No. Name Portrait Honour Date of appointment Known for Present age 1 Sir William Birch GNZM PC JP Knight Grand Companion 7 June 1999 38th Minister of Finance 87 2 Dame Sian Elias GNZM PC QC Dame Grand Companion 7 June 1999 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand 72 3 Sir Lloyd Geering ONZ GNZM CBE Knight Grand Companion 30 December 2000 Theological scholar 103 4 Dame Malvina Major ONZ GNZM DBE Dame Grand Companion 31 December 2007 Opera singer 78 5 Sir Ray Avery GNZM Knight Grand Companion 31 December 2010 Pharmaceutical scientist 74 6 Sir Murray Brennan GNZM Knight Grand Companion 31 December 2014 Surgeon, cancer researcher & medical academic 81 7 Sir John Key GNZM AC Knight Grand Companion 5 June 2017 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand 60 8 Sir Stephen Tindall GNZM Knight Grand Companion 31 December 2018 Businessman and philanthropist 70 Additional appointments Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM GCMG QSO KStJ Knight Grand Companion 3 June 1996 Former Governor-General 90 Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM DBE QSO DStJ Principal Companion 20 March 2001 Former Governor-General 78 Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM QSO KStJ Knight Grand Companion 5 June 2006 Former Governor-General 77 Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ Knight Grand Companion 20 May 2011 Former Governor-General 67 Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM QSO DStJ Dame Grand Companion 27 June 2016 Former Governor-General 67 Dame Helen Winkelmann GNZM Dame Grand Companion 4 March 2019 13th Chief Justice of New Zealand 59 Dame Cindy Kiro GNZM QSO DStJ Dame Grand Companion 9 August 2021 Governor-General 63