The list of New Year Honours recipients for 2024 has been released, which celebrates the achievements of New Zealanders in their respective fields.
This year's list contains 151 recipients including former Speaker of the House and New Zealand politician Trevor Mallard. The ex-Labour MP resigned in 2022 and was appointed New Zealand's Ambassador Designate to Ireland in 2023.
The new dames are Sarai Bareman and Pania Tyson-Nathan, while the new knights are Dr Scott Macfarlane, the Right Honourable Mallard and Ian Mune.
Here is the full list of New Year Honours 2024:
The New Zealand Order of Merit
To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM)
Sarai-Paea (Sarai) Bareman
For services to football governance
Mrs Sarai Bareman has been contributing to football internationally and in New Zealand for a number of years.
Mrs Bareman was initially the Finance Manager for the Football Federation of Samoa and then Chief Executive Officer between 2008 and 2014. In 2014, she became Deputy General Secretary of the Oceania Football Confederation.
In 2015, she was appointed as the only female member of FIFA’s Reform Committee, advocating for increased numbers of women in leadership and the prioritisation of women’s football. Consequentially, the first FIFA Women’s Football Division was established in 2016 and she was appointed as FIFA’s first Chief Women’s Football Officer, overseeing the delivery of the Women’s World Cups, the development of the game across the 211 member countries and increasing the number of women at all levels of football.
She was instrumental in hosting the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, the most attended women’s sporting event in history with a record number of attendees in New Zealand for a football match, men's or women's. That record was broken three times during the tournament, with the final number sitting at 43,217 attendees.
Mrs Bareman launched the first-ever global women's football strategy in 2018, encouraging empowerment through football and growing the game.
Pania Tyson-Nathan, MNZM, JP
For services to Māori and business
Ms Pania Tyson-Nathan (Rongomaiwahine) was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2018 for her services to Māori and business.
For three decades, Ms Tyson-Nathan has been dedicated to advancing Māori economic development across various domains including community, business, and government sectors. She was a member of the Māori Economic Development Board, Ministerial Advisory Group on Trade, and is currently on the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Tourism Council, the Advisory Panel Defence Policy Review, and the Rongomaiwahine Iwi Trust.
She has made significant contributions to promoting the growth and development of individuals into prominent leadership positions. She has been Chief Executive of New Zealand Māori Tourism since 2008 and has focused on highlighting the unique opportunity that a Māori experience offers visitors domestically and internationally.
In recognition of her contributions to repositioning Māori tourism as deeper and more meaningful, she was named in the top 50 Global Tourism Innovators in 2021. She was awarded the Māori Woman Business Leader award by the University of Auckland in 2018. Ms Tyson-Nathan was a recipient of the Te Tupu-ā-Nuku award for Business and Innovation at the 2020 Matariki Awards and was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame in 2022.
HONOURS: Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, New Year 2018
To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM)
Dr Scott Duncan Macfarlane
For services to health
Dr Scott Macfarlane has transformed the treatment and improvement of children with cancer in New Zealand for the past 45 years.
Dr Macfarlane was an integral part of paediatric oncology service development between 1980 and 1990, leading the development of a National Child Cancer Service (now National Child Cancer Network) in 2000.
He was instrumental in establishing the National Child Cancer Network in 2011, who have oversight of child cancer treatment in New Zealand and reducing inequity of access to child cancer treatment and led the network until 2021. He had advocated for the then Auckland-based Child Cancer Foundation to become a national organisation as it is an integral support system for children and families and helped establish the Waikato branch.
He became a paediatric oncologist at Starship Hospital in Auckland, going on to become Clinical Leader and Clinical Director of Starship Hospital. As a result of his nationally coordinated approach to child cancer, the child cancer survival rate has improved from every second child not surviving 40 years ago to the five-year survival rate in New Zealand becoming more than 80 percent, parallel to Māori and Pacific children.
He was President of Australia New Zealand Children’s Haematology Oncology Group. Dr Macfarlane was made Life member of the Child Cancer Foundation in 2015 and retired in 2021.
The Right Honourable Trevor Colin Mallard
For services as a Member of Parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives
The Right Honourable Trevor Mallard was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2022 and held ministerial portfolios in the fifth Labour government.
