Last updated:
Monday, 31 December 2018
To be a Companion of the said Order:
BAGSHAW, Mr Philip Frederick (Phil)
For services to health
Mr Phil Bagshaw was a key driver of the establishment of the Canterbury Charity Hospital, chaired its Trust from 2004, and remains a volunteer specialist General Surgeon.
The hospital was established to meet the needs of as many patients as possible who fall through the gap between public and private healthcare providers. Mr Bagshaw’s contributions to health advocacy saw him appointed as a member of the Canterbury District Health Board, Chair of the New Zealand branch of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Chair of the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand, and an appointee to a number of Ministry of Health committees. He helped found the Academy of Endosurgery Trust and organised two international conferences for world experts of ‘hands-on’ laparoscopic surgery to instruct specialist surgeons from around New Zealand. He was an initiator of the internationally recognised Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Study, which investigated laparoscopic surgery for bowel cancer. He chaired the Scientific Assessing Committee for the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation and has led or contributed to research on gastric mucus, Helicobacter Pylori infection, and secondary elective health care. As President of the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology he led a proposal for establishment of a National Liver Transplant Unit. Mr Bagshaw chaired the New Zealand Liver Transplant Advisory Group for 15 years.
To be a Companion of the said Order:
BEDGGOOD, Professor Margaret Ann, QSO
For services to human rights law
Professor Margaret Bedggood was a member of the International Executive Committee of Amnesty International from 1999 to 2005 and Chair of the Human Rights Foundation of New Zealand from 2001 to 2008.
Professor Bedggood previously served as Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission and was appointed a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order in 1993. She was Dean of the University of Waikato School of Law from 1994 to 1999 and is currently an Honorary Professor of Law. She has been a faculty member of the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford since 2006 as a tutor in a Masters Programme in International Human Rights Law. She has been a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford. She was a member of the Refugee Council of New Zealand. She has been a Trustee of the Aotearoa New Zealand Peace and Conflicts Studies Centre since 2006. Professor Bedggood co-edited ‘Law into Action: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand’ in 2011, and ‘International Human Rights Law in Aotearoa New Zealand’ in 2017.
HONOURS
Companion of the Queen’s Service Order for Public Service, Queen’s Birthday 1993
New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
To be a Companion of the said Order:
CHAPMAN, Ms Barbara Joan
For services to business
Ms Barbara Chapman was CEO of ASB from 2011 to 2018, is an active advocate for improving diversity at senior levels in the New Zealand business sector, and has held a number of senior executive roles in Australia and New Zealand.
Ms Chapman oversaw the establishment of ASB’s Community Groups Assistance Grants programme, which saw $1 million distributed among registered not-for-profit community groups who suffered damage because of the Christchurch earthquakes. She has overseen ASB’s support for groups such as the Dairy Women’s Network, the Auckland Diwali and Lantern Festivals, and the Springboard Trust. She instituted ASB’s Whakaterehia programme in 2014 to encourage Māori representation at senior management levels, and provide opportunities to achieve a diploma in Management. Her advocacy for the LGBTIQ+ community saw ASB recognised with a Rainbow Tick in 2014. She was an inaugural trustee of the New Zealand Equal Employment Opportunities Trust, and was Chair from 1995 to 2001. She was a member of the Champions for Change, is a member of Global Women New Zealand, and was an inaugural member of the ‘25 Percent Group’, which aims to improve gender diversity at senior management levels and within the nation’s boardrooms. Mrs Chapman was Chair of Oxfam New Zealand from 1999 to 2002, and was on the Board of Supervisors of Oxfam International from 2001 to 2002.
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CRAMPTON, Professor Peter Roy
For services to education and health sciences
Professor Peter Crampton has been Pro-Vice-Chancellor in Health Sciences at the University of Otago since 2011 and is recognised as a national leader in public health and health professional education and as a champion for social justice and reducing inequalities.
Under Professor Crampton’s leadership he has supported and created opportunities for the appointment of Māori and Pacific people to senior leadership positions. He established a Mirror on Society policy to ensure the University trains a health workforce that mirrors the society it serves. He was instrumental in setting up the Division of Health Sciences Pacific Strategy (2010-2015). As a result of his leadership and support significant increases in Māori and Pacific students in the Health Sciences at Otago University have been observed. Through the University he has supported health and education in the Pacific Islands, including assisting with the development of a medical school in Samoa. He co-developed the New Zealand Deprivation Index over 22 years, enabling a way to measure deprivation and socio-economic status to guide targeted support and improve outcomes across the country. He chaired the Board behind the development of Te Kāika – The Village, enabling the provision of innovative and responsive health, social and education services to the Dunedin community. Professor Crampton assisted in setting up Healthcare Aotearoa in the early 1990s.
