Redesignation of Sir Archie Te Atawhai Taiaroa

At a ceremony on 21 October 2009 at Hato Paora College, near Fielding, the Governor-General, Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, redesignated Sir Archie Te Atawhai Taiaroa as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Sir Archie, of Taumarunui and a Hato Paora alumnus, was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2003 but under recent changes to the New Zealand Royal Honours system, chose to be redesignated as a Knight Companion.