by PCO, and: will not be included in the Legislative Instruments series (but are published in the Gazette in the normal...

General The requirements for papers that are submitted to Cabinet and Cabinet committees have been set by Cabinet so that the papers are of a consistently high standard, and include the information that Ministers require for taking decisions. The...

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Purpose The CabGuide website has been developed by the Cabinet Office. It provides authoritative and comprehensive information about Cabinet and Cabinet committee processes and requirements for papers. The CabGuide sets out the processes surrounding...

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) is one of the three central agencies responsible for coordinating and managing public sector performance. The other agencies are the State Services Commission and the Treasury.  Our...

These are the statutory and formal responsibilities of the Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council. The statutory and formal responsibilities of the Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council are to:...

1. Postnominal Letters Postnominals (abbreviations after a name) may be shown with or without points (full stops); e.g. K.N.Z.M. or KNZM. Knights A knight of an Order of Chivalry may use the appropriate postnominal letters after his name; e.g. Sir...

Rolls of the New Zealand Gallantry Awards (established 1999). The Victoria Cross for New Zealand For most conspicuous gallantry, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy...

New Zealand Gallantry Awards and criteria 1. The New Zealand Gallantry Awards are Royal honours. They are designed to recognise acts of gallantry carried out at risk to or sacrifice of life, by members of the New Zealand Armed Forces and support...

The insignia of orders of chivalry, orders and certain decorations are usually accompanied by information cards which detail how the individual insignia should be worn. These notes are a guide on how the various insignia should be mounted for...

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