The 1989 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by
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 ...
on the advice of the New Zealand government to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1988 and the beginning of 1989, and were announced on 31 December 1988.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
* The Venerable Archdeacon
Kingi Matutaera Ihaka – 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 ...
. 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
Robin Orlando Hamilton Irvine – 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 ...
; vice-chancellor,
University of Otago
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.
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB)
;Military division
* Rear Admiral Douglas Brian Domett –
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 ...
;
Chief of Naval Staff.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
*
Brian Hall Picot – of Auckland. For public and community service.
*
Thomas Graeme Shadwell – of
Silverstream
Silverstream is a suburb of Upper Hutt in New Zealand, just under 7 km south-west of the Upper Hutt CBD. It is in the lower (southern) part of the North Island of New Zealand at the southern end of Upper Hutt, close to the Taitā Gorge, ...
; lately
Commissioner of Works.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander (DBE)
;Civil division
*
Barbara Goodman – of Auckland. For services to the community.
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
*
Roy Allan McKenzie – 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 education and the community.
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Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
* Professor
Donald Ward Beaven – 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 medicine and the community.
*
David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne – of Wellington. For services to the film industry.
* Clutha Nantes Mackenzie – of
North Canterbury
Canterbury ( mi, Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island. The region covers an area of , making it the largest region in the country by area. It is home to a population of
The region in its current fo ...
. For services to local government.
*
Janetta Mary McStay – of Auckland. For services to music.
* Professor
Alan Francis Mark – of Dunedin. For services to conservation.
*
Maurice Francis Richard Shadbolt – of Auckland. For services to literature.
* Margaret Mary Timms (Sister Margaret Timms) – of Auckland. For services to the hospice movement.
* Douglas Owen Walker – of Auckland. For services to business management and the community.
*
Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Beamish Zister – of
Clevedon
Clevedon (, ) is an English seaside town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, part of the ceremonial county of Somerset. It recorded a parish population of 21,281 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, estimated at 21,442 i ...
. For services to the Māori people.
;Military division
* Brigadier Raymond John Andrews – Brigadiers' List,
New Zealand Army
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File:Janetta McStay 1967 (cropped).jpg, Janetta McStay
File:Alan Mark (cropped).jpg, Alan Mark
File:Raymond John Andrews 1971.jpg, Ray Andrews
Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
* William Harold Bongard – 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 education.
* James Alexander Boomer – 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 trade-union movement.
* Leslie Thomas Bradshaw – of Dunedin. For services to athletics.
*
Gordon Charles Burgess – of Auckland. For services to cricket.
*
Lillian Jessie Chrystall – of Auckland. For public services.
*
Sharon Margaret Crosbie – of Wellington. For services to broadcasting.
*
Sidney Murray Hurst – of
Oamaru
Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the railway ...
. For services to agriculture and education,
*
Bernard Kelly – 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 racing.
* Dr Derek Alexander Larnder – of Christchurch. For services to dermatology.
* Dr James Connell Marshall – of Christchurch. For services to the intellectually handicapped.
*
Ivan Gerald Mauger – of
Runaway Island,
Queensland
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, Australia. For services to speedway sport.
* Frederick Kenneth McInerney – of
Dannevirke; lately chief executive,
Telecom Corporation of New Zealand.
* Brian Spencer Mooney – assistant commissioner,
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 ...
.
* Professor
Jane Ritchie – 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 women, education and the community.
* Leslie John Raymond Tucker – 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 local government.
;Military division
* Colonel Graeme William Talbot – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
* Group Captain (now Air Commodore) John Stuart Hosie –
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 ...
.
File:Sid Hurst 1985 (cropped).jpg, Sid Hurst
File:Ivan Mauger (cropped).jpg, Ivan Mauger
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* Douglas Frank Bond – of New Plymouth. For services to cycling.
* Dr Kathleen Audrey Bradford – of Nelson. For services to medicine and the community.
* Seton William Clare – of
Gisborne. For services to local government.
* Ivan David Cox – of Auckland. For services to returned servicemen.
*
Oroya Day – of Wellington. For services to the preservation of local history.
* Clodagh May Flynn – of
Foxton. For services to the community.
