Reprint as at 7 August 2020
(LI 2018/134)
Elizabeth R
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This Warrant is administered by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to all to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting!
Whereas We are desirous of instituting a medal to be conferred for meritorious service by employees in the New Zealand Public Service:
We do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs, and Our Successors institute and create a new medal.
There shall be a medal designated “The New Zealand Public Service Medal”.
“The New Zealand Public Service Medal”
The medal shall be conferred for meritorious service by employees in the New Zealand Public Service under regulations that the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, may determine.
The medal shall be in silver and circular in shape and shall bear,—
on the obverse, the effigy of the Sovereign within the Royal Styles and Titles for New Zealand; and
on the reverse, within a circle a representation of poutama bearing the inscriptions “FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE” and “HE TOHU HIRANGA”, all within the inscriptions “TOHU RATONGA TŪMATANUI O AOTEAROA” (above) and “THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL” (below), each separated by a heraldic mullet or star.
“FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE”
“HE TOHU HIRANGA”
“TOHU RATONGA TŪMATANUI O AOTEAROA”
“THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL”
The medal shall be worn from the left breast from a ribbon, 32 mm in width, of red ochre (kōkōwai) with a wide central blue stripe and a narrow white stripe at both edges.
Reproductions in miniature of the medal, which may be worn on certain occasions by those on whom the medal is conferred, shall not exceed one-half of the size of the full-size medal.
The medal may be conferred posthumously.
The name of the recipient shall be engraved on the rim of the medal.
The names of all persons who receive the medal shall be recorded by the Public Service Commissioner (or a person appointed by the Public Service Commissioner).
Clause 8: amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
It shall be competent for the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, to determine the order of wear of the medal in relation to the insignia of orders, decorations, and medals that have been or may be conferred in Our Realm of New Zealand.
Any person, whether or not that person is a New Zealand citizen, shall be eligible for the medal.
(1)
Powers to confer the medal under the terms of this Our Warrant and regulations made under clause 2 shall be vested in Our Minister of State Services.
(2)
It shall be competent for Our Minister of State Services to—
cancel the conferral of a medal on any person and alter the person’s records accordingly; and
order the forfeiture of a medal by any person and alter the person’s records accordingly; and
restore a medal to any person and alter the person’s records accordingly.
Our Minister of State Services may delegate powers under clause 11 to the Public Service Commissioner (or a person appointed by the Public Service Commissioner).
Clause 12: amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
We reserve to Us, Our Heirs, and Our Successors full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with this Our Warrant, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign Manual.
Given at Our Court of Saint James’s, this 19th day of July 2018, in the 67th Year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty’s Command,
Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern,Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 15 August 2018.
This is a reprint of the The New Zealand Public Service Medal that incorporates all the amendments to that Warrant as at the date of the last amendment to it.
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Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40): section 135