Principal and Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit to be redesignated as Knights and Dames of the New Zealand Order of Merit. -
GNZM
Principal Companion of the Order (PCNZM) to be redesignated as a Dame Grand Companion of the Order (GNZM): Dame Malvina Lorraine Major, DBE, Christchurch.
Principal Companions of the Order (PCNZM) to be redesignated as Knights Grand Companion of the Order (GNZM): Prof Paul Terence Callaghan, Wellington; Emeritus Prof Lloyd George Geering, ONZ, CBE, Wellington; Sir Patrick Ledger Goodman, CBE, Motueka; Prof Ralph Heberley Ngatata Love, QSO, JP, Porirua.
DNZM
Distinguished Companions of the Order (DCNZM) to be redesignated as Dames Companion of the Order (DNZM): Emeritus Prof Judith Mary Caroline Binney, Auckland; Dr (Vera) Doreen Blumhardt, ONZ, CBE, Wellington; Prof Margaret Clark, CMG, JP, Wellington; Christine McKelvie Cole Catley, QSM, North Shore; Lynley Stuart Dodd, Tauranga; Dr Mary Josephine (Joy) Drayton, MBE, Tauranga; Jocelyn Barbara Fish, CBE, JP, Hamilton; Patricia Mary Harrison, QSO, Dunedin; Grace Shellie Hollander, CBE, JP, Christchurch; Emeritus Prof Linda Jane Holloway, Dunedin; Margaret Mary Millard, JP, Palmerston North; Deirdre Glenna Milne, QSO, Auckland; Lois Joan Muir, OBE, Dunedin; Dr Claudia Josepha Orange, OBE, Wellington; Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter, QSO, Wellington; Alison Mary Roxburgh, CBE, QSO, JP, Nelson; Margaret Kerslake Shields, QSO, JP, Pukerua Bay; Jennifer Mary Shipley, Auckland; Dr Margaret June Sparrow, MBE, Wellington; Sukhinder Kaur Turner, Wanaka; Robin Adair White, Masterton; Gillian Karawe Whitehead, Alexandra; (Isoleen) Heather Begg, OBE, Ashfield, New South Wales, was redesignated from DCNZM to DNZM on April 17, 2009, due to her ill health. She died on May 12.
KNZM
Distinguished Companions of the Order (DCNZM) to be redesignated as Knights Companion of the Order (KNZM): Noel Crossley Anderson, QC, Waitakere; Prof Donald Ward Beaven, CBE, Christchurch; Peter Blanchard, Wellington; Judge David James Carruthers, Paraparaumu Beach; Russell Coutts, CBE, San Diego, United States; Edward Taihakurei Junior Durie, Lower Hutt; Eion Sinclair Edgar, Queenstown; Air Marshal Bruce Reid Ferguson, OBE, AFC, RNZAF (Rtd), Wellington; George Vjeceslav Fistonich, Auckland; Dr Alan Russell Frampton, Auckland; Harawira Tiri Gardiner, Wellington; David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne, CBE, Wellington; Thomas Munro Gault, Auckland; Prof Peter David Gluckman, Auckland; John Packard Goulter, JP, Paihia; John William Hansen, Rangiora; John Steele Henry, QC, Auckland; Prof Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones, Auckland; Douglas Lorimer Kidd, Wellington; Patrick Desmond Mahony, Wellington; Peter Charles Maire, North Shore; Emeritus Prof Alan Francis Mark, CBE, Dunedin; Emeritus Prof (Arthur) Harold Marshall, Auckland; David Charles Mauger, Auckland; John Joseph McGrath, QC, Wellington; Dr Sidney Moko Mead, Wellington; Colin Earl Meads, MBE, Te Kuiti; Ralph James Norris, Sydney; Noel Stuart Robinson, Auckland; Peter Graham Siddell, QSO, Auckland; Prof David Christopher Graham Skegg, OBE, Dunedin; Bruce Houlton Slane, CBE, Auckland; Dr Peter George Snell, OBE, Dallas, US; Kenneth Allen Stevens, Auckland; Archie John Te Atawai Taiaroa, Taumarunui; Tumu Te Heuheu, Taupo; Edmund Walter Thomas, QC, Auckland; Stephen Robert Tindall, North Shore; Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping, Wellington; Peter John Trapski, CBE, Tauranga; Henry William van der Heyden, Putaruru; John Wells, Auckland; Tennant Edward (Tay) Wilson, OBE, Lower Hutt, December 30, 2006; William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young, Christchurch.
LADY
Spouses of deceased Principal and Distinguished Companions of the Order to be granted the use of the courtesy title of "Lady": Olive Doreen Hutchins, Queenstown, spouse of the late Leslie Hutchins, DCNZM, OBE; Elaine Ivy James, Hamilton, spouse of the late Oswald George James, DCNZM, OBE; Doris Parekohe Vercoe, QSM, Rotorua, spouse of the late Right Rev Te Whakahuihui Vercoe, PCNZM, MBE.
STAYING THE SAME
Those who have elected to remain as Principal and Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Sir Ivor Lloyd Richardson, PCNZM, Knight Bachelor, Wellington; Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright, PCNZM, DBE, QSO, resident overseas; Leonard Ramsey Castle, DCNZM, Auckland; Associate Prof Witi Ihimaera-Smiler, DCNZM, QSM, Auckland; Nigel (Sam) Neill, DCNZM, OBE, Queenstown; Prof Vincent O'Sullivan, DCNZM, Wellington; Dr Ranginui Walker, DCNZM, Auckland; Cassia Joy Cowley, DCNZM, OBE, Wellington; Dr Patricia Grace, DCNZM, QSO, Mana; Sr Patricia Mary Hook, DCNZM, Hamilton; the Rt Rev Dr Penelope Ann Jamieson, DCNZM, Lower Hutt; Sr Pauline Margaret O'Regan, DCNZM, CBE, Christchurch; Margaret Wilson, DCNZM, Tauranga.
