# New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal

The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal was a commemorative medal awarded in New Zealand in 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and was awarded to 3,632 people.

## Background

The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal was instituted by Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II on 9 February 1990. It was to be awarded only during 1990 to about 3,000 people selected in recognition of the contribution they have made to some aspect of New Zealand life, especially the various 1990 celebrations. A total of 3,632 medals were eventually awarded.
The medal is known as the Sesquicentennial Medal, because it was issued on the 150th anniversary of signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by representatives of the British Crown and various Māori chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand on 6 February 1840.
The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal is an official medal to be worn on all occasions on which decorations and medals are worn. It is worn after Coronation and Jubilee medals, but before decorations and medals for long service. It was accompanied by a certificate bearing the signatures of the Queen, the Governor-General and the Prime Minister.

## Notable recipients

The following list includes notable people who received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients.

### A

* Max Abbott
* Nancy Adams
* Lance Adams-Schneider
* Ray Ahipene-Mercer
* Greg Aim
* Judith Aitken
* Tofilau Eti Alesana
* Percy Allen
* Phil Amos
* Gary Anderson
* John Anderson
* Noel Anderson
* Robert Anderson
* Ross Anderson
* Jim Anderton
* Prince Andrew, Duke of York
* Jon Andrews
* Derek Angus
* Anne, Princess Royal
* Doug Anthony
* Te Atairangikaahu
* Ian Athfield
* Peter Atkins
* Anne Audain
* Margaret Austin
* Rex Austin
* Graeme Avery

### B

* Ron Bailey
* Gary Ball
* Bill Ballantine
* Ann Ballin
* John Banks
* David Baragwanath
* Ron Barclay
* Jim Barnes
* Michael Bassett
* Mary Batchelor
* Margaret Bazley
* David Beattie
* Don Beaven
* Richard Bedford
* C. E. Beeby
* Bruce Beetham
* John Belgrave
* Jim Belich
* Garry Bell
* Bob Bell
* David Bellamy
* Charles Bennett
* Manuhuia Bennett
* Bill Birch
* Dave Bishop
* Gordon Bisson
* Norman Blacklock
* June Blundell
* Jim Bolger
* Joan Bolger
* Reg Boorman
* Betty Bourke
* Lionel Bowen
* John Bracewell
* Don Brash
* Geoff Braybrooke
* Barry Brill
* Bill Brock
* Hilton Brown
* Len Brown
* Michael Brown
* Mick Brown
* Denis Browne
* Tony Browne
* John Buck
* Vicki Buck
* Marguerite Buist
* Philip Burdon
* John Burke
* Kerry Burke
* Carolyn Burns
* Mark Burton
* Hector Busby
* David Butcher

### C

* Bruce Cameron
* Gregor Cameron
* Richard Campion
* David Carruthers
* John Carter
* Silvia Cartwright
* Maurice Casey
* Len Castle
* Marlene Castle
* David Caygill
* Charles, Prince of Wales
* Ursula Cheer
* Neil Cherry
* John Chewings
* Muir Chilwell
* Ron Chippindale
* Gordon Christie
* Helen Clark
* John Clarke
* Caryll Clausen
* John Collinge
* Anne Collins
* Fraser Colman
* Ray Columbus
* Ken Comber
* Graham Condon
* Jeremy Coney
* Sandra Coney
* Craig Connell
* Mick Connelly
* Robin Cooke
* Nicky Cooney
* Angus Cooper
* Michael Cooper
* Morrin Cooper
* Warren Cooper
* Whina Cooper
* Assid Corban
* Miriam Corban
* Paul Cotton
* Ben Couch
* Mel Courtney
* Joy Cowley
* Michael Cox
* Wyatt Creech
* Sharon Crosbie
* Barry Crump
* Max Cryer
* Michael Cullen
* Peter Cullinane
* Allen Curnow
* Barry Curtis

### D

* Barry Dallas
* John Daly-Peoples
* Kevin Darling
* Trevor Davey
* Sonja Davies
* Brian Davis
* Te Aue Davis
* Ronald Davison
* Graham Davy
* Neil Dawson
* Trevor de Cleene
* Geoffrey de Deney
* Roderick Deane
* Monita Delamere
* Miriam Dell
* Richard Dell
* Charlie Dempsey
* Avinash Deobhakta
* Susan Devoy
* Colleen Dewe
* Margaret di Menna
* Allan Dick
* Colin Dickinson
* Ian Dickison
* Jack Dodd
* Lynley Dodd
* Tim Dodds
* Akoka Doi
* Chris Doig
* Haddon Donald
* Joan Donley
* Felix Donnelly
* Nigel Donnelly
* Malcolm Douglas
* Roger Douglas
* Bernard Dowiyogo
* Gavin Downie
* Tessa Duder
* Michael Duffy
* John Dunmore
* Peter Dunne
* Eddie Durie
* Mason Durie
* Harry Duynhoven
* Jeremy Dwyer

### E

* Paul East
* Elizabeth Edgar
* Sandra Edge
* Prince Edward
* Jim Edwards
* Eunice Eichler
* Jack Elder
* Sian Elias
* John Elliott
* Brian Elwood
* Jonathan Elworthy
* Peter Elworthy
* Timothy Elworthy
* Glen Evans
* Margaret Evans
* Dean Eyre

