| 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 KNZM |
| 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 KB |
| 2007 |
Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa CNZM QSO |
| 2008 |
Brian Richard Perry OBE |
| 2008 |
John Allan Gallagher CNZM KStJ JP |
| 2008 |
Sir William Murray Gallagher KNZM MBE |
| 2008 |
Rudolf Hendrik Kleinpaste |
| 2008 |
Sir Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu KNZM QSO |
| 2008 |
Tessa Duder OBE |
| 2009 |
Heni Materoa Sunderland |
| 2009 |
Zena Daysh CNZM |
| 2009 |
Peter Godfrey Scott Sergel MNZM |
| 2009 |
Peter Godfrey Scott Sergel MNZM |
| 2009 |
Sir Wilson James Whineray KNZM OBE |
| 2009 |
Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd DNZM |
| 2010 |
Max Martin Gibbs |
| 2010 |
Margaret Bedggood Mulgan QSO |
| 2010 |
Roka Pahewa Paora QSM |
| 2010 |
Jon Mayson CNZM |
| 2011 |
James Judd |
| 2011 |
Catherine Moana Dewes ONZM |
| 2011 |
Dame Jools Topp DNZM |
| 2011 |
Dame Lynda Topp DNZM |
| 2012 |
Campbell Smith MNZM |
| 2012 |
Roger Hill |
| 2013 |
Gordon Keith Stephenson CNZM |
| 2013 |
Bernard Thomas Crosby ONZM |
| 2013 |
Dame Susan Elizabeth Anne Devoy DNZM CBE |
| 2013 |
Sir Patrick Hogan KNZM CBE |
| 2014 |
Warren Scotter |
| 2014 |
Sir Dryden Spring |
| 2015 |
Richard William Tonks MNZM |
| 2015 |
Morehu Ngatoko Rahipere MNZM |
| 2016 |
Robert (Roy) James Crawford CNZM |
| 2016 |
Archbishop Sir David John Moxon KNZM |
| 2016 |
Emeritus Bishop Denis George Browne CNZM |
| 2016 |
Kīngi Tuheitia |
| 2017 |
Charles Hines Daugherty ONZM FRSNZ |
| 2017 |
Ian George Jowett |
| 2017 |
Maxwell Harold Gimblett ONZM |
| 2017 |
The Rt Hon Helen Elizabeth Clark ONZ |
| 2019 |
Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli ONZM |
| 2019 |
The Rt Hon James Brendan Bolger ONZ |
| 2020 |
Lisa Feldman Barrett |
| 2021 |
Paul Hunt |
| 2021 |
Sir Harawira Tiri Gardiner KNZM |