Awards

Fellow of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (FRIH)

Awarded to RNZIH members who have made a significant contribution to horticulture by their activities or interest in or service to horticulture.

As shown below, some people who received Fellowships went on to become Associates of Honour (AHRIH).


Recipients of the Fellowship Award

2024

  • Barbara Wheeler
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 2 Sep 2019
    • Citation: New Zealand Garden Journal (2024, in prep.)
  • Lady Gillian Deane CNZM, BA
    • Location: Kapiti coast
    • Joined RNZIH: 20 Jan 2015
    • Citation: New Zealand Garden Journal (2024, in prep.)

2023

  • Josanne (‘Josie’) Elizabeth Martin
    • Location: Akaroa
    • Joined RNZIH (via NZGT): 1 Jan 2009
    • Citation: New Zealand Garden Journal (2024, in prep.)

2022

2020

1998

  • Mr D. H. Hicks
    • Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 4 Aug 1982
  • Mr Ellaby James Martin
    • Location: Hamilton, Waikato
    • Joined RNZIH: 1 Apr 1957
  • Ms Bronwen M. Rowse

1995

1992

1991

1990

1989

Post-1988

  • Mr H. Blumhardt
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 1 Apr 1946
  • Mr L. C. Hurndell
    • Location: Lincoln, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 1 Dec 1958
  • Mrs M. E. MacKenzie
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 7 Oct 1982
  • Mr G. Mander
    • Location: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
    • Joined RNZIH: 1 May 1961
  • Mr Warwick L. McFadden
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 14 Oct 1965

1988

  • Mrs M. de Castro
    • Location: Blenheim
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 Mar 1976
  • Mr K. R. Garnett
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 16 Mar 1966
  • Mr R. A. Price
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 4 May 1982
  • Mr M. I. Spurway
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 May 1978
  • Mrs J. A. Swinbourn
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 1 Dec 1957
  • Mr N. Weal
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 Oct 1978

