The full list of New Year Honours recipients, released on December 31, 2025.

The New Zealand Order of Merit

DNZM

To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Professor Helen Victoria Danesh-Meyer, CNZM – For services to ophthalmology

Ms Coral May Shaw – For services to public service, the judiciary and the community

Ms Dorothy Myrtle Spotswood – For services to philanthropy

KNZM

To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Mr Scott Ronald Glyndwr Dixon, CNZM – For services to motorsport

Mr Rodney Kenneth Drury – For services to business, the technology industry and philanthropy

Professor Graham Stephen Le Gros, CNZM – For services to medical science

Mr Christopher Wilton Parkin, CNZM – For services to philanthropy and the arts

CNZM

To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Mr Gregor John Barclay – For services to sports governance

Mr Neil Frank Bateup, ONZM – For services to the rural sector

Mr Leith Pirika Comer, QSO – For services to Māori, governance and education

Professor Charl Johannes de Villiers – For services to accountancy

Dr Bruce William Hayward, MNZM – For services to geology, particularly micropaleontology

Professor Beverley-Anne Lawton, ONZM – For services to women’s health

Distinguished Professor Gaven John Martin – For services to mathematics and education

Distinguished Professor Paul James Moughan – For services to science

Mr Anthony Zan (Tony) Quinn – For services to motorsport and the community

Professor Thomas Charles (Tom) Roa, JP – For services to Māori language and education

Ms Rachel Emere Taulelei, MNZM – For services to business, Māori and governance

Mr Donald Stanley Mackintosh Trott, ONZM, JP – For services to opera

ONZM

To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Reverend Dr Patricia Ann Allan – For services to survivors of abuse

Mr Graham Carr – For services to the deer industry and the community

Mr Matthew David (David) Corner – For services to people with intellectual and learning disabilities

Mrs Christina (Chrissie) Cowan – For services to Māori, particularly blind and low vision people

Mr Brian Rex Davies – For services to motorsport

Mr Rodney Phillip Mathew (Rod) Dixon – For services to athletics

Mr Lloyd Walker Downing – For services to agriculture and governance

Mr Anthony Richard (Tony) Egan – For services to the agricultural industry and the community

Ms Deborah Ann Espiner – For services to people with disabilities and education

Mr Ian Donald Gardiner – For services to the communications industry and mountain safety

Mr Stewart Lloyd Germann – For services to franchise law

Mr Neville Charles Greenwood – For services to the sheep industry

Ms Judith Helen Hamilton – For services to rowing

Mr Richard Michael Arthur Harman – For services to journalism and broadcasting

Ms Julie Anne Hart – For services to women and victims of family violence

Mrs Frances Margaret (Fran) Hartnett – For services to people with disabilities

Mrs Sandra Glenis Hazlehurst – For services to local government

Mr Te Warihi Kokowai Hetaraka – For services to Māori and art

Mr Jack Edward Hodder, KC – For services to the law

Ms Shirley Gail Hooper – For services to netball and artistic swimming

Mr Waihoroi Paraone (Waihoroi Shortland) Hoterene – For services to Māori and Māori language education

Mrs Lynley Elizabeth (Lyn) Lloyd – For services to renal nutrition

Mr Andrew Webster (Andy) Macfarlane – For services to the deer industry

Professor Roderick Duncan (Rod) MacLeod, MNZM – For services to palliative care

Mr James Bruce Miller – For services to corporate governance

Ms Lorraine Mary Moller, MBE – For services to athletics

Professor Dr Jens Helmut Friedrich Mueller, MNZM – For services to education

Ms Suzanne Jane Porter – For services to the arts and event management

Mr Iain George Potter – For services to sport and health

Mr Tenby George Bolland Powell, ED – For services to business, governance and humanitarian aid

Ms Karen Ritchie – For services to people with HIV/AIDS and Rainbow communities

Mrs Cecilia Charlotte Louise Robinson – For services to business and women

Dr Mohammad Arif (Arif) Saeid – For services to refugees and youth

Ms Valerie Christine (Val) Smith – For services to outdoor bowls

Mr Paul Bertram Wright – For services to the real estate industry and philanthropy

