In addition to promoting the further study of numismatics and providing a forum for exchange of ideas and information, the RNSNZ also recognises and acknowledges work done in the furtherance of numismatic research and publications, along with recognising the contributions of members who volunteer to run or govern the Society.
Lampard Medal
Awarded for meritorious and outstanding service to the Society over a significant period of time. It is the Society’s premier award to recognise service going well beyond ordinary levels.
The award is named after Bill Lampard a long-serving President (21 years), Fellow of the Society and also an officer of the Wellington Coin Club. He devoted countless hours to the two societies, now merged, as he organised major events and fairs, edited Journals and Newsletters, arranged auctions and talks and kept or completed financial accounts in unstinting service. He also warmly encouraged many others in their hobby and helped them to put their best foot forward in service to the Society and numismatics.
2018: Martin Purdy FRNSNZ
Sutherland Medal
Awarded for highly meritorious service to Numismatic Research and Scholarship. It is the Society’s premier award for numismatic research.
The award is named after Allan Sutherland. In 1931 Allan proposed the establishment of the Society and served as the inaugural Secretary for 15 years, before serving as President from 1946-1948. He served as Vice-President 1949-52, 1957-58 and 1966-67. Alongside this he was the Editor of the New Zealand Numismatic Reports from 1931 to 1946 and the New Zealand Numismatic Journal from 1947 to 1957, he remained an Associate Editor from then until his death. He served continuously on the Council of the Society from the day it was formed until his death, a period of 36 years. He produced a number of works, but his most outstanding was the Numismatic History of New Zealand, which broke entirely new ground and recorded his painstaking research over many years.
2024: Professor Brett Delahunt ONZM, KStJ, FRSNZ, FRNSNZ
President’s Medal
Awarded for exceptional service to the Society over a significant period of time.
2013: Martin Purdy FRNSNZ
2013: Hamish MacMaster FRNSNZ
Dr Raymond Hargreaves FRNSNZ
2017: Alan Barker FRNSNZ
2021: Anne Lampard
2022: Malcolm Bain
2023: Clint Libby FRNSNZ
Fellowship
Members of the Society who have conducted outstanding original research which has been published for the benefit of numismatics or who have performed meritorious service for the Society or for the advancement of numismatics may be elected a Fellow of the Society. So long as he or she is a member of the Society they are entitled to use the distinctive letters “FRNSNZ”.
Current Fellows
1967: Alan G. Barker
1998: Kerry A. Rodgers
2003: A.W. (Tony) Grant
2003: C.R. (Clint) Libby
2003: Martin L. Purdy
2005: Brett Delahunt
2007: Scott de Young
2010: Hamish Craig MacMaster
2011: David A. Galt
2011: Flemming E. Sorensen
2021: Mark Stocker
2021: R. (Rob) Pepping
2022: Andrew Clifford
2022: Wayne Newman
Current Honorary Fellows
Non-members of the Society who have rendered outstanding service to the Society or to the science of numismatics may be elected as Honorary Fellows.
2004: J.B. (Jim) Duncan
2010: Leslie John Carlisle
Former Fellowship Members
The following lists the former Fellows of the Society. Where known the city of residence at election, the date of election, date of resignation (rec) or death (dec) along with the RNSNZ Journal number containing an obituary are provided. Note those who rejoin the Society following resignation are not automatically reappointed as a Fellow.
