Sir Richard Taylor among creatives honoured
Weta Workshop's Richard Taylor has received a knighthood for service to film in this year’s Queens Birthday Honours.
Poet Sam Hunt, theatre director Colin McColl and writer Ian Wedde were among the other creative New Zealanders honoured.
Services to art, Maori art, theatre, music, film, photography, dance, typography, architecture, community, museums and libraries were recognised this year. See the related list and the full Queen's Birthday Honours below.
THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
Knight Companion
Richard Leslie Taylor ONZM, Wellington, for services to film.
Companions
Samuel Percival Maitland Hunt QSM, Paparoa, for services to poetry.
Dr Hylton Legrice OBE, Auckland, for services to ophthalmology, music and the community.
Officers
June Airini Grant, Rotorua, for services to Maori art and Maori.
Maurice Edward Mahoney, Christchurch, for services to architecture.
Colin William McColl, Auckland, for services to the theatre, film and television.
Ian Curtis Wedde, Wellington, for services to art and literature.
Members
Andris Apse, Okarito, for services to photography.
Kevin Percy Berkahn, Auckland, for services to fashion and the community.
Vivien Anne Chisholm, Christchurch, for services to music.
Douglas Napier Eckhoff, Lower Hutt, for services to film.
David Patrick Gallaher, Palmerston North, for services to music.
John Keith Hargraves, Timaru, for services to organ restoration.
Vivek Kinra, Wellington, for services to traditional Indian dance.
Leonie Elisabeth Lawson, Auckland, for services to music.
Frank Richard Le Fort, Wellington, for services to music.
Edward John Selkirk, Auckland, for services to photography.
Henry Anthony Williams, Christchurch, for services to entertainment.
Arnold Murray Wilson QSM, North Shore City, for services to Maori and the arts
QUEEN'S SERVICE ORDER
Companions
Paul Albert Dallimore, Christchurch, for services to the arts.
Kura Wahirangi Kaa, Tititiki, for services to the restoration of historic places.
Darcy John Nicholas, Lower Hutt, for services to museums.
QUEEN'S SERVICE MEDAL
Rosalie Helen Blake, Levin, for services to the library profession.
Diane Elizabeth Brodie, Christchurch, for services to theatre.
Joseph Churchward, Wellington, for services to typography.
Related Link: TVNZ - More letters for typographer
Christine Elizabeth de Jong, Auckland, for services to music.
Mark Anthony de Jong, Auckland, for services to music.
Ping Ching Mabbett, Wellington, for services to the arts and the community.
John Shepherd Perkins, Wellington, for services to radio.
Craig Steven Primrose, Auckland, for services to art, in particular painting.
Margaret Ann Robertson, Wellington, for services to amateur theatre and the community.
Frances Sheila Robinson, Gisborne, for services to historic places.
More information: The full list of Queen's Birthday Honours.
