Phillip O'Shea
CNZM CVO KStJ
O'Shea in 2019
New Zealand Herald Extraordinary
Assumed office
6 February 1978
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born
Phillippe Patrick O'Shea

(1947-03-23) 23 March 1947
Wellington, New Zealand
EducationSt Patrick's College
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
OccupationPublic servant

Phillippe Patrick O'Shea CNZM CVO KStJ (born 23 March 1947) has been the New Zealand Herald Extraordinary since February 1978 amongst other roles in the public service of New Zealand.[1]

Biography

O'Shea was educated at St Patrick's College in Wellington. In the 1960s, he later graduated from the Victoria University of Wellington.[1] After gaining his qualifications, O'Shea became a junior public servant. He would remain in the public service for the rest of his career.[2]

He started in the public service as librarian and numismatic advisor to the New Zealand Treasury between 1967 and 1974.[2] After this, O'Shea moved to become the advisory officer to the honours section of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in 1974. He remained in that position until 2004.[2] In 1978, the Garter Principal King of Arms, appointed him the New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary to Her Majesty The Queen, a position that no New Zealander had held before.[1] He has since remained in that position as of present.

In this mostly symbolic position, O'Shea has been the principal adviser to governments regarding the honours and awards granted to New Zealanders, including the designing of the Queen's Service Order (1975), the Order of New Zealand (1987), and the New Zealand Order of Merit (1996), amongst other commemorative medals.[2] As part of his heraldic duties, he has also been involved in the design of coats of arms for several governors-general.[3][4] O'Shea has since been recognised with a number of honours himself due to his contributions as the specialist advisor of the honours unit to the Realm of New Zealand.[5][6]

Honours

Commander of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM)2005 Queen's Birthday Honours[5]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)2014 New Year Honours[6][7]
Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ)1998[8]
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal1977
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal2012
New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal1990

Arms

Coat of arms of Phillippe Patrick O'Shea
Notes
[9][10]
Crest
Statant within a crown or a kea holding in his dexter claw the baton of the New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary all proper.
Escutcheon
Or, the badge of the New Zealand Herald of Extraordinary (a complex Māori Koru coloured in the traditional manner proper ensigned by a representation of the royal crown also proper) with, on a chief azure, a mānuka flower proper between two plates.
Motto
To be competent

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. p. 482. ISBN 9780790001302.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary". www.dpmc.govt.nz. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Designs". gg.govt.nz. Governor-General of New Zealand. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "The unveiling of Dame Patsy Reddy's Coat of Arms". gg.govt.nz. Governor-General of New Zealand. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. 1 2 "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. 1 2 "No. 60728". The London Gazette (4th supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 4.
  7. ↑ “The Royal Victorian Order” (10 April 2014) 38 The New Zealand Gazette 1076 at 1092.
  8. ↑ "No. 55308". The London Gazette. 11 November 1998. p. 12246.
  9. 1 2 3 Lee, Brian North (2003). Some bookplates of heralds : and related ex-libris. London : The Bookplate Society. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-9535008-7-1. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "O'Shea, P.P. (New Zealand Herald Extraordinary)". www.theheraldrysociety.com. The Heraldry Society. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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