The list of King's Birthday and Coronation Honours recipients for 2023 has been released. It's the first since King Charles III became Britain's monarch following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.
A total of 182 people received the King's Birthday and Coronation Honours on Monday.
To mark the King's coronation, the list includes the appointment of Her Majesty The Queen Camilla as an additional member of the Order of New Zealand.
Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be made a Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Founding Chair of Leadership New Zealand Jo Brosnahan, paediatrician and researcher Dr Teuila Percival and former Deputy Public Service Commissioner Helene Quilter will be made Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Supreme Court Judge The Honourable John Kós, Te Matatini chair Selwyn Parata and former rugby player Wayne Smith will be made Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has confirmed that the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
and Queen's Service Medal (QSM) will be renamed in honour of King Charles III.
However, since transitional matters are currently being worked through, New Zealand will again recognise a number of thoroughly deserving recipients of QSOs and QSMs in its Honours List. Similar appointments are expected to be made in the New Year Honours List 2024.
The first honours using the KSO and KSM titles are likely to be announced as part of the King's Birthday Honours 2024.
Here is the full list of King's Birthday and Coronation Honours 2023:
Order of New Zealand (ONZ)
Her Majesty The Queen Camilla, LG, GCVO, PC
For services to New Zealand
Her Majesty The Queen Camilla has helped support The King's relationship with New Zealand and has promoted various charitable causes in the United Kingdom, internationally and in connection with New Zealand.
Her Majesty The Queen visited New Zealand as The Duchess of Cornwall with The King (then as The Prince of Wales) on three occasions in 2012, 2015 and 2019. Since 2005, she has become Patron or President of more than 90 charities, focusing her charitable work on health and wellbeing, literacy, sustainability, the arts, animal welfare and survivors of rape and sexual assault.
During her visits to New Zealand, she has engaged with organisations aligned with her charitable work and interests. This has included engagement with Arohata Women's Prison, the Wellington SPCA, and charities supporting migrant women, new mothers, and literacy programmes.
She met with family violence groups Shine and the Battered Women's Trust and was awarded the Trust's Refuge Diamond Pin, which recognises service to families who have experienced violence.
She has promoted the wellbeing of older citizens and keeping active, engaging with several such programmes in Christchurch, including Senior Chef, where she launched a cookbook for elderly people living alone.
As Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Her Majesty has promoted its essay writing competition for school students and addressed workshops for student writers in Christchurch, where she launched the 2020 Queen's Commonwealth Essay competition.
To be Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (GNZM)
The Right Honourable Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern
For services to the State
The Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern was the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand from September 2017 until stepping down in January 2023.
Ms Ardern was the Member of Parliament for Mount Albert from January 2017 until April 2023. She led the New Zealand Labour Party from August 2017, the Party's youngest leader at age 37.
As Prime Minister she led New Zealand's response to the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attacks, leading Parliament to ban most semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles within a month of the attack.
Following the global spread of COVID-19, she led New Zealand's response from March 2020 through mitigation frameworks and accelerated vaccination efforts, positioning New Zealand as having one of the lowest COVID-19-related death rates in the Western world.
With a focus on reduction of child poverty in New Zealand, she established the Families Package in 2018, consisting of an increase to parental leave to 26 weeks, a universal $60 per week BestStart payment for low and middle-income families and increases to the Family Tax Credit, Orphans Benefit, Accommodation Supplement and Foster Care Allowance. She introduced The Child Poverty Reduction Act, requiring reporting on progress or lack thereof, on child poverty nationally and the introduction of the Healthy School Lunches programme, which provides approximately one million school lunches each week.
Ms Ardern was named top of Fortune Magazine's World's 50 Greatest Leaders in 2021.
AWARDS: Harvard University, Gleitsman International Activist Award, 2020.
To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM)
Jo Anne Brosnahan, QSO
For services to governance and business
Mrs Jo Brosnahan founded Pūmanawa Kaiārahi - Leadership New Zealand (LNZ) in 2003, serving more than a decade as Chair and is currently Chair of the Ambassadors.
Over 18 years LNZ has produced around 700 alumni from across the diversity of New Zealand leaders, including business, iwi, community and social services nationally, contributing to a connected culture of leadership in New Zealand.
Mrs Brosnahan is an experienced chair and director and has steered a wide range of organisations and projects to successful outcomes serving the wider community, in education, research, local government and infrastructure.