* Leonard Fortune – of
Picton. For services to industrial relations.
* Leslie Alexander Hine – of
Wanganui
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 ...
; lately superintendent,
Auckland Maximum Security Prison, Department of Justice.
*
Trevor Milton Inch – 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 ...
. For services to local government.
*
Diedre Allison Irons – of Wellington. For services to music.
*
John James Patrick Kirwan – of Auckland. For services to rugby.
* Heather McCrostie Little – of
Hawarden
Hawarden (; cy, Penarlâg) is a village, community (Wales), community and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in Flintshire, Wales. It is part of the Deeside conurbation on the Wales-England border and is home ...
. For services to local government and the community.
* Patrick Macaskill – of Wellington. For services to education and the community.
*
Royce Peter McGlashen – of Nelson. For services to pottery.
* Colin Francis Alexander McLennan – of
Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu () is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, north of the nation's capital city, Wellington.
Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Bea ...
. For services to welfare work.
* Dr James Ng – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
* Noela Olwyn Page – of Tauranga. For services to local government and the community.
* Ramesh Bhai Patel – of Auckland. For services to the Indian community.
*
Roy Clevedon Purdon – of
Takanini
Takanini is a southern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, 28 kilometres southeast of the Auckland CBD.
The suburb is home to a Fonterra Brands milk plant (part of the dairy compan ...
. For services to harness racing.
* John Goodwin Smith – of Auckland. For services to the construction industry.
* The Reverend Dr David Garth Stewart – of Auckland. For services to religious studies.
* Ronald William Ward – of
Taradale. For services to outdoor education and the community.
* Peter Roy Warnock – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
;Military division
* Lieutenant Commander Gerrard Owen Harvey – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Radio Supervisor Paul Murray – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Class 1 Robert Arthur Davies –
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment is the parent administrative regiment and corps of regular and reserve infantry battalions in the New Zealand Army. It was originally formed in 1947 with a singular Regular regiment and multiple reserve r ...
.
* Warrant Officer Kevin Charles Faulkner – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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File:John Kirwan KNZM (cropped).jpg, John Kirwan
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* James Francis Keenan – 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 .
...
.
* Ian Hamilton Kilgour – of Auckland.
*
Georgina Kamiria Kirby – of Auckland.
*
Frank Donald Robson – of Taradale.
* Brenda Marie Sampson – of Wellington.
File:Georgina Kirby (cropped).jpg, Georgina Kirby
For public services
* Jacqueline Nancy Mary Adams – of Wellington; lately scientist,
National Museum
A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...
.
* Emeritus Professor John Alexander Asher – of Auckland.
* Janet Mary Clews – of Auckland.
* Dr Robert Graham Gudex – of Hamilton.
* Ronald Albert Kelly – 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 ...
; lately director-general and chairman,
Housing Corporation of New Zealand
Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether i ...
.
* Roderick Macalister Miller – 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 ...
.
* The Right Honourable
Alfred Morris – 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.
* John Simcock – 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 ...
; lately
Commissioner of Inland Revenue.
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For community service
* Donald Stoneham Bergin – of Auckland.
* Edwin Thomas Brownlee – of Christchurch.
*
Enid Annie Evans – of Auckland.
* Joyce Lilian Farmiloe – of Auckland.
* John Barry Fenton – of Auckland.
* Bridget Madge Isabel Francois – of Nelson.
* Major Marjory Jack Hardcastle – of Lower Hutt.
* Nola Winifred Harrington – of Christchurch.
* Joseph Oscar Hattersley – of Christchurch.
* Carol Mary Hayward – of Christchurch.
* Ida Winifred Henderson – of Dunedin.
* Daphne Doreen Hunt – of Foxton.
* Harry Morgan Lewis – of Auckland.
* Beryl Doris Lyle – of Gisborne.
* Valerie Joan Minn – of Wellington.
* Frederick Ronald (Jack) Moore – of Lower Hutt.
* Dorothy Kate Mouat – of Christchurch.
* Margery Lois Moyse – of Christchurch.
* Christopher Michael Pickett – of Auckland.
* Mikolaj Jan Stanislaw (Nick) Polaczuk – of Lower Hutt.
