1996 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Dr William Ian Axford – of Napier. For services to science.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Rear Admiral John Edwin Nugent Welch – Chief of Naval Staff, Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)

• The Right Honourable Michael Hardie Boys – of Wellington; Governor-General Designate of New Zealand.

  Companion (CMG)

• Patrick George Morrison – of Darfield. For services to the wool industry.

  Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

• Gillian Constance Weir – of Tilehurst, England. For services to music.

  Commander (CBE)

• Nancy Mary Adams – of Wellington. For services to botany.
• Emeritus Professor Bruce Grandison Biggs – of Auckland. For services to education and the Māori people.
• Major Eunice Mary Eichler – of Auckland. For services to welfare work.
• John Herbert Heslop – of Dunedin. For services to medicine, sport and the community.
• Emeritus Professor Margaret Wyn Loutit – of Dunedin. For services to science.
• Grant Stewart Ellis Milne – of Auckland. For services to the transport industry.
• Rose Rangimarie Turuki Lambert Pere – of Waikaremoana. For services to Māori education.
• The Honourable Koro Tainui Wētere – of Wellington. For services to the Māori people.
• Mona Guilford Wikaira – of Te Awamutu. For services to the community.

• Air Commodore Graeme James Wharton Goldsmith – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• Betina Adams – of Walton. For services to bowls.
• Fleur Adcock – of Wellington. For services to literature.
• Anthony John Anselmi – of Te Kuiti. For services to manufacturing.
• Barry Edward Brill – of Auckland. For services to manufacturing.
• Richard John Fraser – of Auckland. For service to engineering and the community.
• Dr Ruth Elizabeth Harley – of Wellington. For services to broadcasting.
• Ieuan John Honnor – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Jean Alice Horsley – of Auckland. For services to art.
• Dr Thomas Harry Marshall – of Auckland. For services to medicine and the community.
• Guilford Montgomerie-Davidson – of Wellington. For services to business management and the community.
• Marcia Grace Russell – of Auckland. For services to journalism.
• Dr William Stanley Simpson – of Christchurch. For services to the wool industry.
• Richard Norman Somerfield – of Tauranga. For services to the handicapped and the berryfruit industry.
• Suzanne Helen Suckling – of Christchurch. For services to business management.
• Connell Percy Thode – of Auckland. For services to yachting.
• Dawn Marie Wylie – of Greytown. For services to business development.

• Group Captain Donald Miller Hamilton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• William George Auld – of Mosgiel. For services to rugby and the community.
• David Bay – of Te Aroha. For services to the dairy industry and the community.
• Helen Brew – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Barbara Douglas Cox – of Auckland. For services to soccer.
• Kenneth Ewen Stanley Fenwick – of Hamilton. For services to aviation.
• Graham Scott Fuller – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• George Alexander Harford – of Tauranga. For services to agriculture and tourism.
• Stanley Frank Hill – of Christchurch. For services to rugby.
• William James Kelso – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Thomas George Alan Kiely – of Auckland. For services to tennis and the community.
• Malcolm Edward Law – of Whakatane. For services to farming and the community.
• Dr Gam Poy Lee – of Auckland. For services to medicine and the community.
• Jeanette Maud McIntyre – of Gore. For services to the community.
• Bronwyn Anne Monopoli – of Nelson. For services to business management.
• Mary Margaret Mourant – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• John Rodney Nimon – of Havelock North. For services to business management and the community.
• Dr Dorothy Pauline Page – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Captain Leslie Malcolm Page – of Christchurch. For services to aviation.
• Lynette Therese Pivac – of Auckland. For services to the deaf.
• June Elaine Read – of Wellington. For services to mental health.
• Ronald Jack Scarlett – of Christchurch. For services to science.
• Tuerei O Arera Taramai – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Bridget Rosamund Williams – of Wellington. For services to book publishing.
• Helen Elizabeth Winter – of Blenheim. For services to the girl guides.

• Lieutenant Commander Edward David James Isaac – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Terrence Lund Whimp – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Jonathan Peter Broadley – Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.
• Major Arthur David Gawn – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Robert Joseph Cox – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Wilfred Henry Colley – of Christchurch.
• Arthur Richard Paton Eustace – of Otaki.
• Alexia Helen Pickering – of Hamilton.
• Alan McKenzie Smith – of Invercargill.
• Elizabeth Mary Tait – of Napier.
• The Reverend Arthur John Templeton – of Dunedin.