Mr Mallard was first elected to Parliament as the Member for Hamilton West in 1984 and was the MP for Pencarrow from 1993 to 1996, Hutt South from 1996 to 2017, and a Labour List MP from 2017. In 1999, he was appointed to Cabinet and became the Minister of Education, Minister of State Services and Minister for Sport and Recreation. He also held a number of other Ministerial portfolios from 1999 to 2008, including Minister of Labour, Industry and Regional Development, Broadcasting, America's Cup, Environment, Energy, Co-ordinating Race Relations, as well as the Minister for the Rugby World Cup. He was an Assistant Speaker from 2014 to 2017.
Outside of chairing the Business, Standing Orders and Officers of Parliament Select Committees, and the Parliamentary Service Commission in his role as Speaker, he has been a member of the Education and Science, Government Administration, Finance and Expenditure, Statutes Revision and Justice and Law Reform Select Committees.
Mr Mallard retired from politics in 2022, after 35 years as a Member of Parliament.
HONOURS: New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
Mr Ian Barry Mune, OBE
For services to film, television and theatre
Mr Ian Mune is an award-winning actor, writer and director for stage and screen, who has been a pioneer in these professions in New Zealand and has focused on telling the stories of New Zealanders in an authentic voice since the 1970s.
Mr Mune was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1991 for his services to the theatre and film industry, having worked on developing these industries as a viable profession in New Zealand.
His notable earlier film productions include co-writing seminal classics 'Sleeping Dogs' (1977) and 'Goodbye Pork Pie' (1981) and directing 'Came a Hot Friday' (1984). Since 1991, he has continued contributing to these industries. He directed ‘Once Were Warriors’ award-winning sequel 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted' (1999), the coming-of-age drama 'End of the Golden Weather' (1991) and 'The Whole of the Moon' (1997). He directed the 2008 depression-era telefeature film 'Life's a Riot' and the 2011 documentary on the life of New Zealand comedian Billy T James "Billy T: Te Movie".
As an actor with more than 70 screen roles to date, he has continued to perform in a variety of film, television and theatre productions, most recently in the miniseries 'The Pact' (2021).
Mr Mune has remained connected with new generations of actors as Patron of The Actors Program since 2012.
HONOURS AND AWARDS: New Zealand Television Legend Award, 2021 Rudall Hayward Award for filmmaking, 2000 Officer of the Order of the British Empire, New Year 1991
To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)
- Professor Brian Joseph Anderson for services to paediatrics and anaesthesia
- Dr Vanessa Shona Beavis for services to anaesthesia
- Mr David Kenrick Beeche for services to sports administration
- Professor Timothy Clinton Bell for services to computer science education
- Mr John Donald Brakenridge for services to the New Zealand food and fibre sectors and the merino industry
- Professor Graeme Mervyn Bydder for services to medical imaging
- Mr Philip Maxwell Cheshire for services to architecture
- Mr Clive Ernest Fugill for services to Māori art
- Mrs Dale Mary Adeline Garratt for services to Christian music production
- Mr David Reginald Garratt for services to Christian music production
- Mr Clive David Hill, MNZM, for services to literature, particularly children's literature
- Ms Yolanda Lou-Anne Wisewitch Soryl for services to literacy education
- Dr Kevin Edward Trenberth for services to geophysics
- Ms Jo-anne Edna Mary Wilkinson, MNZM (Lady Dingle) for services to youth
- Mr James Ross Wilson for services to the trade union movement and workplace safety
- Dr Johanna Julene Wood for services to football governance
To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)
- Associate Professor James Gregory Anson for services to exercise sciences and neuroscience
- Ms Susan Battye for services to performing arts education
- Professor Francis Harry Bloomfield for services to neonatology
- Mrs Ereti Taetuha Brown, QSM, for services to Māori and early childhood education
- Mr Richard Waldron Bunton for services as a cardiac surgeon
- Mr Steven George Campbell for services to Search and Rescue
- Dr Rosemary Beatrice Cathcart, QSM, for services to gifted children
