Receiving their insignia during this special all-women ceremony to commemorate Suffrage 125 were:
The Honourable Dame Annette King, DNZM, of Wellington, for services as a Member of Parliament
Mrs Raewyn Fox, of Porirua, QSO, for services to family budgeting services and the community
Ms Julia Morison, of Christchurch, ONZM, for services to visual arts
Ms Jennifer (Jenny) Ellis, of New Plymouth, MNZM, for services to education
Ms Suzanne Ellison, of Waikouaiti, for services to Māori, MNZM, the arts and governance
Ms Virginia Goldblatt, of Palmerston North ,MNZM, for services to arbitration and mediation
Ms Maxine Moana-Tuwhangai, of Ngaruawahia, MNZM, for services to governance and Māori
Ms Lisa Reihana, of Auckland, MNZM, for services to art
Mrs Kathleen (Kath) Fletcher, of Waipukurau, QSM, for services to music, science education, and the community
Mrs Melissa Jebson, of Darfield, QSM, for services to agriculture and the community
Ms Lorraine Logan, of Christchurch, QSM, for services to music
Mrs Thelma Luxton, of Waitara, QSM, for services to the community and cricket
Ms Dorothy (Dot) McKinnon, of Whanganui, QSM, for services to the community
Ms Teresea Olsen, of Lower Hutt, QSM, for services to Māori and health
Mrs Mii Hinarere I Te Poerava (Mii Hinarere) Tupangaia, of Lower Hutt, QSM, for services to the Cook Islands community
Mrs Sereana Phillipps, of Masterton, QSM (Honorary) for services to the Fijian community