The list of Queen's Birthday Honours recipients for 2022 has been released, with two receiving top honours and three new dames and three new knights among the honourees.
Dame Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand's first female High Court judge, and renowned Māori leader Sir Tipene O'Regan have been appointed to the Order of New Zealand - the top honour in New Zealand's honours system.
Former Silver Ferns head coach Ruth Ellina Aitken, Judge Carolyn Henwood and Dr Judith Helen McGregor will be made Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Dr Patrick Wahanga Hohepa, Heughan Bassett Rennie QC and Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga will be made Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Other honorees include medical director of Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Dr Bryan Betty who was approved as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit and for Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft who was awarded as a Companions of the Queen's Service Order.
Here is the full list of Queen's Birthday Honours 2022:
Order of New Zealand (ONZ)
Honourable Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright
For services to New Zealand
The Honourable Dame Silvia Cartwright has dedicated more than 40 years to the law and became the first woman in New Zealand appointed to the High Court in 1993.
Between 1987 and 1988, Dame Silvia chaired the Commission of Inquiry into the Treatment of Cervical Cancer and Other Related Matters at National Women’s Hospital, dubbed the Cartwright Inquiry. She served as New Zealand’s 18th Governor-General from 2001 to 2006, the second woman to hold the office. After completing her tenure as Governor-General, she was appointed from 2007 to 2014 as one of two international trial judges on the Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal investigating the Khmer Rouge period.
She was a member of the United Nations committee monitoring compliance with the United Nations Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). She played a key role in the drafting of the CEDAW’s Optional Protocol.
From 2015 to 2016 she took part in a United Nations investigation of alleged war crimes and human rights abuses in Sri Lanka and currently chairs the Executive Board of the International Commission of Jurists investigating international law breaches by North Korea.
Dame Silvia led the Public Inquiry into the Earthquake Commission in 2019.
Sir Stephen (Tipene) Gerard O'Regan
For services to New Zealand
Sir Tipene O’Regan has worked tirelessly throughout his life to improve the economic, cultural and social standing of Māori communities.
Sir Tipene was pivotal in bringing about the 1997 Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement and the subsequent Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998. This laid the foundations for a tribal asset portfolio that currently stands in excess of $1.8 billion and set a number of benchmarks for the historical Treaty claims process.
He helped negotiate and shape legislative responses to Māori interests in fisheries, both commercial and non-commercial, and was the founding Chair of Te Ohu Kaimoana (Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission). He established the Ngāi Tahu Archive in 1978. Since 2012 he has chaired Te Pae Kōrako, a standing committee of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu that oversees the Ngāi Tahu Archive Strategy together with its publishing and other initiatives.
He was appointed Upoko of Te Runaka o Awarua in 1999 and has overseen growth of Te Rau Aroha Marae, notably the development and opening of its whare-tipuna, Tahupōtiki in 2003.
He chaired Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence at the University of Auckland from 2006 to 2018. He was the founding Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Māori) at the University of Canterbury until 2011. Sir Tipene was Deputy Chair of Transit New Zealand from 2000 to 2006, and a member of the New Zealand Geographic Board from 1985 to 2013, making a significant contribution to its bi-cultural evolution and publications.
Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM)
Ruth Ellina Aitken, ONZM
For services to netball
Ruth Aitken is an internationally acclaimed netball coach who was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2011, having coached the Silver Ferns from 2002 to 2011.
Aitken coached the Silver Ferns to win the 2003 World Netball Championship and the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. The team also won silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 and 2011 World Netball Championships. She is the most capped Silver Ferns coach with 112 Tests. She was Netball New Zealand Coaching Director from 2011 to 2013, leading initiatives to encourage increased participation at all levels of coaching. From 2013 she moved to Singapore and coached the national team to win the Asian Championships and South East Asian Games.
She returned to New Zealand in 2016, taking up the role of Performance Manager of Netball Waikato Bay of Plenty Zone through to the end of 2019. She was a member of the International Netball Federation Coaching Advisory Panel from 2011 to 2014.
She has been a member of the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand since 2017. In 2021, as well as receiving a Service Award from World Netball, Aitken was made a Life Member of Netball New Zealand, in recognition of her service to netball, promoting the game and inspiring a generation of young netballers.
Judge Carolyn Henwood, CNZM
For services to the State, youth and the arts
Judge Carolyn Henwood established the Henwood Trust in 2004 with the support of the Tindall
Foundation and chairs the Trust, which is focused on delivering effective strategies for young offenders.
