Knight or Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO/DCVO
Admission to the Order is at the sole discretion of the Monarch.
There is no limit to the number of holders of this Award
Established by Queen Victoria on 21 April 1896. the official day
of the Order is 20th June, marking the anniversary of Victoria’s
accession to the Throne.
Edward CHAYTOR 1921
KCVO
Commandant NZ Forces 1919 to 1924
Heaton RHODES 1927
KCVO
Arthur HARPER 1959
KCVO
Director of Royal Tour 1953 - 54, 1956 and 1958
John MEECH 1967
KCVO
Director Royal Visit 1963 and 1966
Arthur PORRITT 1970
KCVO
Governor General 1967 to 1972
First NZ Born Governor General of NZ
Patrick O’DEA
KCVO 1974
Director of Royal Tours NZ Secretary to the Queen
1969 to 1978 and 1981
Dame Catherine TIZARD
ONZ, GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO, DStJ,
Born 4th April 1931 in Waharoa, Waikato,
Was married in 1951, had her four children before the age of 27.
Returned to Auckland University and completed a Zoology degree.
Became a member of the Auckland City Council in 1971 to 1983
and the Auckland Regional Authority in 1980.
Due to her husband’s [Bob Tizard] success in Parliament the family
moved to Wellington and she commuted to Auckland for Council business.
From 1976 to 1985 she was starred on the popular TV show,
‘Beauty and the Beast’, with Selwyn Toogood and Shona McFarlane.
Ran for Mayor of Auckland City in the 1983 local elections and became
the first female to serve in that office.
On 13th December 1990, she was appointed as Governor General of New Zealand.
She was the third female Governor in the British Commonwealth, following
Dame Minita Gordon of Belize 1981, and Dame Jeanne Sauve of Canada 1984.
Awarded the ONZ on 3 June 2002,
DBE in 1985
GCMG in 1990
Appointed Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Auckland [Countess of Ranfurly’s Own]
And Northland Regiment.
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The Right Honourable Sir Donald Charles McKINNON 9 March 2009
ONZ, GCVO,
Born 27th February 1939, in Blackheath, London. His father was
Major-General Walter McKinnon CB, CBE
an NZ Chief of Staff, and Chairman of the NZ Broadcasting Corporation.
Educated at Nelson College from 1952 to 53, and in Washington DC USA
before study at Lincoln University.
He became a farm manager, and later a farm management consultant.
In 1974 he became a Real Estate Agent, and a rehabilitation tutor in prisons.
In 1978 he won the newly established seat of Albany in the general elections.
In 1980 he was promoted to Junior Whip and to Senior whip in 1982.
Became Deputy Prime Minister in 1990, and oversaw the election of NZ to the
UN Security Council and attempts to broker a truce on the Island of Bougainville.
He retired from parliament in 1999.
During his time as Deputy PM, he had been highly involved with the
Commonwealth and at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in
Durban in 1999 he was elected to the office of Secretary-General.
Awarded ONZ in January 2008 and
The GCVO in 2009 for services to the Commonwealth.
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Woah! So the famous beauty and the beast TV show was started by Dame Catherine from NZ. That's great.
And what do you mean by coomonwealth?
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It may have started somewhere else first and we copied it.
Commonwealth is the PC name for the old British Empire.
In the early days (1600-1700) the explorers found bits of the world like Canada, Australia, NZ, Nigeria could have been one of them. They took over as a Conquering Nation will introduced English Law and language and in most cases, improved the wealth of the country.
On the old maps of the world, the British Empire was always coloured red, and the places were so spread that " the sun never sets on the Empire" was the claim.
Now, most have separated from England, but retain a Mother/ Child feeling.
We still have the commonwealth games to celebrate this part of history.
The nex award is the British Empire, dating back to that time.