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Last updated: 12pm, 17 July 2023

Distinguished Professor Dame Anne Salmond, University of Auckland

Dame Gillian Whitehead, Previous Composer in Residence NZSM, VUW, Mozart Fellow, University of Otago, sometime Head of Composition at Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Dame Kerry Prendergast, Victoria University Foundation Chair

Dame Miranda Harcourt, Independent practitoner

Dame Suzanne Snively, Alumni

Dame Doctor Claudia Orange, Honorary Research Fellow Te Papa Tongarewa

Dame Emeritus Professor Margaret Clark, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

Dame Luamanuvao Associate Professor (AVC (Pasifika)) Winnie Laban, Office of AVC (Pasifika)

Sir Heughan Rennie KNZM CBE KC, Hon Life Member VUWSA

Sir Kim Workman, KIWA

Sir Neville Jordan, VUW Past Chancellor and Royal Society NZ past President

Sir Vincent O'Sullivan, Emeritus Professor, Victoria University

Sir Tipene O'Regan, ONZ, DRSNZ

Professor Sir Jim Mann, University of Otago

Rt Hon Helen Clark, Former university lecturer

Hon Julie Anne Genter MP, Green Party

Hon David Benson-Pope, Dunedin City Councillor

Mayor Jules Radich, Dunedin City Council

Mayor Tory Whanau, Wellington City Council

Councillor Andrew Whiley, Dunedin City Councillor

Councillor Ben McNulty, Wellington City Councillor

Councillor Carmen Houlahan, Dunedin City Council

Councillor Elliot Weir, Otago Regional Council

Councillor Iona Pannett, Wellington City Councillor

Councillor Nīkau Wi Neera, Wellington City Councillor

Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman, Southern Ward Councillor

Councillor Rebecca Matthews, Wellington City Councillor

Councillor Sarah Free, Wellington City Council

Councillor Steve Walker, Dunedin City Councillor

Councillor Teri ONeill, Wellington City Councillor

Councillor Thomas Nash, Greater Wellington Regional Council

Councillor Mandy Mayhem, Dunedin City Councillor

Tamatha Paul, Green Party Aotearoa

A.C. Hamilton Distinguished University Professor & Douglas Professor of Canadian and Colonial History Donald Akenson, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario (Canada)

Archbishop Philip Richardson, Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Architect Guy Marriage, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History James Belich, University of Oxford

Bishop Peter Carrell, Anglican Diocese of Christchurch

Bishop Richard Randerson CNZM, Otago University Alumni

Chair Henry Lockhart, VicLabour

Chief Executive Susanna Shadbolt, Te Manawa/PNCC

CNZM Lisa Reihana, Reihanamations Ltd.

Co-chair Jocelyn Armstrong, The Religious Diversity Centre in Aotearoa NZ Trust

Co-Convenor Noah Brennan, Unions Wellington

Curator and Manager Stephen Cleland, St Paul St Gallery, AUT, Auckland

D Litt, CNZM Elizabeth Knox, Te Herenga Waka University Press

Dean Louise Dixon, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

Director Cameron Curd, Lexicon House Limited

Director Jane Campion, Director of the pop up film school A WAVE IN THE OCEAN

Director Julie Pedley, Strategic Projects and Procurement, Massey University

Director Mark Williams, CIRCUIT Artist Moving Image

Director & Head Karl Chitham, Dowse Art Museum, Arts & Culture, Hutt City Council

Director-General Chris ODonoghue,

DMA Candidate Kinga Krupa, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

DMA Candidate in Piano Performance Kinga Krupa, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

Executive Director Hilary Finchum-Sung, Association for Asian Studies

Honorary Research Fellow Ann Shelton, Massey University

Interim Dean and Associate Professor Emma Stewart, Lincoln University

Kaitohu Director Ruth Buchanan, Artspace Aotearoa

Lead Project Manager John Raybould, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

