The 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as
Queen of New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand is the Constitution of New Zealand, constitutional system of government in which a Hereditary monarchy, hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of New Zealand. The current monarch, King Charles III, as ...
, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 2 June 1997.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Order of New Zealand (ONZ)
;Ordinary member
* Sir
James Muir Cameron Fletcher – of
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
.
* Dr
Ivan Lichter
Ivan Lichter (14 March 1918 – 12 June 2009) was a thoracic surgeon and a pioneer in the field of palliative care in New Zealand. He was appointed to the Order of New Zealand, the country's highest honour and limited to 20 living people, in the ...
– of Auckland.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Companion (DNZM)
*
Janet Elaine Paul – of
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...
. For services to publishing, writing and painting.
Knight Companion (KNZM)
*
Robert Arthur Owens – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
* The Honourable
John Hamilton Wallace – of Auckland; lately a judge of the
High Court.
Companion (CNZM)
* The Most Reverend
Brian Newton Davis – of Wellington. For services to the
Anglican Church
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
and the community.
*
Austin John Forbes – of
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
. For services to the legal profession.
* Professor
Peter David Gluckman – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
* Dr Margaret Winn Guthrie – of Wellington. For services to
gerontology
Gerontology ( ) is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903, from the Greek , ''geron'', "old man" and , ''-logia'', "study of". The fie ...
.
* Nancy Wai-Lan Kwok-Goddard – of Wellington. For services to the community.
*
John Leslie Munro – of
Te Kūiti
Te Kūiti is a town in the north of the King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of State Highways 3 and 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk railway, south of Hamilton. The town promotes itself as the ...
. For services to local government and the community.
* Commodore David William Palmer –
Royal New Zealand Navy
The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; mi, Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa, , Sea Warriors of New Zealand) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of nine ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act ...
.
* Hinetara Potaka – of
Te Puke
Te Puke is a town located 18 kilometres southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. It is particularly well-known for the cultivation of Kiwifruit.
Te Puke is close to Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, and Maketu, whi ...
. For services to the community.
* Dr
Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie
Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie (30 December 1923 – 5 July 1997) was a Ngāi Tahu leader, health researcher, actor, composer and human rights commissioner. She was president of the Māori Women's Welfare League from 1977 to 1980 and research director ...
– of
Whanganui
Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...
. For services to the community.
File:Austin Forbes 2021 (cropped).jpg, Austin Forbes
File:Peter Gluckman ONZ 2020 (cropped).jpg, Peter Gluckman
Officer (ONZM)
* Graham Murray Bryant – of
Awakino
Awakino is a settlement in the south of Waitomo District, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 3 at the mouth of the Awakino River, five kilometres north of Mokau. It is 79 km southwest of Te Kuiti, and 98&n ...
. For services to sheep breeding.
*
Peter Standish Burke – of
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...
. For services to rugby.
* Group Captain Brian Carruthers –
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...
.
* Morris David Chandler – of Auckland. For services to motorsport.
* Anthony John Farrington – of Wellington. For services to business and the community.
* Emeritus Professor Eric Desmond Fielden – of
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...
. For services to veterinary science.
* Leonard Bruce Gibbs – of
Whakatāne
Whakatāne ( , ) is the seat of the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatāne River. Whakatāne District is the encompassing territorial authority, whi ...
. For services to mission work and the community.
*
John Bernard Hart – of Auckland. For services to rugby.
* Denese Letitia Henare – of Auckland. For services to the
Māori people
The Māori (, ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several ce ...
.
* Dr
John Clarence Hinchcliff – of
Pukekohe
Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, it is in South Auckland, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. Th ...
. For services to education.
* Professor
Linda Jane Holloway – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
* Ronald (Jock) MacGregor Irvine – of Auckland. For services to the legal profession.
* Dr John Blackburn Jillett – of
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
. For services to marine biology.
* James Bassett Macaulay – of Auckland. For services to banking and the community.
* Dr
Ian Callum McGibbon – of Wellington. For services to historical research.
*
Jennifer (Jenny) Helen McLeod – of
Pukerua Bay
Pukerua Bay is a small seaside suburb at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, New Zealand. In local government terms it is the northernmost suburb of Porirua City, in the Wellington Region. It is 12 km north of the Porirua City Centre on ...
