![Jim Bolger and Helen Clark](/sites/default/files/styles/cassbase_scale_width_half_container/public/2022-12/DSC_7697-2.jpg?itok=ORcMkYz-)
Attendees also included former Prime Ministers Helen Clark and Jim Bolger, author Joy Cowley, theologian Professor Sir Lloyd Geering and poet Professor Albert Wendt.
The evening also served as a welcome for Rachel Hayward, the new Secretary and Registrar of the Order of New Zealand; the New Zealand Order of Merit; and the Queen’s Service Order. King Charles III approved Ms Hayward’s appointment to these roles on the 28th of November 2022.
![Dame Cindy Kiro with members of the Order of New Zealand](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_full_column/public/2022-12/DSC_7742-2.jpg?itok=A1onm4f3)