1998 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Order of New Zealand (ONZ)

• James Brendan Bolger – of Wellington.

  New Zealand Order of Merit

Dame Companion (DNZM)

• Fiona Judith Kidman – of Wellington. For services to literature.

  Knight Companion (KNZM)

• Ronald Powell Carter – of Auckland. For services to engineering and business administration.

  Companion (CNZM)

• Joan Maureen Bolger – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Judith Clark – of Wellington. For services to music.
• Charles McNeill Gordon – of Northland. For services to the dairy industry.
• David Templeton Gray – of Auckland. For services to youth and medicine.
• Elizabeth Anne Seaton Jamieson – of Auckland. For services to drug and alcohol education.
• Wallace George Lowe – of Derby, United Kingdom. For services to New Zealand interests in the United Kingdom.
• Hilary Strang McCormack – of Christchurch. For services to the deaf.
• Jennifer Laughton Millar – of Te Puke. For services to equestrian sport.
• Harold William Orsman – of Wellington. For services to lexicography.
• James Wilmot Rowe – of Wellington. For services to economics and the community.
• Professor Emeritus Frederick Thomas Shannon – of Christchurch. For services to paediatrics.
• Teresa Catherine Turnbull – of Katikati. For services to health administration.
• Beatrice Rae Wilson – of South Canterbury. For services to education and the community.

  Officer (ONZM)

• Barbara Margaret Allardyce – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Sidney Boyd Ashton – of Christchurch. For services to Māori and the community.
• Richard John Holden Bollard – of Seattle, United States of America. For services to New Zealand interests in the United States of America.
• Patricia Rosalie Christianson – of Upper Hutt. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• James William Ferguson Foreman – of Auckland. For services to manufacturing.
• Annette Mary Gilbert – of Auckland. For services to the Girl Guide movement and the community.
• Borgia Kurupai Hakaraia – of Otaki. For services to the community.
• Paul Stanley Harrop – of Auckland. For services to music and the community.
• Donald Roderick Herdman – of Whakatane. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Roy William Hewson – of Petone. For services to education and the community.
• Alison Hylton – of Wanganui. For services to the disabled.
• Joan Margaret Jaggar – of Auckland. For services to the sport of bowls.
• Jocelyn Agnes Jarmey – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Edward Major Marshall – of Whangaparaoa. For services to education and the community.
• Hazel Irene Nash – of Mapua. For services to youth.
• John Desmond O'Connor – of Westport. For services to the community.
• Swea Lenore Ross Raitt – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Topsy Stewart Ratahi – of Wellington. For services to the Māori people and the community.
• Toko Renata Te Taniwha – of Coromandel. For services to the community.
• Patricia Robertson – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• Robert Donald Spary – of Arrowtown. For services to aviation and tourism.
• Rodney Douglas Harris Steel – of Christchurch. For services to business and the community.
• Garth Purcell Tapper – of Kaikohe. For service to painting.
• Peter Frederick Wells – of Hamilton. For services to linguistics.
• Alfred Youell – of Coventry, United Kingdom. For services to philanthropy.

• Kazumi Nakayama – of Fukuoka, Japan. For services to New Zealand interests in Japan.

  Member (MNZM)

• John Stacey Black – of Taumarunui. For services to the community.
• Ivan Verdun Bowen – of Rotorua. For services to sheep shearing and tourism.
• Patricia Helena Berdina Chitty – of Waiuku. For services to the community.
• Hazel Margaret Christie – of Invercargill. For services to music.
• Constantine Cotsilinis – of Athens, Greece. For services to New Zealand interests in Greece.
• David Alexander Dalgleish – of Auckland. For services to rugby and the community.
• The Reverend Canon David Sing Hiong Dang – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• John Lewis Dobbie – of Hamilton. For services to farming.
• May Eileen Earles – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Stanley Florence – of New Plymouth. For services to the dairy industry and the community.
• John Campbell Graham – of Auckland. For services to journalism and the wine industry.
• Jacqueline Grant – of Dobson. For services to the community.
• Ian Ernest Greenwood – of Wellington. For services to surf lifesaving and the community.
• Jean Margaret Hill – of Hastings. For services to health administration and the community.
• John Himiona Hunia – of Te Teko. For services to the community.
• Nora Patricia Hurley – of New Plymouth. For services to education.
• Cynthia Ruth Landels – of Auckland. For services to Girl Guides.
• Richard George Lawrence – of Te Aroha. For services to the community.
• Jean Elizabeth Lewis – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• Edna Jean Low – of Methven. For services to the community.
• Norman Duncan McKenzie McRae – of Wyndham. For services to the meat industry.
• Laurence William Mains – of Mosgiel. For services to rugby.
• The Honourable Clive Denby Matthewson – of Dunedin. For public services as a Member of Parliament.
• Patricia Jean Park – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Cecily Naomi Reading – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• David Dawson Reyburn – of Whangarei. For services to the community.
• Lewis Milner Robinson – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Lucy Ruiha Ruri – of Murupara. For services to the community.
• Douglas Leslie Shaw – of Auckland. For services to swimming.
• Gillian Kathleen Mary Smith – of Auckland. For services to the disabled.
• Mark James Sorenson – of Lower Hutt. For services to softball and the community.
• Alexandra Stephens – of Nelson. For services to overseas development programmes.
• Peter Arthur Trevor Thomas – of North Shore City. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Grenfell Raymore Thurston – of Ruawai. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Blossom Matiriama Tropman – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Graeme Walter John Briggs – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Mark Ian Ternent – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Wayne Peter Boustridge – Royal New Zealand Army Logistics Regiment.
• Anne Catherine Campbell – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.
• Brian Walter Ngata – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• David Alexander Ryan – New Zealand Special Air Service.
• Graeme Victor Aldridge – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Athol James Forrest – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Murray James Heyrick – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Steve John Moore – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Simon Oscar Rooke – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Thomas Michael Allen – Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Muriel Gladys Barkman – of Dunedin.
• The Reverend Richard Newman Buttle – of Auckland.
• Tanira Gladding Fraser – of Tokoroa.
• Aldyth Mary Guthrey – of Christchurch.
• Peter Lewis Harris – of Napier.
• Karaka Roberts – of Dunedin.
• Sheila Sykes – of Palmerston North.

