The 1995 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by
Elizabeth II in her right as
Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 1994 and the beginning of 1995. They were announced on 31 December 1994.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
* The Honourable
Alan Douglas Holland – of
Christchurch; lately a judge of the
High Court of New Zealand.
* Dr
William David Southgate – of
Wellington. For services to music.
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB)
;Military division
* Air Vice-Marshal John Stuart Hosie –
Chief of Air Staff,
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
* Professor Alan Maxwell Clarke – of Christchurch. For services to medicine.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander (DBE)
;Civil division
*
Elizabeth Margaret Way Harper – of
Ashburton. For services to
Save the Children Fund.
* Professor
Mary Anne Salmond – of
Auckland. For services to historical research.
File:Dame Anne Salmond WORD (cropped).jpg, Dame Anne Salmond
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
*
John Anthony Anderson – of Wellington. For services to business management, banking and the community.
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
* Professor
Brian Coote – of Auckland. For services to legal education.
*
Margaret Anne Evans – of
Hamilton. For services to local government.
*
Peter Watson Grayburn – of Auckland. For services to business management.
* Professor Gavin Stewart McLaren Kellaway – of Auckland. For services to pharmacology.
* The Honourable
Richard William Prebble – of Auckland. For public services.
*
Alison Mary Roxburgh – of
Nelson. For services to women's affairs.
*
Joan Wiffen
Joan Wiffen (née Pederson, 4 February 1922 – 30 June 2009) was a self-taught New Zealand paleontologist known for discovering the first dinosaur fossils in New Zealand.
Early life
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– of
Hawke's Bay. For services to science.
;Military division
* Brigadier
Maurice Francis Dodson – Brigadiers' List,
New Zealand Army
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Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
* Malcolm James Beattie – of Auckland. For services to
surf life saving
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* Douglas Warneton Cain – of Christchurch. For services to swimming.
*
Grant Stanley Dalton – of Auckland. For services to yachting.
* Royce Edwin Walter Elliott – of
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...
. For services to agriculture.
* William Allan Reid Galbraith – assistant commissioner,
New Zealand Police
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* Dr
David Francis Gerrard – of
Dunedin. For services to sports medicine and sport.
* Dr
John Hall-Jones – of
Invercargill. For services to medicine and local history.
*
Joyce Yvonne Lawley – of Auckland. For services to the performing arts.
* Denis Heron Lepper – of
New Plymouth
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. For services to the pork industry.
* Barbara Josephine Levido – of Lower Hutt. For services to sport.
* Cyril Thomas Lynch – of Wellington. For services to the electrical industry.
* Emeritus Professor John Bullamore Mackie – of Nelson. For services to surveying and the community.
*
Nikola Nobilo Sr. – of Auckland. For services to the viticulture industry.
* Patricia Anne Seymour – of
Gisborne. For services to the family and the community.
* Dr
Thomas James Sprott – of Auckland. For services to forensic science and the community.
* John Matthew Whitelock – of
Palmerston North. For services to the dairy industry.
;Military division
* Group Captain Gordon Lennox Wood – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
*
Anne Frances Audain – of Auckland. For services to athletics.
*
Kevin Michael Barry Sr. – of Christchurch. For services to boxing.
* Harry Brown – of New Plymouth. For services to music.
*
John Maxwell Cryer – of Auckland. For services to entertainment.
*
Alan Duff – of
Havelock North. For services to literature.
* William Bates Earwaker – of Auckland. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* Jack Macfarlane Alston Forsyth – of Wellington. For services to the produce industry and sport.
*
Grant James Fox – of Auckland. For services to rugby.
* Miriam Marie Goodyear-Smith – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Rodney Selwyn Grater – of
Oamaru. For services to the community.
* Gladys Euphemia Johnston – of
Balclutha. For services to the community.
*
Scivier Kevan Lawrence – of
Waiuku. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* The Honourable
Ralph Kerr Maxwell – of Auckland. For public services.
* Rosemary Michie – of
Rotorua
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. For services to the community.
*
Mita Hikairo Mohi – of
Ngongotahā. For service to youth.
*
Donald Owen Neely – of Wellington. For services to cricket.
* Egan Edward Ogier – of
Katikati. For services to the community.
* Matarena Marjorie Rau-Kupa – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
*
Terence John Ryan – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
*
Robert William Henry Scott – of
Whangamatā. For services to rugby and the community.
* Dorothy Catherine Smith – of
Te Kuiti. For services to the community.
* The Reverend Monsignor Bernard Edward Tottman – of Wellington. For services to the community.
* Norman Richard Tvrdeić – of
Greymouth. For services to mining and the community.
*
Gregory Thomas Yelavich – of Auckland. For services to sport.
;Military division
* Acting Major James Anthony Hill –
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
* Warrant Officer Brian William White – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Kevin Barry ONZM (cropped).jpg, Kevin Barry
File:Max Cryer 2000 (cropped).jpg, Max Cryer
File:Alan Duff (cropped).jpg, Alan Duff
File:Don Neely MNZM (cropped).jpg, Don Neely
File:Terry Ryan dsc2192 (cropped).jpg, Terry Ryan
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British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Military division
* Chief Petty Officer Physical Training Instructor Michael James Te Hurunui Hohapata –
Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Staff Sergeant Timothy John Hemi –
Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
* Flight Sergeant Graeme Leonard John Pleasants – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* James Kenneth Aitkenhead – of Auckland.
* Judith Ann Baird – of Auckland.
*
Rose, Lady Henare – of Kawiti,
Northland.
* Anne Jacqueline Holden – of Wellington.
