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The 1998 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 constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of New Zealand. The current monarch, King Charles III, ascended the throne following the death of his mot ...
, 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 1 June 1998. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


New Zealand Order of Merit


Dame Companion (DNZM)

* Susan Elizabeth Anne Devoy – of
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
. For services to sport and the community. * Elizabeth Ann Hanan – 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 the community. File:Dame Susan Devoy 2 (cropped).jpg, Dame Susan Devoy


Knight Companion (KNZM)

* Rajeshwar (Roger) Sarup Bhatnagar – of Auckland. For services to business and the community. * The Right Honourable Ian Lloyd McKay – 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 metr ...
. 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. File:Wilson Whineray.jpg, Sir Wilson Whineray


Companion (CNZM)

* Jennifer Barbara Gibbs – of Auckland. For services to art. * Judith Leicester, Lady Hay – 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 Rive ...
. 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 The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association, best known simply as the RSA, is one of the largest voluntary welfare organisations in New Zealand and one of the oldest ex-service organisations in the world. Wounded soldiers returning ...
. * 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 Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and Hikurangi Town coun ...
. For services to returned services personnel. * Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo – of
London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 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 dow ...
, United Kingdom. For services to golf. * Noel Frank Pope – 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 ...
. For services to local government. * Professor Emeritus Alexander Lindsay Rae – 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 animal genetics. * Gordon Keith Stephenson – of
Putāruru Putāruru is a small town in the South Waikato District and the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the western side of the Mamaku Ranges and in the upper basin of the Waihou River. It is on the Oraka Stream 65 kilometre ...
. For services to conservation. * Anna (Ans) Jacoba Westra – of Lower Hutt. For services to photography. File:Jenny Gibbs DNZM (cropped).jpg, Jenny Gibbs File:Judy Kilpatrick DNZM (cropped).jpg, Judy Kilpatrick File:Alexander Lindsay Rae.jpg, Al Rae File:Ans Westra 2000 (cropped).jpg, Ans Westra


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 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 Distri ...
. 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 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 dairy industry. * Joan Rosalind Leach – of
Raumati Beach Raumati Beach is a beach community on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand's North Island; located 60km north-west of Wellington, and about 10 km north of Raumati South. It is immediately to the south-west of the larger town of Paraparaumu. The Ma ...
. For services to bowls. * Commander Gregory Ian Lowe –
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 ...
. * 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 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 ...
. 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 Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
. 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 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 ...
, East Sussex, United Kingdom. For services to business management and the community. * Roger Neville Walker – of Wellington. For services to architecture. * Haki (Jack) Wihongi – of Auckland. For services to the community. ;Additional * Lieutenant Colonel Richard Philip Cassidy –
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 ...
. For military operational service. File:Suzie Moncrieff (cropped).jpg, Suzie Moncrieff File:Sylvia Rumball CNZM (cropped).jpg, Sylvia Rumball


Member (MNZM)

* Marie Appleton – 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. ...
. For services to the community. * Trevor Percival Blundell – 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 ove ...
. 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 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 ...
. * Dorothy Whitson Freed – of Wellington. For services to music. * Flight Sergeant Keith Anthony Gell – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Margaret Gluyas – 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 ...
. 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 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 ...
. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. * Dr Stanley Peter Lay – of
Kaponga Kaponga is a small town in the southern part of the Taranaki region of New Zealand. It is known as "The Gateway to Dawson's Falls" on Mount Taranaki. Kaponga is located inland from Manaia and Eltham, and is on the main road connecting Eltham to ...
. 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 Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
. For services to the hospitality industry. * Lieutenant Commander Peter Mark McKeown – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Pamela Jean McLeod – 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 Wa ...
. 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 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 ...
. 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 A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
. * Douglas Leigh Matthew Worner – of Christchurch. For services to the community. * Douglas James Wright – of Auckland. For services to dance. ;Additional * 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. File:Dorothy Whitson Freed.jpg, Dorothy Freed


Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)


For community service

* Atireira Ada Brown – of Bulls. * Robin Blundell Lockie – of
Martinborough Martinborough ( mi, Wharekaka) is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It is 65 kilometres east of Wellington and 35 kilometres south-west of Masterton. The town has a resident population of The town ...
. * 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 Tuatapere is a small rural town in Southland, New Zealand. It is the self declared "Sausage Capital of New Zealand". Tuatapere is located eight kilometres from the southern coast. The Waiau River flows through the town before reaching Te Waew ...
. * Dr William Joseph Keith – of Auckland. * The Honourable Maurice Patrick McTigue – of
Fairfax, Virginia The City of Fairfax ( ), colloquially known as Fairfax City, Downtown Fairfax, Old Town Fairfax, Fairfax Courthouse, FFX, or simply Fairfax, is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth ...
, United States. * John Wallace Ridley – of Auckland. * Donald John Riesterer – 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 ...
. * 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 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 Ōt ...
. * Mate-Anini Harawira – 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, ...
. * 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 (Pixie) 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 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 ...
. * Teresa O'Kane (Sister Louise) – of
Hokianga The Hokianga is an area surrounding the Hokianga Harbour, also known as the Hokianga River, a long estuarine drowned valley on the west coast in the north of the North Island of New Zealand. The original name, still used by local Māori, is ' ...
. * Jean Amanda Laidlaw Orbell – of Hastings. * Estelle Barbara Redfern – of
Mount Maunganui Mount Maunganui (, ) is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of the Tauranga metropolitan area, located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre. It was an independent town from Tauranga until the completio ...
. * Jean Margaret Rickard – of Wellington. * Kenneth Darrol James Ruby – of Tauranga. * Dulcie Frances Smith – 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, wh ...
. * Jack Stark – of
Eltham Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of E ...
. * 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 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 ...
. * 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 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 ...
. * Francis Edward Burnside Malcolm – of Manukau City. * Mervyn Charles McFarlane – of
Patutahi Patutahi is a small settlement 15 kilometres from Gisborne, in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in the valley of the Waipaoa River. Parks Patutahi Soccer Ground is a sports ground in Patutahi. Marae The area has thre ...
; 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 Takapau is a small rural community in the Central Hawkes Bay in New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres west of Waipukurau, off State Highway 2, and has a population of more than 500. The original township was founded in 1876 by farmer Sydney ...
; 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 Katikati is a town in New Zealand (North Island) located on the Uretara Stream near a tidal inlet towards the northern end of Tauranga Harbour, 28 kilometres south of Waihi and 40 kilometres northwest of Tauranga. State Highway 2 passes through ...
. * Nicholas Tafao Pa'u Tuitasi – of Auckland; senior constable, New Zealand Police. * Dr Gavin Wallace – 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 ...
. * Beryl Theresa Walter (Sister Mary Fidelis) – of Auckland. * Richard John Weir – of Wellington. * Janet Wilson – of Auckland. * Nanette Anne Wright – of
Waimate Waimate is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand and the seat of Waimate District. It is situated just inland from the eastern coast of the South Island. The town is reached via a short detour west when travelling on State Highway One, the main No ...
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