There are three knights and three dames in today's Queen's Birthday honours.

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Today's highest award goes to Sir Peter Gluckman - who's been the Prime Minister's chief science advisor since 2009.

He's been made a member of the Order of New Zealand.

The dames are- Auckland's City Missioner Diane Robertson, Bronwen Holdsworth - for services to business and the arts, and Therese Walsh for her contributions to sports after leading New Zealand's Cricket World Cup campaign.

Those Knighted include Jim McLay who spear-headed New Zealand's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, former Maori MP Pita Sharples and Peter Talley for services to business.

New Zealand's role both on and off the field in this year's Cricket World Cup has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

Walsh has been made a Dame, for services to sports administration, having also been behind delivering the Rugby World Cup in 2011.

Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum and coach Mike Hesson have been made Officers of the Order of Merit after the side's best ever Cricket World Cup campaign.

NZOC boss Kereyn Smith has become a Member of the said Order, as has five-time Coast to Coast winner Richard Ussher.

2015 QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Member of the Order of New Zealand
Sir Peter Gluckman
For services to New Zealand

Dame Companions of the NZOM
Mrs Bronwen Scott Holdsworth, ONZM
For services to business and the arts

Ms Diane Elizabeth Robertson
For services to the community

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Therese Walsh
For services to sports administration

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Knight Companion of the NZ Order of Merit
Honourable James Kenneth McLay, CNZM, QSO
For services to business and the State

Dr The Honourable Pita Sharples, CBE
For services as a Member of Parliament and to Maori

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Mr Peter Ivan Talijancich (Peter Talley), ONZM
For services to business and philanthropy

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Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Associate Professor Christopher Hugh Atkinson
For services to cancer care

Professor David Michael Bibby
For services to science and education

Professor Robert James Crawford
For services to tertiary education

Tagaloatele Professor Margaret Ellen Fairbairn-Dunlop, ONZM
For services to education and the Pasifika community

Mr Robert Bertram Keith Gardiner, ONZM
For services to philanthropy and the arts

Mr Michael Crawfurd Macknight
For services to science

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Mr John Livingston Marshall, QC
For services to the law

Professor Graham Wilfred Mellsop
For services to psychiatry

Dr Phillip Thomas Norman
For services to music and musical theatre

Mr Geoffrey Owen Poole
For services to the meat industry

Maxwell Noall Ritchie
For services to health and the community

Dr Lionel John Wood, QSO
For services to tertiary education and Maori

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Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Dr Jonathan James Baskett
For services to health

Jennifer Lillian Beck
For services to children’s literature

Melissa Jannet Clark-Reynolds
For services to the technology industry

Carol Anne Donaldson
For services to people with intellectual disabilities

Murray James Dudfield, MNZM
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Dr Gavin Peter Ellis
For services to journalism

Edward Weller Ellison
For services to Maori and conservation

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Ms Anita Finnigan
For services to education and the Pasifika community

Maxwell Harold Gimblett
For services to art

Christopher Neville Hale
For services to horticultural science and the summerfruit industry

Anthony John Hawken
For services to the kiwifruit industry

Michael James Hesson
For services to cricket

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Professor Emeritus Boyd Robert Jones
For services to veterinary medicine

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Tuiataga Fa’afua Savelina Leavasa-Tautolo, QSM
For services to education, arts and the Pasifika community

Barry Gordon Lett
For services to art and conservation

Detective Superintendent Andrew James Lovelock
For services to the New Zealand Police and the community

Raewyn Jeanette Lovett
For services to netball

Judith Mary MacKenzie
For services to mental health

Alexander Keith Robertson Mair
For services to basketball

Brendon Barrie McCullum
For services to cricket

Douglas Alexander MacKay
For services to education and Maori

Professor Elizabeth Ann McKinley
For services to education and Maori

Andrew Roderick Meehan
For services to youth and tourism

Donna Lesley Neill
For services to victim support

Dr George Ngaei
For services to health and the Pasifika community

Louise Nicholas
For services to the prevention of sexual violence

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Nicholas Thomas Nobilo
For services to the wine industry

Mark Rundle Pennington
For services to design

Te Wahapu Rapana
For services to Maori

Denise Sheat
For services to Maori

Maretta Tuasivi Solomon
For services to education and the Pacific community

Pulotu Arthur Gus Solomon
For services to education and the Pacific community

Brian William Stevenson
For services to the arts and health

Sergeant Robin Bruce Woodley
For services to the New Zealand Police and youth

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
John Walker Bain, JP
For services to the community and sport

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Colleen Margaret Bond
For services to netball

Andrew Garth Browning
For services to health and the community

Henri Jacques Burkhardt
For services to Maori

Linda Maldwyn Clapham
For services to the community

Dr Lynne Melissa Coleman
For services as a sports doctor

Margaret Anne Comer
For services to philanthropy

Paul David Daley
For services to education

Trevor Frank Daley
For services to music

Associate Professor Rae de Lisle
For services to music

Sarah Delahunty
For services to theatre

Dr Michelle Emma Dickinson
For services to science

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Richard Maurice Edmonds
For services to art and the community

Lesley Frances Elliott
For services to the prevention of domestic violence

Terence John Farrell
For services to conservation

Latoatama Halatau
For services to the blind and the Pasifika community

Lieutenant Colonel Peter Davis Hall
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Geoffrey Thomas Henry
For services to athletics