- Dr Cherie Maria Chu-Fuluifaga for services to education
- Ms Valerie Ann Deakin for services to dance
- Ms Barbara Helen Dreaver for services to investigative journalism and Pacific communities
- Dr Graeme Peter Elliott for services to wildlife conservation
- Mr Philip Douglas Gifford for services to broadcasting and sports journalism
- Mrs Theodora Mary Götz for services to gymnastics
- Mr Anthony Trevor Gray for services to accounting and Māori business
- Detective Inspector Craig James Hamilton for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
- Ms Rosemary Alice Henderson for services to social work and health
- Mr Robert George Holding for services to Pacific literature and business
- Associate Professor Tristram Richard Ingham for services to the disability community
- Emeritus Professor Edith Marion Jones for services to education
- Ms Marie Carmel Celebrado Lindaya for services to multicultural communities
- Mr Frank Lindsay for services to the apiculture industry
- Mrs Norah Elizabeth Matthews for services to curling
- Mr Hamish John McCrostie for services to outdoor recreation and Search and Rescue
- Mr James Robert Morris for services to table tennis
- Dr Hana Merenea O'Regan for services to education
- Dr Anneliese Ruth Parkin for services to the Public Service
- Ms Jane Frances Patterson, MNZM, for services to sports administration
- Mr Kevin Frank Pivac for services to the deaf rugby community
- Ms Mary Jane Rivers for services to community-led development, governance and education
- Dr Caroline Seelig for services to education
- Ms Tania Joy Te Rangingangana Simpson for services to governance and Māori
- Dr Simon Snook for services to reproductive health
- Mr Larnce Joseph Wichman for services to the seafood industry and marine conservation
- Ms Rosemary Dawn Wilkinson for services to the blind and vision impaired community
- Major General Evan George Williams for services to the New Zealand Defence Force
- Emeritus Professor Peter Donald Wilson for services to obstetrics and gynaecology
- Ms Jodi Ann Wright for services to the arts
To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
- Ms Harriet Bennett Allan for services to the publishing industry
- Ms Margaret Louise Barrell for services as a hymn writer
- Mr Luke Boustridge for services to the electrical industry and vocational training
- Ms Monica Jacqueline Briggs for services to women and governance
- Mr Patrick William Bronte for services to military history
- Mrs Barbara Joan Dewson for services to dental and oral health therapy
- Ms Carla Elena Donson for services to women and the community
- Mr Aaron Murray Fleming for services to the community and sport
- Mr Tevita Filisonu'u Funaki for services to Pacific health
- Mr Robert Lawrence Gemmell for services to martial arts and the community
- Ms Pamela Mary Hanna for services to the community and early childhood education
- Ms Roslyn Aileen Hiini for services to women and the union movement
- Mr Phillip Terence Humphreys for services to people with disabilities and sport
- Ms Christine Mary Hundleby for services to Pacific arts
- Mr Richard Geoffrey Keddell for services to orthopaedics
- Mr Trevor John Kempton for services to the arts and local government
- Ms Julie Ann King for services to education
- Mrs Joan Knight for services to the environment
- Ms Patricia Jacqueline Knight for services to Lepidoptera conservation and the community
- Ms Philippa Agnes Laufiso for services to arts and the community
- Ms Vivien Lynette Heretaniwha Lee for services to prisoner support and Māori
- Ms Tupe Lualua for services to the arts
- Ms Huhana Te Uru Naomi Anne Manu for services to STEM education and Māori
- Mx Aych Carlin McArdle for services to the rainbow community
- Mrs Pearl Naulder for services to education
- Mr Aaron Roger Nicholson for services to the New Zealand Police and Search and Rescue
- Ms Dinah Jane Okeby for services to the Public Service
- Mrs Kahira Rata Patricia Olley for services to women, youth and the prevention of family violence
- Ms Ria Dawn Percival for services to football
- Dr Anne Doloras Perera for services to food science and nutrition
- Mrs Anuradha Ramkumar for services to Indian classical dance
- Mr Paul William James Reti for services to ju-jitsu
- Ms Alexandra Lowe Riley for services to football
- Lemalu Silao Vaisola Sefo for services to Pacific health
- Ms Susan Jane Sinclair for services to art and education
