Peter Arnett, Guangdong, People's Republic of China, ONZM, for services to journalism
Mr Peter Arnett has achieved international recognition as a journalist and war correspondent for various news agencies. He has been an annual visitor to the Southern Institute of Technology since 1997, talking with journalism students, and its Peter Arnett School of Journalism was named in recognition of his journalism achievements. He also regularly meets with journalists at The Southland Times. He wrote ‘Live from the Battlefield: From Vietnam to Baghdad, 35 Years in the World's War Zones’ in 1994. Mr Arnett was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1966.