The Henwood Trust has published ‘NZ Gift to the World’, the ‘Family Group Conference’ and ‘A Covenant for our Nation’s Children’. In 2006 Judge Henwood was appointed as special advisor for the implementation of the Te Hurihanga Youth Justice Programme, aimed at preventing youth re-offending.
She has been involved with youth justice issues internationally and has convened and presented at international conferences. She was Chair of the Confidential Listening and Assistance Service from 2008 to 2015. She chaired a panel in 2016 that made recommendations to the government based off testimonies of one thousand survivors of abuse in State care.
She has held acting warrant positions as a District Court Judge and Convenor for the New Zealand Parole Board. She is a member of the International Women’s Judges Association. She was Deputy Chair of Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School and Chair of the Queen Margaret College Foundation. She is a Distinguished Alumni at Victoria University of Wellington and tutors at the College of Law. Judge Henwood is founding member of Circa Theatre and a foundation Trustee of the Theatre Artists Charitable Trust.
Dr Judith Helen McGregor, CNZM
For services to human rights and health
Dr Judy McGregor is a lawyer and former professor at Massey University and Auckland University of Technology who has worked with emerging national human rights institutions in Malaysia, Nepal, the Maldives, Jordan, and Palestine on developing human rights communications strategies, and on women’s rights.
Dr McGregor co-authored research on human rights titled ‘Human Rights in New Zealand: Emerging Faultlines’, identifying five critical issues to be addressed including women’s rights, equal pay, child poverty and the over-imprisonment of Māori. She was the first Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner for the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, holding the position for two terms between 2003 and 2013. As Commissioner her report ‘Caring Counts’, based on undercover work in the aged care industry, had a significant impact and lead ultimately to a historic industry-wide settlement.
She was appointed as Chair of the Waitematā District Health Board in 2018 and chairs the Health Workforce Advisory Board and the Mental Health and Addictions Assurance Group with the Ministry of Health. She was named the Supreme Winner at the 2016 Women in Governance Awards for lifetime excellence in governance and is patron of the Auckland Women’s Centre. Dr McGregor was previously appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004 for her services to journalism.
Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM)
Dr Patrick Wahanga Hohepa
For services to Māori culture and education
Dr Patu Hohepa is a kaumātua whose leadership and advocacy for Māori cultural recognition and development has raised the profile of Māori culture in New Zealand.
A retired Professor of Māori Language at the University of Auckland, he is a renowned teacher and scholar of te reo Māori and other Pacific languages. A leader in the ‘Māori renaissance’ he was the first to advocate for a marae at the University of Auckland. In the 1980s he wrote a report for the government on the establishment of the Waitangi Tribunal, and repeal of the Māori Affairs Act.
From 1997 to 2007, he served as the Commissioner of the Māori Language Commission, heavily promoting Te Reo Māori and developing proficiency testing. He served as a member of Te Waka Toi, the Māori Board of Creative New Zealand from 2004 and 2008. He has been a kaumātua for a large number of organisations, including as a member of Haerewa, the Māori Cultural Advisory Group of Auckland Art Gallery. As part of this role, he led the New Zealand delegation accompanying an exhibition of fifty portraits of Māori by pre-eminent painter Gottfried Lindauer to Europe in late 2014. Dr Hohepa continues to teach te reo Māori and has received awards for his contributions to strengthening Te Reo Rangatira.
Mr Heughan Bassett Rennie, CBE, QC
For services to governance, the law, business and the community
Mr Hugh Rennie has been a leading Queen’s Counsel since 1995 and has worked with major
companies and government agencies since the late 1960s.
Mr Rennie’s aviation, medical and energy work included chairing the 1998 Inquiry into the Auckland Power Supply Failure. His pro bono and community work has covered the arts, science, and sport. He chaired the Royal New Zealand Ballet from 1999 to 2003, was a trustee of Theatre Arts Charitable Trust from 1997 to 2013, and chaired the Policy Committee of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography from 1991 to 2000. His many years working for the Chatham Islands community included being inaugural Chair of the Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust from 1990 to 2001. He was New Zealand Counsel to the Medical Protection Society United Kingdom from 1983 to 2012 and a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Heart Foundation from 1988 to 1994. He was a Director of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants from 2009 until it merged into Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand in 2014, then chairing its New Zealand Regulatory Board from 2015 to 2017. Since 1992 he has been a director of Fletcher Challenge, Bank of New Zealand and Fisher and Paykel Finance, and chaired The Marketplace Co group from 1999 to 2010. Mr Rennie has delivered seminars nationally and internationally and his publications include the 2020 book ‘A Business Revolution – The First Two Decades of National Business Review 1970-1991’.
Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga
For services to Pacific and public health
Dr Collin Tukuitonga has made a significant contribution to the health and welfare of Pacific people.
Dr Tukuitonga is the inaugural Associate Dean (Pacific) in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland. Between 2014 and 2020, he was the Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, a regional intergovernmental organisation based in Noumea that works with several parties in the Pacific region. He was Chief Executive of the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs between 2007 and 2012. He was a founder of the first Pacific community-owned health clinic - The Fono. In 2006 and 2007 he was Associate Professor of Public Health and Head of International at the University of Auckland, where he initiated their International Health programme. From 2003 to 2006 he worked for the World Health Organisation in Geneva, developing international policies for the control of non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. He was the New Zealand Director of Public Health between 2001 and 2003, leading the national response to the threat of SARS. In the
1990s, he was key in the establishment of the Department of Māori and Pacific Health at the University of Auckland. Dr Tukuitonga has been a key contributor to the national COVID-19 response, especially in relation to Pacific communities regarding information dissemination and ensuring high vaccination rates.
Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)
Dr Alastair MacCormick, for services to tertiary education and the community
Mr Edward Colin Manson (ONZM), for services to philanthropy, urban development and business
Mr Benjamin Quentin Marshall, for services to rugby league
Mr John Anthony Monaghan, for services to the dairy industry
Ms Lisa Marie Reihana (MNZM), for services to the arts
Dr Miriam Edna Saphira, for services to the LGBTQIA+ community
Mr Luteru Ross Poutoa Lote Taylor, for services to cricket and Pacific communities
Dr David Graeme Woodfield, for services to transfusion medicine
Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
Mr Uddhav Prasad Adhikary, JP, for services to the Nepalese community
Dr Bryan William Robert Betty, for services to health
Dr Hilary Blacklock, for services to haematology
Mr Gresham Barry Bradley, for services to the LGBTQIA+ community and education
Mr Gregory John Brightwell (Matahi Avauli Brightwell), for services to Waka Ama
Ms Mathilda Margareth Broodkoorn, for services to health and Māori
Ms Souella Maria Cumming, DStJ, for services to governance
Ms Hinerangi Rachael Edwards, for services to Māori, governance and education
Ms Pamela May Elgar, for services to hockey and women
Ms Susan Jane Elliott, for services to human rights advocacy, particularly refugees
Professor Francis Antony Frizelle, for services to health
Mr Donald John Griffin, for services to tertiary education and sport
Ms Lynda Louise Hagen, for services to law and the community
Professor John Graham Hampton, for services to agricultural science
Mrs Tangihaere Gloria Harihari-Hughes, for services to Māori and youth
Mr John Mitchel Kirkpatrick, for services to shearing sports
Mr Faafetai Jonathan Lemalu, for services to opera
Ms Denise Messiter, for services to Māori and health
Mr Brian Robert Mulligan, for services to physiotherapy
Dr Gordon Ian Nicholson, for services to health and the community
Emeritus Professor Anthony Ian Parker, for services to industrial design
Mr Roderick Christopher Dominic John Pelosi, for services to football
Mr Desmond Leslie Peters, for services to the snow sport industry
Ms Petronella (Marjet) Maria Pot, for services to women's health
Ms Beverly Margaret Pownall, for services to health, particularly breastfeeding
Dr Daphne Joan Rickson, for services to music therapy
Dr Anne Katherine Robertson, for services to sexual health
Mrs Lorraine Susan Scanlon, for services to Victim Support and the community
Mrs Bridget Ann Snedden, for services to people with learning disabilitie
Dr Ian Alexander Noel Stringer, for services to conservation
Dr Oliver Robert Webber Sutherland, for services to the law and Māori and Pacific communities
Mr Wi Te Tau Pirika Taepa, for services to Māori art, particularly ceramics
Dr John David Tait, for services to obstetrics and gynaecology
Dr Margrietha Johanna Theron, for services to science and the community
Mrs Sharyn Elizabeth Underwood, for services to dance
Ms Anne June Urlwin, for services to business
Mrs Eileen Nora Varley, for services to addiction services
