New Year 2021 Honours: Constellation of Kiwi stars shine bright
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Arise, Sir Dave Dobbyn (left). The artist has been honoured for services to music over decades. Dame Anne Salmond (right) has been made a member of the Order of New Zealand. Photo / Files
Many of the people lauded in this year s New Year honours will come as no surprise - they are already household names.
One of those is musician Dave Dobbyn, whose classic tunes are well known to many and will more than likely be on the playlist at many New Year gatherings tonight.
Dobbyn is one of four people to be made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
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.