| Year
|
Laureate
|
Field(s)
|
| 1994
|
Woolf Fisher |
Whiteware manufacturing
|
| James Fletcher |
Construction
|
| William Goodfellow |
Dairy industry
|
| Jack Newman |
Transport
|
| Bryan Todd |
Oil exploration
|
| James Wattie |
Food processing
|
| 1995
|
Ted Friedlander |
Clothes retailing
|
| Robert Kerridge |
Cinemas
|
| Ken Myers |
Liquor industry
|
| Cliff Plimmer |
Stock and station agency
|
| William Stevenson |
Civil engineering and infrastructure
|
| Robertson Stewart |
Plastics
|
| 1996
|
Jack Butland |
Food processing
|
| Chew Chong |
Fungus exporting and buttermaking
|
| Richard Izard |
Saw-blade manufacturing
|
| John McKenzie |
Retailing
|
| Bob Owens |
Transport
|
| Angus Tait |
Telecommunications
|
| 1997
|
John Anderson |
Engineering
|
| John Logan Campbell |
Commerce
|
| Tom Clark |
Ceramics
|
| Assid Abraham Corban |
Wine
|
| James Fletcher Jr. |
Industry
|
| Robert Hannah |
Footwear
|
| James Maddren |
Deer industry and commerce
|
| Alfred Hamish Reed |
Book publishing
|
| Frank Renouf |
Merchant banking
|
| Thomas Russell |
Investment and law
|
| 1998
|
Harcourt Caughey |
Department store retailing and public service
|
| Te Puea Hērangi |
Māori development
|
| Ray Hurley |
Lingerie manufacturing
|
| Henry Kelliher |
Brewing
|
| Graeme Marsh |
Manufacturing and business leadership
|
| Maurice Paykel |
Whiteware manufacturing
|
| 1999
|
Robert Graham |
Tourism
|
| Johnny Jones |
Whaling, farming and shipping
|
| Nathaniel Levin |
Trading, and stock and station agency
|
| Don McLaren |
Animal remedies and racing
|
| Āpirana Ngata |
Māori development
|
| Laurie Stevens |
Textiles and manufacturing
|
| Ron Trotter |
Business leadership
|
| Rodolph Wigley |
Tourism
|
| 2000
|
Francis Carter |
Sawmilling and timber merchandising
|
| Edward Elworthy |
Farming and meat processing
|
| Alexander Harvey |
Manufacturing
|
| James Hay |
Department store retailing
|
| Amy Maria Hellaby |
Meat processing and retailing
|
| Robert Holt |
Sawmilling and timber merchandising
|
| Robert Laidlaw |
Department store retailing
|
| Cliff Skeggs |
Fishing and transport
|
| 2001
|
Heaton Barker |
Grocery
|
| Harry Horrocks |
Pulp and paper industry
|
| John Horrocks |
Transport and commercial law
|
| Brian Picot |
Supermarketing and education reform
|
| Geoffrey Roberts |
Commercial aviation
|
| Peter Shirtcliffe |
Business management and enterprise education
|
| 2002
|
Tom Ah Chee |
Supermarketing
|
| Romeo Bragato |
Viticulture
|
| Don Brash |
Central banking
|
| Richard Carter |
Forestry
|
| Peter Masfen |
Investment
|
| Tim Wallis |
Aviation and deer industry
|
| 2003
|
Peter Barr |
Accountancy
|
| Robert Forsyth Barr |
Sharebroking
|
| John Goulter |
Airport administration
|
| Frank Holmes |
Oil entrepreneurship
|
| Douglas Myers |
Brewing
|
| Wilson Whineray |
Rugby and business leadership
|
| 2004
|
Eion Edgar |
Sharebroking
|
| Peter Elworthy |
Farming and business leadership
|
| Bill Gallagher |
Electric fences and business leadership
|
| Bill Hamilton |
Jet boats
|
| Howard Paterson |
Entrepreneurship and biotechnology
|
| Wendy Pye |
Children's publishing and literacy
|
| 2005
|
James Doig |
Industry
|
| Pat Goodman |
Baking and entrepreneurship
|
| Bill Richardson |
Transport
|
| Gil Simpson |
Software
|
| Stephen Tindall |
Discount retailing
|
| Harvey Turner |
Horticulture and auctioneering
|
| 2006
|
William Davidson |
Agribusiness
|
| Keith Hay |
House building and public service
|
| Michael Hill |
Jewellery retailing
|
| Richard Hudson |
Baking and confectionery
|
| Neville Jordan |
Technology entrepreneurship
|
| David Levene |
Retailing
|
| 2007
|
William Gregg |
Coffee
|
| Neil Isaac |
Construction engineering and conservation
|
| Johannes La Grouw |
Housebuilding
|
| Len Malaghan |
Ice-cream manufacturing and medical research
|
| Neal Plowman |
Textile and laundry services
|
| Trevor Scott |
Business leadership and biotechnology
|
| 2008
|
Alan Burnet |
Newspaper publishing
|
| Shariffe Coory |
Business and community leadership
|
| Tony Falkenstein |
Entrepreneurship and business education
|
| George Fenwick |
Newspaper publishing and social reform
|
| Ron Jarden |
Rugby and sharebroking
|
| Joseph Nathan |
Dairy entrepreneurship
|
| Hugh Perrett |
Grocery strategy and retail innovation
|
| Rod Weir |
Stock and station leadership
|
| 2009
|
George Beca |
Engineering consultancy
|
| Ron Carter |
Engineering consultancy and business leadership
|
| Roderick Deane |
Corporate leadership
|
| Ted Lees |
Heavy equipment
|
| John Plimmer |
Construction and investment
|
| Marianne Smith |
Drapery and philanthropy
|
| 2010
|
Ernest Davis |
Brewing, public service and philanthropy
