for services as Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1996 and 1999, and he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in August 2009 following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government. Kidd was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2004. References 1941 births Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Living people Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand lawyers New Zealand National Party MPs Speakers of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Victoria University of Wellington alumni People from Levin, New Zealand People from the Marlborough Region New Zealand list MPs 21st-century New Zealand politicians Members of the Waitangi Tribunal New Zealand politicians awarded knighthoods