The 2005 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via a special honours list on 29 January 2005, and recognised 26 people, including four posthumously, for acts of bravery between 1999 and 2004.

New Zealand Bravery Star (NZBS) Peter James Deam – of Waimate.

John Bell Fenton Penetama – of Northland. Trevor Francis Mokaraka – Northland. Posthumous award.

Damian Peter John Klavs – of Wellington; constable, New Zealand Police.

Jeanette Ruth Park – of Marton; sergeant, New Zealand Police.

New Zealand Bravery Decoration (NZBD) Geoffrey Frank Knight – of Tapanui; lately constable, New Zealand Police.

Brian John Pickering – of Rotorua.

New Zealand Bravery Medal (NZBM) Roger Terry Blumhardt – of Tūrangi. Brendan John Dobbyn – of Tūrangi. Kevin Albert Singer – of Tūrangi.

Patrick Martin John Burke – of Cambridge; lately detective, New Zealand Police.

Paul Lindsay Chandler – of Akaroa. Peter James Duncan – of Christchurch. Graham John Watkin Jones – of Christchurch.

Daniel James Cleaver – of Northland; constable, New Zealand Police.

Graham Robert Ford – of Auckland; sergeant, New Zealand Police.

William John (Bill) Gilchrist – of Otago.

Matthew Hollis – of Palmerston North.

Sergeant Christopher Mark Jowsey – of Feilding; Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Ethan James Kennedy – of Whangārei.

Hamish Everett Neal – Waimate. Posthumous award.

David Leonard O'Loughlin – of Raglan.

Mark Charles Smith – of Canterbury

Caine Francis Spick – of Northland.

Duncan Taylor – of Feilding; detective constable, New Zealand Police. Posthumous award.

John Vaughan. Posthumous award

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