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• Who is this nominee?
• What is special about your nominee’s achievements?
• What have they done to deserve a New Zealand Roya
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• How have they made a difference in their community or field of work?
• What is revolutionary/outstanding about the work they did?
• How have they demonstrated innovation or entrepre
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Section 3 – Describe what makes the nominee’s service and achievements
stand out above and beyond that of their peers, or above and
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• Are they the first to have done something? Have they obtained
unprecedented results in a specific area of work/service?
• You may list your nominee’s occupation and position
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through other awards (e.g., life membership of an organisation, honorary doctorate,
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List any public acknowledgment, award, scholarship or recognition they
have received. These need to be accurate and verifiable.
• You can also add details about other people/commun
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anecdotes or words of appreciation on the nominee’s contributions, or
describe why and by whom they are held in high regard.
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Letters of Support
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• Support letters add depth to the nomination and validate your nominee’s
character and achievements.
• They need to be obtained from people or organisatio
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and elaborate on that individual’s achievement or service.
• It is probably good practice to try to source the letter of support from an
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organisations, etcetera, and to ask
the them to include their letterhead (if any).
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• Complete the nomination form completely and accur
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• DPMC Honours Unit wil run background checks on each nominee:
make sure everything you write is either verifiable through a
google search, or through proven community knowledge.
• You may use additional sheets, but please ensure y
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nominee’s name on each page. Please do not send in examples of
the nominee’s work such as DVDs, photographs or books.
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• Every name needs to be spel ed correctly and, the first time, used in full
(eg. cities, organisations, universities, places, job titles, awards received,
etcetera).
• Do not copy and paste information found on Google: use your critical
thinking to ensure accuracy.
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• You don’t need to reinvent the wheel, just add depth to the information
and wording used in the table of Potential nominees for New Year’s
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• The nominee should
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Non-New Zealanders are eligible for honorary awards.
• You may send additional information to support the nomination at any time (via the Minister’s
Office) .
• Advise the Honours Unit (via the Minister’s Office) if there have been any changes to the
nominee’s personal details or any other information supplied on the nomination form.
• Once the Honours Unit has received your nomination, a short citation on your nominee wil be
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written, based on the information you provide. This wil be presented to the Cabinet
Appointments and Honours Committee, chaired by the Prime Minister, who makes the final
decision.
• New Zealand Royal Honours Lists are published at New Year and on The Queen’s Birthday in June.
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• If the nomination is successful, nominees are formally asked by the Governor-General, on behalf
of The Queen, whether they accept or dec
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nominee does not appear on the list is that they may have declined the honour.
• Your nominee may be considered for two honours lists; if they are not successful in either list, you
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Please, update the
Honours tracker with the submitted potential nominees (on the
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Think about how to source information like contact details and roles held, and how to source
the letter of support for each candidate. Deadline to the MO is COB, 9 June.
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Submit to the services team:
One nomination form for each candidate
by 12pm, Wednesday
8 June;
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by 12pm, Thursday
9 June
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