In the 2011 New Year Honours, Sowry was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as a Member of Parliament. In 2013, Sowry was appointed a member of the Representation Commission to determine New Zealand electoral boundaries. In October 2017 Roger Sowry was asked onto the board of Geneva Healthcare Ltd, a company which manages community houses for people with disabilities like Cerebral Palsey, and also a bureau working closely with ACC, helping injured people with their home self care i.e. stroke victims, paraplegia etc. See also Fourth National Government of New Zealand References 1958 births Living people New Zealand National Party MPs New Zealand list MPs Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit People from Palmerston North Victoria University of Wellington alumni Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates People educated at Tararua College Unsuccessful candidates in the 1987 New Zealand general election 21st-century New Zealand politicians