Congratulations to Sue Paterson (right) for her New Year's Honours for services to Ballet. Also big congrats to our very own Alexandra Laura (Sandi) Morrison, who is a generous trustee and inspired visionary for our website for her Queen's Service Medal. Other arts honours recipients follow...

Congratulations to Sue Paterson (right) for her New Year's Honours for services to Ballet. Also big congrats to our very own Alexandra Laura (Sandi) Morrison, who is a generous trustee and inspired visionary for our website for her Queen's Service Medal. Other arts honours recipients follow...

THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT
Distinguished Companions
Leonard Ramsay Castle CBE, Warkworth. For services to pottery.

Companions
Francis Neil Dawson, Christchurch. For services to sculpture.
Professor Emeritus David Andross Farquhar, Wellington. For services to music.

Officers
Nigel Roderick Brown, Riverton. For services to painting and printmaking.
Susan Elspeth Gaddis (Susan Smith) JP, Auckland. For services to music.
Rangikaiamokura Wirihana Hetet, Lower Hutt. For services as a Maori master carver.
Susan Flora Paterson, Wellington. For services to ballet.
Michael Andrew Stedman, Dunedin. For services to television.
Grahame Charles Sydney, Dunedin. For services to painting.
Richard Leslie Taylor, Wellington. For services to design and the film industry.
(Robert) Philip Temple, Berlin. For services to literature.

Members
Pinky Shirleyanne Agnew, Wellington. For services to entertainment.
Nikola Jean Caro, Auckland. For services to the film industry.
Trelise Pamela Cooper, Auckland. For services to the fashion industry.
(Frances) Anne Else, Wellington. For services to literature.
David Hill, New Plymouth. For services to literature.
Jeanne Macaskill, Wellington. For services to the arts and the community.
(Annie) Vivienne (Armstrong) Mountfort, Christchurch. For services to art.
Lorae Ann Parry, Wellington. For services to the performing arts.
(Harold) David Pawsey, Wellington. For services to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
(Margaret) Anne Rush, Nelson. For services to the arts.
Ellie Smith, Wellington. For services to the theatre.
Elizabeth Edwina Smither JP, New Plymouth. For services to literature.
Julie (Jools) Bethridge Topp, Auckland For services to entertainment.
Lynda Bethridge Topp, Auckland. For services to entertainment.
Karen Walker, Auckland. For services to the fashion industry.

Queen's Service Medal
(for public services)
Alexandra Laura (Sandi) Morrison, North Shore.

Queen's Service Medal
(for community service)
Honorary Andreas Wilhelmus (Dries) Arts