New Zealand Public Service Medal

Eligibility

Description

• The obverse has the effigy of Elizabeth II designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, surrounded by the legend ELIZABETH II QUEEN OF NEW ZEALAND.
• The reverse, designed by the New Zealand Herald Extraordinary Phillip O’Shea, shows a representation of a Māori poutama, or step design, bearing the wording in English and Māori FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE and HE TOHU HIRANGA, surrounded by the inscriptions THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL and TOHU RATONGA TŪMATANUI O AOTEAROA.
• The name of the recipient is engraved on the rim of the medal.
• The 32 mm wide ribbon is of red ochre with a wide central blue stripe and a narrow white stripe at both edges. The NZPSM design is based on the ribbon of the British Imperial Service Order and Medal which were awarded to public servants in New Zealand from 1904 to 1974.

Recipients

2018

• Isabel Irene Evans – of Auckland.
• Miriama Evans – of Wellington.
• Kyle Justin Kuiti – of Foxton.
• Malia Matalena Tusiga Leaupepe – of Wellington.
• Brodie John Stubbs – of Wellington.

2019

• Diane Siua Fenika – of Christchurch.
• Mabel Flight – of Tūrangi.
• Ann Maree Hayes – of Invercargill.
• John Patrick Henderson – of Christchurch.
• Kaye MacDonald – of Blenheim.
• Dr Craig Malcolm Trotter – of Lower Hutt.

2020

• Christine Tapa’aufa’asisina Aiolupotea-Aiono – of Auckland.
• Annette Karina Aranui – of Napier.
• Paula Maree Attrill – of Wellington.
• Shona Mavis Carr – of Auckland.
• Margaret Clare Dotchin – of Auckland.
• Roy Thomas Grose – of Blenheim.
• Dr Nicholas Francis Jones – of Heretaunga.
• Keti Tipene – of Motatau.
• Hugo Vitalis – of Wellington.
• Duane Andrew Wilkins – of Wellington.

2021

• Jan Elizabeth Breakwell – of Wellington.
• Hinemoa Maraea Dixon – of Hamilton.
• Ann Dysart – Te Rarawa, of Wellington.
• Steve Hori Patrick Haami – of Whanganui.
• Renee Lee Higgison – of Wellington.
• Elizabeth Jones – of Wellington.
• Mamakoula Tuitupou Kutu – of Wellington.
• Jeffrey Ronald Montgomery – of Wellington.
• Dr Gerardus Johannes Rys – of Wellington.
• Dr Sripriya Somasekhar – of Wellington.
• Dr Prudence Helen Williams – of Wellington.

2022

• Cheryl Elisabeth Barnes – of Wellington.
• Terry Graeme Brown – of Auckland.
• Christopher John Bunny – of Wellington.
• John Francis Cavanagh – of Auckland.
• Bryan Roger Chapple – of Wellington.
• Carl Antony Crafar – of Wellington.
• Serena Madeline Curtis – of Wellington.
• Annique Krystyna Tepaeru-Oanoa Davis – of Ngāti Tangiiau, Ngāti Teaia, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī.
• Michael Paul Dreyer – of Wellington.
• Kelly Maree Dunn – of Wellington.
• Mārama Sharelle Edwards Hohaia – of Wellington.
• Ruth May Fairhall – of Wellington.
• Abba Siale Fidow – of Auckland.
• Suzanne Isobel Gordon – of Wellington.
• Jessica Kate Gorman – of Wellington.
• Andrew James Hagan – of Wellington.
• Stephen Alexander Ham – of Napier.
• Shayne Alan Hunter – of Wellington.
• Rosalina Jamieson – of Wellington.
• Keiran Marie Kennedy – of Wellington.
• Jean Maurice Marie Le Roux – of France.
• Ellen Margaret MacGregor-Reid – of Wellington.
• Andrew Graham Milne – of Wellington.
• Christina Margaret Paterson – of Wellington.
• Heather Anne Louise Peacocke – of Wellington.
• Dr Humphrey Weir Hamilton Pullon – of Hamilton.
• Vivian George Herbert Rickard – of Wellington.
• Joanna Rachel Rogers – of Wellington.
• Geoffrey Paul Short – of Wellington.
• Michael John Slater – of Hokitika.
• Grace Smit – of Wellington.
• Robert Wayne Smith Jr – of Auckland.
• Suzanne Stew – of Wellington.
• Paul Gerard George Stocks – of Wellington.
• Shelley Tucker – of Wellington.
• John David Walsh – of Hāwera.
• Stephen Blair Waugh – of Auckland

2023

• Rita Sauniuni Ale – of Hawke's Bay.
• Diane Catherine Anderson – of Wellington.
• Dr William Michael Arnold – of Wellington.
• Karla Shirley Beazley – Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua, Ngāti Rēhua.
• Christina Ann Connolly – of Wellington.
• Angela Kate Coyle – of Wellington.
• Bruce Ellis – of Auckland.
• Judith Anne Forman – of Petone.
• Dr Michael Anthony Hurrell – of Christchurch.
• Terence William Lynch – of Tai Tokerau Northland.
• Beverley Anne Markham – of New Plymouth.
• Christine Barbara McKenna – of Christchurch.
• Elspeth Margaret McNeile – of Auckland.
• Wiki Michelle Mulholland – of Palmerston North.
• Qemajl Murati – of Auckland.
• Michael Patrick O'Rourke – of Wellington.
• Tania Ott – of Wellington.
• Jon Dennis Peacock – of Island Bay.
• Dr Hugh Alexander Robertson – of Wellington.
• Penelope Wendy Rounthwaite – of Westport.
• Mark John Steel – of Wellington.
• Christopher Charles Szekely – of Wellington.
• Easter Harriet Fialogo Tagaloa-Pauga – of Samoa.
• Russell James Thomas – Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Tama and Te Ātiawa, of Te Tauihu.
• Catherine Anne Thompson – of Wairarapa.
• Alan William Wilson – of Rotorua.

2024

• John Anthony Fisher – Ngāi Te Rangi, of Tauranga.
• Stephen John Hamilton – of Wellington.
• Rena Nina Hona – Ngāpuhi ki Whaingaroa, of Wellington.
• Natana Patricia Karauria – of Wellington.
• Deborah Catharine Roxburgh – of Whanganui.
• Vicki Jean Soal – of Wellington.
• Moses Rahiri Toeke – Ngāpuhi, of Pukekohe.
• John Robert Young – of Wellington.

2025

• Jaimie Donald Baird – of Wellington.
• Raviv Carasuk – of Christchurch.
• Karen English – of Wellington.
• Christopher Garry Linton – of Wellington.
• Robert Bruce Loo – of Southland.
• Graham Andrew MacPherso – of Whangārei.
• Ropeta Mene-Tulia – of Christchurch.
• Donald Willem Riezebos – of Wellington.
• Suzanne Carol Smith – of Christchurch.
• Sharon Anne Wagener – of Wellington.