Professor Peter Lineham, of Auckland, MNZM for services to religious history and the community
Peter Lineham is Regional Director of the College of Humanities at Massey University, Albany, and chairs the University’s Library Committee. His publications include ‘Transplanted Christianity: Documents Illustrating New Zealand Church History’ and ‘Sunday Best: How the Church Shaped New Zealand and New Zealand Shaped the Church’. He compiles the New Zealand Religious History Bibliography and has been Convenor of the Religion and Church People Working Party for the ‘Dictionary of New Zealand Biography’. Professor Lineham is Secretary of the Inter-Church Tertiary Chaplaincy Committee and has held a number of church leadership roles, including with Auckland Rainbow Community Church. He is a volunteer chaplain for the Prison Chaplaincy Service.