page_title: David Hartnell
section_title: Awards and honours
hierarchical_section_title: David Hartnell / Awards and honours
caption_attribution_description: English: David Hartnell's Star at the Boulevard of Dreams, Orewa New Zealand
context_page_description: David Harold Ward Hartnell MNZM is a New Zealand journalist and media personality best known for his Hollywood gossip column and best- and worst-dressed lists. He was the first full-time celebrity gossip columnist in New Zealand and his work appeared in print, radio and television. His syndicated columns have run in magazines and newspapers around the world. Hartnell is the author of ten books, the Patron of the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc and the Ambassador of St James Saviours. In April 2014 he was named Ambassador of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand and in September 2016 the Patron of the Brotherhood of Auckland Magicians Inc.
context_section_description: 1985 Greymouth Walk of Fame and Key to the City
  2000 Auckland Planet Hollywood Hall of Fame
  1998 Scroll of Honour, Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc
  2009 Patron Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc
  2011 Star on Walk of Fame at Boulevard of Dreams, Orewa
  2011 Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
  2011 Honorary member of the official Emmerdale Fan Club UK
  2012 Ambassador of St James Saviours
  2013 Fullers Entertainment Award, Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc
  2014 Ambassador of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand
  2017 President's Medallion, Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc
caption: David Hartnell's Boulevard of Dreams Star.
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