page_title: Jim McLay
section_title: Honours and awards
hierarchical_section_title: Jim McLay / Honours and awards
caption_attribution_description: English: The Honourable Sir Jim McLay (right), of Matakana, after his investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business and the State, by the governor-general, Sir Jerry Mateparae, on 27 August 2015
context_page_description: Sir James Kenneth McLay KNZM QSO is a New Zealand diplomat and former politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 15 March to 26 July 1984. McLay was also Leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition from 29 November 1984 to 26 March 1986. Following his ousting as party leader, he retired from parliamentary politics in 1987. In June 2009, he became New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In May 2015, McLay became New Zealand's Representative to the Palestinian Authority. From May 2016 to January 2017, he was New Zealand's Consul General in Honolulu.
context_section_description: In 1977, McLay was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In 1993, he was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.
  McLay was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours. In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to conservation, and in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business and the State.
  In 2012, McLay was awarded an honorary degree, a Doctor of Humane Letters, by Juniata College.
caption: McLay (right), after his investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Sir Jerry Mateparae, on 27 August 2015
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