. For services to music.
*
Ivan Mercep
Ivan Mercep (22 February 1930 – 8 April 2014) was a New Zealand architect.
Early life and family
Born in Taumarunui in 1930 to a Croatian family, Mercep was educated at Sacred Heart College, Auckland and Auckland University College, from whe ...
– of Auckland. For services to architecture.
* Professor Raymond Francis Meyer – of Auckland. For services to education and engineering.
* Dr
Brian Peter John Molloy
Brian Peter John Molloy (12 August 1930 – 31 July 2022) was a New Zealand plant ecologist, conservationist, and rugby union player.
Early life, education and family
Born in Wellington on 12 August 1930, and orphaned at a young age, Molloy g ...
– of Christchurch. For services to conservation.
*
Milan Mrkusich
Milan Mrkusich (5 April 1925 – 13 June 2018) was a New Zealand artist and designer. He was considered a pioneer of abstract painting in New Zealand. Retrospective exhibitions of his work were organised by the Auckland Art Gallery in 1972 and 1 ...
– of Auckland. For services to painting.
*
Peter Peryer – of Auckland. For services to photography.
* Dr Catherine Helen Barnard Smith – of
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
. For services to the veterinary profession.
* Dr William Ronald James Sutton – of
Rotorua
Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...
. For services to forestry.
* David Patterson Synnott – of Wellington. For service to athletics.
*
Stephen Robert Tindall – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
* Professor
Alison Ann Trotter – of Dunedin. For services to historical research.
* Dr
Ronald Valentine Trubuhovich – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
* Professor
Christine Coe Winterbourn – of Christchurch. For services to medical research.
;Additional
* Commander Paul David Gilkison – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Lieutenant Colonel Steven Guy Ransley –
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers is the administrative corps of the New Zealand Army responsible for military engineering. The role of the Engineers is to assist in maintaining friendly forces' mobility, deny freedom of movement to the ene ...
.
;Honorary
* Professor
Claudia De Vita Scott – of Wellington. For services to public administration and the community.
File:Ian McGibbon 2014 (cropped).jpg, Ian McGibbon
File:Portrait image (6597) of New Zealand composer Jenny McLeod, Pukerua Bay, New Zealand, 18 April 2009.jpg, Jenny McLeod
File:Brian Molloy (cropped).jpg, Brian Molloy
File:Stephen Tindall GNZM (cropped).jpg, Stephen Tindall
File:Christine Winterbourn CNZM (cropped).jpg, Christine Coe Winterbourn
Member (MNZM)
* Rex Albert Anderson – of Christchurch. For services to sports administration and the community.
* Hilary Claire Atchinson – of
Waiuku
Waiuku is a rural town in the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the Waiuku River, which is an estuarial arm of the Manukau Harbour, and lies on the isthmus of the Āwhitu Peninsula, which ...
. For services to the community.
* The Honourable
Margaret Elizabeth Austin – of Christchurch. For public services.
* Major Robert Philip Barlin, New Zealand Army – of
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
, Republic of Georgia. For services to humanitarian concerns.
* Gordon Joseph Blake – of
Tīrau
Tīrau is a small town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 50 kilometres southeast of Hamilton. The town has a population of 804 (2018 census). In the Māori language, "Tīrau" means "place of many cabbage trees."
Tīrau ...
. For services to local government.
* Maurice Leicester Chatfield – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Dr
Una Vivienne Cooper – of Hamilton. For services to marine biology.
* Margaret Cross – of
Warkworth. For services to the community
* Robert Anthony Crowder – of
Lincoln
Lincoln most commonly refers to:
* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincol ...
. For services to organic husbandry.
* Dr
Stewart James Edward – of Rotorua. For services to dentistry and the community.
* Betty Maureen Fitzmaurice – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Kerry-Anne Gilberd – of
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, New South Wales, Australia. For services to ballet.
* The Reverend Father Issac Joseph Gupwell – of Whanganui. For services to Māori education.
*
Hugh Edward Staples Hamilton – of
Waipukurau
Waipukurau is the largest town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Tukituki River, 7 kilometres south of Waipawa and 50 kilometres southwest of Hastings.
H ...
. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* Barry James Harcourt – of
Invercargill
Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
. For services to photography.
