✨ New Year Honours List
SPECIAL
New Zealand Gazette
WELLINGTON: FRIDAY, 10 JANUARY 2003 — ISSUE NO. 2
THE NEW YEAR HONOURS 2003
NEW YEAR HONOURS 2003
THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
The Queen has been pleased, on the occasion of the celebration of the New Year, to make the following appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit:
D.C.N.Z.M.
To be Distinguished Companions of the said Order:
Dr (Vera) Doreen BLUMHARDT, C.B.E., of Wellington.
For services to pottery and art education.
The Right Honourable Jennifer Mary SHIPLEY, of Auckland.
For services as a Member of Parliament.
Bruce Houlton SLANE, C.B.E., of Auckland.
For services to personal and human rights, and the law.
Peter John TRAPSKI, C.B.E., of Tauranga.
For services to the law and the community.
C.N.Z.M.
To be Companions of the said Order:
John Murray BLACK, Q.S.O., J.P., of Taupo.
For services to local government.
Peter Wing Ho CHIN, of Dunedin.
For services to local body and community affairs.
Robert Moncrieff CLARKSON, of Tauranga.
For services to philanthropy.
The Right Honourable Wyatt Beetham CREECH, of Martinborough.
For services as a Member of Parliament.
Melvin Norman DAY, of Wellington.
For services to painting and art history.
Mrs Anne Gertrude Shorland GAMBRILL, of Auckland.
For services as a Master of the High Court.
Mrs Lynette JONES, of Blenheim.
For services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society and the community.
Sister Pauline Anne LEONARD, of Hamilton.
For services to education.
Graeme Eric Selby LOWE, Q.S.M., of Havelock North.
For services to the meat industry and the community.
Professor Roger Stewart MORRIS, of Palmerston North.
For services to veterinary science.
Ms Mary Judith MOWBRAY, of Wellington.
For services to women.
John Lindell O’SULLIVAN, L.V.O., of Lower Hutt.
For public services, lately as General Manager, Parliamentary Service.
The Honourable Peter George Spenser PENLINGTON, Q.C., of Christchurch.
For services as a Judge of the High Court.
Dr Richard Patrick SUGGATE, of Wellington.
For services to geology.
Dr Franklin Henry WOOD, of Prebbleton, Canterbury.
For services to tertiary education.
O.N.Z.M.
To be Officers of the said Order:
Professor (Monica) Innes ASHER, of Auckland.
For services to paediatrics.
Professor Bruce Charles BAGULEY, of Auckland.
For services to cancer research.
Next Page →
Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2003, No 2
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2003, No 2
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🏛️ Appointments to The New Zealand Order of Merit
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationHonours, New Year Honours, New Zealand Order of Merit
21 names identified
- Vera Doreen Blumhardt (Dr), Appointed Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Jennifer Mary Shipley (The Right Honourable), Appointed Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Bruce Houlton Slane, Appointed Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Peter John Trapski, Appointed Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- John Murray Black, Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Peter Wing Ho Chin, Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Robert Moncrieff Clarkson, Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Wyatt Beetham Creech (The Right Honourable), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Melvin Norman Day, Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Anne Gertrude Shorland Gambrill (Mrs), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Lynette Jones (Mrs), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Pauline Anne Leonard (Sister), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Graeme Eric Selby Lowe, Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Roger Stewart Morris (Professor), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Mary Judith Mowbray (Ms), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- John Lindell O'Sullivan, Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Peter George Spenser Penlington (The Honourable), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Richard Patrick Suggate (Dr), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Franklin Henry Wood (Dr), Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Monica Innes Asher (Professor), Appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Bruce Charles Baguley (Professor), Appointed Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit