The 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of
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 14 June 1986.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
*
Neil Isaac – 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 conservation.
* The Right Honourable (Mr Justice)
Ivor Lloyd Morgan Richardson – 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 ...
; judge of the
Court of Appeal.
*
(Lionel) Earl George Richardson – 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 manufacturing.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
*
Edwin Joseph Keating – of
Silverstream. For public and community services.
* Athol Wilson Mann – of Christchurch. For services to the accountancy profession, the arts and community.
* Anthony Joseph Neary – of Wellington. For services to the trade-union movement.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander (DBE)
;Civil division
*
Vivienne Myra Boyd – of
Lower Hutt. For public services.
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
* The Right Honourable Sir
Robin Brunskill Cooke
Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon (9 May 1926 – 30 August 2006) was a New Zealand judge and later a British Law Lord and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He is widely considered one of New Zealand's most ...
– of Wellington; president of the Court of Appeal.
* Dr
Frank William Eden Rutter – of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand Hospital Boards Association and the Auckland Hospital Board.
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
* Dr
Henry Rongomau Bennett – of
Rotorua. For services to medicine.
* Dr Edith Ruth Black – of Auckland. For public services.
* Stanley James Callahan – of Wellington; lately
Secretary for Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
.
*
Leonard Ramsay Castle – of Auckland. For services to pottery.
* Professor
Patricia Dorothy Coleman (Lady Sayers) – 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 home science.
* Dr
Thomas Allen Monro Curnow – of Auckland. For services to literature.
* Sister
Pauline Frances Engel – of Auckland. For services to education.
* Gavin Leonard Jackson – of Wellington; lately
Secretary of Labour.
;Military division
* Commodore Kelvin John Lewis –
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 ...
.
File:Len Castle 1973 (cropped).jpg, Len Castle
Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
* Frank Brugger – of Wellington. For services to industry, export and the community.
* Leslie Haywood Corkery – of Auckland; lately chief executive, Auckland Hospital Board.
*
Graham John Davy – of Auckland. For services to sport.
*
Lauris Dorothy Edmond – of Wellington. For services to poetry.
* Donald Alec Hutchings – of
Helensville
Helensville is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is sited northwest of Auckland, close to the southern extremity of the Kaipara Harbour. State Highway 16 passes through the town, connecting it to Waimauku to the south, and Kauka ...
. For services to television and the community.
* Alan Raymond Johnston – of Wellington. For services to returned servicemen and the disabled.
* Himiona Te Wahu Kahika – 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 ...
. 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 c ...
.
* The Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Joseph Liddy – 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 ...
. For services to the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
and the community.
* John Gordon Rhodes Lister – of Auckland. For services to export.
* Stuart Blair McEwen – assistant commissioner,
New Zealand Police.
* Alan Franklin McLeod – of Wellington. For services to trade-union affairs.
* Peter Macquarie Muller – 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 journalism.
* Emeritus Professor
Hugh Noble Parton – of Christchurch. For services to science and education.
* Professor
Thomas Paulay – of Christchurch. For services to civil engineering.
* Professor
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 agriculture.
* Desmond Barry Rich – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
* Basil Peter Farrar Smith – of Auckland. For services to art education.
* Evelyn Margaret Warren – of Christchurch. For services to
bowling
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), thou ...
.
;Military division
* Colonel Bruce Meldrum – Colonels' List,
New Zealand Army.
File:Lauris Edmond 1993 (cropped).jpg, Lauris Edmond
File:Alexander Lindsay Rae.jpg, Al Rae
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
*
Ernest Albert Barry – of Lower Hutt. For services to local government.
*
Maurice Ronald Buchan – 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 bowling.
*
Allan Saxon Burns – of Auckland. For services to tennis.
* Robin Nelson Carter – of
Masterton. For services to the community.
*
Jeremy Vernon Coney – of Wellington. For services to cricket.
* Pettine-Ann Croul (Mrs Edwards) – of Auckland. For services to music.
* Geoffrey Bertrand de Lautour – of Wellington. For services to opera and music.
*
Eric William Dempster – of Dunedin. For services to the disabled and cricket.
*
John Thomas Diamond – of Auckland. For services to archaeology.
* Dr Zoe Petronella During – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Brian Alexander McKay Freeman – of Lower Hutt. For services to the meat export industry.
* Brian Dudley Gargiulo – of Christchurch. For services to horticulture.
* Colin Graham – lately chief inspector, New Zealand Police.
* James Richard Green – of Dunedin. For services to the
and the community.
*
John Lawrence Henderson – of Auckland. For services to local government.
* Kevin Leslie Jarrett – 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. Whang ...
. For services to brass bands.
* Ngaire Effie Olive Johnston – of Christchurch. For services to Lifeline and the community.
* Christopher John Robert McCorquindale – of Auckland. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* Elsie Muriel McKay – 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 ...
. For services to the community.
* Walter Robert Hugh Martin – of Auckland. For services to education.
* Alister Miller – of Christchurch. For services to Highland piping and dancing.
* Alexander Milne – 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, ...
; chief technologist, Bay of Plenty Hospital Board.
* John Nelson Morris – of
Napier. For services to education.
*
Harold William Nelson – 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 athletics.
* John Gordon Power – of Christchurch. For services to sport and the community.
* Professor Desmond Branson Sawyer – of
Wānaka
Wānaka () is a popular ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. At the southern end of Lake Wānaka, it is at the start of the Clutha River/Mata-Au and is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park.
...
. For services to mathematics.
*
Stuart Keith Spry – of Wellington. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* Maurice Fleming Woods – 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 the community.
;Military division
* Lieutenant Commander Michael David Lloyd – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Captain Barry James Knowles –
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 ...
.
* Major Michael Whitmore Thornton –
Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery is the artillery regiment of the New Zealand Army. It is effectively a military administrative corps, and can comprise multiple component regiments. This nomenclature stems from its heritage as an off ...
(Territorial Force).
* Squadron Leader Kenneth Charles McKenzie Williams –
Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Harold Nelson runner 1950.jpg, Harold Nelson
File:Councillor Keith Spry.jpg, Keith Spry
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Military division
* Chief Petty Officer Stephen Perry –
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
* Sergeant William Tutawhaio Ormsby – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
* Staff Sergeant Sotia Ponijiasi –
New Zealand Special Air Service
The 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, abbreviated as 1 NZSAS Regt, was formed on 7 July 1955 and is the Special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS). It traces its origins ...
.
* Warrant Officer Class II William Ernest Rawiri –
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 ...
.
* Flight Sergeant Patrick John Johnson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant Kevin Edward Whiteside – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* Mary Katrine Brown – of Christchurch.
* Mary Ena Burgess – 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 ...
.
* The Reverend Leslie Colin Clements – of Auckland.
*
lain Watson Gallaway – of Dunedin.
* Christine Blair Staniforth – of Christchurch.
* Elsie Kathleen May Walker – of Whakatāne.
For public services
* Marion Edna Bruce – of
Porirua.
* Kenneth Harold James Headifen – of Nelson; lately
District Court judge.
* Dr
James Vincent Hodge – of Auckland; director, Medical Research Council of New Zealand.
*
Fanaura Kimiora Kingstone – 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 ...
.
* Vincent Patrick McGlone – of Wellington; chairman, Special Public Service Appeal Board.
* Professor
John Edward Morton – of Auckland.
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For community service
* Geoffrey Ralph Bonallack – of Wellington.
* Lyn Cassidy – of Wellington.
* James Cullen – of Auckland.
* Edwin Robert John Daniel – of Wellington.
* Margaret Corsie Flighty – of Lower Hutt.
* Janet Mary Flood-Smith – 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 ...
.
* Marjorie Gillian Hall – of
Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand. The town is located approximately 17 kilometres north of central Christchurch, close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River. It is cons ...
.
*
Patricia Clapin, Lady Harris – 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 ...
.
*
Witarina Te Miriarangi Parewahaika Harris – of Rotorua.
* Carole Ada Hendry – of Dunedin.
* Thomas Stanley Johnson – 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 metropolitan area.