* Ian le Clerc Harvey – of
Whangaparāoa
The Whangaparaoa Peninsula is a suburban area about 25 km north of Auckland, New Zealand. It had 30,672 residents in 2013, many of them in the eponymous town of Whangaparaoa on its southern side. It is part of the Hibiscus Coast. ...
. For services to music.
* Margaret Edith Harvey – of
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, United Kingdom. For services to New Zealand wine exports.
* Flying Officer Sarah Lee Hodges – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Lieutenant Commander Richard John Howland – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Florinda Louisa Lambert – of
Inglewood. For services to the community.
* The Honourable
Graeme Ernest Lee – of Auckland. For public services.
* Seong Bang Lee – of Christchurch. For services to business and the community.
* Katie Mason-Moses – of
Blenheim. For services to the community.
* Carol Anne Moffatt – of
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
. For services to education.
* Wing Commander Michael George Pobog-Jaworowski – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Gary Maurice Portas – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
*
Keith Quinn – 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 sports journalism.
* Rererangi Rangihika – of Auckland; superintendent,
New Zealand Police
The New Zealand Police ( mi, Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police service and principal law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for preventing crime, enhancing public safety, bringing offenders to justice, and maintai ...
.
* Murray Craig Reid – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community.
* Ian Ewart Searle – of Whakatāne. For services to physiotherapy.
* Kenneth George Smith – of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia. For services to music.
* William Farquhar Smith – of Auckland. For services to agriculture.
* Mary Forbes Symmans – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
* Erica Judith Tenquist – of
Featherston
Featherston is a surname of English origin, at least as old as the 12th century. The link with "Featherstone" is probably not traceable, but people researching both spellings (and others such as "de Fetherestanhalgh") contribute to the collection o ...
. For services to the community.
* Raymond Benjamin Topia – of
Whangārei
Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...
; deputy chief fire officer,
Kamo The name Kamo may refer to the following:
Places
Japan
(Note: ''kamo'' ( 鴨), is the common word for ''duck'' in Japanese, but the following names do not necessarily mean ''duck'' and are not necessarily written with that character.)
* Kamo, N ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade,
New Zealand Fire Service
The New Zealand Fire Service ( mi, Whakaratonga Iwi, "Service to the People"; also known as the NZFS) was New Zealand's main firefighting body from 1 April 1976 until 1 July 2017 – at which point it was dissolved and incorporated into the new ...
.
* Warrant Officer Class I Keith Douglas Walker –
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps
The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Force and Territorial Force units equipped with armoured vehicles in the New Zealand Army. The corps was formed in 1942 as the New Zealand Armoured Corps, ...
.
* Warrant Officer Contol Electrical Artificer Colin Dennis White – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Frederick David Wilson – of Whanganui. For services to the community.
;Additional
* Lieutenant Commander John Fergus Campbell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Petty Officer Torpedo and Anti Submarine Instructor Miles James Singe – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Major Ainsley Warren Leadley Watson –
Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment
The Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment (The Duke of York's Own), is the New Zealand Army's main military Logistics and combat service support (CSS) element. It is the largest regiment in the NZ Army.
History
Prior to 1996, the logistic su ...
.
;Honorary
* Takashige Katsuno – of
Fukuoka-shi, Japan. For services to New Zealand interests in Japan.
File:Margaret Austin 2008.jpg, Margaret Austin
File:Graeme Lee crop.jpg, Graeme Lee
File:Keith Quinn 2015.jpg, Keith Quinn
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* Myra Margaret Barry – of Christchurch.
* Daphne Elizabeth Bluett – of
Matamata
Matamata () is a town in Waikato, New Zealand. It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits. It is part of the Matamata-Piako District, which takes ...
.
* Shirley Annette Ellis – of
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
.
* Robert Derek Haddoc – of Auckland.
* Mary Hope Meade (Sister Dorothea) – of Whanganui.
* Constance Betty Owen – of
Tauranga
Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...
.
* Heather Munro Russell – of Whanganui.
* Lurleen Grace Straith – of Invercargill.
For public services
* Francis John Cameron – of Lower Hutt.
* Claude Augustine Edwards – of
Ōpōtiki
Ōpōtiki (; from ''Ōpōtiki-Mai-Tawhiti'') is a small town in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. It houses the headquarters of the Ōpōtiki District Council and comes under the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.
