New Year Honours 2025: The full list

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Here is the full list of all the New Year Honours recipients.

To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Julie Clare Chapman - For services to children and the community

Nea Ingrid Collins, MNZM - For services to Māori, business and health governance

Bogyung Ko (Lydia Ko), MNZM - For services to golf

To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

John Allan Gallagher, CNZM, KStJ - For services to business, education, philanthropy and the community

Edward Colin Manson, CNZM - For services to philanthropy, the community and business

Peter Robert Skelton, CNZM - For services to environmental law

To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Graeme Hilton Blick - For services to geodesy

Ian Douglas Foster - For services to rugby

Esther Frances Fung, ONZM - For services to the Chinese community

Frederick John Graham, ONZM - For services to Māori art

John Bernard Hart, ONZM - For services to sports governance

Jillian Jeanette Hooks - For services to accountancy and education

Kai-Shek Luey, QSM - For services to the Chinese community

Helen Linda Pilmore - For services to nephrology and transplantation services

Suzanne Lena Prentice, OBE - For services to music and the community

Robin Scholes, OBE - For services to the screen industry

Harjinder Singh - For services to food science

Alan Richard Baillie Smythe - For services to the community and philanthropy

William Murray Thomson - For services to oral health

Kennie Tsui - For services to the environment and governance

Keith Sharman Turner - For services to the electricity industry

To be an Honorary Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Laurie Ann Hilsgen - For services to family carers

To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit:

Denise Katherine Astill - For services to the prevention of foetal anticonvulsant syndromes

Carlos Edward James Bagrie - For services to the food and rural industries

Major General John Raymond Boswell, DSD, (Rtd.) - For services to the