The 2001 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 2000 and the beginning of 2001. They were announced on 30 December 2000.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Principal Companion (PCNZM) Emeritus Professor Lloyd George Geering – of Wellington. For services to religious studies.
Distinguished Companion (DCNZM) Jocelyn Barbara Fish – of Hamilton. For services to women and the community. The Right Honourable Thomas Munro Gault – of Auckland. For services as a judge of the Court of Appeal. Sister Patricia Mary Hook – of Auckland. For services to nursing and the community. Professor Alan Francis Mark – of Dunedin. For services to conservation. Colin Earl Meads – of Te Kūiti. For services to rugby and the community.
Companion (CNZM) Jill Edwina Amos – of Auckland. For services to the community. Druiscilla Kapu Barrett – of Whangārei. For services to Māori and the community. Dr Allan Gordon Cumming – of Palmerston North. For services to medicine, health administration and the community. Professor Mason Harold Durie – of Feilding. For services to Māori. Dr John Norman Harré – of Auckland. For services to education. The Honourable (Cedric) Russell Marshall – of Wellington. For public services. Dorothy Frances Meyer – of North Shore City. For services to women. Richard Frederick Nottage – of Wellington. For services as Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 1991–1999. Associate Professor Peter Robert Skelton – of Christchurch. For services to environmental law. Iritana Te Rangi Tāwhiwhirangi – of Featherston. For services to Māori education. Anthony Ernest Walton – of Auckland. For services to the deaf. Professor Albert Wendt – of Auckland. For services to literature.
Officer (ONZM)
John Stanley Body – of Wellington. For services to music, photography and education. Riwia Brown – of Paekākāriki. For services to theatre and film. Dorothy Quita Buchanan – of Eastbourne. For services to music. Barry Vickerman Cleavin – of Christchurch. For services to the arts. Candis Eileen Craven – of Auckland. For services to health education. Dr Catherine Frances (Kate) Dewes – of Christchurch. For services to the peace movement. Graeme Dingle – of Leigh. For services to youth. Emeritus Professor Robert Wallace Ellis – of Auckland. For services to fine arts. Walter Fowlie – of Patea. For services to mountaineering. Leigh Helen Gibbs – of Gisborne. For services to netball. Gaewyn Elizabeth Griffiths – of Auckland. For services to education. Air Commodore John Henry Staples Hamilton – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Dr Michael David Henry Holdaway – of Dunedin. For services to children and medical research. Richard John Hubbard – of Auckland. For services to business and the community. Lorna Ani McIntosh – of Auckland. For services to commerce and the community. Dorothy Catherine Matthews – of Nelson. For services to local-body and community affairs. John Bentley Morrison – of Wellington. For services to the arts. Garry Peter Nash – of Auckland. For services to glass art. Patricia Katherine Payne – of Roxburgh. For services to opera and the community. Professor Emeritus James Ernest Ritchie – of Raglan. For services to the Māori people and education. Gerald Ryan – of Auckland. For services to racing, rugby league and the community. Sally Mavis Sloman – of Auckland. For services to opera. Jane Ann Thomson – of Dunedin. For services to literature. Robert Norman Waddell – of Cambridge. For services to rowing. James Hay Wallace – of Auckland. For services to the arts.
Additional
Acting Lieutenant Colonel John Christopher Flanagan – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Kyle Milward – of Carterton; Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
Honorary
Fatu Akelei Feu'u (Poutasi Falealili) – of Auckland. For services to art. Gerd le Bell – of Egestorf, Federal Republic of Germany. For services to New Zealand interests in Germany. Ikuo Matsui – of Hokkaido, Japan. For services to New Zealand interests in Japan.