Congratulations to all the engineers who have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024 – both of Aotearoa’s newest Knights have engineering backgrounds!

Engineering New Zealand Honorary Fellow, Professor Peter John Hunter MNZM, of Auckland, has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to medical science.

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Peter Joseph Beck, of Auckland, has been made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the aerospace industry, business and education.

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Robert David Jury DistFEngNZ CPEng, of Lower Hutt, has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to structural engineering and design.

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Retired Fellow Dr William Howell Round, of Hamilton, has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to medical physics and biomedical engineering.

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Barry James Britten Brown DistFEngNZ (Ret.) IntPE(NZ), of Auckland, has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to structural engineering.

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For the full King's Birthday Honours list and to find out more about the worthy recipients, visit the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet website.