2009 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Dame Companion (DNZM) • Jennifer Barbara Gibbs – of Auckland. For services to the arts. • Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi – of Masterton. For services to Māori education. File:Jenny Gibbs DNZM (cropped).jpg|Dame Jenny Gibbs File:Iritana Tawhiwhirangi DNZM (cropped).jpg|Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi Knight Companion (KNZM) • John George Walker – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community. File:John Walker KNZM (cropped).jpg|Sir John Walker Companion (CNZM) • Simon Peter Wallace Murdoch – of Wellington. For public services, lately as secretary of Foreign Affairs. • Paula Rae Rebstock – of North Shore. For public services, lately as chair of the Commerce Commission. • Saana (Hana) Waitai Romana Murray – of Kaitaia. For services to the community. • Professor Alison Stewart – of Lincoln. For services to biology, in particular plant pathology. • Dr Jeffery Lewis Tallon – of Lower Hutt. For services to science. • Professor Peter Rowland Thorne – of Auckland. For services to auditory neuroscience. • John Desmond Todd – of Wellington. For services to business and the community. File:Simon Murdoch CNZM investiture 02.jpg|Simon Murdoch File:Paula Rebstock (cropped).jpg|Paula Rebstock File:Hana Romana Murray CNZM (cropped).jpg|Saana Murray File:Alison Stewart CNZM (cropped).jpg|Alison Stewart File:Jeff Tallon CNZM (cropped).jpg|Jeff Tallon File:John Todd (cropped).jpg|John Todd Officer (ONZM) • Ronald Chan – of Manukau. For services to business. • Patrick William Cotter – of Christchurch. For services to medicine. • Murray James Boyd Deaker – of North Shore. For services to broadcasting. • Carl William Doy – of North Shore. For services to music. • Dr Annabel Kirsten Finucane – of Auckland. For services to medicine, in particular paediatric heart surgery. • Gurshon Fisher – of Auckland. For services to philanthropy. • Associate Professor John Henley – of Auckland. For services to medicine. • Jacqueline Mary Hughes – of Whakatāne. For services to the community. • Robin Austin Judkins – of Christchurch. For services to sports administration. • Stephen Peter Kearney – of Balwyn North, Victoria, Australia. For services to rugby league. • Professor Stephen Irving Levine – of Wellington. For services to education and the Jewish community. • Roger John Moses – of Wellington. For services to education. • Robert Duncan Murdoch – of Wellington. For services to manufacturing and the community. • Dr Graham James Sharpe – of Wellington. For services to anaesthesia. • Jefferie James Tippen – of Christchurch. For services to tourism. • Professor Michael Mathew Walker – of Auckland. For services to science. • Frank Ivan Yukich – of Manukau. For services to wine industry. ;Additional • Colonel Graeme Roger Williams (retired) – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army. File:Murray Deaker ONZM (cropped).jpg|Murray Deaker File:Carl Doy ONZM (cropped).jpg|Carl Doy File:Kirsten Finucane CNZM (cropped).jpg|Kirsten Finucane File:Gus Fisher ONZM (cropped).jpg|Gus Fisher File:Robin Judkins ONZM (cropped).jpg|Robin Judkins File:Stephen Kearney 2.jpg|Stephen Kearney File:Roger Moses ONZM (cropped).jpg|Roger Moses File:Michael Walker at 2019 Research Honours Aotearoa (cropped).jpg|Michael Walker Member (MNZM) • Errol Douglas Baldwin – of Hamilton. For services to the community. • Mary Tiki Balzer – of Hamilton. For services to Māori health. • Brigit Diana Blair – of Christchurch. For services to business. • Malcolm James Burgess – detective superintendent, New Zealand Police, of Christchurch. For services to the New Zealand Police. • Norma Ellen Campbell – of Christchurch. For services to women's health, in particular midwifery. • Yvonne Joyce Cave – of Wanganui. For services to photography and horticulture. • Belinda Jane Charteris – of Christchurch. For services to netball. • Professor George Raymond Clark – of Auckland. For services to biochemistry. • Professor Terence John Crooks – of Dunedin. For