Sir Ian Hugh Kāwharu was an academic and paramount chief of the Ngāti Whātua Māori tribe in New Zealand.
Sir Anand Satyanand, is a former lawyer, judge and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011.
Ian Duncan McKinnon is a New Zealand educator and local politician, and is a former deputy mayor of Wellington.
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.
William James Ballantine was a British-born New Zealand marine biologist. He has been called the "father of marine conservation in New Zealand".
Philippa Lynne Howden-Chapman is a professor of public health at the University of Otago, Wellington, and the director of the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities.
Dame Alcyion Cynthia Kiro is a New Zealand public health academic, administrator, and advocate, who has served as the 22nd Governor-General of New Zealand since 21 October 2021. Kiro is the first Māori woman, the third person of Māori descent, and the fourth woman to hold the office.
Ann Kathleen Richardson is a New Zealand oncologist. She is professor of cancer epidemiology at the University of Canterbury.
Philippa Margaret Black is a New Zealand academic specialising in geology, specifically mineralogy and metamorphic petrology.
Helen Joan Anderson is a New Zealand professional director, scientist and, previously, public servant. She currently serves as a director on a number of boards.
Dame Alison Burns Quentin-Baxter is a retired New Zealand constitutional lawyer. She advised a number of small island states on the drafting of their constitutional documents.
Peter John Cartwright was a New Zealand lawyer and, as the husband of Dame Silvia Cartwright, viceregal consort of New Zealand between 2001 and 2006.
The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 3 June 2019.
Sharon Elizabeth Couper McAuslan was a New Zealand jurist. She was a judge of the District Court from 1995 to 2015.
Noeline Elizabeth Alcorn is a New Zealand education-research academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.
Dame Peggy Gwendoline Koopman-Boyden is a New Zealand gerontologist. A professor of social gerontology at the University of Waikato, she was accorded the title of professor emeritus when she retired in 2016.
Pare Areta Keiha is a New Zealand academic whose research is in the areas of Māori development, corporate governance, competition law and policy, and intellectual property law. He is Māori, of Whānau-a-Taupara / Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata descent, and as of 2019 is a full professor, pro vice-chancellor and dean at the Auckland University of Technology.
Dame Rosemary Anne Horton is a New Zealand philanthropist. Over a period of more than 40 years she has raised money for New Zealand organisations, many of which focus on sick children and women.
Richard Dodgshun Bedford, also known as Dick Bedford, is emeritus professor in human geography at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). He was the president of the Royal Society Te Apārangi from 2015 to 2018.
Sylvia Vine Sheat Rumball is a New Zealand scientist and an international expert in scientific research ethics.