Ge ...
.
* Dr Douglas William Girvan – of Dunedin.
* Ian Munro Mackay – of Wellington.
* Dorothy Brett Moon – of
Ashburton.
* Fergus Gordon Paterson – of
Picton.
* Ewing Robertson – of
Havelock North
Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of local ...
.
*
Malcolm James Campbell Templeton – of Wellington.
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For community service
* Angela Dorothy Holden Antony – of
North Shore City
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
.
*
Amelia Batistich
Amelia Batistich (née Barbarich; 11 March 1915 – 21 August 2004) was a New Zealand fiction writer of Croatian descent.
Life
Batistich was born in Dargaville to John Barbarich and Milka Matutinovich, settlers from Dalmatia. Her parents ran a ...
– of Auckland.
* Charles Tamati Bluett – of Whakatāne.
* Frances Robyn Bridgman – of Auckland.
* Darrell Le Marchant Carey – of
Huntly
Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlemen ...
.
* Eric James Clarke – of
Paraparaumu Beach
Paraparaumu Beach is a coastal settlement on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located west of the main Paraparaumu township, 50 km north of Wellington. The area faces Kapiti Island.
Demographics
Paraparaumu Beach, which co ...
.
* Patricia Mavis Coope – of
Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island ( mi, Aotea) lies in the outer Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, north-east of central Auckland. With an area of it is the sixth-largest island of New Zealand and fourth-largest in the main chain. Its highest point, Mount Hobson ...
.
* Kathleen Rees Dalziel – of
Ōtorohanga
Ōtorohanga is a north King Country town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located south of Hamilton and north of Te Kūiti, on the Waipā River. It is a service town for the surrounding dairy-farming distri ...
.
* William John Dalziel – of Ōtorohanga.
* Yvonne June Davison – of
Greymouth
Greymouth () (Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coas ...
.
* Mary Lilian Dobbie – of Auckland.
* George Maitland Duncan – of
Gore
Gore may refer to:
Places Australia
* Gore, Queensland
* Gore Creek (New South Wales)
* Gore Island (Queensland)
Canada
* Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community
* Gore, Quebec, a township municipality
* Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitouli ...
.
* Shirley Diana (Billie) Galloway – of Auckland.
* William Kenneth Galloway – of Auckland.
* Gloria Elizabeth Hammond – of Greymouth.
* Bruce Henry Howell – of Te Kūiti.
* Miss Isla Irvine Hunter – of Christchurch.
* Ernest John Knox – of
Wainuiomata
Wainuiomata () is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.
Origin of name
The word 'Wainui-o-mata' is a Māori name made up of the words Wai = water, Nui = big, O = of, and Mata – which could refer ...
.
* Mary Edith Ann Mackay – of
Levin.
* Major David Thomas Millar – of Auckland.
* Ngaire Patricia Ockwell – of
Mosgiel
Mosgiel (Māori: ''Te Konika o te Matamata'') is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre. Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin ...
.
* Dawn Persson – of Auckland
* Robert Bruce Pulman – of Auckland.
* Valda Scott – of Auckland.
* Denis John Sheehan – of
Rangiora
Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is north of Christchurch, and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. With an estimated population of Rangiora is the 30th largest urba ...
.
* Agnes Jane (Nancy) Sibley – of
Gisborne.
* Rita Mavis Simmonds – of
Napier.
* Philip Walter d'Arcy Stewart – of
Amberley Amberley may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Amberley, Queensland, near Ipswich, Australia
*RAAF Base Amberley, a Royal Australian Air Force military airbase
United Kingdom
* Amberley, Gloucestershire, England
* Amberley, Herefordshire, England
...
.
* Brian Douglas Sutton – of Levin.
* James George Tate – of Ashburton.
* Sally Mary Thompson – of Christchurch.
* Hape Nuia Waikari – of
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area.
Geography
The Upper Hutt city cent ...
.
* Pirihira Priscilla Mei Wakefield – of Napier.
* Eleanor Ward – of
Tokoroa
Tokoroa ( mi, Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere) is the fifth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the M ...
.
* Lillie Watson – of
Waitakere (
West Auckland).
* Poppy Watts – of Lower Hutt.
* Allister Edmund Williamson – of
Raglan.
