The 2020 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2019 and the beginning of 2020. They were announced on 31 December 2019.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Companion (DNZM) Dr Anna Louisa de Launey Crighton – of Christchurch. For services to heritage preservation and governance. Noeline Taurua – of Te Puke. For services to netball. Professor Marilyn Joy Waring – of Auckland. For services to women and economics.
Knight Companion (KNZM) Stephen William Hansen – of Prebbleton. For services to rugby. Robert George Martin – of Whanganui. For services to people with disabilities. The Honourable Joseph Victor Williams – of Wellington. For services to the judiciary.
Companion (CNZM) John Daniel Barnett – of Freemans Bay. For services to film and television. Professor Richard Dodgshun Bedford – of Freemans Bay. For services to governance. Robert James Campbell – of Freemans Bay. For services to governance and business. Dr Jennifer Barbara Carryer – of Palmerston North. For services to health, particularly nursing. Antony John Carter – of Auckland. For services to business governance. Gillian, Lady Deane – of Kelburn. For services to philanthropy, particularly for rare disorders, the arts and youth. Helen Mary Heffernan – of Thorndon. For services to health. Dr Frances Anne Hughes – of Tītahi Bay. For services to mental health and nursing. Rachael Le Mesurier – of Sandringham. For services to governance, the community and health. Donald Evan Murray MacCormick – of Epsom. For services to health, particularly surgery. Dr Michael Edward Matthews – of Hamilton. For services to food technology and the food industry. John Walter McKinnon – of Karori. For services to New Zealand–China relations. Roger John Moses – of Brooklyn. For services to education. Helen Joan Plume – of Plimmerton. For services to the environment. Dr Edward Ward – of Napier. For services to intensive care practice. Dr Dianne Rosemary Webster – of Onehunga. For services to health, particularly paediatrics.