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FISHER, Ms Carmel Miringa
For services to business
Ms Carmel Fisher founded Fisher Funds Management Limited in 1998 and as Managing Director has steered the company to become one of New Zealand’s largest investment management and KiwiSaver providers.
Ms Fisher’s involvement in the New Zealand investment market has spanned more than 30 years. She was seen as a trailblazer when starting one of New Zealand’s first independent retail fund management companies and is now widely recognised as a leading investment professional. Under her stewardship, Fisher Funds outpaced industry growth and over two decades grew from $17 million to more than $8 billion under management and is now the fifth-largest fund manager in the country behind the four major Australian banks. Fisher Funds has received many awards and accolades for both performance and client service. Ms Fisher is a business commentator, advocate and mentor. She has championed women’s financial independence and financial literacy and supported a number of charities both through her company and personally. She was inducted into the Co. of Women Hall of Fame in 2017 and was awarded an INFINZ Fellowship in 2018, recognising her career success and contribution to the finance industry. Ms Fisher is currently a director of listed investment companies Kingfish Limited, Barramundi Limited and Marlin Global Limited, and of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
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KEATING, Lieutenant General Timothy James (Tim), MNZM, (Rtd.)
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
Lieutenant General Tim Keating was appointed Chief of Defence Force for a three year term in January 2014 and had his appointment extended until 2018.
Under his command the New Zealand Defence Force have helped train Iraqi Defence Force personnel to respond to the rise of ISIL in the Middle East and made major contributions to anti-piracy efforts in the region. He has strengthened New Zealand’s international military relationships, overseeing New Zealand’s participation in military exercises with other countries, reciprocal involvement of other nations in New Zealand-hosted exercises, and the establishment of collaborative agreements. He has overseen effective Defence Force responses in Vanuatu, Fiji, Tasmania, and domestically to a series of natural disasters. He has championed a number of programmes to improve the welfare and support for Defence Force personnel, including the ‘Force for Families’ information hub and discount scheme for military families, the ‘Operation Respect’ programme established to challenge deep-seated cultural norms to make the Defence Force a safer work place, and the ‘More Military Women’ programme, as well as new mental health and wellbeing strategies. He oversaw the Defence Force’s involvement in New Zealand’s World War One/Gallipoli centenary commemorations programme. Lieutenant General Keating has steered the development of a 10-year strategy to 2025 that will deliver enhanced capabilities through a more integrated Defence Force.
HONOURS
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Queen's Birthday 2008
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KENDALL, Ms Barbara Anne, MBE
For services to sport
Ms Barbara Kendall is the only New Zealand woman to have competed in five Olympic Games, winning gold in 1992, silver in 1996, and bronze in 2000 in boardsailing.
Ms Kendall retired from competitive board sailing in 2010 after winning 11 world championship medals and becoming New Zealand National Champion on 25 occasions. For 12 years she has been representing New Zealand on the International Olympic Committee’s Athletes Commission, Woman in Sport and Sport and Environment Commissions. She has also served on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Athletes Commission. She was a member of the New Zealand Athletes Commission for 26 years and chaired the Oceania Athletes Commission for 12 years. Currently she chairs the Association of National Olympic Committee’s Athletes Commission and is the Vice President on the International Surfing Association. During her time as an international commission athlete leader she focused on developing a career program to empower athletes for their future. She was a New Zealand Sport and recreation ambassador from 1997 to 2012 and a member of High Performance Sport Yachting New Zealand Board for four years. Ms Kendall is an Olympic Schools ambassador for the New Zealand Olympic Committee and the Chef De Mission for the New Zealand 2018 Youth Olympic Team.
HONOURS
Member of the Order of the British Empire, New Year 1993
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal
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MAPP, Mr Owen Thomas
For services to Māori carving and bone art
Mr Owen Mapp played a key role in the revitalisation of Māori bone carving in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and has carved bone, whale ivory, jade and other materials for 49 years in New Zealand and internationally.
