2009 Special Honours (New Zealand)

The following Principal Companions were redesignated Knights Grand Companion:

• 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 Ngātata Love QSO JP – of Porirua (31 December 2008).

• 
  Sir Anand Satyanand
• 
  Sir Lloyd Geering

The following Distinguished Companions were redesignated Dames Companion:

• (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).
• Christine McKelvie Cole Catley QSM – of North Shore (5 June 2006).
• Lynley Stuart Dodd – of Tauranga (31 December 2001).
• Dr Mary Josephine Drayton MBE – of Tauranga (31 December 2004).
• Jocelyn Barbara Fish CBE JP – of Hamilton (30 December 2000).
• Patricia Mary Harrison QSO – of Dunedin (4 June 2001).
• Grace Shellie Hollander CBE JP – of Christchurch (5 June 2000).
• Professor Linda Jane Holloway – of Dunedin (6 June 2005).
• Margaret Mary Millard JP – of Palmerston North (30 December 2001).
• Deirdre Glenna Milne QSO – of Auckland (31 December 2003).
• Lois Joan Muir OBE – of Dunedin (7 June 2004).
• Dr Claudia Josepha Orange OBE – of Wellington (31 December 2008).
• Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter QSO – of Wellington (4 June 2007).
• 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).
• Sukhinder Kaur Turner – of Wanaka (3 June 2002).
• Robin Adair White – of Masterton (2 June 2003).
• Gillian Karawe Whitehead – of Alexandra (2 June 2008).

• 
  Dame Doreen Blumhardt
• 
  Dame Christine Cole Catley
• 
  Dame Lois Muir
• 
  Dame Claudia Orange
• 
  Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter
• 
  Dame Margaret Shields
• 
  Dame Jenny Shipley
• 
  Dame Margaret Sparrow
• 
  Dame Sukhi Turner
• 
  Dame Robin White
• 
  Dame Gillian Whitehead

The following Distinguished Companions were redesignated Knights Companion:

• The Honourable Noel Crossley Anderson QC – of Waitakere (7 June 2004).
• Professor Donald Ward Beaven CBE – of Christchurch (31 December 2004).
• The Right Honourable Peter Blanchard PC – of Wellington (31 December 2004).
• Judge David James Carruthers – of Paraparaumu (6 June 2005).
• Russell Coutts CBE – of Valencia, Spain (5 June 2000).
• The Honourable Edward Taihakurei Junior Durie – of Lower Hutt (31 December 2007).
• Eion Sinclair Edgar – of Queenstown (2 June 2003).
• Air Marshal Bruce Reid Ferguson OBE OBE AFC RNZAF – of Wellington (5 June 2006).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• Patrick Desmond Mahony – of Wellington (31 December 2003).
• 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).
• Colin Earl Meads MBE – of Te Kuiti (30 December 2000).
• Ralph Norris – of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (31 December 2005).
• Noel Stuart Robinson – of Auckland (5 June 2006).
• Peter Graham Siddell QSO – of Auckland (31 December 2007).
• Professor David Christopher Graham Skegg OBE – of Dunedin (31 December 2008).
• Bruce Houlton Slane CBE – of Auckland (31 December 2002).
• Dr Peter George Snell OBE – of Dallas, Texas, United States of America (31 December 2001).
• Kenneth Allen Stevens – of Auckland (31 December 2007).
• Archie John Te Atawhai Taiaroa – of Taumarunui (2 June 2003).
• Tumu (George Michael) Te Heuheu – of Taupo (31 December 2004).
• The Right Honourable Edmund Walter Thomas QC – of Auckland (31 December 2001).
• Stephen Robert Tindall – of North Shore (4 June 2007).
• The Right Honourable Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping – of Wellington (31 December 2005).
• Peter John Trapski CBE – of Tauranga (31 December 2002).
• Henry William van der Heyden – of Putāruru (4 June 2007).
• John Wells – of Auckland (31 December 2008).
• Tennant Edward (Tay) Wilson OBE – of Lower Hutt (30 December 2006).
• The Honourable William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young QC – of Christchurch (4 June 2007).

• 
  Sir Russell Coutts
• 
  Sir Eddie Durie
• 
  Sir Eion Edgar
• 
  Sir Bruce Ferguson
• 
  Sir Wira Gardiner
• 
  Sir David Gascoigne
• 
  Sir Peter Gluckman
• 
  Sir John Hansen
• 
  Sir Vaughan Jones
• 
  Sir Doug Kidd
• 
  Sir Peter Maire
• 
  Sir Harold Marshall
• 
  Sir Hirini Moko Mead
• 
  Sir Colin Meads
• 
  Sir Peter Siddell
• 
  Sir David Skegg
• 
  Sir Peter Snell
• 
  Sir Ken Stevens
• 
  Sir Archie Taiaroa
• 
  Sir Tumu Te Heuheu
• 
  Sir Stephen Tindall
• 
  Sir Henry van der Heyden
• 
  Sir John Wells
• 
  Sir William Young

The following surviving spouses of deceased Principal and Distinguished Companions were granted the use of the courtesy title of "Lady":

• Olive Doreen Hutchins – of Queenstown (spouse of the late Leslie Hutchins DCNZM OBE JP).
• Elaine Ivy James – of Hamilton (spouse of the late Oswald George James DCNZM OBE).
• Doris Parekohe Vercoe – of Rotorua (spouse of the late Right Reverend Te Whakahuihui Vercoe PCNZM MBE).