*
Trevor Lawson Richards – of Wellington.
* Mary Ethna Lockwood Roper – of Auckland.
* Keith Fraser Scott – 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 ...
.
* Boyce Simiona – 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 ...
.
* Betty May Stanley – of
Lyttelton.
* Dawn Noeline (Donna) Sullivan – 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 ...
.
* Hugh Henry Thomas Sweeny – of
Napier.
* George Noel Thorne – 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 ...
.
* Wairata Walker – of Ōpōtiki.
* Dan Wilkinson – of New Plymouth.
For public services
* Colin Herbert Archer – of Wellington.
* Allan Ward Beck – 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 Elt ...
.
* Joyce Bell – of
Paihia
Paihia is the main tourist town in the Bay of Islands in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is 60 kilometres north of Whangārei, located close to the historic towns of Russell and Kerikeri. Missionary Henry William ...
.
* Graham Reeves Bracey – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* Arthur Ernest Budd – of Oamaru.
* John Chirnside – of Christchurch.
* George James Christie – of
Paremata
Paremata is a suburb of Porirua, on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Wellington, New Zealand.
History
Early history
The modern suburb, just south of Plimmerton, derives its name from the "Paremata Barracks", erected on the north shore of P ...
.
* Alan James Crowther – of Christchurch.
* Gordon Lee Dine – of
Māhia Beach.
* Edith Margaret Dovell – 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 ...
.
* Raymond Philip Edward Ellis – of Auckland.
*
Harry Charles Evison – of Christchurch.
* John Alexander Gray – of Wellington.
* Ronald Stephen Francis Halpin – lately senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* James Alexander Hopa – of
Geraldine.
* Colin Clyde McCready – of Christchurch.
* Bernard Trevor Matthews – of
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
,
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, United Kingdom.
* Mary Merekatohau Mita – of
Murupara
Murupara is a town located in the Whakatāne District and Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is situated in an isolated part of the region between the Kaingaroa Forest and Te Urewera protected area, on the banks of the ...
.
* Mary Rei Preston-Thomas – of Rotorua; principal nurse, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Rotorua.
* James Alexander Price – of
Tītahi Bay
Tītahi Bay (previously known as Titahi Bay), a suburb of Porirua in the North Island of New Zealand, lies at the foot of a short peninsula on the west coast of the Porirua Harbour, to the north of Porirua city centre. History
The legendary Po ...
.
* Kenneth Allan Richards – 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 ...
.
* Peter Murray Robinson – of Auckland.
* Juliet Christina Ryan – of Auckland.
* Jennifer Mary Seddon – of Tauranga.
* Howard Leslie Shadbolt – of Christchurch.
* Ian Alfred Shaw – of Auckland.
* Iain Archibald Simpson – of
Taumarunui
Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kuiti and 55 km west of ...
.
* John William Stewart – of
Papatoetoe
Papatoetoe is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest suburb in Auckland by population and is located to the northwest of Manukau Central, and 18 kilometres southeast of Auckland CBD. Papatoetoe has the unofficial title of Auckland ...
.
* Margaret Rosemary Swarbrick – of
Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilto ...
.
* Robert Owen Vaile – of Te Awamutu.
* David Costello Vallely – of Wanganui.
File:Allan Beck ONZM (cropped).jpg, Allan Beck
Royal Red Cross
Member (RRC)
* Lieutenant Colonel Thursa Margaret Kennedy –
Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps
The Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (RNZNC) is a corps of the New Zealand Army. The corps was initially formed in 1915 from civilian nurses who volunteered for service during World War I, and who were granted honorary officer ranks. A Nursing ...
.
Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)
* Ernest Barry Bridges – chief fire officer,
Blenheim Volunteer 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 ...
.
* Evan John Carroll – chief fire officer,
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 ...
Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Clifford John Garrett – senior station officer,
Ravensbourne Volunteer Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Ronald Harry Hartley Smith – fire force commander, No. 3 Region,
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 ...
, New Zealand Fire Service.
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
* Ian Edward Robson – detective sergeant, New Zealand Police.
Air Force Medal (AFM)
* Sergeant Helicopter Crewman John Austin Bray – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
References
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