Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

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New Zealand honour grade of order of chivalry

The Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor awarded to women for outstanding service or achievement, conferring the title "Dame."

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Label	Occurrences
Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit canonical	15

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10254115 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Context triple: [Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, genderedForm, Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]

A. Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest female rank within New Zealand’s national honours system, awarded for extraordinary service to the Crown and nation.
B. Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor recognizing outstanding service and achievement in the nation’s public, professional, or cultural life.
C. Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a New Zealand royal honour awarded to individuals who have rendered outstanding service or achievement in their field, contributing significantly to the nation.
D. Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest ordinary grade of this national honour, typically reserved for individuals who have rendered outstanding and pre-eminent service to New Zealand.
E. New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is a national honor that recognizes outstanding service and achievement by individuals in New Zealand across a wide range of fields.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Target entity description: The Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor awarded to women for outstanding service or achievement, conferring the title "Dame."

A. Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest female rank within New Zealand’s national honours system, awarded for extraordinary service to the Crown and nation.
B. Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a high-ranking New Zealand honor recognizing outstanding service and achievement in the nation’s public, professional, or cultural life.
C. Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit is a New Zealand royal honour awarded to individuals who have rendered outstanding service or achievement in their field, contributing significantly to the nation.
D. Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
The Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit is the highest ordinary grade of this national honour, typically reserved for individuals who have rendered outstanding and pre-eminent service to New Zealand.
E. New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is a national honor that recognizes outstanding service and achievement by individuals in New Zealand across a wide range of fields.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Zealand honour ⓘ grade of order of chivalry ⓘ
abbreviation	DNZM ⓘ
aboveGrade	Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
administeredBy	Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand) ⓘ linked to: New Zealand Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
appointmentsMadeBy	monarch of New Zealand on the advice of the New Zealand government ⓘ
awardedFor	high achievement in any field of endeavour ⓘ outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand ⓘ
belowGrade	Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
confersTitle	Dame ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
dateIntroduced	2000 ⓘ
eligibility	New Zealand citizens and, in special cases, other persons ⓘ
equivalentGrade	Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
establishedBy	Elizabeth II ⓘ
establishedUnder	New Zealand royal warrant ⓘ linked to: Royal Warrant
genderRestriction	female recipients ⓘ
hasChancery	Chancery of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ linked to: New Zealand Honours Secretariat
hasFemaleFormOf	Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
honoursList	King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours (New Zealand) ⓘ New Year Honours (New Zealand) ⓘ linked to: New Year Honours
honourSystem	New Zealand Royal Honours System ⓘ linked to: New Zealand honours system
honourType	state order of merit ⓘ
insigniaType	badge of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
insigniaWornOn	sash or bow ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
nominationsBy	Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ
orderMottoLanguage	English and Māori (for the New Zealand Order of Merit) ⓘ
partOf	New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
postNominalLetters	DNZM ⓘ
postNominalUsage	used after the recipient’s name ⓘ
precedence	above Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in New Zealand order of wear ⓘ below Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in New Zealand order of wear ⓘ
rankInOrder	second-highest grade of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
relatedOrder	New Zealand Bravery Decoration ⓘ Order of New Zealand ⓘ Queen’s Service Order ⓘ
replacedGrade	Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ
restorationYear	2009 ⓘ
restoredTitularHonours	yes ⓘ
sovereign	monarch of New Zealand ⓘ
styleOfAddress	Dame [forename] [surname] ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit → genderedForm → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit → hasEquivalentFemaleTitle → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit → hasHigherRank → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

New Zealand Order of Merit → hasGrade → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit → higherThan → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit → replacedBy → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit → relatedHonour → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Jenny Shipley → awardReceived → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Valerie Adams → honorificTitle → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

DNZM → standsFor → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

DNZM → isAbbreviationOf → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit → higherRank → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit → higherThan → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

star of the New Zealand Order of Merit → appliesToRank → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit → higherRank → Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit ⓘ

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