1998 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

New Zealand Order of Merit

Dame Companion (DNZM)

• Susan Elizabeth Anne Devoy – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community.
• Elizabeth Ann Hanan – of Dunedin. For services to the community.

  Knight Companion (KNZM)

• Rajeshwar Sarup Bhatnagar – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
• The Right Honourable Ian Lloyd McKay – of Wellington. For services as a judge of the Court of Appeal and to the law.
• Wilson James Whineray – of Auckland. For services to sport and business management.

  Companion (CNZM)

• Jennifer Barbara Gibbs – of Auckland. For services to art.
• Judith Leicester, Lady Hay – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Air Vice-Marshal David William Hill – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Alan Raymond Johnston – of Lower Hutt. For services to the New Zealand Returned Services Association.
• Judith Anne Kilpatrick – of Auckland. For services to nursing education.
• Dr Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira – of Raglan. For services to the Māori language.
• Dr Judith Olwyn Medlicott – of Dunedin. For services to the legal profession, education and the community.
• Leonard Wallace David Munn – of Whangārei. For services to returned services personnel.
• Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo – of London, United Kingdom. For services to golf.
• Noel Frank Pope – of Tauranga. For services to local government.
• Professor Emeritus Alexander Lindsay Rae – of Palmerston North. For services to animal genetics.
• Gordon Keith Stephenson – of Putāruru. For services to conservation.
• Anna Jacoba Westra – of Lower Hutt. For services to photography.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Dr Michael Ernest John Beard – of Christchurch. For services to medicine.
• Associate Professor Samir Nessim Bishara – of Dunedin. For services to neurosurgery.
• William Wharekaihua "Willie" Coates – of Kawerau. For services to the community.
• Dr Felix Cornelius Donnelly – of Auckland. For services to the welfare of youth.
• Rona Mary Halsall – of Westport. For services to music and the community.
• John Edward Hawke – of Auckland. For services to dentistry and the community.
• Ian Neil Holyoake – of Wellington; Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police.
• Stanley Jackson –of Auckland. For services to music.
• Andrew Ivan Robert Jamieson – of Cust. For services to business management and the community.
• Kenneth Eric Jury – of Hamilton. For services to the dairy industry.
• Joan Rosalind Leach – of Raumati Beach. For services to bowls.
• Commander Gregory Ian Lowe – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• George Lun – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Colonel Ross Graham Milne – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army, Territorial Force.
• Suzanne Elizabeth Moncrieff – of Nelson. For services to the arts and tourism.
• Margaret Edith Mooney – of Auckland. For services to education.
• The Reverend Ronald Michael O'Grady – of Auckland. For services to children.
• Michael Tai Yang Park – of Wellington. For services to business management and Korean–New Zealand relations.
• Allan Matthew Potts – of Hastings. For services to athletics.
• Sylvia Mildred Potts – of Hastings. For services to athletics.
• Professor Sylvia Vine Sheat Rumball – of Palmerston North. For services to science.
• Rona Winsome Shepherd – of Wellington. For services to horticulture.
• George Oliver Smart – of Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom. For services to business management and the community.
• Roger Neville Walker – of Wellington. For services to architecture.
• Haki Wihongi – of Auckland. For services to the community.

• Lieutenant Colonel Richard Philip Cassidy – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers. For military operational service.

  Member (MNZM)

• Marie Appleton – of Pukekohe. For services to the community.
• Trevor Percival Blundell – of Kaikohe. For services to the community.
• Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Thomas Bowes – of Havelock. For services to business management.
• James Brosnan – of Raglan. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Marie Thérèse Nguyen-Ngoe-Dzung Burns – of Auckland. For services to the Vietnamese community.
• Ronald Thomas Cochrane – of Methven. For services to the community.
• Graeme Bruce Douglas – of Auckland. For services to the pharmaceutical industry.
• Catherine Patricia Downes – of Wellington. For services to the arts.
• Warrant Officer Class Two Michael John Flanagan – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.
• Dorothy Whitson Freed – of Wellington. For services to music.
• Flight Sergeant Keith Anthony Gell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Margaret Gluyas – of Otorohanga. For services to the community.
• Sergeant Brad Michael Gray – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Dulcie May Gunn – of Dunedin. For services to music.
• John Stevenson Holloway – of Wellington. For services to forestry and conservation.
• Peter Vernon Hubscher – of Auckland. For services to the wine industry.
• Wing Commander Neil Lloyd Hygate – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Colin Ernest George Kitchen – of Whangārei; fire officer, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Dr Stanley Peter Lay – of Kaponga. For services to medicine and the community.
• John Allen Lee – of Christchurch. For services to the surf life-saving movement.
• Edward Roland Lindstrom – of Christchurch. For services to rowing.
• Donald Ian Matheson – of Wellington. For services to the library profession and Parliament.
• Graham Gilmer McColl – of Cambridge. For services to the hospitality industry.
• Lieutenant Commander Peter Mark McKeown – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Pamela Jean McLeod – of Taupō. For services to welfare work.
• Vera Kirihau Morgan – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Turi Joseph Ngatai – of Rotorua. For services to education.
• Michael Earl Parmenter – of Wellington. For services to the performing arts.
• Chief Petty Officer Steven James Paul – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• The Reverend Samuelu Faàpoi Poutasi – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Gerald William Preston – of Auckland. For services to boxing and the community.
• Maurice Elwin Roberts – of Hokitika. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Eileen Lyley Shamy – of Ōtaki. For services to education and the community.
• Charles Alan Shaw – of Balclutha. For services to education and farming.
• Prithi Pal Singh – of Auckland. For services to the Indian community.
• Hohepa Mei Tatere – of Dannevirke. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Charmien Mary Torrance – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Nichola Joan Turner – of Auckland. For services to cricket and the community.
• John Raymond Wignall – of Christchurch. For services to bridge.
• Douglas Leigh Matthew Worner – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Douglas James Wright – of Auckland. For services to dance.