- Mr Prem Singh for services to multicultural communities
- Mr Harold Edgar Spark for services to railway unions
- The Honourable Maryan Street for services as a Member of Parliament and to human and democratic rights
- Dr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni for services to education
- Mrs Yvonne Lenette Sue for services to health and Māori
- Ms Joyce Alma Talbot for services to sailing administration
- Professor Yvonne Jasmine Te Ruki Rangi o Tangaroa Underhill for services to tertiary education and Pacific development
- Vaosa ole Tagaloa Makerita Urale for services to Pacific arts
- Mr Tama-o-Rangi Waipara for services to Māori music
- Mr David John West for services to community development
- Mrs Diane Christine Wilson for services to the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association
- Senior Sergeant Karl Edwin Rostance Wilson for services to the New Zealand Police, disaster victim identification and Search and Rescue
- Mr Lindsay Macdonald Wood for services to environmental sustainability and climate change awareness
To be an honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)
- Mr İsmail Kaşdemir for services to New Zealand-Türkiye relations
To be a Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
- Mr Paul Thomas Gibson for services to disabled people
The Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
- Ms Victoria Louise Andrews for services to heritage preservation and conservation
- Mr Lyall Ashley Bailey for services to the community and local government
- Mr David Alan Burnett for services to multisport
- Mr Ian Peter Carr, JP, for services to the community
- Mr Neville Albert Carter for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and rugby
- Mr Paul Clements for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
- Mr Ewen Douglas Phillip Coleman for services to theatre
- Mr Lawrence John Counsell for services to rowing
- Mrs Alison Eleanor Crawford for services to the community
- Mr Russell George Geange for services to swimming and rugby
- Mrs Helen Alison Gordon for services to the community
- Mr Trevor John Hawkins for services to the community
- Mrs Katherine Jane Hawley (Katie Terris) for services to the community and the arts
- Ms Barbara Mary Hay for services to the community and education
- Mrs Kristeen Elizabeth Johnston for services to the community
- Mr Eruera Taihaere Kaiwai for services to the community
- Mr Allan John Kerr for services to music
- Mr Geoffrey Ramon Lienert for services to sports administration, particularly cycling and athletics
- Mrs Te Ao Marama Maaka for services to the community
- Mr Brian Campbell McCandless, CB, CBE for services to the community
- Mr Desmond Frank Meads for services to hockey and the community
- Mrs Ngahiwi Takamore Meroiti for services to netball
- Dr Michael John Hugh Miller for services to rural health
- Mrs Manisha Morar for services to the Indian community
- Mr Bruce Alexander Nairn for services to the community and sport
- Mrs Hansaben Dhanji Naran, JP, for services to the Indian community
- Ms Karen Gaye Ngatai for services to the community
- Mrs Joy Margaret Oakly for services to women and education
- Mr Gavin John O'Donnell for services to the rural community and conservation
- Mr Brian Ernest Gladstone Pegler for services to social work
- Mr James Harry Piner, MStJ, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
- Mr Alister Douglas Robertson for services to people with dementia
- Ms Jennifer Mary Mayson Saywood, JP, for services to restorative justice and women
- Mrs Jennifer Mary Schollum for services to the community and heritage preservation
- Ms Susan Gay Stevens Jordan for services to seniors and dance
- Mrs Rowena Ngaio Tana, JP, for services to the Māori community
- Ms Rai Vaeruarangi for services to the Cook Islands community
- Mr William Neil Walker for services to outdoor bowls and smallbore rifle shooting
- Mr Athula Cuda Bandara Wanasinghe, JP, for services to the Sri Lankan community and cricket
Honorary
- Mr Liyanage Sadun Sampath Kithulagoda for services to the Sri Lankan community
The New Zealand Antarctic Medal (NZAM)
- Dr Megan Ruby Balks for services to Antarctic soil science
The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD)
- Lieutenant Commander Louis James Munden-Hooper for services to the New Zealand Defence Force
- Lieutenant Commander Makoare Kohupara Te Kani, MNZM for services to the New Zealand Defence Force