David Ernest Albert Hill
For services to Paralympic sport and health

Elizabeth Anne Horgan
For services to primary education

Rachel Ruth Jacobsen
For services to New Zealand-United States relations

Timothy Clarence Johnson
For services to disability and sport

Ann Mary Judson Farr
For services to ballet

David Kernohan
For services to architecture

Mauriora Kingi, JP
For services to Maori

Dr Norman Edgar MacLean
For services to obstetrics and gynaecology

Professor Roderick Duncan MacLeod
For services to hospice and palliative care

Bruce William Martin
For services to tertiary education

Peter John Masters
For services to Search and Rescue, conservation and cycling

Beverley May McConnell, QSM
For services to horticulture

Donald Gordon McFarlane, JP
For services to agriculture and the community

Anne Edith Miles
For services to education

Paula Mary Morgan (Paula Hunt)
For services to dance

Graeme Douglas Murray, JP
For services to tourism and conservation

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Peter Francis Murray
For services to basketball

Deidre Gay Neville-White
For services to children’s health

Nigel Ngahiwi
For services to the blind and Maori

Mary O’Hagan
For services to mental health

Manahi Paewai, JP
For services to Maori

Thomas William Parsons
For services to education

Jennifer Helen Pearce
For services to sports nutrition

Marcia Veronica Kathleen Petley
For services to athletics

Nora Tawhi Rameka
For services to Maori and education

John Clive Rennie
For services to education and sport

Bruce Stuart Ritchie
For services to education

Robyn Rosemary Rosie
For services to education

Allan Martin Rumble
For services to education

James Stewart Ryburn
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service and the community

Terrence Maxwell Sheldrake
For services to sport

Kereyn Maree Smith
For services to sports governments

Neville Rohan Smith
For services to philanthropy and the community

Keith Albert Stanton
For services to business and philanthropy

Paul David Swallow
For services to the State and the community

Dr Anthony Haydon Townsend
For services to health

Bruce Arthur Trask
For services to the environment and sport

Richard Arland Ussher
For services to multisport

Allen Wihongi
For services to Maori, the arts and education

Neil Wilkinson
For services to education

Tawhirimatea Te Auripo Rewita Williams
For services to Maori and education

Waynne Stewart Williams
For services to the television industry

Michael Hedley Wills
For services to wildlife conservation

Honorary Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Freddy Edy Andre Declerck
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration

Sandy Evrard
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration

Benoit Mottrie
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration

Steven Reynaert
For services to New Zealand-Belgium relations and war commemoration

Queen’s Service Order
Judge Neil MacLean
For services to the judiciary

Queen’s Service Medal
Gary John Aburn
For services to conservation

Bryan Andrews
For services to the community and sport

Edward Brian Andrews
For services to the community

Susan Eileen Baker Wilson
For services to historical research and war commemoration

Judith Merenako Billens
For services to Maori

Allen Clement Birchall
For services to landscape architecture

Paku Jane Brown
For services to Maori

Shirley Doris Brown
For services to tennis

Weixing Che, JP
For services to the Chinese community

Wendy Corrine Coutts
For services to people with disabilities and motorsport

Nancy Kathleen Crawford
For services to people with Williams Syndrome

Geraldine Butler Dunwoodie
For services to heritage preservation

Mrs Erin Meryl Fleming, JP
For services to the community

Harima Thelma Renei Fraser
For services to veterans and Maori

Neilson John Gifford
For services to squash

Moo Lock Gock
For services to the horticulture industry

John Patrick Goodin
For services to the community

Valmai Jeanne Hall
For services to senior citizens and people with disabilities

David Leigh Halstead
For services to business and the community

Susan Heath
For services to foster care

Ronald Boyd Hudson
For services to Maori

Leonard Keith Hughes
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Cyril Elder Jenks
For services to the welfare of wild horses

Marilyn Kathleen Jenks
For services to the welfare of wild horses

David Peter Jones
For services to the community and philanthropy

Faye Mollie Kainuku
For services to people with diabetes

Barry Caine Knight
For services to health

Murray Philip Lamb
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Kathryn Jane Logan
For services to swimming and waterpolo

Terence Robert Logan
For services to swimming and waterpolo

Ethel Taihaere Macpherson
For services to Maori and education

Prudence Jane Matthews
For services to heritage preservation

Norma McCallum
For services to the community

Lynette Ann McFedries
For services to surf life saving

Napier Hugh McFedries
For services to surf life saving

Colin Peter McKenna
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service

Vivienne Carol McLean
For services to conservation

Minirapa Mitai-Nhatai
For services to Maori and the community

Dr Daniel Muthumala, JP
For services to the Sri Lankan community

Betty Edith Nelley
For services to history and tourism

Stewart Tuari John James Panapa
For services to Maori and education

Teaku Petaia
For services to the Tokelauan community

Ian Herbert Pirani
For services to conservation

Mere Neehi Pirikahu
For services to Maori

Brian David Rance
For services to conservation

Christine Rance
For services to conservation

Beth Richardson
For services as a nurse and to the community

Ian Charles Roberts
For services to the community and education

Arthur Morris Robertson
For services to the community

Christine Muriel Rodda
For services to netball

Robert Arthur Shearing
For services to the intellectually disabled and the community

James Edward Shepherd, JP
For services to the community

Yvonne Mary Simpson
For services to women

Dr Elizabeth Sarah Neal Sneyd
For services to music education

Lindsay John Blair Spooner
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service and the community

Allan Graeme Derek Spratt
For services to agriculture

Olga Jean Stancliff
For services to music

Mervyn Craig Sullivan
For services to rugby

John Gray Sutherland
For services to cricket

Herewini Selwyn Tarawa
For services to Maori

Ronald James Turner, JP
For services to the community

Craig Michael Utting
For services to music education

Te Uru O Te Whetu Frederick Whata
For services to Maori

Yvonne Louisa Maria Williams
For services to youth

New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration
Captain Daniel Alexander Edginton
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Serviceman G
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Staff Sergeant Robert Victor Keith McGee
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Serviceman S
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force

Lieutenant Simon Andrew Wasley
For services to the New Zealand Defence Force