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.
David James/Stuff Ardern said Durie and Salmond were named for their enormous contributions to the country. “Professors Anne Salmond and Mason Durie are rightly recognised for their enormous contributions to New Zealand in many fields, including science and social science across Maori education and health. “The country is richer for their contributions,” she said.
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Sir Mason Durie became a Member of the Order of New Zealand. “Dave Dobbyn is responsible for some of our most popular Kiwi anthems and has been part of the music industry for five decades,” Ardern said of the
Slice of Heaven singer. The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Professor Juliet Gerrard, and Professor Cynthia Kiro who led the development of a formal te reo Māori policy at the University of Auckland have been named Dame Companions.
New Year 2021 Honours: Dame Anne Salmond on why we can be optimists
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Dame Anne Salmond with artifacts relating to Captain James Cook s journey to New Zealand. Photo / Sarah Ivey
Distinguished Professor Dame Mary Anne Salmond, ONZ
For services to New Zealand
Much of the world is unravelling when Dame Anne Salmond picks up the phone at her eco-sanctuary outside Gisborne.
Covid-19 is ravaging dozens of countries, including many of the world s wealthiest. Some are in their third wave of mass death and chaos this year.
But the anthropologist, historian and TV host is upbeat as 2021 approaches.