John Werry
Professor John Werry, of Mt Eden, received the Insignia of a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit at an investiture ceremony on 1 April 2009 for services to child and adolescent psychiatry . Professor Werry is a recognised international authority on child and adolescent psychiatry. His research interests include attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, brain-behaviour relationships in children, and behaviour modification in children. He was instrumental in establishing the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Auckland. He was a member of the editorial board of a number of scientific journals, including the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Professor Werry was a founding trustee of the Youth Horizons Trust for severely behaviourally disturbed young persons.