She chaired Northpower Fibre from 2011, Maritime New Zealand from 2018, and urban design and engineering consultancy firm Harrison Grierson since 2019. She was the Founding Chair of Taitokerau Education Trust in Northland from 2014 to 2019, supporting digital learning in low decile schools.
She is an Advisory Board member of Auckland University's Centre for Brain Research and is a past chair of Landcare Research New Zealand. She develops future leaders and directors through programme development, teaching and mentoring.
From 1991 to 2004 Mrs Brosnahan was a CEO in regional government, including five years with Northland Regional Council and eight years with Auckland Regional Council.
Dr Teuila Mary Percival, QSO
For services to health and the Pacific community
Dr Teuila Percival is a paediatrician and researcher who has been a strong advocate for Pacific children's health in New Zealand and the wider Pacific region for 30 years.
Dr Percival is a founding member and Deputy Chair of South Seas Healthcare (SSH), a community health service providing care to Pacific peoples in Auckland since 1999. She chaired SSH from 2014 to 2022, growing the healthcare provider to be the largest of its kind in Ōtara and Papatoetoe, providing services to more than 120,000 people.
She was a founding member of the Pacific Medical Association (PMA) in 1996 and is a past president. Through SSH and PMA, she was a leading clinician for the 2009 Samoa tsunami disaster response and provided paediatric support in Vanuatu following Cyclone Pam in 2015 and the 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa.
She helped create the Mana Kids clinics at 88 primary and intermediate schools in Ōtara, Māngere, Manurewa, Franklin and Papakura, with SSH a registered clinic based in the nine largest South Auckland schools.
She served as a member of the World Health Organisation's Emergency Medical Teams Maternal Newborn Child Health Technical Advisory Group between 2017 and 2019. She has been the Director of Moana Connect, researching and advocating for Pacific women's and children's health in New Zealand and the Pacific region.
Dr Percival was a Board member of the Health Promotion Agency from 2018 to 2022 and chaired the Auckland DHB Community and Public Health Advisory Committee from 2020 to 2022.
Helene Elizabeth Quilter, QSO
For services to the public service and the arts
Ms Helene Quilter retired in 2023 after 45 years in the public service and was recognised as a Companion of the Queen's Service Order in 2019 for her services to the state.
Following her term as Secretary of Defence from 2012 to 2019, Ms Quilter was re-appointed Deputy Public Service Commissioner of Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission (PSC) until 2023, having previously been Deputy Commissioner, State Services Commission from 2007 to 2012.
As Deputy Public Service Commissioner, she was delegated primary responsibility for the appointment of Public Service Chief Executives, performance reviews, training and development and succession planning.
She has been an advocate for diversity and inclusion in public sector appointments. She supported the Public Service Commissioner in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She conducted a review into Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s workplace culture and complaint handling practices.
Outside of public service, she has supported and participated in New Zealand's arts sector. She is a current Board member of the New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) and has been appointed Chair of the Professional Advisory Panel, evaluating the professional standards of NZSD.
Ms Quilter established The Quilter Collection in the 1990s, which was housed at Govett-Brewster Gallery/Len Lye Centre for 15 years, showcasing a significant collection of New Zealand modern art for the public.
To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM)
The Honourable John Stephen Kós, KC
For services to the judiciary and legal education
The Honourable Stephen Kós was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in April 2022.
Justice Kós was previously a High Court Judge from 2011 to 2015, Judge of the Court of Appeal from 2015 and President of the Court of Appeal from 2016 until 2022. He joined the Independent Bar in 2005 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2007.
He has taught restitution, evidence and civil procedure at Victoria University Law School. He was Pro-Chancellor of Massey University from 2006 to 2011 and currently teaches equity at Melbourne Law School.
He has been a Moderator and Assessor for the Council of Legal Education. He has undertaken 'roadshow' seminars for the Law Society's educational programme and been a faculty member of the Law Society's Advanced Litigation Schools course.
He has contributed to legal research and scholarship, with book chapters and articles published in law journals. He has continued to contribute to legal education through involvement with Te Kura Kaiwhakawā Institute of Judicial Studies, designing and presenting several courses.
He was on the Te Kura Board for six years and helped reshape the curriculum and approach to judicial education in New Zealand.
As President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Kós championed a programme to ensure junior counsel have the opportunity to present legal submissions alongside lead counsel when appearing in court.
Selwyn Tanetoa Parata
For services to Māori
Mr Selwyn Parata (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu) has been the Chair of Te Runanganui o Ngāti Porou since 2014, the Chair of Te Matatini since 2008 and the Chair of Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa since 2014.
