1985 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Dr William Henry Cooper – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.
• The Honourable Lester Francis Moller – of Auckland; judge of the High Court.
• Desmond John Sullivan – of Lower Hutt; chief District Court judge.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Air Vice Marshal David Manson Crooks – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Emily Elizabeth Carpenter – of Dunedin. For services to the Consumer Council and home science.
• Kevin Benjamin O'Brien – of Wellington. For services to Victoria University of Wellington and the Commerce Commission.
• Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Joseph Schmitt – of Auckland. For services to industry and education.
• Alfred Charles Shailes – of Wellington; Controller and Auditor-General, Audit Department, 1975–1983.

  Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

• Catherine Anne Tizard – of Auckland. For public and community service.

  Knight Commander (KBE)

• Frederick Miles Warren – of Christchurch. For services to architecture.

  Commander (CBE)

• Brian George Conway Elwood – of Palmerston North. For services to local government and the City of Palmerston North.
• Charles Philip Littlejohn – of Wellington; Clerk of the House of Representatives.
• Professor Alton Donald Macalister – of Dunedin. For services to oral surgery and the community.
• The Right Reverend William Allan Pyatt – of Christchurch; Bishop of Christchurch, 1966–1983.
• Bruce Houlton Slane – of Auckland; president of the New Zealand Law Society.
• Professor Christian Karlson Stead – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• Dr Desmond John Woods – of Auckland. For services to paediatrics, especially intellectually handicapped and disabled children.

• Brigadier Alfred Connell Hamilton – Brigadiers' List.

  Officer (OBE)

• Leo Vernon Bensemann – of Christchurch. For services to art, literature and printing.
• Brenda Cecilia Brankin – of Christchurch; lately chief nurse, Canterbury Hospital Board.
• Niall Frederick Burgess – of Auckland. For services to local government.
• William George Cammick – of Auckland. For services to sport, especially boxing.
• Neil John Clarke – of Paeroa. For services to the road transport industry and the community.
• Herbert Roy Dutton – of Raumati South. For services to the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.
• Judge Trevor Robert Gillies – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Antony Hearn – of Christchurch. For services to the legal profession.
• William Joseph Karetai – of Little River. For services to the community.
• Ria May McBride – of Tauranga. For public services.
• Bruce Conway McCormack – of Temuka. For services to basketball.
• Professor Peter John McKelvey – of Christchurch; professor and head of School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, 1967–1984.
• William John Main – of Wanganui. For services to cycling.
• James Murray Print – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.
• Gladys Mabel Symes – of Havelock North. For services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society, netball and the community.
• John Alexander Young – of Wellington. For services to journalism and the community.

• Commander Ronald Kenneth Longley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Lindsay George Williams – Colonels' List.
• Group Captain Peter Raymond Adamson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Quentin Edward Angus – of Wellington. For services to the disabled.
• Roger Gault Barrowclough – of Dunedin. For services to mountain safety.
• Gordon Christie – of Napier. For public and community service.
• Russell Coutts – of Auckland. For services to yachting.
• Eric Nelson Craig – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Ian Gordon Ferguson – of Auckland, For services to canoeing.
• John Edward Fitzgerald – of Auckland. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• John Philip Harding – of Kaponga. For services to the community.
• Harold Brydon Harvey – of Stoke. For services to tennis.
• Kevin Francis Herlihy – of Hamilton. For services to softball.
• Norman Leslie Hider – of Christchurch. For services to Highland Pipe Bands Association of New Zealand.
• Patrick Kelliher – of Palmerston North. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Douglas Sidney Stratford Kerr – of Wellington; lately principal private secretary to the Prime Minister.
• Shona Katrine MacTavish – of Dunedin. For services to the arts.
• Dorothy Huhana Mihinui – of Whakarewarewa. For services to the tourist industry and the community.
• Richard George Newman – superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Robert Edward Perks – of Christchurch. For services to music.
• Neville George Pickering – of Petone. For services to local government.
• Dr William Mummery Platts – of Christchurch. For services to medicine.
• Laurence Bernard Roberts – of Levin. For services to the community.
• Sidney Douglas Sherwood – of Lower Hutt. For services to New Zealand War Amputees Association.
• Miljenko Vladimir Srhoj – of Waiharara. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Bert Sutcliffe – of Auckland. For services to cricket.
• Mark James Todd – of Cambridge. For services to equestrian sport.
• Ruth Mellor Wylie – of Lower Hutt. For services to the National Council of Women of New Zealand.

