The 2000 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 1999 and the beginning of 2000. They were announced on 31 December 1999.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Order of New Zealand (ONZ) Ordinary member The Right Honourable Michael Kenneth Moore – of Geneva, Switzerland.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Companion (DNZM) Professor Evelyn Mary Stokes – of Hamilton. For services to tertiary education and Māori.
Knight Companion (KNZM) The Honourable Rodney Gerald Gallen – of Hastings. For services as a judge of the High Court, 1983–1999. Patrick Hogan – of Cambridge. For services to Thoroughbred breeding and racing. Gilbert Simpson – of Christchurch. For services to information technology, commerce and the community. John Te Ahikaiata Joseph Turei – of Auckland. For services to Māori.
Companion (CNZM) Denis Frederick Adam – of Wellington. For services to the arts and the community. Roy (James Robson) Cowan – of Wellington. For services to pottery. Lawrence Karl Davidson – of Auckland. For services to yacht designing. Dr Mary Josephine (Joy) Drayton – of Tauranga. For services to local government and the community. Eleanor Joan Ferner – of Wellington. For services to women and the community. George Gordon Henderson Gilmour – of Auckland. For services to business management and the community. Keith Neville Lewis – of London, United Kingdom. For services to opera. Joyce Little McIver – of Rangiora, North Canterbury. For services to the community. Robin Anthony McKenzie – of Waikanae. For services to physiotherapy. Peter Heywood Malone – of Richmond. For services to local government and the community. Dr Arthur Francis Small – of Wellington. For services to the transport industry and the community. Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa – of Te Kūiti. For services to Māori arts and crafts. Maarten Laurens Wevers – of Wellington. For services to the 1999 APEC summit.
Officer (ONZM) Dr Arthur John (Jock) Allison – of Dunedin. For services to agricultural science. Dr Edric Sargisson Baker – of Whakatāne. For services to humanitarian aid. Bryan Allen Bartley – of Auckland. For services to engineering and the community. Russell Joseph Beck – of Invercargill. For services to art and local history. Jeanette Broome – of Hamilton. For services to thoroughbred breeding. Associate Professor Bernard John Brown – of Auckland. For services to legal education. Michael Dawson Chrisp – of Gisborne. For services to the legal profession and the community. Roger Oakden Davies – of Kerikeri. For services to horticulture. Anthony Watson Grayburn – of Tokoroa. For services to forestry. May Millicent Greenslade – of Ashburton. For services to the community. Gloria Herbert – of Broadwood, Northland. For services to the community. Philip Peter Jensen – of Tauranga. For services to the dairy industry. Owen Marshall Jones – of Timaru. For services to literature. Dr Allen Liang – of Auckland. For services to medical research. Jeanette Lorraine McKechie – of Christchurch. For services to the Girls' Brigade. Donald George McLaren – of Auckland. For services to the animal health industry and racing. Emily Jean Mair (Mrs Simenauer) – of Wellington. For services to music and singing. Raymond Francis Parker – of Wellington. For services as Director of the Government Communications Security Bureau. Maxwell John Paynter – of Hastings. For services to horticulture. June Avis Robinson – of Hokitika. For services to conservation and the community. Donald Stanley Mackintosh Trott – of Auckland. For services to opera. Emeritus Professor Thomas William Walker – of Christchurch. For services to soil science. Marilynn Lois Webb – of Dunedin. For services to art and art education. Donald Edward Whiteman – of Upper Hutt. For services to the sport of rifle shooting.
Honorary
Dr Vanchai Vatanasapt – of Khon Kaen, Thailand. For services to New Zealand interests in Thailand and to regional development. Rodney Harold Clinton Walshe – of Auckland. For services to tourism and the community.