services to education. • Madeline Mary East – of Manukau. For services to education. • Emeritus Professor David George Elms – of Christchurch. For services to civil engineering. • Dr Francis Patrick Joseph Farry – of Queenstown. For services to rural medicine. • Lester Campbell Flockton – of Dunedin. For services to education and pipe bands. • Margaret Mary Anne Foster – of Christchurch. For services to sport, in particular netball. • John William Gilks – of Wānaka. For services to business and the community. • Frank Derrington Godbert – of Kerikeri. For services to yachting. • Ronald Noel Harries – of Wellington. For services to soccer. • Peter John Harris – of Huntly. For services to local-body affairs and rugby. • Margaret Anne Ruwaioterangi Hiha – of Napier. For services to sport. • Dr Cheung-Tak Hung – of Dunedin. For services to philanthropy and the Chinese community. • Dr Richard John Isaacs – of Palmerston North. For services to oncology. • Lauraine Annette Jacobs – of Auckland. For services to the food industry. • Ian Laurie Keats – of Masterton. For services to shearing. • John (Hone) Vivian Kouka – of Paekākāriki. For services to contemporary Māori theatre. • Leslie Thomas Lunny – of Wanganui. For services to touch rugby. • Joseph Te Poroa Malcolm – of Rotorua. For services to Māori. • Ross Shepley Miller – of Kaitaia. For services to the community. • John Brian Mooney – of Urenui. For services to the dairy industry. • John Francis MacLean Morrison – of Wellington. For services to cricket and the community. • Roshan Lal Nauhria – of Auckland. For services to business and the community. • Che Ness (Che Fu) – of Auckland. For services to music. • Daniel Francis O'Connell – senior constable, New Zealand Police, of Wellington. For services to the New Zealand Police. • Robin Moncrieff Oliver – of Wellington. For services to the Department of Inland Revenue. • Kevin John O'Sullivan – of Palmerston North. For services to the Anglican Church and the community. • Haydn John Rawstron – of West Wickham, Kent, United Kingdom. For services to New Zealand interests in the United Kingdom. • Puahaere Rutene – of Huntly. For services to Māori and netball. • Paula Ann Ryan – of Auckland. For services to fashion. • Rosalie Mary Sampson – of Karamea. For services to conservation and the community. • Le'autuli'ilagi Taotua Malaeta Fa'asapisapi Sauvao – of Porirua. For services to the Samoan community and the community. • Graeme Barry Sinclair – of Auckland. For services to television. • Farib Sos – of Wellington. For services to international relations. • Allan Murdoch Spence – of Auckland. For services to law and the community. • David Thomas Steele – of Waimauku. For services to local-body affairs and the community. • Ian Hardy Symonds – of Waikanae. For services to the community. • Ngarau Tarawa – of Taumarunui. For services to Māori and community education. • Te Whetu Werohia Tipiwai – of Napier. For services to Māori and rugby. • Robert Te Ngau-ngau Tukiri – of Huntly. For services to the community. • Philippa Jane Ussher – of Auckland. For services to photography. • Irene van Dyk – of Upper Hutt. For services to netball. • Norman Lawrence Withers – of Christchurch. For services to sport and the community. • Jill Mabel Worrall – of North Shore. For services to social work. • Robin Wray – of Auckland. For services to the community. ;Additional • Commander Blair Albert Gerritsen – Royal New Zealand Navy, of North Shore. File:Doug Baldwin MNZM (cropped).jpg|Doug Baldwin File:Belinda Charteris MNZM (cropped).jpg|Belinda Charteris File:George Clark MNZM (cropped).jpg|George Clark File:Terry Crooks 2007 (cropped).jpg|Terry Crooks File:Gg-investitures-dunedin-aug-sep-2009-elms (cropped).jpg|David Elms File:Margaret Foster MNZM (cropped).jpg|Margaret Foster File:Che Fu MNZM (cropped).jpg|Che Fu File:Hone Kouka.jpg|Hone Kouka File:John Francis Maclean Morrison.jpg|John Morrison File:Rosalie Sampson, Karamea, MNZM (cropped).jpg|Rosalie Sampson File:Gg-investitures-wed-16-sep-2009-aug-sep-2009-024 (cropped).jpg|Jane Ussher File:Irene van Dyk (cropped).jpg|Irene van Dyk ==Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)==