• Corporal Daniel Hoani Dewes – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment. For military operational service.
• Warrant Officer Class One Edward Frederick Estall – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers. For military operational service.
• Warrant Officer Class One Tony John Harding – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment. For military operational service.
• Warrant Officer Radio Electrical Artificer William John McAlpine – Royal New Zealand Navy. For military operational service.
• Lieutenant Commander Gordon Ross Smith – Royal New Zealand Navy. For military operational service.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Atireira Ada Brown – of Bulls.
• Robin Blundell Lockie – of Martinborough.
• Elizabeth Sullivan – of Auckland.
• Johannes Adriaan Tasman – of Christchurch.
• Jill Van Angeren – of Blenheim.
• Waireti Violet Charlotte Walters – of Auckland.

  For public services

• Leonard Gladestone Ardell – of Nelson.
• Douglas Warwick Armstrong – of Orewa.
• Patrick Norman Baker – of Drury.
• Mrs Ngarita Helen Dixon – of Tuatapere.
• Dr William Joseph Keith – of Auckland.
• The Honourable Maurice Patrick McTigue – of Fairfax, Virginia, United States.
• John Wallace Ridley – of Auckland.
• Donald John Riesterer – of Ōpōtiki.
• Ngahiwi Kahimia Tangaere – of Hastings.
• Dr John Murray Valentine – of Wellington.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Kathleen Adam – of Alexandra.
• Barbara Catherine Bernstein – of Rotorua.
• Lionel Godfrey Bernstein – of Rotorua.
• Bessie Maisie Augusta Bishop – of Dannevirke.
• Francis Eric Bisset – of Kaitangata.
• John Hearn Bunker – of Christchurch.
• Mary Alma Cosford – of New Plymouth.
• Victor Thomas Curtis – of Auckland.
• Agnes Matilda Dittmer – of Papakura.
• Ngarena Rama Griffiths – of Waikanae.
• Mate-Anini Harawira – of Whakatāne.
• Walter Anzac Hearn – of Christchurch.
• Iris Merle Howarth-Hine – of Waihou.
• Margaret Elizabeth Jamieson – of Nelson.
• Leatrice Rose Leslie – of Renwick.
• Peggy Neva Loague – of Taupō.
• Edith Rosamund Marsh – of Marton.
• John Bedford Marsh – of Marton.
• Esther Valerie Mazey – of Wellington.
• Edith Shirley McKeever – of Napier.
• Alice Frances Christine Noble – of Greymouth.
• Teresa O'Kane – of Hokianga.
• Jean Amanda Laidlaw Orbell – of Hastings.
• Estelle Barbara Redfern – of Mount Maunganui.
• Jean Margaret Rickard – of Wellington.
• Kenneth Darrol James Ruby – of Tauranga.
• Dulcie Frances Smith – of Waiuku.
• Jack Stark – of Eltham.
• Hazel Mary Traynor – of Wellington.
• Elizabeth Gillian Dawn Westenra – of Blenheim.
• Maureen Jean Williams – of Auckland.
• Irene Elizabeth Wilmshurst – of Hamilton.

  For public services

• George Bendall Allen – of Auckland.
• Catherine Heather Ayrton – of Kaikohe.
• Phoebe Mabel Barrett – of Christchurch.
• Joseph Hicks Bawden – of Orewa.
• Mary Collins Broderick – of Auckland.
• Charles Andrew Burnett – of Rotorua.
• Brent Sutton Bythell – of Ōtaki.
• Allan Stuart Drinkrow – of Manukau City.
• Shirley Ann Groombridge – of Masterton.
• Edna Rose Harrison – of Pukekohe.
• Beverley Rae Henneker – of Hamilton.
• Rae Monteath Hewson – of Ashburton.
• Hewitt Royden Humphrey – of Wellington.
• John William Jameson – of Christchurch.
• Ian Cecil Knox – of Kerikeri.
• Beverly Amelia Lynds – of Waikanae Beach.
• Francis Edward Burnside Malcolm – of Manukau City.
• Mervyn Charles McFarlane – of Patutahi; district officer, Patutahi Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• William Malcolm McKee – of Riversdale.
• Jean Heather McKenzie – of Whangārei.
• Michael Francis Montague – of Auckland.
• Noel John Oliver – of Takapau; lately chief fire officer, Takapau Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Richard Wayne Olsen – of Dunedin; lately sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Yvonne Shirley Ann Palmer – of Christchurch.
• John Marshall Reedy – of Tikitiki.
• Molly Te-Wharerakau Whititera Samuels – of Katikati.
• Nicholas Tafao Pa'u Tuitasi – of Auckland; senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Dr Gavin Wallace – of Wainuiomata.
• Beryl Theresa Walter – of Auckland.
• Richard John Weir – of Wellington.
• Janet Wilson – of Auckland.
• Nanette Anne Wright – of Waimate.