• Warrant Officer Seaman Jack Hern Baigent – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Steward Penelope Fern Smith – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant John Christopher Trott – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Captain and Quartermaster Frederick William Daniel – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Class I Douglas Harry Roberts – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Major Raymond James Seymour – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer James Ashley Fordyce – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Terence Trevor Healey – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Chief Petty Officer Seaman Peter Hill – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Corporal John Howard Joseph Ward – Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.
• Staff Sergeant Sydney William Worster – Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.
• Flight Sergeant Kenneth James Arthur – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Alexander Joseph Marshall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Rewi Alley – of Beijing, China.
• Joyce Joan Herd – of Dunedin.
• James MacDonald Howden – of Lower Hutt.
• Louisa Emily, Lady Macfarlane – of Christchurch.
• Myrtle May Paulsen – of Michoacán, Mexico.
• Betty Head Togalea – of Auckland.

  For public services

• Norman Wilfred Currie – of Wellington; lately public trustee, Public Trust Office.
• John Dellaca – of Westport.
• Thomas Christopher Grigg – of Hororata; chairman, North Canterbury Hospital Board.
• John Hobson – of Kumeū; lately superintendent, Auckland Maximum Security Prison, Department of Justice.
• Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Robert Percy Hughes – of Swanson.
• Clyde Molesworth Jeffrey – of Napier.
• Taxi Aonui Kapua-Te Ahuru – of Taupō.
• Murray Raymond Mander – of Tauranga; lately Valuer-General, Valuation Department.
• Alexander James Lloyd Martin – of Wellington.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Alys Alexander – of Napier.
• Ida Ailsa Cressey Boag – of Hastings.
• Mary Elizabeth Brown – of Hamilton.
• Duncan David Dakers – of Tauranga.
• John Stuart Dawson – of Nelson.
• The Very Reverend Derek Lionel Eaton – of Christchurch.
• Jean Ivy Gadd – of Lower Hutt.
• Leslie John Grant – of Timaru.
• Joseph Green – of Christchurch.
• Kathleen Henderson – of Oamaru.
• Dorothy Jeane Horne – of Wellington.
• John Leonard Humphrey – of Blenheim.
• Thomas Michael Henry Jackson – of Aickens, Westland.
• Mark Anthony Marinovich – of Auckland.
• Emily Elizabeth Mason – of Timaru.
• Duff Heron Maxwell – of Tauranga.
• Zelda Alanstan Paul – of Tokoroa.
• Madge Estelle Ann Rauhihi – of Porirua.
• Margaret Francis Read – of Hamilton.
• The Reverend Lagaua Talagi – of Auckland.
• Douglas Howard Thomas – of Upper Hutt.
• Jean Reese Twyman – of Rotorua.
• Ani Kui Rini Wihone Hoa Koha – of Hokianga.
• Ruth Wilkinson – of Cambridge.
• Arthur Allan Wilks – of Wanganui.

  For public services

• Rosemary Ann Ash – of Wellington.
• Margaret Jean Bodmin – of Morrinsville.
• Ian Alexander Colquhoun – of Paraparaumu Beach; deputy rector, Palmerston North Boys' High School.
• Margaret Alberta Vivian Day – of Nelson.
• Charles Edward Elsmore – of Picton.
• Leah Elsie Jean Gilbert – of Whangaparaoa.
• Patricia Hayden Gribble – of Auckland.
• Colin Robert Guppy – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Thomas Haliburton – of Kotemaori.
• Tevita Kilifi Heimuli – constable, New Zealand Police.
• Kenneth Leslie Hill – of Christchurch.
• John Erua Horrell – of North Canterbury.
• Karl Owen Jones – of Karamea.
• Allan Robert Kay – of Dunedin.
• Edna Judith Lepper – of Havelock North.
• Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie – of Wellsford.
• Joan Meyer – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Father William George James Middleton – of Hokitika.
• Bessie Emily Priston – of Auckland.
• Raimapaha Rei – of Wanganui.
• Allan Noel Robson – of Dunedin.
• David Ernest Seath – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Mack Temara – of Whakatāne.
• Patricia Irene Wilson – of Invercargill.
• Marjorie Mary Wrigley – of Masterton.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Peter Sydney Faulkner – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• Brian Shields Armstrong – fire force commander, Auckland Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Sidney Keith Christensen – fire commander, Palmerston North Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Hugh Ernest George Henderson – divisional officer, Auckland Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Leslie Shepherd – chief fire officer, Te Puke Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Bruce Dunbar Read – detective chief inspector, New Zealand Police.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Peter Graham Randerson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.