Mr Mapp became one of the few non-Japanese expert practitioners of Netsuke carving and was an invited artist at the Netsuke Exhibition annually between 1990 and 2011 with the Japan Carvers Association. He was selected for inclusion in the 2002 Contemporary Netsuke Exhibition at Tobacco and Salt Museum, Tokyo by His Imperial Highness Prince Takamado. From 2013 to 2017 he was featured in the Te Papa touring exhibition ‘Whales: Tohora’ throughout the United States. He has been a guest tutor for the School of Applied Arts and Turnov Museum, in Turnov, Czech Republic. He has presented papers for the Worked Bone Research Group conferences in Austria and China. His work has been included in a total of 46 international exhibitions and featured in 16 international publications, including four Japanese Netsuke books and ‘Taonga Māori in the British Museum’ (2010). Nationally Mr Mapp has been included in 97 exhibitions and 22 publications, as well as permanent collections at Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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ROBERTS, Major Alfred Campbell (Campbell)
For services to the community
Major Campbell Roberts has contributed to community organisations and been an officer with The Salvation Army since 1970.
Major Roberts was the founding Director of the Salvation Army Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit between 2004 and 2015. His other responsibilities have included National Director for Social Services in New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, Divisional Commander of the Southern division, Divisional Director for Social Services, and Director Community Services South Auckland. As director of Salvation Army social services in New Zealand he directed a range of services from hospice and home care, community food banks and early childhood education to prison reintegration and addiction treatment. He was appointed to The Salvation Army International Moral and Social Council in London from 2007 to 2016 and was a consultant in the establishment of the International Social Justice Commission of the Salvation Army at the United Nations in New York. He has held governance roles on a range of boards including the New Zealand Housing Foundation, Robson Hanan Trust, Windows Housing Trust, Community Housing Aotearoa, Habitat for Humanity, Friendship House, and the Dunedin Council of Social Services. He has held several ministerial appointments and was a member of the Children's Commissioner's Expert Advisory Group on Child Poverty. Major Roberts co-founded Rethinking Crime and Punishment and was the founding Director of Workplace Support Southern.
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TALBOT, Mrs Andrée Elizabeth
For services to the Plunket Society
Mrs Andrée Talbot has been involved with Plunket in governance roles since the late 1990s and served as National President from 2014 to 2017.
Mrs Talbot joined the Devonport sub-branch in 1996 and soon became President, leading a major project for new Plunket rooms for Devonport. She was elected President of the Waitemata Area Committee in 2004 and over three years she linked the eight Branch committees and their 40 or so sub-branch committees into a cohesive group. She joined the Plunket New Zealand Council at this time and represented Waitemata at national conferences. She was an active member of three national working groups, including a review of the Society’s rules, the Centenary Committee, and Plunket’s Governance, Leadership and Succession Planning working party. She was elected to the National Board in 2007 and served on several national sub-committees. As National President from 2014 she oversaw Plunket’s move towards consolidating nationally into a charitable trust. She visited Area Societies and led discussions on how Plunket needed to change and provided input into rules changes. Mrs Talbot, as Chair of the National Board, oversaw commencement of the transition in 2017. Plunket successfully transitioned to a charitable trust beginning 1 January 2018.
To be a Companion of the said Order:
WARD-LEALAND, Ms Jennifer Cecily, ONZM
For services to theatre, film and television
Ms Jennifer Ward-Lealand has worked extensively in theatre, film and television for more than 35 years.
Ms Ward-Lealand has been President of Equity New Zealand since 2007 and has been a vigorous advocate for actors’ working conditions and pay. She is the Patron of Q Theatre, co-founder of The Actors’ Program, and a Trust Board member of Arts Regional Trust and the Actors Benevolent Fund. She received the SPADA Industry Champion Award for 2018. She has toured New Zealand and Australia with her cabaret show, ‘Falling in Love Again’ for the past 15 years. Most recently her performances have included Rita Angus in ‘Rita and Douglas’, the title role in ‘Mrs. Warren’s Profession’, the lead role in the New Zealand film ‘Vermilion’, and roles in various television series including ‘Auckland Daze’, ‘Dirty Laundry’, and as narrator of ‘Find Me a Māori Bride’. In 2018 she directed the touring plays ‘Super HUGH-man’ and ‘Conversations with Dead Relatives’, Festival Opera’s production of ‘Madame Butterfly’ and ‘Whakapaupākihi’ for Te Pou Theatre's Kōanga Festival. Ms Ward-Lealand is a tutor of musical theatre and has been a strong advocate for the wider learning and use of te reo Māori.
HONOURS
Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, New Year 2007
