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)

• Dr Bryan Curran – anaesthetist, Christchurch Hospital.
• Dr Lydia Grace Johns-Putra – urologist, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

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.

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