Geography
The Upper Hutt city centre lies approximately 26 km north-e ...
.
* Osborne Idwell Jones – of Auckland.
*
Russell Ian Kerr – of Christchurch.
*
Lyndsey Alison Leask – of Christchurch.
* Joan Margaret Mattingley – of Wellington.
* Jean Almond Maynard – of Palmerston North.
* James Ronald Millar – of Christchurch.
* Patrick Michael Mulcahy – of Christchurch.
* Ronald Ng-Waishing – 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. ...
.
* Captain Edward Parsons – of Auckland.
* Hoana Rapatini – 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 ...
.
* Hugh Beynon Redgrove – of Auckland.
* Bathie Stuart – of
Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach (; ''Laguna'', Spanish for "Lagoon") is a seaside resort city located in southern Orange County, California, in the United States. It is known for its mild year-round climate, scenic coves, environmental preservation efforts, and a ...
, United States.
* Tokorua Barney Te Kani – of
Gisborne.
* Alan Frank Thomas – of Nelson.
* Tanuyasa James Alfred Yandall – of Auckland.
For public services
* Walter Bright Ashford – of
Ashburton.
* Hugh Aiton Aitken Baird – 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 ...
.
* Phyllis May Brown – of Wanganui.
* Raymond Martin Carter – lately senior constable, New Zealand Police.
* Tala Cleverley – of Wellington.
* Anthony Paul Laing Cunningham – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
* Glynn Douglas Cuthbert – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* Francis Joseph Fee – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* Marion Murray (Peg) Fellowes – of Auckland.
* David Boyd Foote – of Tokoroa.
* John Frederick Howard Grylls – 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 Hamilt ...
.
*
Ross Talbot Harris – of Wellington.
* Peter Arthur Hoskins – of Christchurch.
*
Witi Tame Ihimaera Smiler – of
New York, United States.
* Owen Trevor Jones – of Wellington.
* Faafua Savelina Laban – of Auckland.
*
Ewen Sneddon (Snow) Lupton – of
Waverley Waverley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Waverley'' (novel), by Sir Walter Scott
** ''Waverley'' Overture, a work by Hector Berlioz inspired by Scott's novel
* Waverley Harrison, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Stree ...
.
* Margaret Ruth McNeur – of Dunedin; lately supervising nurse, paediatric services,
Dunedin Hospital
Dunedin Hospital is the main public hospital in Dunedin, New Zealand. It serves as the major base hospital for the Otago and Southland regions with a potential catchment radius of roughly 300 kilometres, and a population of around 300,000.
Opera ...
, Otago Hospital Board.
* John Little Meney – of Hamilton.
* Teupokoina (Poko) Morgan – of Tokoroa.
* Ronald Angus Proctor – of Christchurch.
* Powell Montagu Robinson – of Napier.
*
Gilbert Simpson – of Christchurch.
*
Robert Henry Stott – of Wellington.
* John Russell Francis Von Tunzelman – of
Te Anau
Te Anau is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand. In Maori, Te-Anau means the Place of the Swirling Waters. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Te Anau in Fiordland. Te Anau is 155 kilometres north of Invercargill ...
.
* Lubo Joseph Yelavich – of Auckland.
File:Tala Cleverley, 1986.jpg, Tala Cleverley
File:Witi Ihimaera (cropped).jpg, Witi Ihimaera
Royal Red Cross
Associate (ARRC)
* Major Ellen Verdon Wallace –
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)
* Cedric Adrian Baker Clemas – station officer, Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Tom Johnston – chief fire officer,
Titirangi
Titirangi is a suburb of West Auckland in the Waitākere Ranges local board area of the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand. It is an affluent, residential suburb located 13 kilometres (8 miles) to the southwest of the Auckland city centre ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
* Paul Anthony McQuillan – fire commander, 5B Area, Nelson,
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 ...
.
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
* William Allan Reid Galbraith – detective superintendent, New Zealand Police.
* Roger George Emery Winter – inspector, New Zealand Police.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Wing Commander James Stanley Barclay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
* Flight Lieutenant Roger Gordon Read – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
References
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