Mr Parata has been a Trustee of Te Runanga o Ngāti Porou since 1987 and its successor Te Runanganui o Ngāti Porou since 2012, serving as Deputy Chair and Chair.
He was a member of Te Haeata, which successfully negotiated the Ngāti Porou Treaty of Waitangi claims as recognised by the Ngāti Porou Claims Settlement Act 2012. He led the negotiations between Ngāti Porou and the Crown, culminating in the Nga Rohe Moana o Nga Hapu o Ngāti Porou Act 2019.
He is Chair of the Te Matatini Board, responsible for the bi-ennial National Kapa Haka festival, one of Aotearoa New Zealand's premier cultural events and international indigenous cultural events.
Under his leadership the profile and financial position of Te Matatini has significantly grown along with audience numbers and kapa participation. Investment and engagement strategies have seen the growth of Māori performing arts across education, public and private sectors and international culture and trade exchanges.
He is the co-Chair of Rau Tipu Rau Ora Tairawhiti leadership group, established to lead COVID-19, future pandemic and natural disaster responses and recovery.
Mr Parata has supported the commemoration of the 28 Māori Battalion and the establishment of the C Company Memorial Museum in Gisborne.
Wayne Ross Smith, CNZM
For services to rugby
Mr Wayne Smith was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2012 for his services to rugby and has led the men's and women's sides to Rugby World Cup victory in recent times.
Mr Smith was Assistant Coach of the All Blacks at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups and Head Coach of the Black Ferns at the 2022 Rugby World Cup. He took over coaching of the Black Ferns six months prior to the tournament kicking off, where he helped create a better environment for the players to focus on playing styles, which led the Black Ferns to their sixth World Cup title.
Through the duration of the Women's World Cup, he was an advocate for women's rugby, providing exposure to the team.
Mr Smith is a Life Member and was previously a long-term Patron of the New Zealand Foundation for Conductive Education, which helps children and adults with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy.
To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)
Mr Rodney Keith Bracefield, for services to Search and Rescue and aviation
Emeritus Professor Alison Marion Cree, for services to herpetology, particularly tuatara
The Honourable Lianne Audrey Dalziel, for services to local government and as a Member of Parliament
Distinguished Professor Nigel Peter French, for services to epidemiology
Ms Deborah Kennedy Gilbertson, for services to business, science and technology
Dr Karen Lesley Grylls, ONZM, for services to choral music
Mr Colin Charles James, for services to journalism and public policy
Mr Murray Gordon McPhail, for services to horticulture
Mr Samuel Kevin Prime, ONZM, MBE, for services to Māori, the environment and health
Professor Ralph Ernest Harper Sims, for services to sustainable energy research
Dr Ruth Lilian Spearing, for services to haematology
Dr Brian Walter Wickham, for services to the dairy industry and statistical genetics
Dr Richard Brice Wong She, for services to burn care
To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
Mr Michael John Absolum, for services to education
Associate Professor Catherine Mary Andrew, for services to nursing education
Mr Rodney David Baxter, for services to youth
Mr Nicholas Robert Billowes, for services to education
Mr Owen Patrick Bosson, for services to thoroughbred racing
Mr Karl Jason Chitham, for services to the arts, particularly Māori art
Mr Philip Maurice Clarke, for services to arts governance
Professor Rochelle Lee Constantine, for services to wildlife conservation and marine biology
Dr Florence Joyce Cowan, for services to midwifery
Ms Ria Lorraine Earp, for services to health
Dr William John Werahiko Edwards, for services to Māori health
Dr Peter Flanagan, for services to blood transfusion
Mr Nicolas Alfred Hager, for services to investigative journalism
Mr Douglas Henry Hood, for services to the music industry
Mr Colin Tindall Jones, for services to the dairy industry
Dr Shirley Jean Jülich, for services to restorative justice and survivors of sexual abuse
Dr Michael Frederick Klaassen, for services to plastic and reconstructive surgery
Mrs Matekino Lawless, QSM, for services to Māori art
Mr Andrew Roy Leslie, MNZM, for services to sport and the community
Mr Christopher Whitcombe Maclean, for services to conservation and publishing
Mrs Materoa Vicki-Leigh Mar, for services to Māori and Pacific health
Ms Sandra Marie Morris, for services as an illustrator and to education
Mrs Sunita Devi Narayan, for services to language education and the Indian community