MNZM

To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Mr Kevin John Burgess – For services to governance, the community and sport

Ms Donna Elise Chisholm – For services to journalism

Mr Eroni Clarke – For services to the Pacific community and rugby

Mr Peter John Cullen – For services to law, governance and youth

Ms Rosemary Helen Dixon – For services to schools debating

Mr Roger Bruce Douglas Drummond – For services to rugby and Māori

Dr Robyn Ann Dynes – For services to agricultural science

Dr Lorraine Shirley (Lorr) Eade – For services to Māori, governance and the community

Mrs Judene Louise Edgar, JP – For services to governance, local government and the community

Mrs Jane Frances Eynon-Richards, JP – For services to the community

Mr Jade Carlo Farrar – For services to people with disabilities and the Pacific community

Mrs Beverley Riverina Forrester – For services to the wool and fashion industries

Mrs Deborah Kaye (Deb Fraser-Komene) Fraser – For services to mental health and youth

Mr Donald George (Don) Geddes – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Land Search and Rescue and the community

Mr Malcolm John Gillies – For services to business

Mr Martin James Guptill – For services to cricket

Mr Martin John Hadlee – For services to the community

Ms Janine Michelle Harrington – For services to education

Mr David John Harrison – For services to the insurance industry and the community

Mr John Gordon (Jack) Hobbs – For services to horticulture

Mrs Susan (Sue) Hobbs – For services to people with disabilities

Mr Gerald Anthony Hope – For services to local government, business and the community

Ms Kāren Eirene Johansen, JP – For services to education and human rights

Mr Richard William Kennett, JP – For services to conservation and Search and Rescue

Miss Jillian Anne (Jill) Kerr – For services to choral music and music education

Dr Murray Alexander King – For services to transport, logistics and railway heritage

Mr Mark Henri Limacher – For services as a restaurateur and to the hospitality industry

Professor Tracie Ailong Mafile’o – For services to Pacific and tertiary education

Mr Terence Ronald Maskell – For services to choral music

Mrs Nichola Rosemary (Nicky) McArthur – For services to conservation and the community

Mr Malcolm Ian McKee – For services to sport

Mrs Dawn Mary McMillan – For services to children’s literature

Miss Katharine Eleanor (Kate) Milford – For services to people with aphasia

Mrs Jennifer Louise (Jenny) Nahu – For services to rugby league

Mrs Vivien Lewanna (Viv) Napier, JP – For services to local government and the community

Dr Stephen John Neville – For services to gerontology research and seniors

Mr Kevin Nielsen – For services to the community and people with disabilities

Dr Caroline Ann Oliver – For services to cancer research and the community

Mr Hori Te Moanaroa Parata – For services to conservation and Māori

Mrs Alexandra Anne (Sandy) Pasley – For services to education

Mr David Stephen Pluck – For services to education

Mr Andrew Ruawhitu (Pāpā Ruawhitu) Pokaia – For services to Māori and education

Ms Gaye Annette Poole – For services to the performing arts and education

Mr Ian Douglas Poulter – For services to education

Mr Ravinder Singh Powar, JP – For services to ethnic communities

Mr John Dempster Robinson – For services to orienteering

Mrs Valerie Jean Robinson – For services to orienteering

Mr John Francis Roughan – For services to journalism and the community

Dr Fahima Saeid – For services to refugees

Mr Bruce Douglas Shalders – For services to railway heritage

Mr Leighton Irwin Smith – For services to broadcasting

Mrs Mokafetu Smith (Matafetu Smith) – For services to Pacific art

Ms Arihia Amiria Stirling, QSM, JP – For services to education and Māori

Professor Andrew Peter Stockley – For services to schools debating

Dr Audrey Melanie Tan – For services to mathematics education

Mrs Gail Henrietta Maria Thompson – For services to Māori and conservation

Ms Helena Audrey Tuteao – For services to people with disabilities and Māori

Senior Constable Grant William Watts – For services to the New Zealand Police and youth

Mr William Ian Welch – For services to rail heritage

Mrs Elizabeth Robyn Whiting – For services to costume design

Mr Gary Selwyn Whittle – For services to rugby league

Mrs Sarah Jane Wickens – For services to business

Mrs Shirley Jane Zintl – For services to youth

The King’s Service Order

KSO

To be Companions of the King’s Service Order:

