Plenty if you are awarded the title of Knight or Dame Grand Campanion (GNZM) and Knight or Dame Campanion (KNZM/DNZM).

Today the Prime Minister announced that titles are to be reinstated in the New Zealand Honours system. The Queen has given her approval and the changes will come into effect in time for the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June. We are returning to the situation that was put in place when New Zealand Honours were first established in 1996. The first two levels of the New Zealand Order of Merit were titular (honour where the person is referred to as Sir or Dame) and it is these levels that are being reinstated.

It is history that gives titles their importance. When Labour took away the awarding of titles in 2000 - replacing them with "Principal" and "Distinguished Campanion" of the Order a sense of history was left behind leaving strings of letters that few knew the meaning of.

I for one am pleased to see the reinstatement of titles. The 85 people awarded Principal and Distinguished Campanion's of the Order since 2000 have the opportunity to transfer their awards if they choose.