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New Year Honours: Trailblazing rugby star and Olympic legends lead sporting honours

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New Year Honours: Trailblazing rugby star and Olympic legends lead sporting honours

Farah Palmer becomes the first female rugby player to be appointed dame companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Olympic rowing greats Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have been made companions of New Zealander Order. Bond won gold medals in the coxless pair at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games and the gold medal in men's eight at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Eric won bronze in road cycling time trial event at 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. He was made a member of Order in 2013. The current Black Ferns team is not included in this year's New Year Honours list. They were not nominated because of proximity of tournament to this round of Royal Honors.

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