2017 NY Honours
The full list is here. Three Dames and four Knights, being:
DNZM
To be Dames Companion of the said Order:
Ms Valerie Kasanita Adams, ONZM, of Auckland. For services to athletics.
Miss Georgina Kingi, QSO, of Hastings. For services to Māori and education.
The Honourable Frances Helen Wilde, CNZM, QSO, of Wellington. For services to the State and the community.
KNZM
To be Knights Companion of the said Order:
Distinguished Professor Richard Lewis Maxwell Faull, ONZM, of Auckland. For services to medical research.
Mr Brian Joseph Roche, of Wellington. For services to the State and business.
The Honourable Toke Tufukia Talagi, of Alofi, Niue. For services to Niue.
Mr David Arthur Rhodes Williams, QC, of Auckland. For services to international law and international arbitration.
Dame Valerie will be the most prominent one of course. Numbers awarded in each category are:
- DNZM/KNZM – 7
- CNZM – 10
- ONZM – 48
- MNZM – 63
- QSO – 6
- QSM – 59
- DSD – 1