### F

* David Fagan
* John Falloon
* Bob Fenton
* Bruce Ferguson
* Taito Phillip Field
* Betty Flint
* Alan Frampton
* Bob Francis
* Warren Freer

### G

* Bill Gallagher
* Les Gandar
* Roy Geddes
* Jack George
* Geoff Gerard
* Jim Gerard
* Paul Gibbons
* Lowell Goddard
* Thomas Goddard
* Mark Gosche
* Jeff Grant
* Bruce Gregory
* Janet Grieve

### H

* Elizabeth Hanan
* Anne Hare
* Bryce Harland
* Jenny Harper
* Graeme Harrison
* Pat Harrison
* Ann Hartley
* Lyn Hartley
* Bob Harvey
* David Hay
* Kirsten Hellier
* Gary Henley-Smith
* Joanne Henry
* Peter Henry
* Carolyn Henwood
* John Hickman
* Michael Hill
* Peter Hillary
* John Hinchcliff
* Wyn Hoadley
* Toni Hodgkinson
* Bronwen Holdsworth
* Beverley Holloway
* Peter Hooper
* Trevor Horne
* Parekura Horomia
* Rosie Horton
* Archie Houstoun
* Michael Houstoun
* Judy Howat
* Allan Hubbard
* Helen Hughes
* Keri Hulme
* Don Hunn
* Jonathan Hunt
* Pat Hunt
* Ian Hunter
* Lorrie Hunter
* Sid Hurst
* Les Hutchins

### I

* Kīngi Īhaka
* Trevor Inch
* John Ingram
* Courtney Ireland
* Kevin Ireland
* Eddie Isbey
* Loimata Iupati

### J

* Raewyn Jack
* June Jackson
* Billy T. James
* Taini Jamison
* Guy Jansen
* Ross Jansen
* Robin Janvrin
* Bill Jeffries
* John Jeffries
* Murray Jeffries
* Toni Jeffs
* Dorothy Jelicich
* Michael Jones
* Anne Judkins

### K

* Cassandra Kelly
* Barbara Kendall
* Elspeth Kennedy
* Annette King
* Rex Kirton
* Gary Knapp
* Jim Knox
* Peggy Koopman-Boyden

### L

* Bill Laney
* Harry Lapwood
* David Ledson
* Gavin Lovegrove
* Di Lucas
* Sybil Lupp
* Patrick Lynch

### M

* Brian MacDonell
* Patrick Mahony
* Apirana Mahuika
* Malvina Major
* Aussie Malcolm
* Wilf Malcolm
* Emarina Manuel
* Denis Marshall
* Kerry Marshall
* Russell Marshall
* Clive Matthewson
* Richard Mayson
* Lesley Max
* Thaddeus McCarthy
* David McGee
* Mina McKenzie
* Ian McKinnon
* Jim McLay
* Alec McLean
* Ian McLean
* Joan Metge
* Ross Meurant
* Patrick Millen
* Bruce Miller
* Barbara Moore
* Garry Moore
* Mike Moore
* Helen Moros
* Colin Moyle
* Tania Murray

### O

* Peter O'Donoghue
* W. H. Oliver
* Mike O'Rourke
* Alex O'Shea
* John O'Shea
* Phillip O'Shea
* Dave O'Sullivan

### P

* Denis Pain
* Rose Pere
* Christine Pfitzinger
* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
* Tracy Phillips
* Alexia Pickering
* Simon Poelman
* Judith Potter
* Erenora Puketapu-Hetet

### Q

* Derek Quigley
* Ian Quigley

### R

* Jack Ridley
* Diane Robertson
* Jeff Robson
* Brian Roche
* Leilani Rorani
* Jenny Rowan

### S

* Laurie Salas
* Guy Salmon
* George Salmond
* Miriam Saphira
* Anand Satyanand
* Piri Sciascia
* Peter Shirtcliffe
* Kevin Sheehy
* Brian Shorland
* Peter Skelton
* Cheryll Sotheran
* Paul Spoonley
* Dryden Spring
* Evelyn Stokes
* Rob Storey
* Peter Sutherland

### T

* Rob Talbot
* Brian Talboys
* Jeff Tallon
* Howie Tamati
* Tangaroa Tangaroa
* Heather Tanguay
* Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi
* Diggeress Te Kanawa
* Kiri Te Kanawa
* Somerford Teagle
* John Terris
* Ted Thomas
* Geoff Thompson
* Thomas Thorp
* Lindsay Tisch
* Catherine Tizard
* Esme Tombleson
* David Tompkins

### U

* Charles Upham

### W

* Maureen Waaka
* Beverley Wakem
* Tim Wallis
* David Walter
* Marilyn Waring
* Mark Weldon
* Merv Wellington
* Koro Wētere
* Davina Whitehouse
* Cliff Whiting
* Haare Williams
* Peter Williams
* Joan Williamson-Orr
* Margaret Wilson
* Ted Woodfield

### Y

* Greg Yelavich
* Neville Young

### Z

* Rachael Zister