Mr Mark Joseph (Joe) Harawira – For services to Māori education, arts and conservation

Mrs Kerry Ann Nickels – For services to the Red Cross

The King’s Service Medal

KSM

Ms Carol Angland – For services to the community and theatre

Ms Bonita Joanne Bigham – For services to local government and Māori

Mr Douglas James Brenssell – For services to the community

Mrs Robyn Ann Bruce – For services to youth and sport

Mr John Randall (JR) Burgess – For services to the community

Mrs Marin Burgess – For services to heritage preservation and education

Mrs Emily Myra Caldwell – For services to the community and music

Mrs Marjorie Eleanor Carr – For services to netball and the community

Mr Lloyd Bertram Clausen, MStJ – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community

Mr Edwin Frederick Ruthven (Ed) Cooke – For services to music

Mrs Juliet Anne Cooke – For services to music

Mrs Helen Rose Cooper – For services to the community

Mr Richard John Craig – For services to the Coastguard

Mrs Anneke Jacoba Dinnington – For services to seniors and the community

Mr David Alyn Drake – For services to the community

Mr John Matthew Eaden – For services to the arts

Mr Graeme Leslie Elliot – For services to the community and outdoor recreation

Ms Marion Kennedy Ellis – For services to hockey

Mrs Elizabeth Mary (Libby) Fletcher – For services to the community, particularly wastewater advocacy

Mr William Robert Fuller, JP – For services to the community

Mr Leonidas Angelos (Leo) Gambitsis – For services to the Greek community

Mr Trevor James Goudie – For services to theatre and the community

Mrs Jocelyn Mary Grantham – For services to education and the community

Miss Sheridan Isobel Patrice Gundry – For services to historical research and heritage preservation

Mr Paul David Harris, JP – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community

Mrs Elizabeth Janet (Liz) Henry – For services to the community and sport

Mr David John Jurlina – For services to rugby and the community

Mrs Nada Linda Jurlina – For services to rugby and the community

Mrs Gurpreet Kaur – For services to the Indian community

Mrs Barbara Joy Knowles, JP – For services to the community and to Members of Parliament

Mr Peter Alan Maunder – For services to athletics

Mrs Sylvia Mary Joyce Maunder – For services to athletics

Mr Laurie Owen Mills – For services to theatre

Mr Mohan Durlabh Mistry – For services to the Indian community

Mr Gordon Leonard Myer, JP – For services to the community

Ms Aere Anne Nicholas, JP – For services to the community

Mr Patrick Gerard O’Rourke – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community

Dr Tania Anne Pinfold – For services to youth health

Mrs Enatuleni Ikitoa (Ena) Polima – For services to the Niuean community

Mrs Jacqueline (Jackie) Robertson – For services to science education

Mr Stanley Donald (Don) Scott – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and civil defence

Mr Christopher Sharp – For services to Search and Rescue and outdoor recreation

Mrs Ruth Philliss Shaw – For services to conservation

Dr Leonie Kaye Sinclair – For services to health

Mr Harjinder (Harjinder Singh Basiala) Singh, JP – For services to the Punjabi community

Mr Brian Douglas Smith – For services to rowing

Sailauama Cheryl Talamaivao, JP – For services to the Pacific community and education

The Reverend Wayne Saunoa Moegagogo Toleafoa, JP – For services to Pacific communities

Mr Paul Gregory (Tomsie) Toms – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and football

Mr Russel Walter Trow – For services to wildlife conservation

Ms Teresa Anne (Tee) Trow – For services to wildlife conservation

Mr Jonathan Usher – For services to the community and entertainment

Mrs Norma-Jean Van De Rheede, JP – For services to the community

Mr Ian Arthur Watts – For services to Land Search and Rescue

Mr Henry Joseph Wheeler – For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community

Mr Delano Shane De Graffe (Del) Whyte – For services to sport and the community

Mrs Isabella (Ella) Wilson – For services to the community and theatre

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

DSD

Commodore Andrew Gilchrist Brown – For services to the New Zealand Defence Force