Margaret Bazley

Dame Margaret Clara Bazley ONZ DNZM (née Hope, born 23 January 1938) is a New Zealand public servant.

Dame Margaret Bazley

ONZ DNZM
Bazley in 2011
Born
Margaret Clara Hope[1]

(1938-01-23) 23 January 1938
Paeroa, New Zealand
OccupationPublic servant

Career

Bazley was born in Paeroa on 23 January 1938, and has a Diploma of Nursing and DipHA from Massey University. Starting as a nurse from 1958–63, she was charge nurse at Tokanui Hospital, Te Awamutu in 1961, then Assistant Matron at Seacliff Hospital, Matron at Sunnyside Hospital, Senior Public Health Nurse in the Auckland District Health Office, Deputy Matron in Chief for the Auckland Hospital Board 1974-75, and Chief Nursing Officer of the Waikato Hospital Board 1975-78. She was President of the Nurses' Association (now part of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation), and is a Patron of the New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses.

Bazley held senior roles in various parts of the New Zealand public service: Director of Nursing, Department of Health 1978-84 then Commissioner of the State Services Commission 1984-87 and Deputy Chairperson 1987-88. From 1988-93 she was Secretary of the Ministry of Transport,[2] then Director-General of the Department of Social Welfare 1993 to 2001.[2]

She was subsequently appointed to various commissions and committees:

She is currently on the following commissions and committees:

  • Commissioner, Environment Canterbury[8]

Honours and awards

Bazley was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal in 1990, and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.[9][10] In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services, lately as chief executive of the Department of Social Welfare,[11] and was made an additional member of the Order of New Zealand in the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours.[12]

She received the Sir Peter Blake award in 2011.[13] She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport in New Zealand. She received an Honorary Doctorate of Literature from Massey University in 2008.[14]

Notes
  1. Gower, Patrick (14 April 2007). "Private detective checked out Dame Margaret Bazley". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Dame Margaret Bazley, Wellington, ONZ, for services to New Zealand". Gg.govt.nz. 4 September 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. "Disappointed at Firefighter Union's Decision to Strike". Scoop.co.nz. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. "Waitangi Tribunal". Waitangi Tribunal. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. "New Chair of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology Board". beehive.govt.nz. 18 November 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. "Transforming the legal aid system — Ministry of Justice, New Zealand". Justice.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. "New Zealand Parliament - Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests 2013". Parliament.nz. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  8. "About the Commissioners". Ecan.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  9. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 60. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  10. "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  11. "Queen's Birthday honours list 1999 (including Niue)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  12. "Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  13. "Sir Peter Blake awards: Dame Margaret Bazley". nzherald.co.nz. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011. Dame Margaret Bazley
  14. "Honorary graduates". Massey University. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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References
  • Alister Taylor (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 Edition. Alister Taylor Publishers. pp. 127–8. ISSN 1172-9813.
  • Lambert, Max (ed) (1991) [1908]. Who’s Who in New Zealand (12th ed.). Wellington: Reed. p. 42. ISBN 0790001306.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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