Ms Lisa Walker, for services as a jeweller
Ms Bub (Hera) White, for services to Māori and tertiary education
Ms Chelsea Jane Winstanley, for services to the screen industry and Māori
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
Mrs Melegalenuu Ah Sam, for services to Pacific language education
Mr Nicholas Stuart Atkins, JP, for services to science and the community
Mr Lesi Ruby Atoni, for services to the Tokelau community
Mr David Lindsay Ayers, for services to local government and the community
Mr John Stephen Baird, for services to business and governance
Ms Carol Anne Kahutaha Berghan, for services to Māori
Mr John Tyson Bezett, for services to sport and recreation
Mrs Anne Marie Biggs, for services to education
Mr Noel Brian Birchall, for services to outdoor recreation and conservation
Mrs Sandra Joy Borland, for services to nursing and the Pacific community
Mr Matthew Faafetai Malietoa Brown, for services to mental health and the prevention of family violence
Mrs Sarah Clare Brown, for services to mental health and the prevention of family violence
Mr Christopher Bruce Chilton, for services to music and journalism
Inspector Dean Murray Clifford, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Ms Robyn Marire Harriet Corrigan, for services to social work
Mrs Adrienne Kathryn Dalton, JP, for services to conservation and youth
Detective Inspector David de Lange, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Reverend Louise Margaret Deans, for services to the community and women
Mr Hurimoana Nui Dennis, for services to Māori and the community
Mrs Makareta Mamoa Willow Desai, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Christopher James Ellison, for services to New Zealand-Australia relations
Mr Ross Duncan Everiss, for services to rugby
Mr Siaosi Fa'alogo, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Forgie, for services to education
Mrs Margaret Letitia Fraser, for services to hepatology
Mrs Maha Tawfek Hassan Galal, for services to the Muslim community
Mr Richard Patrick Garratt, for services to tennis and Māori sport
Mrs Jennifer Mary Gordon, for services to Catholic education
Ms Dianne Kay Grennell, for services to Māori and the Public Service
Ms Elizabeth Anne Hakaraia, for services to the film and media industries
Mrs Marianne Hargreaves, for services to the arts
Dr Ella Yvette Henry, for services to Māori, education and media
Mr Bryan Mervyn Ernest Hocken, or services to agriculture and the rural community
Mr Gregory Bernard Horton, for services to philanthropy and governance
Dr Josephine Harle Howse, for services to education
Dr Beverley Lorraine James, for services to seniors
Mrs Estelle Pura Leask, for services to conservation and Māori
Dr Linita Manu'atu, for services to Pacific education and the Tongan community
Mr Paul Ernest McEwan, for services to neonatal care
Ms Kiriovea Jasmin McSweeney, for services to the film industry
Dr Robert John McNeill Mills, for services to wildlife conservation
Ms Sharon Louise Morgan, for services to the community, the arts and rugby
Mr Walter Ngakoma Ngamane, for services to Māori and tourism
Mr Hai Dinh Nguyen, for services to refugees and the Vietnamese community
Mrs Anna Elizabeth Osborne, for services to the community and occupational health and safety
Mrs Tolupene Peau, for services to the Tokelau community
Ms Jo Mere Pilkington, for services to the events sector and the community
Miss Grace Elizabeth Prendergast, for services to rowing
Mr Kenneth Alan Rintoul, for services to governance and the community
Ms Holly Irene Robinson, for services to athletics
Ms Sonya Lynne Rockhouse, for services to the community and occupational health and safety
Mrs Karla Anne Sanders, for services to bullying prevention
Ms Kim Shannon, for services to education and the Public Service
Ms Deidre Ann Shea, for services to education
Ms Stacey Anne Shortall, for services to the law and the community
Mr Hugh Edwin Stringleman, for services to agricultural journalism
Mr Mark Robertson Sutton, for services to conservation
Dr Mai Mohammed Hamdi Tamimi, for services to ethnic communities
Mr Teaiorangi Trevor Taurima, for services to Māori, sport and conservation
Ms Gaylene Katerina Te Rauna, for services to Māori and disabled people
The Reverend Victoria Pernel Terrell, for services to the disability community
Ms Margaret Ann Tod, for services to netball
Mrs Emma Kimberley Twigg, for services to rowing
Mr Bill Rangi Urale, for services to music and the community
Mr Henry van Tuel, for services to the Coastguard
Mrs Cynthia Grace Wallbridge, for services to dental health and education
