One-hundred-and-fifty-four people from a variety of sectors including education, sport, health, and science have been honoured.
How does one sum up a distinguished career upon being awarded New Zealand's highest royal honour?
“It’s always been this huge adventure,” Dame Anne Salmond says of her career as an anthropologist, environmentalist and multi award-winning author, unable to settle on a particular highlight.
Salmond's work has been recognised with a multitude of awards and honours. In 1988, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature and Māori, and in 1995 she was promoted to dame for services to historical research.