Diving New Zealand grants honorary life membership of DNZ, honours and service awards to any person who has rendered exceptional service to the sport of diving and/or whose standing within and service to the diving community shall entitle that person to such distinction.
​Nominations are considered by the Awards Committee which, in turn, makes recommendations to the DNZ Board. Further details and nomination forms can be found here.
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DNZ Life Members
2001       ​Dick Lamb – Dunedin  (deceased 2003)
                   Arthur Brake – Auckland (deceased 2004)
2003       Dennis Gear – Auckland (deceased 2017)
2009       Les Megget – Auckland
2014       Vicki Campbell – Waikato
2018       ​Rebecca Ewert – Auckland
2020       Doug Campbell - Waikato
2020        Lindsay Stone - Auckland

DNZ Honours Award Recipients
2001       Tony Stevely – Dunedin
                   Ann Storey – Wellington
                   Luvaine McDonald – Wellington
2007       Les Megget – Auckland (Diving Waitakere)
                   Vic Eckhoff – Waikato (deceased)
                   Ann Sissons – Auckland
2013       Rebecca Ewert – Auckland
2014       Lindsay Stone – Auckland (North Harbour)
2020       Simon Latimer - Dunedin

DNZ Service Award Recipients
2001       Keith Scott – Wellington
                   Jill Carter – Auckland
2002       Emma Barber – Hamilton
2003       Jackie Stevely – Dunedin
                   Christine Thomson – Dunedin
                   Ann Sissons – Auckland
2007       Shirley Megget – Auckland
2008       David Thompson – Wellington
2009       Vicki Campbell – Hamilton
                   Janet Marquet – Dunedin
2013       James Hardaker – Wellington
                   Simon Latimer – Auckland
                   Bruce Megget – Auckland
                   Richard Wood – Auckland (North Harbour)
2014       Douglas Campbell – Waikato
2018       Don Patterson – Auckland (Diving Waitakere)
                   Catherine Lush (nee Lawrie) – Auckland & Otago
                   Lisa Wright (nee Rivers) – Auckland (North Harbour)
    ​       ​        Aimee Megget (nee Sim) – Auckland and Dunedin
2021       Hayley Yorston (Née: Dunstan) - Waikato
                   Cassie Death (Née: Storey) - Waikato 

DNZ Merit Award Recipients
2001       Merv Aitchison – Dunedin
                   Doug Campbell – Hamilton
                   Diane Glynan – Wellington
                  Jim Warwick – Wellington
​2020      Elizabeth Cui - Auckland
                  Liam Stone  - Auckland