Mr Patrick John Walsh, for services to education
Mrs Kerri Leigh Williams, for services to rowing
Mr Keith Lewis Woodley, for services to shorebird conservation
Honorary Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Mr Hans van Ess, for services to ju-jitsu
Companions of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
Mrs Fadumo Abdulkadir Ahmed, for services to ethnic communities, women and social entrepreneurship
Judge Andrew John Becroft, for services to the judiciary, children and youth
Ms Naomi Patricia Ferguson, for services to the Public Service
Reverend Jonathan Peter Hartley, for services to governance and the community
Mr Simon James Manning, JP, for services to funeral services and disaster victim identification
Ms Cheryll Bronwyn Martin, for services to the community
Dr Leslie Francis Molloy, for services to conservation and outdoor recreation
Ms Julie Read, for services to the State
The Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
Mr William Michael Anderson, for services to Māori education and the community
Mrs Jennifer Louise Andrews, JP, for services to seniors and local government
Bishop Ross Graham Bay, OStJ, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Ian Wright Carter, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Ami Chand, for services to ethnic communities
Mr David James Clarke, for services to heritage preservation
Mr Michael Compton Cole, for services to the Coastguard and the RSA
Mr Ronald Leslie Cooke, for services to historical research
Mrs Glenise Audrey Day, OStJ, for services to the community
Dr Talduwa Gamage Chandrasoma Asoka Dias, for services to health and the Sri Lankan community
Ms Eleanor Joyce Doig, for services to the community
Mr Llewelyn Phillip Duval, JP, for services to the community
Mrs Christine Joy Greengrass (deceased) for services to the community
Mrs Barbara Anne Hanna, for services to the community
Mrs Susan Elizabeth Hume, for services to education
Mr Mervyn Paul Huxford, or services to hockey and the community
Mr Samuel Bruce Inder, for services to the community
Mrs Nedra Julia Johnson, for services to the community and education
Sister Cynthia May Kearney, fFor services to missionary work and the community
Mr Paul Klemick, for services to historical research
Ms Jeanette Margaret Leebody, JP, for services to netball and the community
Ms Gabrielle-Sisifo Blanche Dunlop Makisi, for services to Pacific communities and education
Mr Neil Rex McDermott, for services to music promotion and the community
Mr Craig Sutherland McFarlane, for services to education and music
Ms Margaret McKibbin, for services to Scouting
Reverend Vaelua Salafai Mika, for services to church ministry and the Samoan community
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Money, for services to Girl Guides, women and the community
Mr Larry Alexander Morgan, for services to canoe sports and viticulture
Mrs Vivien Joy Morton, for services to the community
Ms Ellen Huia Norman, for services to Māori and mental health
Reverend Hiueni Nuku, for services to Tongan and Pacific communities
Mr Roy John Opie, for services to the community
Mr Harry Earl Pawsey, for services to advocacy and conservation
Mrs Virginia Ann Pawsey, for services to advocacy and conservation
Mrs Pushpa Devi Prasad, for services to the community
Mr Graeme Ernest Rice, for services to traffic and road safety
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Robbie, for service to historical research
Mrs Vaipou Saluni, for services to education and the Pacific community
Mr Michael Scrivener, for services to ethnic communities and refugees
Mrs Winifred Solomon, for services to Māori culture and heritage
Ms Irene Ann Somerville, for services to the community and historical research
Mr Yu-Shiun Tang, for services to Chinese communities and culture
Mrs Roberta Mihikore Te Huia, for services to Māori
Mr Luther Alafia Toloa, QPM, JP, for services to the Pacific community
Mrs Wendy Louise van Delden, for services to music
Mrs Heather Belle Waldron, JP, for services to the community
Ms Lynda Ruth Wallace, for services to heritage preservation and the community
Mr Ian David Wilson, for services to conservation
Mr Karel James Witten-Hannah, MStJ, for services to the community and education
Mr William Edward Woods, JP, for services to conservation and the community
Mr John Kenneth Wyatt, for services to the community
Mrs Sandra Jean Wyatt,for services to the community
The New Zealand Antarctic Medal (NZAM)
Dr Ian Hawes, for services to Antarctic science and conservation