Mr Wayne Stephen Bayne Norrie, for services to business and governance
Ms Deborah Anne Panckhurst, for services to foreign affairs and Māori
Professor Emeritus Alison Mary Rich, for services to oral pathology
Mr Jack Michael Rikihana, for services to Māori, health governance and the community
Ms Shae Maria Ronald, for services to youth
Mr Bruce Ronald Russell, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Mr James Schuster, for services to Māori arts and heritage preservation
Mrs Nua Silipa (Nua Semuā Silipa), for services to Pacific education
Mrs Suzanne Findlay Sutherland, for services to library and information services
Mr John Frederic Taylor, for services to disabled people
Mr Peter John Morgan Taylor, for services to business
Professor Lynette Joy Tippett, for services to neuropsychology and people with dementia
Emeritus Professor David Robert Towns, for services to conservation
Dr Christopher Howard Wearing, for services to entomology and the fruit and orchard industries
Mrs Te Maari Anahera Whare, for services to Māori language education
Emeritus Professor Paul Worthing Williams, for services to geoscience and environmental science
Mr Steven Wyn-Harris, for services to the farming industry and rural communities
To be Honorary Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Mrs Meleane Pau'uvale, for services to the Tongan community and education
Dr Maysoon Subhi Salama, for services to the Muslim community and education
To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
Ms Mary Puatuki Aue, for services to education, technology and Pacific and Māori communities
Mr Ronald Tuakana Baker, for services to Māori mental health
Ms Shanelle Kay Barrett, for services to triathlon
Ms Victoria Jane Blood, for services to the entertainment industry
Mrs Yvonne Annette Browning, for services to education and youth
Mr Simon Alexander Challies, for services to people with neurological conditions
Ms Kendal Judee Collins, for services to youth
Mr John Ido De Bernardo Deceased, for services to the plumbing and gas industries. His Majesty's approval of this award took effect on 17 April 2023, prior to the date of death
Miss Devon Ruahei Demant, for services to rugby
Dr Ofanaite Ana Dewes, for services to health and the Pacific community
Mr Bryce Robert Dinneen, for services to disabled people
Ms Ann Violet Dunphy, for services to youth and education
Ms Joy Dunsheath, JP, for services to human rights, women and education
Mr Gerald Peter Dwyer, for services to rowing
Mr Fa'atili Iosua Esera, for services to Pacific education
Ms Margaret Mary Eyre, for services to business and the community
Mr Toalele Len Faneva, for services to Māori
Dr Siale Alokihakau Foliaki, for services to mental health and the Pacific community
Mrs Loloma Foster, for services to race walking
Mr David Alexander Haig, for services to woodworking
Mrs Jeanette Sherilyn Hall, for services to highland dancing
Mr Gerard Anthony Hanning, for services to education and the community
Mrs Michelle Louise Hooper, for services to sports
Mr Warren Graham Jack, for services to the community
Mr Ian Leslie James, for services to the community
Mr Peter John Kaiser, for services to education
Sergeant Walter Wallace Kopae, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Ms Gwendolyn Audrey Alexis LewGor, for services to ethnic communities
Mrs Charlotte Anne Lockhart, for services to business and philanthropy
Ms Qiane May Matata-Sipu, for services to the arts
Mrs Stacey Victoria Mendonca, for services to women
Mrs Lynette Evelyn Milne, for services to the arts
Ms Tara Lai-Ianne Moala, for services to the community and environment
Mrs Keni Upokotea Moeroa, JP, for services to the Cook Islands community
Superintendent Rakesh Sharanund Naidoo, for services to the New Zealand Police and ethnic communities
Ms Andrea Kate Nelson, for services to sport
Mr Malcolm Charles Nicolson, for services to local government and the community
Mr Barry Thomas Pickering, for services to football
Mr Victor Lewys Pirihi, for services to golf and Māori
Reverend Thomas Tamati Hemi Poata, for services to Māori and the community
Mrs Helen Teiarere Rawiri, for services to Māori language education
Ms Christine Margaret Richardson, for services to Special Olympics and the community
Ms Anna Victoria Rogers, for services to literature
Ms Nicola Ann Saker (Lady O'Regan), for services to heritage preservation and the arts
Mrs Amy Ella Satterthwaite, for services to cricket
Mr Derek Monty Shaw, for services to the environment, local government and athletics
Miss Kennedy Wailer Simon, for services to rugby
Mr John Edward Sims, for services to karate
Dr Susan (Huhana) Margaret Smith, for services to the environment