* Melphie Josephine Wilson – of Featherston.
* Claud James Wintle – of
Mangawhai
Mangawhai is a locality in Northland, New Zealand around the Mangawhai Harbour. The township of Mangawhai is at the south west extent of the harbour, and the township of Mangawhai Heads is 5 km north east. Kaiwaka is 13 km south west, ...
.
* Isla Vivienne Woodham – of
Hokitika
Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of .
...
.
* Shirley Lorraine Wright – of
Kawerau
Kawerau is a town in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 100 km south-east of Tauranga and 58 km east of Rotorua. It is the seat of the Kawerau District Council, and the only town in Kawerau Distric ...
.
* Donald McNearnie Frank Yeates – of Levin.
* Niborom Young – of Wellington.
* Wilfred Campbell Young – of
Renwick.
For public services
* Robert Henry Bell – of Ashburton.
* John William Blackwood – of Palmerston North.
* Lawrence William Blakemore – of
Pleasant Point.
* Isabel Margaret Buist – of
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
.
* Margaret Constance Cantwell – of Tauranga.
* Christopher Stanis Diamond – of
Kaikohe
Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about 260 km from Auckland. It is the largest inland town and highest community above sea level in the Northland Region. With a population of over ...
.
* Laurance Douglas Fleming – of
Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...
; lately chief fire officer, Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Bennett Eden Foster – of
Waihi
Waihi is a town in Hauraki District in the North Island of New Zealand, especially notable for its history as a gold mine town.
The town is at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula, close to the western end of the Bay of Plenty. The nearby res ...
.
* Darren William Gamble – of Invercargill.
* Ian George Granger – of Napier.
* Catherine Violet Harris – of
Orewa
Orewa is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city. It lies on the Hibiscus Coast, just north of the base of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, Whangaparāoa Peninsula and 40 kilometres north of central Auckland. It is a popular holiday destin ...
.
* Charles Laurence John Inder – of
Ranfurly.
* Allan William Jupp – of Huntly.
* Elizabeth Jean Lockington – of Nelson.
* Shirley Joan Maihi – of
Manukau City
Manukau City was a territorial authority district in Auckland, New Zealand, that was governed by the Manukau City Council. The area is sometimes referred to as "South Auckland", although this term never possessed official recognition and does ...
.
* Peter John Mitford-Burgess – of
Bombay
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
; detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* Jean Margaret Montague – of Auckland.
* Ngawini Toka Puru – of Auckland.
* Sara Bernardine Shand – of
Dipton.
* Barry Alan Shepherd – of
Taupō
Taupō (), sometimes written Taupo, is a town on the north-eastern shore of Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake, in the central North Island. It is the largest urban area of the Taupō District, and the second-largest urban area in the Wai ...
; senior constable, New Zealand Police.
* John Hubert Skilton – of Nelson.
* Philip Parnell Spackman – of Rotorua; senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* Harold George Henry Thomas – of
Waikanae
Waikanae (, ) is a town on the Kapiti Coast, 60 kilometres north of the Wellington CBD. The name is a Māori word meaning "waters" (''wai'') "of the grey mullet".
The town lies between Paraparaumu, eight kilometres to the southwest, and Ōtak ...
.
* Leanne Sharon Wheeler – of Te Kūiti.
* Robert Hutchinson White – of
Springfield
Springfield may refer to:
* Springfield (toponym), the place name in general
Places and locations Australia
* Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast)
* Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council)
* Springfield, Queenslan ...
; chief fire officer, Springfield Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Nancy Isobel Winter – of
Raetihi
Raetihi, a small town in the center of New Zealand's North Island, is located at the junction of State Highways 4 and 49 in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. It lies in a valley between Tongariro and Whanganui National Parks, 11 kilometres west ...
.
* Albert Edward Woolf – of
Petone
Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach".
Europeans first settled in Pe ...
.
* Garrick Stanton Workman – of
Ohakune
Ohakune is a small town at the southern end of Tongariro National Park, close to the southwestern slopes of the active volcano Mount Ruapehu, in the North Island of New Zealand.
A rural service town known as New Zealand's Carrot Capital, Ohak ...
.
* Raymond Robert Wright – of Wellington.
References
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Birthday Honours
1997 awards
1997 in New Zealand
New Zealand awards