Pre-1988

  • Mrs R. Bagley
    • Location: Dunedin, Otago
    • Joined RNZIH: 11 Jun 1971
  • Mr R. W. Barry
    • Location: Ohope, Bay of Plenty
    • Joined RNZIH: 18 Aug 1948
  • Mr A. S. Bathgate
    • Location: Otago
    • Joined RNZIH: 17 Jan 1962
  • Mr Robert (‘Bob’) James Berry AHRIH
    • Location: Gisborne, Poverty Bay
    • Joined RNZIH: 15 Oct 1963
    • Note: AHRIH 1992
  • Mr J. W. Bolton
    • Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 17 Jan 1967
  • Mr N. Bowyer
    • Location: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 Oct 1975
  • Mrs B. Brown
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 15 Jul 1966
  • Mr Brian L. Buchanan AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 14 Feb 1961
    • Note: AHRIH 1996
  • Mr D. H. Bull
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 14 Sep 1965
  • Mr E. F. Butcher
    • Location: Carterton, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 May 1958
  • Dame Ella O. Campbell
    • Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 27 May 1959
  • Prof. W. C. Clark
    • Location: Woodend, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 9 Dec 1965
  • Mr F. E. Cooper
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 18 Dec 1955
  • Mr Ken L. Davey
    • Location: New Plymouth
    • Joined RNZIH: 21 Sep 1968
  • Mrs F. J. Deldyck
    • Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 19 Nov 1962
  • Dr P. J. DevIin
    • Location: Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 6 Dec 1959
  • Mr T. H. Dickson
    • Location: Inglewood, North Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 10 Oct 1953
  • Mr Frank Dorofaeff
    • Location: Hamilton, Waikato
    • Joined RNZIH: 2 May 1974
  • Mr D. Duthie
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Dec 1958
  • Mr Roy A. Edwards
    • Location: Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 16 Mar 1978
  • Mr J. R. Farthing
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 24 Nov 1948
  • Mr W. Fielding-Cotterell
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 16 Jan 1974
  • Mr T. N. Flint
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Sep 1962
  • Mr S. S. Foster
    • Location: Hawera, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Apr 1954
  • Mr A. W. Fyre
    • Location: Raumati Beach, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 11 Feb 1959
  • Mr H. H. H. Gardiner
    • Location: Darfield, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 19 Jan 1949
  • Mr P. C. Gardner
    • Location: Northland, Whangarei
    • Joined RNZIH: 28 Jan 1960
  • Mr lan Gear
    • Location: Wellington (formerly Frankton)
    • Joined RNZIH: 23 Jul 1984
  • Mrs D. J. Gerondis
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 Jun 1965
  • Mr R. C. Gill
    • Location: Blenheim (formerly Hamilton)
    • Joined RNZIH: 28 Jan 1975
  • Mr J. H. Glazebrook AHRIH
    • Location: Pershore, England
    • Joined RNZIH: 20 Sep 1949
    • Note: AHRIH 1963
  • Dr M. G. Goodey
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Apr 1971
  • Mr A. T. Graham
    • Location: Katikati, Bay of Plenty
    • Joined RNZIH: 19 Nov 1984
  • Mrs E. B. Gross
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 5 Nov 1975
  • Mr H. T. Hall
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 24 Oct 1969
  • Dr Keith R. W. Hammett AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 9 Mar 1982
    • Note: AHRIH 1994
  • Mr L. R. Harland
    • Location: New Plymouth
    • Joined RNZIH: 20 Oct 1948
  • Mrs J. S. Hickey
    • Location: Opunake, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 20 May 1948
  • Miss Dorothy Hooper
    • Location: Hawera, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 11 Oct 1948
  • Mrs W. J. Hosie
    • Location: Manaia, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Jul 1954
  • Mr C. H. Howden
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 15 Feb 1971
  • Mr M. F. Hynes
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 17 Jan 1949
  • Mr Alan Graeme Jolliffe AHRIH
    • Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 6 Oct 1978
    • Note: AHRIH 2020
  • Mr C. H. Jones
    • Location: Diamond Harbour, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 21 Nov 1962
  • Mr N. S. Joyce
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 6 Aug 1954
  • Mr N. J. Kitchen
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Apr 1961
  • Mr C. Lannie
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 29 May 1945
  • Mrs R. Lowe
    • Location: Hawkes Bay
    • Joined RNZIH: 19 May 1957
  • Mr R. C. Lowe
    • Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 9 Jun 1980
  • Mr Ron J. Macdonald
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 11 Dec 1980
  • Mr A. Malcolm
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 18 Oct 1979
  • Mr J. A. Mashlan
    • Location: Hamilton, Waikato
    • Joined RNZIH: 21 Nov 1947
  • Mr Alan Livesey Mason AHRIH
    • Location: Feilding, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 5 Jul 1971
    • Note: AHRIH 1996
  • Mr C. A. McLaughlin
    • Location: Dunedin, Otago
    • Joined RNZIH: 6 Aug 1947
  • Mrs D. Menzies
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 27 Mar 1973
  • Mr W. J. Messenger
    • Location: Inglewood, North Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 12 Nov 1954
  • Mr Lawrie J. Metcalf AHRIH
    • Location: Lincoln (formerly Nelson and Invercargill)
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Sep 1957
    • Note: AHRIH 1988
  • Mr A. F. Morgan
    • Location: Greytown, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 9 Dec 1947
  • Dr H. M. Mouat
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Oct 1987
  • Mr E. David Moyle
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 25 May 1982
  • Mrs I. R. Murgatroyd
    • Location: Culverden, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 27 Nov 1959
  • Mrs B. A. Nicholas
    • Location: Hawera, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 17 Mar 1971
  • Mr G. Nicholls
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 31 May 1948
  • Mr G. P. Nind
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 5 Feb 1948
  • Mr Michael (‘Mike’) Robert Oates AHRIH
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 8 Mar 1982
    • Note: AHRIH 2003
  • Mr Graeme Paterson AHRIH
    • Location: Timaru, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 15 Dec 1972
    • Note: AHRIH 1988
  • Dr Alick Lindsay Poole AHRIH
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Sep 1958
    • Note: AHRIH 1991
  • Mr F. W. Poole
    • Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 2 Aug 1963
  • Miss A. M. Presants
    • Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 25 Oct 1968
  • Mr Ronald (‘Ron’) Angus Proctor AHRIH
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Feb 1965
    • Note: AHRIH 1992
  • Mr I. G. (George) Rainey AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Jun 1966
    • Note: AHRIH 1990
  • Mr Hugh B. Redgrove
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 24 Oct 1957
    • Note: AHRIH 1989
  • Mrs A. B. Reed
    • Location: Whangarei
    • Joined RNZIH: 28 May 1963
  • Mr M. Reed
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Oct 1969
  • Mr D. Riach
    • Location: Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 6 Sep 1947
  • Mr F. A. Robinson
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 18 Nov 1952
  • Mr D. D. Rowe
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Apr 1983
  • Mrs M. E. Ryan
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Mar 1975
  • Mr E. A. Scarrow
    • Location: Hamilton, Waikato
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Nov 1954
  • Mr R. S. Scott
    • Location: Timaru, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 1 Feb 1961
  • Mrs M. Sinclair
    • Location: Levin, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Sep 1947
  • Mr A. E. J. Smith
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 13 Oct 1947
  • Mr T. A. Snowdon
    • Location: New Plymouth
    • Joined RNZIH: 5 Sep 1955
  • Mr William (‘Bill’) R. Sykes AHRIH
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 16 Nov 1961
    • Note: AHRIH 1992
  • Mrs A. J. Upson
    • Location: Kaponga, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 Apr 1987
  • Miss J. N. Wallace
    • Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 9 May 1960
  • Mr D. I. West
    • Location: Stratford, North Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 22 Dec 1958
  • Miss C. G. Williams
    • Location: Dunedin, Otago
    • Joined RNZIH: 10 Feb 1955
  • Mrs M. Yarrow
    • Location: Manaia, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 6 May 1949
  • Mr K. Young
    • Location: Whangarei
    • Joined RNZIH: 28 Jul 1971