• Bruce Alexander Aitken – of Dunedin. For services to education and music. • Valerie Jeanette Burns – of Lower Hutt. For services to early childhood education. • William John Clarke – of Gisborne. For services to local-body affairs and the community. • Te Uira Graham Kerehoma – of Levin. For services to Māori and the community. • Ian Montgomery Grant – of Auckland. For services to youth and parenting. • Peter James Harrison – of Auckland. For services to education. • Emeritus Professor Leslie Charles Holborow – of Paekākāriki. For services to education and the community. • Hamilton Manaia Pihopa Kingi – of Rotorua. For services to the community. • Inez Haereata Kingi – of Rotorua. For services to the community. • Jane Kominik – of Wellington. For services to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. • Diana Elizabeth Robinson – of Christchurch. For services to the Child Cancer Foundation. • Kaa Kataraina Kathleen Williams – of Auckland. For services to Māori. File:John Clarke QSO (cropped).jpg|John Clarke File:Ian Grant QSO (cropped).jpg|Ian Grant File:Les Holborow QSO (cropped).jpg|Les Holborow File:Inez Kingi 2009 (cropped).jpg|Inez Kingi File:Kaa Williams QSO (cropped).jpg|Kaa Williams ==Queen's Service Medal (QSM)==

• Charles Michael Aamodt – of Upper Hutt. For services to the community. • Stanley John Askew – of Ōmāpere. For services to the community. • Ross Alan Barnaby – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police, of North Shore. For services to the New Zealand Police. • Derek Quentin Battersby – of Waitakere (West Auckland). For services to local-body affairs. • Clive Bibby – of Tolaga Bay. For services to the community. • William Alan Boniface – of Warkworth. For services to the community. • Robyn Boswell – of Whangārei. For services to education. • Michael Edward Brooke – of New Plymouth. For services to sport and the community. • Mervyn Burdge Brown – of Masterton. For services to the community. • Murray Carey – of Whitianga. For services to brass bands and soccer. • Shirley May Gwynneth Caspari – of Hamilton. For services to the community. • Ian Brackenbury Channell (The Wizard of New Zealand) – of Christchurch. For services to the community. • John Hugh Clayton – of Ikamatua. For services to local-body affairs and the community. • Keith Richard Crate – of Taupō. For services to cycling. • Elisabeth May Cunningham – of Dunedin. For services to the community. • Graeme Edwin Dabb – of Auckland. For services to the Filipino community. • Nguyen Phu Dang – of Manukau. For services to the Vietnamese community. • Valerie Myrtle Dell – of Napier. For services to women and the community. • Kindra Velvet Douglas – of Nelson. For services to the community. • John Dallin Dunlop – of Napier. For services to astronomy and the community. • Dr Lorna Christine Te Aroha Dyall – of Auckland. For services to Māori health. • James Leslie Eyers – of Wanganui. For services to music and the community. • Pamela Jean Fauvel – of Auckland. For services to youth. • Lewis Wilson Findlay – of Palmerston North. For services to the community. • Angus Finlayson – of Lower Hutt. For services to local-body affairs and the community. • Brian Gordon Flintoff – of Nelson. For services to taonga pūoro. • Ian Lex Forrest – of Auckland. For services to the community. • Sister Frances Josephine Gibbs – of Wellington. For services to the community. • Stephen Godfrey Guard – of Nelson. For services to the maritime industry. • Laly Paroane Haddon – of Wellsford. For services to conservation. • Olive De Courtenay Hale-Ingram – of Gisborne. For services to the history of New Zealand ceramics. • Judy Claris Hanbury – of Waitakere. For services to conservation. • Trevor James Hosking – of Taupō. For services to the conservation of historic places. • Thomas William Hutchinson – chief fire officer, Kaikohe Volunteer Fire Brigade, of Kaikohe. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. • Desmond Victor Jack – of Hamilton. For services to the community. • Ian Dixon (Jim) James – of Hamilton. For services to orchid growing. • Roslyn Ann Jerram – of Ōpōtiki. For services to the community. • Leslie Clifford Johnston – of Tuatapere. For services to the community. • Christine Jennifer King – of Manurewa. For services to the community. • Au'Birthly Kingi – of Manukau. For services to the Pacific Islands community. • Ernest Bongard Kirk – of Manukau. For services to local-body affairs and the community. • Naomi Diane Kirk – of Manukau. For services to the community. • John Alan Lancashire – of Paraparaumu. For services to conservation. • David Hartley Lind – of Tauranga. For services to conservation and the community. • Carl Ernest Lutz – of Ōtaki. For services to the community. • Sally Geraldine Macauley – of Kaikohe. For services to local-body affairs and the community. • Russell Frank Mackereth – chief fire officer, Silverdale Volunteer Fire Brigade, of Orewa. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. • Sandra Elizabeth Maclean – of Takanini. For services to senior citizens and the community. • Lindsay Rihari Waitara MacLeod – of New Plymouth. For services to Māori. • Kenneth George McKay – of North Shore. For services to education and the community. • Peter McMillan – of Christchurch. For services to the community. • Alec McNab – of Wanganui. For services to sport. • Eamon Mark Molloy – of Christchurch. For services to the ethnic community. • Kevyn Douglas Moore – of Napier. For services to business and the community. • Margaret Elizabeth Morton – of Seddon. For services to Guiding. • Emare Emily Rose Nikora – of Tokoroa. For services to Māori. • Mildred Noakes – of Auckland. For services to the community. • Richard Anthony Nunns – of Nelson. For services to taonga pūoro. • Lindsay Gordon Paku – of Hastings. For services to Māori and Māori youth. • Robert Peter Greenwood Parr – of Cambridge. For services to the community. • Solomon Neil Purcell – of Havelock North. For services to martial arts. • The Reverend Canon Donald Morris Rangi – of Wellington. For services to the Treasury. • Julie Te Turi Ranginui – of Wanganui. For services to Māori. • Robert Brunswick Robertson – chief fire officer, Queenstown Volunteer Brigade, of Queenstown. For services to the community. • Mele 'Ilaisipa Robson – of Blenheim. For services to the Pacific Islands community and the community. • Shirley Joan Rudkin – of Christchurch. For services to the community. • Paul Aaron Sampson – lately principal rural fire officer, of Rotorua. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. • Richard Lyal Stark – of Gore. For services to the community. • Ellen Marion Sartori Stevenson – of Hastings. For services to kindergarten administration. • Wanda Tate – of Porirua. For services to conservation. • Bryan Emlyn Ward – community constable, New Zealand Police, of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand Police. • Monica Hannah Mihingarangi Watson – of Hastings. For services to Māori. • James Taui Himiona Wetere – of Hamilton. For services to the community. • Raymund Williams – of Tauranga. For services to the community. • Leslie Charles Winslade – of Taupō. For services to the community. File:The Wizard of New Zealand QSM (cropped).jpg|Ian Brackenbury Channell File:Carl Lutz QSM (cropped).jpg|Carl Lutz File:Sally Macauley investiture 15-sep-2009 (cropped).jpg|Sally Macauley File:Richard Nunns, 2011.jpg|Richard Nunns File:Jim Wetere QSM (cropped).jpg|Jim Wetere ==New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (NZDSD)==

• Warrant Officer Electronic Warfare Specialist Thomas Michael Allen – Royal New Zealand Navy. • Major Robert William Gillies – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment. • Acting Warrant Officer Master at Arms Shirley Anne Patton – Royal New Zealand Navy. • Major Simon John Caulfield Strombom – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force). File:Simon Strombom MNZM (cropped).jpg|Simon Strombom ==References==