Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

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New Zealand honour grade of order of chivalry

The Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor recognizing outstanding service and achievement in the nation’s public, professional, or cultural life.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Zealand honour ⓘ grade of order of chivalry ⓘ
above	Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedFor	eminence, distinction and merit in public, professional or cultural life ⓘ outstanding service to the Crown ⓘ outstanding service to the nation ⓘ
below	Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ
conferredBy	monarch of New Zealand ⓘ
conferredOnAdviceOf	New Zealand Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
conversionOfferedIn	2009 ⓘ
conversionOption	eligible holders could accept redesignation as Dame Companion ⓘ eligible holders could accept redesignation as Knight Companion ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
createdAsPartOf	creation of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
discontinuedBy	Government of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
discontinuedOn	2009-03-30 ⓘ
eligibility	New Zealand and Commonwealth citizens ⓘ
establishedBy	Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedOn	1996-05-30 ⓘ
fieldOfRecognition	cultural achievement ⓘ professional achievement ⓘ public service ⓘ
gradeLevel	distinguished companion grade ⓘ
hasGenderNeutralTitle	yes ⓘ
hasPostNominal	DCNZM NERFINISHED ⓘ
honoursSystem	New Zealand royal honours system NERFINISHED ⓘ
insigniaType	insignia of the New Zealand Order of Merit with distinctive ribbon and badge for the grade ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
order	New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ
orderPrecedence	high-ranking honour in the New Zealand royal honours system ⓘ
originallyWithoutTitle	knighthood or damehood not conferred with this grade ⓘ
partOf	New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ
postNominalLetters	DCNZM NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to recognise outstanding service in cultural life ⓘ to recognise outstanding service in professional life ⓘ to recognise outstanding service in public life ⓘ to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and nation ⓘ
rankInOrder	second-highest grade of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
region	Realm of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedHonour	Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	DCNZM NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	discontinued as a grade for new appointments ⓘ
styleGranted	The Honourable NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dame Sian Elias → awardReceived → Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Sam Neill → awardReceived → Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit → hasHigherRank → Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit