The 2009 Special Honours in New Zealand were announced in August 2009 as a result of the reinstatement of the appellations of "Sir" and "Dame" to the New Zealand Royal Honours System by passing Special Regulation 2009/90 Additional Statutes of The New Zealand Order of Merit,[1] a legally binding regulation with the force of law in New Zealand.
The effect of the change was that individuals who had been appointed as Principal Companions or Distinguished Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit were given the option of accepting titular honours: Principal Companions could opt to become Knights or Dames Grand Companion, and Distinguished Companions could become Knights or Dames Companion. Of the 85 living Principal and Distinguished Companions at the time, all but 13 accepted redesignation.[2] Living widows of deceased male Principal or Distinguished Companions were eligible to be granted the courtesy title of "Lady".
The recipients are displayed as they were styled before the redesignation, and the date given in brackets is the date of the original appointment as a Principal or Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[3][4]
New Zealand Order of Merit
Knight Grand Companion (GNZM)
The following Principal Companions were redesignated Knights Grand Companion:
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Sir Paul Callaghan
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Sir Lloyd Geering
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Sir Pat Goodman
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Sir Ngātata Love
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Sir Anand Satyanand
Dame Companion (DNZM)
The following Distinguished Companions were redesignated Dames Companion:
Knight Companion (KNZM)
The following Distinguished Companions were redesignated Knights Companion:
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Sir Don Beaven
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Sir Russell Coutts
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Sir Eddie Durie
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Sir Eion Edgar
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Sir Bruce Ferguson
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Sir Alan Frampton
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Sir Wira Gardiner
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Sir David Gascoigne
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Sir Peter Gluckman
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Sir John Hansen
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Sir Vaughan Jones
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Sir Doug Kidd
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Sir Peter Maire
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Sir Alan Mark
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Sir Harold Marshall
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Sir David Mauger
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Sir Hirini Moko Mead
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Sir Colin Meads
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Sir Peter Siddell
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Sir David Skegg
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Sir Peter Snell
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Sir Ken Stevens
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Sir Archie Taiaroa
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Sir Tumu Te Heuheu
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Sir Stephen Tindall
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Sir Peter Trapski
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Sir Henry van der Heyden
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Sir John Wells
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Sir William Young
Widows of Principal and Distinguished Companions
The following surviving spouses of deceased Principal and Distinguished Companions were granted the use of the courtesy title of "Lady":
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