The following 2009 Honours have been awarded in recognition of service to the NZIPP and to the photographic industry.

The following honous are earned through the achievement of merits in the annual professional photography awards. Full financial members of the NZIPP and approved overseas organisations (AIPP, BIPP, PPA, PPOC, SWPP/BPPA and WPPI) receive merit points towards NZIPP Honours, Associate, Master and Fellowship levels, which permits the use of letters: ANZIPP, M.Photog and FNZIPP respectively.

To achieve Associate status, a photographer needs to achieve 10 merit points over a consecutive 4-year period. An Associate can progress to Master status by achieving a further 10 merit points, to include a minimum of 2 silver awards.

A Master can progress to Fellowship status by achieving a further 10 merit points, to include a minimum of 1 gold and 2 silver awards.

Bars to each level are achieved by the member achieving the same number of merit points again. Points are achieved as follows:

[ Gold = 3 points ] [ Silver = 2 points ] [ Bronze = 1 point ]