Murray John Finlay Luxton was a New Zealand National Party politician,serving as a Member of Parliament from 1987 to 2002. From 2008 to 2015,he was the Chairman of DairyNZ,the organisation that represents all New Zealand dairy farmers. He was co-chair of the Waikato River Authority,a Crown/iwi co-governance organisation established through Treaty of Waitangi settlement legislation to clean up the Waikato River.
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major is a New Zealand opera soprano.
Sir Stephen Robert Tindall is the founder of New Zealand retailer The Warehouse,The Warehouse Group,and the Tindall Foundation.
John Henry Whitehead is a New Zealand economist. He served as Secretary of the Treasury between April 2003 and May 2011. He has been Chancellor of Hato Hone St John since June 2020.
Dame Margaret Kerslake Shields was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. She had three terms in the House of Representatives in the 1980s and was afterwards a member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council,including as chairman.
Sir Peter David Gluckman is a New Zealand scientist. Originally trained as a paediatrician,he served as the inaugural Chief Science Advisor to the New Zealand Prime Minister from 2009 to 2018. He is a founding member and was inaugural chair of the International Network for Government Science Advice,and is president of the International Science Council.
Dame Patricia Lee Reddy is a New Zealand lawyer and businesswoman who served as the 21st governor-general of New Zealand from 2016 to 2021.
Dame Jennifer Barbara Gibbs is a New Zealand philanthropist and art collector,and in 2007 was described as "the most constant champion of contemporary art in New Zealand."
Dame Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter was a New Zealand public and international lawyer. She advised a number of small island states on the drafting of their constitutional documents.
Suzanne Helen Suckling is a businesswoman and commercial director from New Zealand.
Dame Linda Jane Holloway is a Scottish-born New Zealand anatomical pathologist academic,and was a full professor at the University of Otago.
Dame Julie Claire Molloy Christie is a New Zealand businesswoman and television producer. She is the founder and former CEO of international television company Touchdown Productions,acquired by Dutch media company Eyeworks in 2006,and then later sold to Warner Bros.
Dame Temuranga Batley-Jackson,known as June Jackson,was a New Zealand community worker and public servant.
Dame Alison Mary Roxburgh was a New Zealand women's rights advocate and community leader.
Dame Karen Olive Poutasi is a New Zealand government official.
Dame Patricia Mary Harrison is a New Zealand educationalist.
Dame Alison Mae Paterson is a New Zealand businesswoman. In 1979,she became the first woman to sit on the board of a publicly listed company in New Zealand.
Dame Deirdre Glenna Milne is a New Zealand feminist active from the 1970s and a retired lawyer.
Dame Judith Anne Kilpatrick is a retired New Zealand nursing academic. After serving as head of the nursing school at the Auckland Institute of Technology,she moved to the University of Auckland,where she co-founded the School of Nursing in 1999.
Dame Jo Anne Brosnahan is a New Zealand company director and leadership adviser,and former regional government executive. She served as chief executive of Northland Regional Council for five years from 1991,followed by eight years as chief executive of Auckland Regional Council. In 2005,Brosnahan was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services,and in 2023 she was appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services to services to governance and business.