Lecturer Esperanza Gorriz Jarque, University of Virginia

M.A, A.B.D Charles Perkins, University of California, Santa Barbara

Major Kate Weinberg, Alumni

Manager Vanessa Venter, Victoria University of Wellington

Māori Vice President of NZ Young Labour Kye Chun, NZ Young Labour

Mias Harriet Josey-Kerr, Talent International

MNZM Julie Wylie, Julie Wylie Institute Musical Play

Ms Mag.a BA MA Margit Wolfsberger, Association Dialog - Vienna, Austria

MSc Pearl Barry, University Of Otago

MSc Candidate Emma de Jong, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

MZNM Nonnita Rees, Alumna including Te Herenga Waka. Cultural policy analyst.

National President Ellen Dixon, New Zealand Union of Students' Associations

Nurse Practitioner, Professional Teaching Fellow Sandra Oster, Univ of Auckland

NZSO Music Director Emeritus. James Judd, NZSO

O'Neill Family Professor of Philosophy Jc Beall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame USA

PhD Eric Jeunot, Victoria University

PhD Mariana Lazzarao Salazar, Universidad Catolica del Maule

PhD Paul Broady, TEU

PhD (Humboldt, Berlin) Norman Franke, Ampersand

President Beatrix Jones, New Zealand Statistical Association

President Benedict Ferguson, PSA | Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi

President Charlie Mudgway, UN Youth Wellington

President Daryl Streat, TESOLANZ

President David Wang, V-ISA

President Heather Hendrickson, New Zealand Microbiological Society

President Isobelle Masters, BA Society (THW-VUW)

President Katherine Holt, Geoscience Society of New Zealand

President Manraj Singh Rahi, New Zealand Law Students' Association Inc

President Sonja Randhawa, Postgraduate Students' Association (PGSA) at VUW

President Stevie Shipman, Victoria University of Wellington Commerce Students’ Society Incorporated

President Zina Abu Ali, AUTSA

President (2023) Sefo Soanai, HOPSA (Humanities Otago Pacific Students’ Association)

President for Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa Sally Angelson, Te Rongomaraeroa/National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies,, University of Otago

President of NZYL Eirian Jones, Lincoln University

President of UOPISA Elisepa Taukolo, University of Otago Pacific Island Student Association

Pro Vice Chancellor Humanities Jessica Palmer, University of Otago

Professional Practice Fellow Hannah Drury, University of Otago

Recruitment Advisor Pip Southee, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington

Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Stephanie Trigg, The University of Melbourne

Registered Nurse Randall Jones, Retired

Research Affiliate Daniel White, The University of Cambridge

Research Assistant / Tutor Sally Day, TEU

Research Associate Professor Amanda Kvalsvig, University of Otago Wellington

Research Professor Nigel Perry, Plant & Food Research, University of Otago

Researcher James Kennett, University of California, Santa Barbara

Researcher Taichi Takahara, Seijo University

Rev Jean Malcolm, Anglican Church

Rev Melanie McKenzie, Victoria Chaplaincy

Rev Thomson Anne, Otago graduate

Rev Doctor Jennifer Dawson, Alumnus of Canterbury and Otago, Supporter of Vic Uni, Friend of Education

Rev Doctor Wayne Te Kaawa, Union

Reverend Doctor Tim McKenzie, Former Student, Tutor & Chaplain, VUW, Graduate Otago Uni

Reverend Doctor (UK OBE) Paul Oestreicher, ex editor CRITIC Uni of Otago Hon DD

Reverend Father George Kanellis, Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand

Right Reverend Hamish Galloway, Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

School Manager Patricia Huambachano, Victoria University of Wellington - Business and Government

Senior Course Adviser Hayden Kubala, University of Otago

Senior Professional Practice Fellow Janine Tansley, University of Otago

Te Ringa Hautu Toi / Gallery DIrector Larissa McMIllan, Wairau Maori Art Gallery

The Very Rev Dr Graham O'Brien, Christ Church Cathedral Nelson