1986

  • Dr Ron M. Davison
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Mar 1961

Pre-1986

  • Mr I. F. Bonisch AHRIH
    • Location: Ashburton, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Mar 1956
    • Note: AHRIH 1986
  • Mrs Barbara J. Cave AHRIH
    • Location: Dunedin, Otago
    • Joined RNZIH: 18 Feb 1975
    • Note: AHRIH 1986

Pre-1985

  • Mr J. S. Say AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland (formerly Waihi Beach)
    • Joined RNZIH: 8 Mar 1955
    • Note: AHRIH 1985

Pre-1984

  • Mr E. E. Toleman AHRIH
    • Location: Hamilton, Waikato
    • Joined RNZIH: 29 Mar 1960
    • Note: AHRIH 1984

Pre-1983

  • Mr Sydney C. (‘Charlie’) Challenger AHRIH
    • Location: Little River, Canterbury
    • Joined RNZIH: 6 May 1983
    • Note: AHRIH 1983
  • Mr Philip (‘Phil’) J. Jew AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 16 Dec 1947
    • Note: AHRIH 1983

Pre-1981

  • Mrs M. J. (Joy) Amos AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Jun 1974
    • Note: AHRIH 1981

Pre-1980

  • Mr Edward H. (Hugh) Latimer AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 1 Jun 1962
    • Note: AHRIH 1980
  • Mr Richard J. Nanson AHRIH
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 8 Feb 1954
    • Note: AHRIH 1980

1978

  • Mrs Susan (‘Sue’) Davison AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 26 Mar 1961
    • Note: AHRIH 2004

1977

  • Mrs K. J. (Jean) Veal AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 Jun 1964
    • Note: AHRIH 1992

Pre-1977

  • Mr Arthur J. F. Healy AHRIH
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 28 May 1954
    • Note: AHRIH 1977

Pre-1976

  • Mr Gavin G. Henderson AHRIH
    • Location: Dunedin, Otago
    • Joined RNZIH: 30 Jun 1947
    • Note: AHRIH 1976

Pre-1975

  • Mr Keith J. Lemmon AHRIH
    • Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 4 Sep 1963
    • Note: AHRIH 1975

Pre-1974

  • Mrs Doris Benstead AHRIH
    • Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 10 Nov 1966
    • Note: AHRIH 1974
  • Mr K. H. Marcussen AHRIH
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 8 Dec 1947
    • Note: AHRIH 1974
  • Mrs Daisy A. Hardwick AHRIH
    • Location: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
    • Joined RNZIH: 15 Apr 1966
    • Note: AHRIH 1980
  • J. G. Short
    • Location: Wellington
  • Mr Alex Cameron
  • Mr J. H. Cumberbeach
    • Location: Otago

Pre-1973

  • Mr C. V. Holyoake AHRIH
    • Location: Waikanae/Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 2 May 1950
    • Note: AHRIH 1973
  • Mr John Osborne Taylor AHRIH
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 11 Feb 1948
    • Note: AHRIH 1973

1971

Pre-1970

  • Mr Andrew Beddie
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: ?
  • Mr Bernard Hollard AHRIH
    • Location: Kaponga, South Taranaki
    • Joined RNZIH: 28 Jan 1948
    • Note: AHRIH 1970
  • Royton E. Heath
  • Mr Raymond (‘Ray’) H. Mole AHRIH
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 8 Jul 1965
    • Note: AHRIH 1989
  • Mrs Mary Sanson

Pre-1969

  • Miss Joan Marjorie Dingley AHRIH
    • Location: Auckland
    • Joined RNZIH: 15 Sep 1959
    • Note: AHRIH 1969
  • Mrs Rona H. (‘Winsome’) Shepherd AHRIH
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 7 Dec 1957
    • Note: AHRIH 1983

  • Mr Douglas Elliott
    • Location: New Plymouth
  • Mr J. F. Gover
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Note: Editor of the Journal of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, n.s.

1969

Pre-1968

  • Mr J. (Jack) E. Hume AHRIH
    • Location: Palmerston North, Manawatu
    • Joined RNZIH: 2 Aug 1963
    • Note: AHRIH 1968

1967

  • Mrs M. Smyth
    • Location: Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 21 Jul 1965

1966

  • Mrs Josephine Russell
    • Location: Dargaville
    • Joined RNZIH: ?
    • Note: Information supplied by Ron Russell (son), pers. comm., 2018

Pre-1962

  • Mr Huia Gray Gilpin AHRIH
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: 20 Aug 1949
    • Note: AHRIH 1962

1948

  • Mr John R. Templin AHRIH
    • Location: Christchurch
    • Joined RNZIH: ?
    • Note: AHRIH 1959
  • Mr W. E. Askwith
    • Location: Lower Hutt, Wellington
    • Joined RNZIH: 25 Aug 1948