  For public services

• Maxine Arnold – of Porirua.
• Irene Ann Crawford – of Ngongotaha.
• Carole Joyce Evans – of Christchurch.
• Margaret Alice Fitzgerald – of Lower Hutt.
• Dr John Peter Larkindale – of Wellington.
• Dr Edward Colin Selby Little – of Auckland.
• Winifred Potter – of Pukekohe.
• The Honourable Frances Helen Wilde – of Wellington.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Joan Bullock-Morrell – of Wanganui.
• Phyllis Kathleen Chapman – of Pleasant Point.
• Myra Ella Chase – of Oamaru.
• Yeraleena Mary Chick – of Dargaville.
• Majorie Joan Codlin – of Auckland.
• Emma Alice Birdie Cowsill – of Pukekohe.
• Trevor Darcy Down – of Auckland.
• Patricia Kathleen Duncan – of Rakaia.
• Vera Fenton – of Auckland.
• Johanna Mary Frances Galvin – of Wellington.
• Aubrey George Harris – of Te Kuiti.
• Mary Ellen Carmel Horan – of Hamilton.
• Ngaire Lee – of Rotorua.
• Susan Moya Lytollis – of Auckland.
• Nicholas Graham Metzger – of Bluff.
• James Patrick Moriarty – of Wellington.
• Elizabeth Morrison – of Auckland.
• Shirley Margaret Mary Murphy – of New Plymouth.
• Amiria Jaro Ngairo – of Greytown.
• Phyllis Emily Nuttall – of Auckland.
• Raymond John Peek – of Mataura.
• Ormond Poppleton – of Palmerston North.
• Grant Wayne Quinn – of Lower Hutt.
• Atawua Robati – of Auckland.
• Leslie Percy Robert – of Palmerston North.
• John Alexander Robinson – of Auckland.
• Susan Jane Ruffell – of Blenheim.
• Angela Joan Scott – of Tauranga.
• Nola Mary Simpson – of Palmerston North.
• Norman Leslie Skilton – of Auckland.
• Jo-Anne Sopoaga – of Pukerua Bay.
• Denni Dionysios Soulis – of Wellington.
• Violet Orleen Stephens – of Upper Hutt.
• Beryl Eileen Stewart – of Whangarei.
• Mary Eliza Courtenay Townshend – of Darfield.
• Frank Vilich – of Auckland.
• Tepara Mabel Waititi – of Kawakawa.

  For public services

• Ernest Kenyon Alexander – of Pukekohe.
• Beverley Ratene Anaru – of Rotorua.
• Wilfred Canning – of Waiheke Island.
• Rosemary Ruth Carr – of Christchurch.
• William Alan Cleghorn – of Rotorua.
• Pansy Nell Cogger – of Greymouth.
• Florence Joya Wynne Costley – of Wanganui.
• Elsie Elizabeth Davison – of Wellington.
• Grace Emilee Evans – of Napier.
• Alexander Topham Fletcher – of Levin.
• Gerald Carolan Grace – of Stratford.
• Jack Lawson Inglis – of Motueka.
• Laurie Desmond King – of Christchurch.
• June Levet – of Wellsford.
• Leonard Stanly Lulich – of Dargaville.
• Gerald Allister John McDonald – of Masterton.
• John Howard McGhie – of Mosgiel.
• Robert Ewan Miln – of Te Kuiti.
• Neville John Carl Moller – of Auckland.
• Alan John Monk – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Eric James Murtagh – of Auckland.
• William James Noster – senior chief traffic sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Ivan Raymond Oakley – of Ashburton
• Jack William Paraha – of Rotorua.
• Bernard Francis Ross – of Auckland.
• Edward Robert Stewart – of Woodville.
• Elizabeth Valante Stewart – of Nelson.
• John Frederick Thomson – of Wellington.
• Francis Arthur John Timblick – of Geraldine.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Lance Corporal Awanui-a-Rangi Melbourne – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Abraham Paul Pourau – Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.
• Flight Sergeant James Ross Connochie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Gavin John Howse – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• Chief Fire Commander Trevor James Bean – Auckland Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Chief Fire Officer Alan Stuart Cockburn – New Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Station Officer Arthur Donald Drower – Tokoroa Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Detective Inspector Anthony John Manning – of Auckland; New Zealand Police.