The 2009 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 2008 and the beginning of 2009. They were announced on 31 December 2008.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Principal Companion (PCNZM) Professor Ralph Herberley Ngātata Love – of Porirua. For services to Māori.
Distinguished Companion (DCNZM) Dr Claudia Josepha Orange – of Wellington. For services to historical research. Professor David Christopher Graham Skegg – of Dunedin. For services to medicine. Murray John Wells – of Auckland. For services to business and sport. The Honourable Margaret Anne Wilson – of Tauranga. For services as a member of parliament and as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Companion (CNZM) Brian Phillip Najib Corban – of Auckland. For services to the community. David Finlay Currie – of Raglan. For services to sports administration. Professor Roberta Lee Farrell – of Hamilton. For services to biochemical research. Anthony Ian Gibbs – of Auckland. For services to business. Dr Ronald John Goodey – of Auckland. For services to otolaryngology. Emeritus Professor Jocelyn Margaret Harris – of Dunedin. For services to education. Meredith Jane Hunter – of Renwick. For services the viticulture industry. Professor Ronald William Jones – of Auckland. For servicesto women's health. The Honourable John Arthur Laurenson – of Auckland. For services as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand. The Honourable Steven Maharey – of Palmerston North. For services as a member of parliament. Dr Mark Prebble – of Lower Hutt. For public services, lately as State Services Commissioner. The Honourable Michael David Rann – of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. For services to New Zealand–Australia relations. Professor John Scott Werry – of Auckland. For services to child and adolescent psychiatry.
Officer (ONZM) Thomas John Mitchell Ashley – of North Shore. For services to board sailing. Neil Cornelius Adrian Collins – of Dunedin. For services to broadcasting, local-body affairs and the community. John Stanley Edgar – of Waitakere (West Auckland). For services to art, in particular sculpture. Peter Gordon – of London, England. For services to the food industry. Associate Professor William Dean Halford – of Palmerston North. For services to education. Professor Vada Harlene Hayne – of Mosgiel. For services to scientific and medical research. Professor Michael Donald Hendy – of Palmerston North. For services to mathematical biology. Professor Graham Lancelot Hill – of Wānaka. For services to medicine. Diana, Lady Isaac – of Christchurch. For services to business, conservation and the community. Dr John Peter Langley – of Auckland. For services to education. Professor Alan Forbes Merry – of Auckland. For services to medicine, in particular anaesthesia. Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bernard Marie Mullane (Retired) – of North Shore. For services to Vietnam veterans. Professor Gareth J Parry – of Hopkins, Minnesota, USA. For services to neurology. Katharine Margaret Felicity Price – of Christchurch. For services to the arts and business. Dr William Alexander Robertson – of Porirua. For services to surveying. Associate Professor Bridget Anne Robinson – of Lyttelton. For services to medicine. Thomas Louis Rogerson – of Auckland. For services to the visually impaired. Professor Caroline Mary Saunders – of Christchurch. For services to agricultural research. Michael Stephen Seresin – of London, England. For services to the film and wine industries. Professor David Christopher Thorns – of Christchurch. For services to urban sociology. Valerie Kasanita Vili – of Manukau (South Auckland). For services to athletics. Emeritus Professor Alan Dudley Ward – of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. For services to New Zealand history. Dr Robert Arthur Sandel Welch – of Hamilton. For services to biotechnology. Richard Frank Wells – of Lower Hutt. For services to business. Professor Kenneth Geoffrey White – of Dunedin. For services to science, in particular psychology.
Honorary
Mayumi Moriyama – of Tokyo, Japan. For services to New Zealand–Japan relations.