NZSA Presidents of Honour Roll Call
1970 John A Lee DCM
1971 John A Lee DCM
1972 Janet Frame ONZ CBE
1973 Pat Lawlor OBE
1974 Frank Sargeson
1975 Denis Glover DSC
1976 E H McCormick
1977 E H McCormick
1978 Dame Ngaio Marsh DBE
1979 Bruce Mason CBE
1980 Sylvia Ashton Warner MBE
1981 James Bertram
1982 Allen Curnow ONZ CBE
1983 Ruth Dallas CBE
1984 Hone Tuwhare (declined. Post left open)
1985 Malcolm Mason
1986 Monte Holcroft OBE
1987 John Reece-Cole
1988 Maurice Gee
1989 Alistair Te Ariki Campbell ONZM
1990 Roderick Finlayson
1991 Patricia Grace DCNZM QSO
1992 Mervyn Thompson
1993 Elsie Locke
1994 Janet Frame ONZ CBE
1995 Amelia Batistich QSM
1996 Christine Cole-Catley DNZM QSM
1997 Bill Pearson
1998 Neva Clarke-McKenna
1999 – 2000 Joan de Hamel
2001 – 2002 Philip Wilson
2002 – 2003 Margaret Mahy ONZ
2003 – 2004 Gordon McLauchlan ONZM
2004 – 2005 Peter Beatson
2005 – 2006 Ian Cross CMG
2006 – 2007 Kevin Ireland OBE
2007 – 2008 Owen Marshall CNZM
2008 – 2009 Dame Fiona Kidman DNZM OBE
2009 – 2010 William Taylor ONZM
2010 – 2011 Joy Cowley ONZ DCNZM OBE
2011 – 2012 Marilyn Duckworth OBE
2012 – 2013 Sir James McNeish KNZM
2013 – 2014 Gavin Bishop ONZM
2014 – 2015 Daphne de Jong
2015 – 2016 Philip Temple ONZM
2016 – 2017 Joan Rosier Jones
2017 – 2018 Bernard Brown
2018 – 2019 Chris Else
2019 – 2020 David Hill
2020 – 2021 Dr. Paula Morris MNZM
2021-2022 Tessa Duder CNZM OBE
2022 – 2023 Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler DCNZM QSM
2024 – Barbara Else MNZM