|
| Douglas Goodfellow |
Resource investment and philanthropy
|
| Bendix Hallenstein |
Clothes manufacturing, public service and philanthropy
|
| John Ilott |
Advertising and philanthropy
|
| Peter Leitch |
Meat retailing and philanthropy
|
| Roy Savage |
Safety equipment and philanthropy
|
| 2011
|
Thomas Cawthron |
Shipping agencies, investment contracting and philanthropy
|
| Les Hutchins |
Tourism and conservation
|
| Ann and David Norman |
Jewellery retailing, department store retailing and philanthropy
|
| Brian Perry |
Civil engineering and philanthropy
|
| Percy Sargood |
Merchant and philanthropy
|
| John Todd |
Energy, investment and philanthropy
|
| 2012
|
Graeme Douglas |
Pharmaceuticals
|
| Bill Gallagher |
Agribusiness
|
| Pat Higgins |
Construction
|
| Graeme Lowe |
Agribusiness
|
| Thomas Macarthy |
Brewing and investment
|
| Mary Jane Milne |
Millinery and drapery
|
| 2013
|
John Anderson |
Banking
|
| Val Barfoot |
Real estate
|
| George Fistonich |
Winemaking
|
| Colin Giltrap |
Motor industry
|
| Hugh Green |
Civil construction
|
| Mary Jane Innes |
Brewing
|
| Dryden Spring |
Agriculture
|
| Maurice Thompson |
Real estate
|
| 2014
|
Graeme Avery |
Publishing, food and wine, and sport
|
| Jules Fulton |
Roading and infrastructure
|
| David Henry |
Forestry and wood processing
|
| Bob Hogan |
Roading and infrastructure
|
| James McAlpine |
Refrigeration
|
| Ralph Norris |
Leadership and governance
|
| Don Rowlands |
Leadership and governance
|
| Adrienne Stewart |
Leadership and governance
|
| 2015
|
Annie Cleland Millar |
Food services and manufacturing
|
| Neville Crichton |
Motor industry and superyacht industry
|
| Chris Mace |
Construction and investment
|
| Lloyd Morrison |
Investment
|
| Alison Paterson |
Governance
|
| Russell Pettigrew |
Transport and logistics
|
| William and George Winstone |
Quarrying and cartage
|
| 2016
|
Philip Burdon |
Food production, business leadership and public policy
|
| Rob Fenwick |
Environmental leadership
|
| Noel Holyoake |
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
|
| Peter Jackson |
Film
|
| Malcolm McConnell |
Engineering
|
| Bruce Plested |
Global logistics and transportation
|
| Ward Reid |
Rubber industry
|
| John Roberts |
Leadership and industry
|
| 2017
|
Thomas Edmonds |
Food manufacture and commerce
|
| Graeme Harrison |
Meat industry, food, beverage, agribusiness and export
|
| John and Leonie Hynds |
Manufacturing, engineering and infrastructure
|
| George Methven |
Engineering and manufacturing
|
| Mavis Mullins |
Māori business development and governance
|
| David Nathan |
Commerce, property and import / export
|
| Charles Sew Hoy |
Gold mining, merchant and entrepreneurship
|
| Pam Williams |
Fishing industry, export, aviation and commerce
|
| 2018
|
Bill Buckley |
Manufacturing
|
| Trelise Cooper |
Fashion design
|
| James Dilworth |
Business
|
| Alan Gibbs |
Manufacturing and investment banking
|
| Elspeth Kennedy |
Stockbroking, governance and philanthropy
|
| Russell Matthews |
Civil engineering
|
| Tony Nightingale |
Manufacturing
|
| Graeme and Craig Turner |
Manufacturing
|
| 2019
|
John Ballantyne |
Retail
|
| John and David Bayley |
Real estate
|
| Bernie and Kaye Crosby |
Food
|
| John Davies |
Tourism
|
| Jane Hunter |
Winemaking
|
| Samuel Nichol |
Merchandise and shipping
|
| Noel Robinson |
Manufacturing and commerce
|
| Mark Waller |
Healthcare and governance
|
| 2020
|
Robert Anderson |
Commercial enterprise
|
| Peri Drysdale |
Fashion and manufacturing
|
| Tracy Gough |
Engineering services
|
| Kevin Hickman |
Care and health services
|
| Brendan Lindsay |
Food storage
|
| Paul Morgan |
Māori enterprise
|
| John Ryder |
Care and health services
|
| Ken Stevens |
Systems innovation
|
| James Henry Whittaker |
Confectionery
|
| 2022
|
Ulu Aiono |
Technology and community health
|
| Charles and Jessie Begg |
Music
|
| Graeme Hart |
Investment
|
| Bruce McLaren |
Engineering
|
| Les, Jackie and Phillip Mills |
Health and fitness
|
| Greg Tomlinson |
Investment
|
| Pania Tyson-Nathan |
Tourism
|
| 2023
|
Paul Adams |
Property development
|
| Michael Barnett |
Business
|
| Theresa Gattung |
Female advancement and entrepreneurship
|
| Ted Manson |
Property development and social equity
|
| Kingi Smiler |
Māori agribusiness and primary sector
|
| Wally Stone |
Tourism
|
| Kelly Tarlton |
Tourism
|
| 2024
|
Rod Duke |
Retailing
|
| Mark Dunajtschik |
Engineering, property and philanthropy
|
| Diane Foreman |
Entrepreneurship
|
| Owen Glenn |
Business and philanthropy
|
| Todd Heller |
Food production
|
| Ranjna Patel |
Community empowerment
|
| Ian Taylor |
Technology
|