Tom EleyMultimedia journalist·Waikato Herald·1 Jun, 2026 11:30 PM4 mins to read‌Former Hamilton Boys' High School headmistress Susan Hassall has been made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King's Birthday Honours.Throughout a career spanning decades in education, Susan Hassall has held firm to a simple belief: young people need to know they are valued, supported and loved.

Now, after a lifetime dedicated to education, Waikato and generations of young men, Hassall has been appointed a Dame Companion of the New