The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2015
The full list is at DPMC.
Some of the more significant or interesting honours:
ONZ
To be a Member of the said Order:
Professor Sir Peter David Gluckman, KNZM, of Auckland. For services to New Zealand.
The New Zealand Order of Merit
The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit:
DNZM
To be Dames Companion of the said Order:
Mrs Bronwen Scott Holdsworth, ONZM, of Gisborne. For services to business and the arts.
Ms Diane Elizabeth Robertson, of Auckland. For services to the community.
Mrs Therese Maria Walsh, of Wellington. For services to sports administration.
KNZM
To be Knights Companion of the said Order:
The Honourable James Kenneth McLay, CNZM, QSO, of Matakana. For services to business and the State.
Dr The Honourable Pita Russell Sharples, CBE, of Auckland. For services as a Member of Parliament and to Māori.
Mr Peter Ivan Talijancich (Peter Talley), ONZM, of Motueka. For services to business and philanthropy.
Congratulations to Sirs Peter, Jim, Pita and Peter and Dames Bronwen, Diane and Therese.
MNZM
To be Members of the said Order:
Dr Michelle Emma Dickinson, of Auckland. For services to science.
On the way to being Dame Nanogirl! 🙂