2014 New Zealand bravery awards

The 2014 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a Special Honours List on 23 June 2014. All the recipients were recognised for acts of bravery following the magnitude 6.3 Christchurch earthquake that struck on 22 February 2011.[1]

New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD)

New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM)
  • Stephen Acton – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Michael John Brooklands – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
  • Luke Jonathan Burgess – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Alan Maurice Butcher – station officer, New Zealand Fire Service. Posthumous award – died 18 October 2013.
  • Lieutenant Commander Kevin Carr – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Shane Andrew Cole – station officer, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Shane Allan Cowles – constable, New Zealand Police.
  • Kevin Rex Crozier – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Richard Mark Green – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Terrence David Gyde – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Craig Munro Jackson – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Danny Edward Johanson – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
  • Michael Douglas Kneebone – constable, New Zealand Police.
  • Joshua James Kumbaroff – firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Daniel James Lee - constable, New Zealand Police.
  • Michael John Lennard – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Simon James Payton – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Richard Frank Platt – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Paul John Rodwell – station officer, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Scott Martin Shadbolt – firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Steven David Smylie – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Cory John Stewart – firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Anthony Wayne Tamakehu – owner of The Chainman, suppliers of specialist lifting and rigging equipment.
  • Mark David Whittaker – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Michael David Yeates – senior firefighter, New Zealand Fire Service.

References
  1. "Special Honours List 23 June 2014 (Bravery Awards)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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