December 31, 2007

NEW YEAR HONOURS  

Hearty congratulations to the performing arts practitioners who feature in the New Year Honours list:

To be a Principal Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit (PCNZM) for services to opera:
Dame Malvina Lorraine Major DBE, Christchurch

To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to television and the theatre: 
David Alexander McPhail QSM, Christchurch 

To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to entertainment:
Stuart Forbes Devenie, Auckland;
John Lockett Devlin, NSW;
Raymond Frederick Wolfe, Kaitaia. 

To receive the Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for services to Mâori performing arts and Mâori:
Putiputi Reremoana Mackey, Wellington

Congratulations also to Judith Mildred deVisme Fyfe, Wellington. While her ONZM is awarded for services to oral history and journalism she has also been a television script writer, an active member of the New Zealand Writers’ Guild, and served on Creative New Zealand’s Screen Innovation Production Fund and Arts Board.