Fellows
Atkinson, Dan O., JP, Takanini (30 Nov 1953; dec 1978, obit #58)
Attwood, Tom, Auckland (29 Oct 1951; dec 24 Jan 1968, obit #47)
Bell, Richard G., Christchurch (19 Oct 1965)
Berry, James, OBE (1957; dec 6 Nov 1979, obit #59)
Brook, Julian A., Auckland (2005; dec 15 May 2022, obit #102)
Carian, Douglas M., Palmerston North (2005; dec 2016, obit #96)
Chetwynd, William, Wellington (Aug 1961; dec 1 Sept 1967, obit #45)
Dale, Leonard James, Christchurch (29 Oct 1951; dec 3 Apr 1975, obit #52)
Elliott, Sir James Sands, MD FRACS, Wellington (30 Aug 1948; dec 26 Oct 1959, obit #30)
Ensor, Leslie Arthur, Wellington (1983; dec 28 Jun 2003)
Entrican, James Cuthbertson, Auckland (27 Jun 1949; dec 31 Mar 1951)
Ferguson, William Du Bois, Wellington (25 Jun 1951; dec 29 Apr 1959, obit #30)
Freed, Alfred Joseph (1978; dec 1992, obit #70)
Gavin, Archdeacon Gordon Hay, FRNS, New Plymouth (30 Aug 1948; dec 1966, obit #43)
Gluckman, Dr Laurie Kalman, MD ChB FRACP, Auckland (1963; dec Apr 1999, obit #77)
Gottermeyer, F.K. (Keith), (Aug 1987; dec 3 Jun 2016, obit #96)
Hamlin, Bruce Gordon, FMANZ, Wellington (1967; dec 22 Mar 1976, obit #55)
Hanham, Sir John, Bt., Dorset, England (30 Aug 1948; dec 30 Apr 1955, obit #23)
Hargreaves, Dr Raymond P., MA PhD, Dunedin (1977; dec 12 Feb 2019, obit #99)
Harwood, Raymond Thomas, Wellington (1983; dec 1997, obit #75)
Heenan, Sir Joseph William Allan, KBE LLB, Wellington (30 Aug 1948; dec 11 Oct 1951, obit #14)
Hornblow, Maxwell Horace, Wellington (29 Oct 1951; 14 Jul 1966, obit #43)
Horwood, William Eric, Wellington (30 Nov 1953; dec 13 Mar 2009, obit #89)
Hughan, Harry Gordon, Carterton (1957; dec 22 Nov 1978)
Jamieson, M.A., Auckland (30 Nov 1953)
Lampard, William Henry, BCom, ACA, Wellington (1977; dec 22 Nov 2004, obit #82)
Morel, Leon Gustave, Christchurch (1977; dec 26 Aug 2019, obit #99)
Murray, Professor Hugh Alexander, Wellington (25 June 1951; dec 17 Oct 1973, obit #51)
O'Shea, Phillip Patrick, MLJ FRNS FRGS FRSA, (1972; res June 1981)
Price, Eric Charles, Christchurch (1983; dec 28 Aug 2000, obit #78)
Prowse, A.E. (Tony), Upper Hutt (1977; res)
Ranger, Mrs Isabella (Peg), (1963; dec 30 Apr 1992, obit #70)
Robb, Alistair Finlay, Wellington (1983; dec 17 Jul 2014, obit #94)
Robertson, J., Invercargill (29 Oct 1951)
Robinson, A., (1959)
Rogers, Dr Kerry Anthony, Auckland (Jun 1988)
Sampson, H.R., Christchurch (1983)
Salter, William, (1958; dec 13 Mar 1979)
Sellars, Roy, (1959; dec 1974)
Stagg, Capt. Geoffrey Troughear, Wellington (1959; dec 30 Dec 1971, obit #50)
Steven, (Miss) Marion Kerr, MA MB ChB, (1959; dec 11 Aug 1999, obit #78)
Sutherland, Allan, FRNS, Auckland (30 Aug 1948; dec 13 Sept 1967, obit #45)
Sutherland, J., Christchurch (30 Nov 1953)
Walter, W., (1958)
Watts-Rule, Percy, FNZIA, Timaru (30 Aug 1948; dec 17 May 1953, obit #17)
Williams, Henry George, Dunedin (30 Aug 1948; dec May 1950, obit #13)
Honorary Fellows
Andersen, Johannes Carl, MBE FRSNZ, Auckland (30 Aug 1948; dec 19 Jun 1962)
Bates, Col. Rev. Daniel Cross, Wellington (30 Aug 1948; dec 7 Aug 1954, obit #21)
Bledisloe, Viscount of Lydney, England (1 Nov 1948; dec 3 Jul 1958, obit #29)
Craigmyle, John Alexander, Wanganui (30 Aug 1948; dec 31 Jul 1974)
Deacon, James Hunt, Adelaide (1961; dec Jul 1968, obit #47)
Gilbertson, Edward, Wellington (30 Aug 1948; dec 27 Aug 1948)
Mason, Hon Henry Greathead Rex, CMG QC MA LLB LLD, (18 Aug 1969; dec 2 Apr 1975, obit #52)
Mattingly, Dr Harold, CBE, London (1 Nov 1948; dec 26 Jan 1964, obit #39)
Taylor, Clyde Romer Hughes, MA Dip.Jour FNZLA, Wellington (30 Aug 1948; dec 23 Jul 1997, obit #75)