Lloyd Geering
Emeritus Professor Lloyd Geering receives the Insignia of the Order of New Zealand, from the Governor-General, the Hon Anand Satyanand, at an Investiture Ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 30 August 2007. The ONZ is New Zealand's highest honour and is restricted to 20 living New Zealanders. Professor Geering, the Foundation Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington (1971-84), is one of New Zealand's most eminent theologians and is widely known as a columnist, writer, broadcaster and commentator.