| 1967 | |
Lord Ballantrae KT GCMG GCVO DSO OBE |
| 1968 | | Pei te Hurinui Jones |
| 1969 | |
Sir Arthur de Terrotte Nevill KBE CB |
| 1971 | | Donald Wilfred Arcus |
| 1971 | |
Denis Rogers OBE |
| 1971 | | Richard Bristowe Waddington |
| 1979 | |
Dame Te Atairangikaahu ONZ DBE |
| 1979 | |
Frank Maine Bateson OBE |
| 1980 | |
Jack Stanford Allan MNZM |
| 1982 | |
Henry Rongomau Bennett CBE QSO |
| 1983 | |
Henare Tuwhangai QSM |
| 1984 | |
Sir Ross Malcolm Jansen KBE |
| 1985 | |
Sir Donald Rees Llewellyn KNZM CBE |
| 1986 | |
Dame Phyllis Myra Guthardt DBE |
| 1986 | |
Dorothy Jessie Stafford OBE |
| 1986 | |
Dame Rangimārie Hetet DBE |
| 1987 | |
The Hon Sir David Lance Tompkins KNZM |
| 1990 | |
Norman William Kingsbury CNZM |
| 1992 | |
Janet Frame ONZ CBE |
| 1992 | | Edwin George Morgan |
| 1993 | |
Dame Mary Josephine Drayton DNZM MBE |
| 1993 | |
Donald Murray Stafford CBE |
| 1994 | |
The Hon Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright PCNZM DBE QSO |
| 1994 | |
The Hon Sir Edward Taihakurei Junior Durie DNZM |
| 1994 | |
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major ONZ GNZM DBE |
| 1994 | | Waea Mauriohooho |
| 1994 | |
Charlotte Rachel Anwyl Wallace OBE |
| 1995 | | Elizabeth Ursula Alley |
| 1995 | |
Wilfred Gordon Malcolm CBE |
| 1995 | | Jeanette King |
| 1995 | | Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru |
| 1996 | |
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ DBE AC |
| 1996 | |
Dame Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira DNZM |
| 1997 | |
The Hon Sir Peter Tapsell KNZM MBE |
| 1997 | | Hiko Hohepa |
| 1997 | |
The Rt Rev Manuhuia Augustus Bennett ONZ CMG |
| 1998 | |
Kevin Roberts CNZM |
| 1998 | | Paul Woodford Day |
| 1999 | |
Sir Douglas Arthur Montrose Graham KNZM |
| 1999 | |
Koro Tainui Wetere CBE |
| 1999 | |
Gerald David Gibb Bailey QSO |
| 2001 | |
Neil Finn OBE |
| 2001 | |
Tim Finn OBE |
| 2002 | |
Ida Margaret Gaskin CNZM |
| 2002 | |
Michael King OBE |
| 2002 | | Michael MacRae Hanna |
| 2002 | |
Hirini Melbourne ONZM |
| 2003 | | Tui Adams |
| 2004 | |
The Hon Margaret Anne Wilson DCNZM |
| 2004 | |
David Gordon Edgar QSO |
| 2004 | |
Caroline Bennett QSO |
| 2004 | | Apirana Tūāhae Mahuika |
| 2004 | | Hare Wakakaraka Puke |
| 2005 | |
James Te Wharehuia Milroy CNZM QSO |
| 2005 | |
Margaret Mahy ONZ |
| 2006 | | Kenneth Owen Arvidson |
| 2006 | | Jeffrey Alexander Jones |
| 2006 | |
Sir Howard Leslie Morrison OBE |
| 2006 | |
Bryan Charles Gould CNZM |
| 2006 | |
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE |
| 2007 |
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Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa CNZM QSO |
| 2008 |
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Brian Richard Perry OBE |
| 2008 |
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John Allan Gallagher CNZM KStJ JP |
| 2008 |
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Sir William Murray Gallagher KNZM MBE |
| 2008 |
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Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste |
| 2008 |
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Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu QSO |
| 2008 |
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Tessa Duder OBE |
| 2009 |
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Heni Materoa Sunderland |
| 2009 |
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Zena Daysh CNZM |
| 2009 |
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Peter Godfrey Scott Sergel MNZM |
| 2009 |
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Hamish Keith CNZM OBE |
| 2009 |
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Sir Wilson James Whineray KNZM OBE |
| 2009 |
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Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd DNZM |
| 2010 |
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Max Martin Gibbs |
| 2010 |
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Margaret Bedggood Mulgan QSO |
| 2010 |
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Roka Pahewa Paora QSM |
| 2010 |
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Jon Mayson CNZM |
| 2011 |
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James Judd |
| 2011 |
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Catherine Moana Dewes ONZM |
| 2011 |
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Jools Topp MNZM |
| 2011 |
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Lynda Topp MNZM |
| 2012 |
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Campbell Smith MNZM |
| 2012 |
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Roger Hill |
| 2013 |
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Gordon Keith Stephenson CNZM |
| 2013 |
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Bernard Thomas Crosby |
| 2013 |
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Dame Susan Elizabeth Anne Devoy DNZM CBE |
| 2013 |
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Sir Patrick Hogan KNZM CBE |
