2016 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 2016 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2015 and the beginning of 2016. They were announced on 31 December 2015.
Richie McCaw
Dame Jane Campion
Dame Paula Rebstock
Sir David Fagan
Richard Hugh McCaw is a retired New Zealand professional rugby union player. He captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, in 110 out of his 148 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups. He has won the World Rugby Player of the Year award a joint record three times and was the most capped test rugby player of all time from August 2015 to October 2020. McCaw was awarded World Rugby player of the decade (2011–2020) in 2021. McCaw is also a winner of the New Zealand sportsman of the decade award.
McCaw in 2016
Otago Boys' High School, Dunedin. Richie McCaw boarded at the school from 1994 to 1998.
New captain McCaw leading a haka against France in 2006
McCaw in London, 2008