New Zealand Public Service Medal

The inaugural recipients of the New Zealand Public Services Medal were announced on 6 November 2018.^[2]

• Isabel Irene Evans – of Auckland.
• Miriama Evans OStJ – of Wellington.
• Kyle Justin Kuiti – of Foxton.
• Malia Matalena Tusiga Leaupepe – of Wellington.
• Brodie John Stubbs – of Wellington.

Recipients in 2019 were announced on 4 November.^[8]

• Diane Siua Fenika – of Christchurch.
• Mabel Flight – of Tūrangi.
• Ann Maree Hayes – of Invercargill.
• John Patrick Henderson – of Christchurch.
• Kaye MacDonald – of Blenheim.
• Dr Craig Malcolm Trotter – of Lower Hutt.

Recipients in 2020 were announced on 2 November.^[9]

• Christine Tapa’aufa’asisina Aiolupotea-Aiono – of Auckland.
• Annette Karina Aranui – of Napier.
• Paula Maree Attrill – of Wellington.
• Shona Mavis Carr – of Auckland.
• Margaret Clare Dotchin – of Auckland.
• Roy Thomas Grose – of Blenheim.
• Dr Nicholas Francis Jones – of Heretaunga.
• Keti Tipene – of Motatau.
• Hugo Vitalis – of Wellington.
• Duane Andrew Wilkins – of Wellington.

Recipients in 2021 were announced on 26 January^[10] and 9 November.^[11]

• Jan Elizabeth Breakwell – of Wellington.
• Hinemoa Maraea Dixon – of Hamilton.
• Ann Dysart – Te Rarawa, of Wellington.
• Steve Hori Patrick Haami – of Whanganui.
• Renee Lee Higgison – of Wellington.
• Elizabeth Jones – of Wellington.
• Mamakoula Tuitupou Kutu – of Wellington.
• Jeffrey Ronald Montgomery – of Wellington.
• Dr Gerardus Johannes Rys – of Wellington.
• Dr Sripriya Somasekhar – of Wellington.
• Dr Prudence Helen Williams – of Wellington.

Recipients in 2022 were announced on 8 November^[12] and 15 December.^[13]

• Cheryl Elisabeth Barnes – of Wellington.
• Terry Graeme Brown – of Auckland.
• Christopher John Bunny – of Wellington.
• John Francis Cavanagh – of Auckland.
• Bryan Roger Chapple – of Wellington.
• Carl Antony Crafar – of Wellington.
• Serena Madeline Curtis – of Wellington.
• Annique Krystyna Tepaeru-Oanoa Davis – of Ngāti Tangiiau, Ngāti Teaia, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kurī.
• Michael Paul Dreyer – of Wellington.
• Kelly Maree Dunn – of Wellington.
• Mārama Sharelle Edwards Hohaia – of Wellington.
• Ruth May Fairhall – of Wellington.
• Abba Siale Fidow – of Auckland.
• Suzanne Isobel Gordon – of Wellington.
• Jessica Kate Gorman – of Wellington.
• Andrew James Hagan – of Wellington.
• Stephen Alexander Ham – of Napier.
• Shayne Alan Hunter – of Wellington.
• Rosalina Jamieson – of Wellington.
• Keiran Marie Kennedy – of Wellington.
• Jean Maurice Marie Le Roux – of France.
• Ellen Margaret MacGregor-Reid – of Wellington.
• Andrew Graham Milne – of Wellington.
• Christina Margaret Paterson – of Wellington.
• Heather Anne Louise Peacocke – of Wellington.
• Dr Humphrey Weir Hamilton Pullon – of Hamilton.
• Vivian George Herbert Rickard – of Wellington.
• Joanna Rachel Rogers – of Wellington.
• Geoffrey Paul Short – of Wellington.
• Michael John Slater – of Hokitika.
• Grace Smit – of Wellington.
• Robert Wayne Smith Jr – of Auckland.
• Suzanne Stew – of Wellington.
• Paul Gerard George Stocks – of Wellington.
• Shelley Tucker – of Wellington.
• John David Walsh – of Hāwera.
• Stephen Blair Waugh – of Auckland

Recipients in 2023 were announced on 14 February,^[14] 8 March,^[15] and 9 November.^[16]

• Rita Sauniuni Ale – of Hawke's Bay.
• Diane Catherine Anderson – of Wellington.
• Dr William Michael Arnold – of Wellington.
• Karla Shirley Beazley – Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua, Ngāti Rēhua.
• Christina Ann Connolly – of Wellington.
• Angela Kate Coyle – of Wellington.
• Bruce Ellis – of Auckland.
• Judith Anne Forman – of Petone.
• Dr Michael Anthony Hurrell – of Christchurch.
• Terence William Lynch – of Tai Tokerau Northland.
• Beverley Anne Markham – of New Plymouth.
• Christine Barbara McKenna – of Christchurch.
• Elspeth Margaret McNeile – of Auckland.
• Wiki Michelle Mulholland – of Palmerston North.
• Qemajl Murati – of Auckland.
• Michael Patrick O'Rourke – of Wellington.
• Tania Ott – of Wellington.
• Jon Dennis Peacock – of Island Bay.
• Dr Hugh Alexander Robertson – of Wellington.
• Penelope Wendy Rounthwaite – of Westport.
• Mark John Steel – of Wellington.
• Christopher Charles Szekely – of Wellington.
• Easter Harriet Fialogo Tagaloa-Pauga – of Samoa.
• Russell James Thomas – Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Tama and Te Ātiawa, of Te Tauihu.
• Catherine Anne Thompson – of Wairarapa.
• Alan William Wilson – of Rotorua.

Recipients in 2024 were announced on 8 November.^[17]

• John Anthony Fisher – Ngāi Te Rangi, of Tauranga.
• Stephen John Hamilton – of Wellington.
• Rena Nina Hona – Ngāpuhi ki Whaingaroa, of Wellington.
• Natana Patricia Karauria – of Wellington.
• Deborah Catharine Roxburgh – of Whanganui.
• Vicki Jean Soal – of Wellington.
• Moses Rahiri Toeke – Ngāpuhi, of Pukekohe.
• John Robert Young – of Wellington.

Recipients in 2025 were announced on 5 November.^[18]

• Jaimie Donald Baird – of Wellington.
• Raviv Carasuk – of Christchurch.
• Karen English – of Wellington.
• Christopher Garry Linton – of Wellington.
• Robert Bruce Loo – of Southland.
• Graham Andrew MacPherso – of Whangārei.
• Ropeta Mene-Tulia – of Christchurch.
• Donald Willem Riezebos – of Wellington.
• Suzanne Carol Smith – of Christchurch.
• Sharon Anne Wagener – of Wellington.

• "Prime Minister presents first public service medals". Scoop Parliament. Scoop Media. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
• "New Zealand Public Service Medal Regulations 2018". New Zealand Legislation. Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
• "The New Zealand Public Service Medal Royal Warrant". New Zealand Regulations. NZLII. Retrieved 29 December 2018.