* Dr
Kenneth John McNaught – of Wellington.
* Mary Madeline Sophie Moodie – of Christchurch.
* Wing Commander William John Simpson – of Auckland; Royal New Zealand Air Force (Retired)
For public services
*
John Stratton Davies – of
Queenstown.
* Alva Mary Faul – of Invercargill.
*
Ruth Gotlieb
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Biography Early life and career
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– of Wellington.
* Denis James Hogan – of Christchurch.
* The Reverend Brother Patrick Celestine Ryan – of Dunedin.
* Shirley Thecla Smith – of Wellington.
* Ormond Tate – of
Plimmerton
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File:Ruth Gotlieb (cropped).jpg, Ruth Gotlieb
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For community service
* William Millward Aldcroft – of Balclutha.
* Rosa Florence Bennett – of Ashburton.
* Edith Rona Blows – of
Tokoroa.
* Emma Rosanna Brown – of
Hastings.
* Joan Winfred Cranston (Sister Mary Constance) – of
Upper Hutt.
* Maureen Helen Cullen – of
Kerikeri
Kerikeri () is the largest town in Northland, New Zealand. It is a tourist destination north of Auckland and north of the northern region's largest city, Whangarei. It is sometimes called the Cradle of the Nation, as it was the site of th ...
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* William Jonathan Cullen – of Kerikeri.
* Eileen Mona Delaney – of
Te Awamutu.
* The Reverend Father Andrew John Faith – of Auckland.
* Brenda Louise Fine – of Hastings.
* Marie Ruth Fletcher – of New Plymouth.
* Norma Elizabeth Hall – of
Blenheim.
* Irene Maud Harris – of Auckland.
* Elsie Flora Hough – of
Chatham Islands.
* Elva May Jackson – of Auckland.
* Beatrice Robina Laurie – of Wellington.
* Cicely Margaret Lawler – of Auckland.
* Donald James Liddle – of
Waikanae.
* Ronald Duncan McCallum – of
Maungaturoto.
* Kelvin Clive Mytton – of
Motueka.
* Irene Alice Payne – of
Timaru.
* Pamela Elizabeth Maud Pearce – of
Featherston
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* Crystal Amelia Phillips – of
Glentunnel
Glentunnel (previously known as Surveyors Gully) is a village located in the Selwyn District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
It has a close historical association with coal, clay and sand mines of the Malvern area. Or ...
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* Cecil Leonard Pratley – of Upper Hutt
* Terence Norman Price – of Blenheim.
* Annie Violet Allona Priestley – of Wellington.
* Doris Louisa Quertier – of
Gore.
* Peter Alexander Reid – of
Whakatāne.
* Maudie Ruaka Tamehana Reweti – of
Wanganui.
* Jean Williams Runciman – of Christchurch.
* Patrick Snoxell – of
Feilding.
* Kailelei Iokapeta Iosua Tepou – of Auckland.
* Marion Rae Richardson Thomas – of Auckland.
* Valerie Wilson Williams – of
Bluff.
For public services
* Thomas Norman Barton – of Auckland.
* Peter George Bennett – of
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; senior constable, New Zealand Police.
*
Margery Isobel Blackman – of Dunedin.
* Beverley Mayo Bremner – of Hamilton.
*
Catherine Elizabeth Brown
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– of
Canterbury.
* Tufnell Gifford Burchell – of Te Awamutu.
* Dr James Norman Grieve Davidson – of
Whangārei.
* Keith Lawrence Davis – of Hamilton.
* Dr Minas Elias – of Auckland.
*
Relda Averil Familton – of Wellington.
* Desmond Ivan George – of
Foxton.
* Marjorie Aline Gordon – of
Levin.
* John Alwin Hateley – of Wellington.
* Ewen James Laurenson – of Wellington.
* Gillian Rose Laurenson – of Wellington.
* Nellie Doreen Leicester – of Auckland.
* Marion June McCullough – of Auckland.
* Marcus Wintere Madill – of
Matamata.
* Marvin David Mead – of Hamilton.
* John McKenzie Miller – of
Ōtorohanga.
* Rita Evadney Minehan – of Timaru.
* Mary Elizabeth Nathan – of Auckland.
* Kathleen Barbara Nicholls – of
Taupō.
* Peter John Pellew – of Auckland.
* Norah Reid – of
Tauranga.
* Charles George Richardson – of Balclutha.
* The Reverend Doreen Mary Riddell – of Hamilton.
* Noreen Mary Rodgers – of Nelson.
* Owen Raymond Sanders – of Wellington.
* Lieutenant Colonel William Alexander Simpson – of Waikanae;
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Retired)
* Dorothy Jeanette Stevens – of
Pukekohe.
* Mary Moana Taylor – of
Picton.
* Fiona Margaret Withiel Thompson – of Auckland.
* Barbara Hutton Walter – of Te Awamutu.
* Margaret Esther Wright – of Christchurch; senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)
* William Ernest Brazier – chief fire officer,
Paraparaumu Volunteer Fire Brigade,
New Zealand Fire Service.
* Trevor Desmond Pollard – senior station officer,
Titirangi Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Brian Stanley – senior station officer,
Kawerau Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
* Peter Lawrence Robinson – of Dunedin; detective chief inspector, New Zealand Police.
Royal Red Cross
Member (RRC)
* Lieutenant Colonel Daphne Margaret Shaw –
Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Flight Lieutenant Bruce Anthony Craies – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
* Acting Squadron Leader
Michael Edward Yardley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Mike Yardley investiture dinner (cropped).jpg, Mike Yardley
References
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