The Special Honours List 2009 was announced in August 2009 as a result of the reinstatement of the appellation of "Sir" and "Dame" to the New Zealand Royal Honours System by passing Special Regulation 2009/90 "Additional Statutes of The New Zealand Order of Merit" a legally binding regulation with the force of law in New Zealand.
The recipients are displayed as they were styled before the redesignation and arranged in the order of publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
The New Zealand Order of Merit
The Queen has been pleased to make the following redesignations in the New Zealand Order of Merit:
Knights Grand Companion (GNZM)
The undermentioned Principal Companions to be redesignated Knights Grand Companion of the said Order.
His Excellency The Honourable Anand Satyanand QSO Governor-General of New Zealand. [4 June 2006]
Professor Paul Terence Callaghan of Wellington. [31 December 2005]
Emeritus Professor Lloyd George Geering ONZ CBE of Wellington. [30 December 2000]
Sir Patrick Ledger Goodman CBE of Motueka. [3 June 2002]
Professor Ralph Heberley Ngatata Love QSO JP of Porirua. [31 December 2008]
The undermentioned Distinguished Companions to be redesignated Dames Companion of the said Order.
Miss (Isoleen) Heather Begg OBE of Sydney, Australia. [5 June 2000]
Emeritus Professor Judith Mary Caroline Binney of Auckland. [31 December 2005]
Dr Vera Doreen Blumhardt ONZ CBE of Wellington. [31 December 2002]
Professor Margaret Clark CMG JP of Wellington.[30 December 2006]
Mrs Christine McKelvie Cole Catley QSM of North Shore. [5 June 2006]
Mrs Lynley Stuart Dodd of Tauranga. [31 December 2001]
Dr Mary Josephine (Joy) Drayton MBE of Tauranga.[31 December 2004]
Mrs Jocelyn Barbara Fish CBE JP of Hamilton.[30 December 2000]
Mrs Patricia Mary Harrison QSO of Dunedin. [4 June 2001]
Mrs Grace Shellie Hollander CBE JP of Christchurch.[5 June 2000]
Professor Linda Jane Holloway of Dunedin. [6 June 2005]
Mrs Margaret Mary Millard JP of Palmerston North.[30 December 2001]
Mrs Deirdre Glenna Milne QSO of Auckland. [31 December 2003]
Mrs Lois Joan Muir OBE of Dunedin. [7 June 2004]
Dr Claudia Josepha Orange OBE of Wellington.[31 December 2008]
Mrs Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter QSO of Wellington.[4 June 2007]
Mrs Alison Mary Roxburgh CBE QSO JP of Nelson.[2 June 2003]
The Honourable Margaret Kerslake Shields QSO JP of Pukerua Bay. [31 December 2007]
The Right Honourable Jennifer Mary Shipley of Auckland. [31 December 2002]
Dr Margaret June Sparrow MBE of Wellington. [3 June 2002]
Mrs Sukhinder Kaur Turner of Wanaka. [3 June 2002]
Mrs Robin Adair White of Masterton. [2 June 2003]
Ms Gillian Karawe Whitehead of Alexandra. [2 June 2008]
The undermentioned Distinguished Companions to be redesignated Knights Companion of the said Order.
The Honourable Noel Crossley Anderson QC of Waitakere. [7 June 2004]
Professor Donald Ward Beaven CBE of Christchurch.[31 December 2004]
The Right Honourable Justice Peter Blanchard PC of Wellington.[31 December 2004]
Judge David James Carruthers of Paraparamu. [6 June 2005]
Mr Russell Coutts CBE of Valencia, Spain. [5 June 2000]
The Honourable Edward Taihakurei Junior Durie of Lower Hutt. [31 December 2007]
Mr Eion Sinclair Edgar of Queenstown. [2 June 2003]
Air Marshal Bruce Reid Ferguson OBE AFC RNZAF of Wellington. [5 June 2006]
Mr George Vjeceslav Fistonich of Auckland. [6 June 2005]
Dr Alan Russell Frampton of Auckland. [31 December 2004]
Lieutenant-Colonel Harawira Tiri Gardiner of Wellington. [2 June 2008]
Mr David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne CBE of Wellington. [31 December 2005]
The Right Honourable Thomas Munro Gault QC PC of Auckland. [30 December 2000]
Professor Peter David Gluckman of Auckland. [31 December 2007]
Mr John Packard Goulter JP of Paihia. [31 December 2003]
The Honourable John William Hansen of Rangiora. [2 June 2008]
The Right Honourable John Steele Henry QC of Auckland. [4 June 2001]
Professor Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones of Piedmont, California, United States of America. [3 June 2002]
The Honourable Douglas Lorimer Kidd of Wellington.[5 June 2000]
Mr Patrick Desmond Mahony of Wellington. [31 December 2003]
Mr Peter Charles Maire of North Shore. [2 June 2008]
Professor Alan Francis Mark CBE of Dunedin.[30 December 2000]
Emeritus Professor Arthur Harold Marshall of Auckland.[2 June 2008]
Dr David Charles Mauger of Auckland. [3 June 2002]
The Honourable John Joseph McGrath of Wellington.[30 December 2006]
Dr Sidney Moko Mead of Wellington. [5 June 2006]
Mr Colin Earl Meads MBE of Te Kuiti. [30 December 2000]
Mr Ralph Norris of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [31 December 2005]
Mr Noel Stuart Robinson of Auckland. [5 June 2006]
Mr Peter Graham Siddell QSO of Auckland. [31 December 2007]
Professor David Christopher Graham Skegg OBE of Dunedin. [31 December 2008]
Mr Bruce Houlton Slane CBE of Auckland. [31 December 2002]
Dr Peter George Snell OBE of Dallas, Texas, United States of America. [31 December 2001]
Mr Kenneth Allen Stevens of Auckland. [31 December 2007]
Mr Archie John Te Atawhai Taiaroa of Taumarunui. [2 June 2003]
Mr Tumu (George Michael) Te Heuheu of Taupo.[31 December 2004]
The Right Honourable Edmund Walter Thomas QC of Auckland. [31 December 2001]
Mr Stephen Robert Tindall of North Shore. [4 June 2007]
The Right Honourable Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping of Wellington. [31 December 2005]
Mr Peter John Trapski CBE of Tauranga. [31 December 2002]
Mr Henry William van der Hayden of Putaruru. [4 June 2007]
Mr John Wells of Auckland. [31 December 2008]
Mr Tennant Edward (Tay) Wilson OBE of Lower Hutt. [30 December 2006]
The Honourable William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young QC of Christchurch. [4 June 2007]
Widows of Knights Grand Companion/Knights Companion
The undermentioned spouses of Principal and Distinguished Companions of the Order to be granted the use of the courtesy title of "Lady".
Mrs Olive Doreen Hutchins of Queenstown [spouse of the late Leslie Hutchins DCNZM OBE JP]
Mrs Elaine Ivy James of Hamilton [spouse of the late Oswald George James DCNZM OBE]
Mrs Doris Parekohe Vercoe of Rotorua [spouse of the late Right Reverend Te Whakahuihui Vercoe PCNZM MBE]
