John Hayes ONZM is a New Zealand politician and former diplomat. He currently serves as a member of Parliament. Hayes attended Rongotai College and Lincoln University, gaining a degree in agricultural science. He joined the diplomatic service, and eventually served as High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Ambassador to Iran. He was involved in the Bougainville peace process, being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his work.

Dick Hubbard ONZM, B.Tech. (Food Tech.), DSc (Honoris causa), founder and principal of Hubbards Foods in Auckland, New Zealand, and Mayor of Auckland (2004-?). His management of Hubbard Foods gained some prominence for its participation in and promotion of socially responsible business perspectives.

Ruben Wiki, ONZM (born January 25 1973 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. Wiki is contracted with the Warriors until the end of the 2008 season. He also previously played with the Canberra Raiders for over 10 years playing alongside such greats ad Mal Meninga, …

Jonathan Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, ONZM, (born May 27 1973 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He has played for the Hurricanes since the Super 12's inception in 1996 and took over the captaincy in 2003.

Lieutenant-General Jerry Mateparae ONZM, (born November 1954) is the current Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force. He is the first Māori to hold this office. He took office on May 1, 2006. Lieutenant-General Mateparae, enlisted in the Regular Force of the New Zealand Army in June 1972. In December 1976 he graduated from the Officer Cadet School of Australia-Portsea, into the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

Stacey Jones ONZM (born May 7 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a rugby league player for Les Catalans Dragons in the European Super League competition. He usually plays halfback, but has briefly played five-eighth during his distinguished career, which includes 41 Tests for New Zealand (1995-2006). Stacey Jones is the first and only life member of the New Zealand Warriors.

Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM (born October 23, 1974 in Auckland) is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in three Summer Olympics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 7th in the discus with a throw of 64.45 metres. Early in her career, she was coached by New Zealand sport celebrity Les Mills.

Grahame Sydney ONZM is a New Zealand artist, based in the southern South Island region of Otago. His landscapes, which concentrate largely on sparse elements of human impact on Otago's wild natural beauty and the loneliness of individuals in this scenery, possess a style which could be described as magic realism, and have been compared to works by artists such as Edward Hopper. His work encompasses many media - oils, watercolours, etchings, tempera and lithographs.

Peter Gregg Arnett, ONZM (born November 13, 1934 in Riverton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-American journalist. Arnett worked for "National Geographic" magazine, and later for various television networks, most notably CNN. He is well known for his coverage of war, including the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. He was awarded the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam, where he was present from 1962 to 1975, …

John James Patrick Kirwan ONZM MBE (born 16 December 1964) is a New Zealand born rugby union footballer turned coach. Kirwan, who played as at wing, played 96 times (including 63 test matches) as an All Black from 1984 until 1994. He played rugby league for two seasons in the ARL (Australian Rugby League Premiership) for the Auckland Warriors before finishing his playing career with the NEC club in Japan.

Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, ONZM, (29 March 1955-) is the current Chief of Air Force of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. In the 1980s, Lintott was a member of the RNZAF Red Checkers formation aerobatics team.

Vincent Ward, ONZM (born Greytown, New Zealand, in 1956) is a film director and screenwriter. He currently works for a New Zealand based production company called The Sweet Shop.

Gareth Farr ONZM (born February 29, 1968) is a New Zealand composer and percussionist. He has released a number of classical CDs and composed a number of works performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) and New Zealand Ballet. He has also performed in drag under the name Lilith LaCroix in a show called "Drumdrag" and has also released a CD under that name.

Robert ("Rob") Norman Waddell, ONZM, (born January 7, 1975 in Te Kuiti) is a New Zealand rower, yachtsman and rugby player. In 1998, he married fellow rower Sonia Scown. Waddell won the single scull at the rowing World Championships in 1998 and 1999, and the gold medal in the Single Sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics. During his World Championship period, Waddell had several closely contested races with Xeno Müller, the 1996 Summer Olympics champion.

Danyon Joseph Loader ONZM (born on April 21, 1975 in Timaru) is a swimmer from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at three Commonwealth Games; 1990, 1994 and 1998 and two Olympic Games; 1992 and 1996. In 1992, at Barcelona, he won a silver medal in the 200m Butterfly. In 1996, he won two gold medals in Atlanta, in the 200m and 400m freestyle races.

Professor James Belich ONZM is a New Zealand historian known for his work on the New Zealand Wars. Of Yugoslav descent, he was born in 1956 in Wellington, the son of Sir James Belich, who later became the Labour Mayor of Wellington. He gained an M.A. in history at Victoria University before travelling to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship to complete his D.Phil. He lectured at Victoria University for several years before moving to the University of Auckland, …

Christopher Lance Cairns, ONZM, (born June 13, 1970) is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand international cricket team, the Black Caps, and is son of former New Zealand cricketer Lance Cairns. He starred in both the One-day and Test New Zealand teams, as well as the Canterbury New Zealand domestic championship team. Cairns also captained the Black Caps on seven occasions, usually when regular captain Stephen Fleming was unavailable.

Helen Clarke ONZM (born Helen Margaret Shearer April 16, 1971 in Auckland) was a field hockey goalkeeper for New Zealand, who competed in three Summer Olympics: 1992, 2000 and 2004. She earned a record 166 caps for her country and received an ONZM in 2005. She was also a member of the National Women's Hockey Team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where she won a bronze medal, and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM, (born 25 June, 1925) is a poet and novelist. He was born on Rarotonga, Cook Islands but has resident for most of his life in New Zealand mainly around the Wellington region, and most recently in Pukerua Bay, Porirua. Born Alistair Campbell but later added 'Te Ariki' after going back to the Cook Islands and discovering his grandfather had ties to chiefdom. So in honour he added Te Ariki or "the chief" to his name.

Frank Endacott, ONZM widely known as 'Happy Frank', is a popular rugby league coach from New Zealand. He started coaching Canterbury provincial sides in New Zealand before becoming involved with the Auckland Warriors, coaching the reserve side in the club's debut year in 1995. He continued with this role until John Monie was sacked as head coach halfway through the 1997 Superleague season. He was the head coach of the Warriors for the rest of 1997 and 1998, …

Jock also holds several directorships of prominent listed New Zealand companies. Jock has been active in fostering sport in New Zealand. He was a founding trustee of Sport Auckland and a past chairman of New Zealand Soccer, Soccer Auckland and deputy chairman of the New Zealand Under 17 organising committee which successfully hosted the 1999 FIFA Under 17 World Championship tournament.

Michael Stedman - Managing Director Michael Stedman has worked in the television industry for over 30 years. In addition to having produced over 1500 hours of television programs he has held senior positions in Australia and New Zealand which includeemail: Head of Department for Television New Zealand, Head of Training at the Australian Film and Television School, Head of Features for ABC in Australia, Consultant to the United Nations and Director of Production for TVNZ .

BRYAN MOGRIDGE, ONZM Independent Director