  For public services

• ruce Macdonald Brown – of Wellington.
• John Ralph Anderson Chaffey – of North Canterbury.
• Catherine Rosalie Gibson – of Otaki.
• Barbara Mary O'Kane – of Cromwell.
• Isabelle Mary Sherrard – of Auckland.
• Margaret Lilian Swift – of Pukekohe.
• William John Martin Treadwell – of Wanganui.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Debbie AnnMarie Anderson – of Lower Hutt.
• Marie Boal – of Leeston.
• Jennifer Box – of Dunedin.
• Nita Clark – of New Plymouth.
• Ethel Maude Collins – of Blenheim.
• Edith Gladys Leslie Coxshall – of Ashburton.
• Hilda Margaret Davidson – of Winton
• Alfred Douglas Dibley – lately of Rotorua. Deceased 18 December 1997. Her Majesty's approval to this award was signified before the date of decease.
• Donald Thomas Donaldson – of Palmerston North.
• Isobel Elsie Fraser Donaldson – of Northland.
• Pat James Gill – of Lower Hutt.
• William Martin Innes – of Dunedin.
• Bryan Eric Jacobsen – of New Plymouth.
• Lorraine Rose Jacobsen – of New Plymouth.
• Arthur Henry Jellyman – of Blenheim.
• John Johnston – of Whakatane.
• Eleanor Jane Leckie – of Dunedin.
• Vicki Janeen Lowrie – of Auckland.
• Mary Imelda Mackle – of Auckland.
• Michael Ronald Mapperson – of Auckland.
• Evelyn Mary Maxwell – of North Shore City.
• Gordon Neil Nuttall – of Christchurch.
• Jessie Joyce O'Brien – of Whakatane.
• Allan Stanley Parker – of Gisborne.
• Ruth Clara Philburn – of Ngāruawāhia.
• Daphne Emmeline Regan – of Whakatane.
• Jack Roderick – of Gisborne.
• Valerie Jessie Scott – of Wellington.
• Phyllis Maud Topp – of South Auckland.
• Mary Page Walker – of Opotiki.
• Eric Ngametua Wichman-Ngau – of Auckland.
• Barbara Makare Williams – of Auckland.
• Te Hira Paraone Williams – of Auckland.
• Richard Yates – of Christchurch.

  For public services

• Cicely Jean Bibby – of Mount Maunganui.
• Douglas Brew – of Palmerston North; detective inspector, New Zealand Police.
• Samuel Mita Carter – of Featherston.
• Hazel Doris Chapman – of Hamilton.
• Bruce Chilton – of Invercargill.
• Reginald Gerald Dawkins – of Picton.
• Owen William Lee Dine – of Napier.
• Joyce Emma Douglas – of Levin.
• Ralph Oliver Gillespie – of Blenheim; lately senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Dorothy Caroline Grant – of Auckland.
• Lenore Hart – of Bluff.
• Wendy Faye Hawkings – of Warkworth.
• Pamela Elizabeth Heath – of Auckland.
• Lorna Hughes – of London, United Kingdom.
• David Stanley Jecks – of Cambridge.
• Bryan George Jew – of Rotorua.
• Mohammad Tauqir Khan – of Auckland.
• Carolyn Olive McLellan – of Nelson.
• John Malcolm – of Auckland; lately station officer, Birkenhead Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Gary Frederick Nation – of Pahiatua; chief fire officer, Pahiatua Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Frank Anthony Neate – of Nelson.
• David Bryan John Painter – of Upper Hutt; lately senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Ihipera Palmer – of Rotorua.
• Rex Douglas Patrick – of Hamilton; chief fire officer, Waikato Area Operations Centre, New Zealand Fire Service.
• The Reverend Robert Logan Peck – of Raetihi.
• Gustave Marie Willem Frans Porteners – of Porirua.
• Robert Eric Sincock – of Kaiapoi.
• Sharon Lee Stewart – of Auckland.
• Brian Russell Tegg – of Piopio.
• Peter Murray Thompson – of Wellington; lately senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Thomas Thompson – of Kaponga.
• Beverley Joy Tonks – of Wellington.
• Margaret Trotter – of Invercargill.
• Leonardine Veronica Van Der Sluis – of Orewa.
• William Joseph Walker – of Christchurch.
• Henry William Kennedy Watson – of Tuakau.