The 2010 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 2009 and the beginning of 2010. They were announced on 31 December 2009.
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 Helen Elizabeth Clark – of New York, United States of America, lately of Auckland. For services to New Zealand.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Companion (DNZM) Lesley Max – of Auckland. For services to children.
Knight Companion (KNZM) Professor Mason Harold Durie – of Feilding. For services to Māori health, in particular public health services. Peter Robert Jackson – of Wellington. For services to film. Arthur Douglas Myers – of London, United Kingdom. For services to business and the community. The Honourable James Bruce Robertson – of Wellington. For services as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand and the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.
Honorary
Julian H. Robertson – of New York, United States of America. For services to business and philanthropy.
Companion (CNZM) Kevin Bernard Brady – of Wellington. For public services, lately as Controller and Auditor-General. Dr Peter Richard Fisher – of Auckland. For services to medicine. Dr Frederick Malcolm Graham – of Auckland. For services to medicine. Trevor Joseph Grice – of Ōtaki. For services to the community. George Winiata Henare – of Auckland. For services to the theatre. Assistant Professor Merata Mita – of Whitianga. For services to the film industry. Hugh Richmond Lloyd Morrison – of Wellington. For services to business. Tewi David Rawiri Te Whare – of Rotorua. For services to Māori. Ian Campbell Templeton – of Wellington. For services to journalism. Professor Helen Stapylton Timperley – of Auckland. For services to education. Neville Kenneth Wran – of Sydney, Australia. For services to New Zealand–Australia relations.
Officer (ONZM) Patricia Alston – of London, United Kingdom. For services to New Zealand–United Kingdom relations. Florence Mary Annison – of Kerikeri. For services to the community. Judy Ann Bailey – of North Shore City. For services to broadcasting and the community. Kevin Michael Barry – of Christchurch. For services to boxing and the community. Dr Robert Albert Boas – of Auckland. For services to medicine, in particular pain management. John Herbert Bongard – of Kaitaia. For services to business. Elizabeth Mary Brown – of Manakau. For services to business, women and the community. Bruce Sutherland Chambers – of Auckland. For services to sport, in particular triathlons. Wynton Gill Cox – of Christchurch. For services to business. The Reverend Dr Allan Kenneth Davidson – of Auckland. For services to history. Lawrence Charles Duckworth – of Blenheim. For services to Māori and the community. Flora Edwards – of Wellington. For services to music. Dr James Daulby Edwards – of Ōtaki. For services to the veterinary profession and the community. Friedrich Eisenhofer – of Waikanae. For services to architecture. Anthony Edwin Falkenstein – of Auckland. For services to business. Rodney Michael Grout – of Christchurch. For services to transport, in particular the maritime industry. Associate Professor Vernon John Harvey – of Auckland. For services to medicine, in particular oncology research. Professor James Geoffrey Horne – of Wellington. For services to medicine. Jack Lawson Inglis – of Motueka. For services to the community. Dr Gordon Murray Kirk – of Palmerston North. For services to medicine. Elizabeth Ann Mallinson – of Wellington. For services to publishing, in particular children's literature. William Lindsay Matson – of Waikanae. For services to swimming. Colin Harry Russell – of Christchurch. For services to education. Dr Hugh Timothy Spencer – of Hamilton. For services to medicine, in particular anaesthesia. John David Sutherland – of Auckland. For services to architecture. Edgar John Young – of New Plymouth. For services to the dairy industry and the community.
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John E. Mullen – of Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America. For services to New Zealand–United States relations.