Mr Franklin Manu Solomon, for services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education
Mrs Judith Anne Solomon, for services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education
Mr Arthur Graham Sutherland, for services to outdoor education
Mrs Awerangi Lorraine Tamihere, for services to Māori health
Tofilau Talalelei Senetenari Taufale, for services to Pacific health
Dr Semisi Pouvalu Taumoepeau, for services to education and tourism
Dr Rangituatahi Te Kanawa, for services to Māori art and heritage preservation
Mr Robert John Tucker, for services to photography and the community
Mr Murray Robert Warrington, for services to brass bands
Mr David John White, for services to the prevention of family violence
Mr Dean Douglas Whiting, for services to Māori arts
Mrs Jacqueline Lesly Williams, for services to Scouting
Ms June Lynette Williamson (Linn Lorkin), for services to music
Mr Kenneth James Wilson, for services to education, research and the economy
Mrs Kathryn Anne Wood, for services to youth and outdoor education
To be Honorary Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Mr Fa'amoana Ioane Luafutu, for services to arts and the Pacific community
Mr Fumiyuki Saijo, for services to New Zealand-Japan relations
The Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
Mrs Heniaka August, for services to Māori and the community
Mrs Peggy Ann Barriball, JP, for services to the community
Ms Dianne Joy Buchan, JP, for services to the community and environment
Mrs Colleen Helen Carr, for services to the community
Mrs Stella Frances Cattle, for services to the community and seniors
Mrs Venus Mary Cherrington, for services to health and the community
Mr Derek Boyd Collier, JP, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Ralph John Correa, JP, for services to the Indian community
Ms Lynne Cousins, for services to social welfare
Mr Joseph Davis, for services to the Fijian community
Dr Handunnethi Kolitha De Silva, for services to health
Mr Brian Leslie Doughty, for services to rural communities and outdoor recreation
Mr Richard Harold Dunkerton, for services to swimming
Dr Mary Angela Eastham, for services to interfaith communities
Mr Anthony Louis Fortune, JP, for services to the community
Mrs Catriona McDonald Foster, for services to nursing
Mrs Peggy Joyce Frew, for services to the community
Mrs Shirley Douglas Gillard, JP, for services to the community
Mr Rodney James Graham, for services to the community
Mrs Kate Lorraine Hargraves, for services to the community
Mr James Donald Hazlett, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Peter Thomas Housiaux, for services to surf lifesaving and canoe polo
Mrs Robin Ethnye Jackson, for services to swimming
Ms Karen Desiree Knudson, for services to choral music
Reverend Alofa Ta'ase Lale, for services to the community
Mr Richard Hunter Lemon, sor services to the agriculture and pastoral industry
Mrs Bernice Monica Lepper, for services to the community and education
Mrs Ngaio Patricia Lewis, for services to charitable fundraising
Mrs Diane Frances Martin, JP, for services to the community
Mr Geoffrey William Mayall, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Ms Karen Ann McClintock, for services to the community
Ms Miraka Cynthia Norgate, for services to the community
Mrs Teremoana O Ma Hodges (Teremoana Maua-Hodges), for services to sport and culture
Mr Antony Mark Pettinger, for services to outdoor recreation
Mr Kane Kahora Rangitonga, for services to social work and the community
Mrs Susan Reardon, for services to nursing
Mr Neil Alexander Robbie, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Ms Glenys Anne Scandrett, for services to dance
Mrs Kirsty Jean Sharpe, JP, for services to the community
Mr Stephen Garry Shaw, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and hockey
Reverend Margaret (Penny) Ruth Sinnamon, for services to the community
Mr Ronald George Smith, for services to the community and Search and Rescue
Miss Sylvia Mary Smith, for services to netball
Dr Sivagnanaratanam SriRamaratnam, for services to the Tamil community
Mrs Marcia Rei Te Au-Thomson, JP, for services to seniors, Māori and health
Mrs Raana Amelia Thelma Tuuta, for services to Māori and the community
Mr Putiani Upoko, for services to the Pacific community
Mrs Robyn Ann van Reenen, for services to the arts
Mrs Jillian Helen Vincent, for services to pipe bands
Mrs Patricia Mavis Wyatt, for services to netball
The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD)
Group Captain Glenn Gowthorpe, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force
Squadron Leader George Samuel McInnes, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force
Lieutenant Colonel Vanessa Maria Ropitini, for services to the New Zealand Defence Force
