1986 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 1986 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II 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 1985 and the beginning of 1986, and were announced on 31 December 1985.[1][2]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

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Order of the Bath

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Companion (CB)

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Civil division
Military division

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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Companion (CMG)

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Order of the British Empire

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Dame Commander (DBE)

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Civil division

Knight Commander (KBE)

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Military division

Commander (CBE)

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Civil division
Military division
  • Air Commodore Frederick Martin Kinvig OBE AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer (OBE)

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Member (MBE)

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Civil division
  • Joseph Francis Aspell – of Wellington. For services to local-body and community affairs.
  • Richard Brian Atkins – of Wellington; lately director, External Intelligence Bureau, Prime Minister's Department.
  • Henry James Bean – of Auckland. For services to local government.
  • Huia Wiremu Beaumont – of CHristchurch. For services to education and the community.
  • Hugh Brown JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
  • Kenneth Ronald Butson JP – of Napier. For services to the community.
  • Bing Foon Chin – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
  • Dr Vivienne Alice Croxford – of Christchurch. For services to medicine, especially obstetrics and gynaecology.
  • Susan Elizabeth Devoy – of Rotorua. For services to squash.
  • The Reverend Alister Gibson Dunn – of Auckland. For welfare services.
  • Arthur Lawrence Familton – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
  • William Taitoko James (Billy T. James) – of Auckland. For services to entertainment.
  • Mary Gertrude McGowan (Sister Mary Gertrude) – of Gisborne. For services to education.
  • Randolph William McMillan QFSM – of Temuka. For services to local government.
  • William Stanley Partel – of Wellington; deputy Secretary of Energy, Mines Division, Ministry of Energy.
  • The Reverend Tereu Taria Tuakanau Upu Pere – of Tokoroa. For services to the Pacific Islanders' Presbyterian Church.
  • Joseph Rooney – of Tūrangi. For services to the community and sport.
  • Horace Alexander Sinclair – of Dunedin. For services to conservation.
  • Max Charles Stewart – of Auckland. For services to sport.
  • Te Rau Whiro Tibble MC – of Gisborne. For services to the community.
  • Alex Wyllie – of Glenmark. For services to rugby football.
  • Bernard Zeff – of Christchurch. For services to the apparel industry and export.
Military division
  • Warrant Officer Seaman Ian William Reid – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Captain and Quartermaster Kenneth Edward McKee Wright – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • Squadron Leader Dieter John Woods – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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Military division
  • Sergeant (now Temporary Staff Sergeant) Gregory James Astwood – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • Corporal (now Temporary Sergeant) Peter Matthew Lowen – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

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For community service

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For public services

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Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

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For community service

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  • Violet Victoria Bishop – of Eastbourne.
  • Irene Jessie Blenkinsop – of Christchurch.
  • Donovan Francis Bowles – of Hamilton.
  • Corinne Shirley Bridge (Mrs Raymon Opie) – of Auckland.
  • Yvette Bromley – of Christchurch.
  • Dan Chan – of Wellington.
  • Lois Marguerite Cox – of Auckland.
  • Coloman de Bolgar – of Christchurch.
  • Jean Barbara Dunford – of Raumati Beach.
  • Vivian Lauder Gregory – of Kaitaia.
  • Ethel Gwendoline Hallett – of Auckland.
  • Walter Clement Harris – of Christchurch.
  • Graham Michael Lowe – of Auckland.
  • Sue McCauley (Susan Montgomery Hammond) – of Ōkaihau.
  • Te Kohi (Sonny) McLaughlin – of Auckland.
  • Trudie Elizabeth McNaughton – of Auckland.
  • Mary Maud Elizabeth Mawson – of Nelson.
  • Melva Joan Mildenhall – of Hastings.
  • Molly Stanley Murchie – of Wanganui.
  • Jelal Kalyanji Natali – of Auckland.
  • Raymond Fergus Opie (Raymon Opie) – of Auckland.
  • Arekaahanara Alexander Phillips – of Taumarunui.
  • Thelma Pitt-Turner – of Palmerston North.
  • Thomas John Ray Quinney JP – of Nelson.
  • Kathleen Elsie Lenore Rose – of Timaru.
  • Robert Paton Smithson – of Dunedin.
  • Diana Standen – of Wellington.
  • James Nelson Steedman – of Dunedin.
  • Rangitaamo Takarangi – of Wanganui.
  • Eric Alan Voyce – of Christchurch.
  • Annabelle Woodhouse – of Auckland.

For public services

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  • John Benjamin Andersen JP – of Christchurch.
  • Robert James Arnold Badland – of Silverstream.
  • Claude Thomas Bathe – of Whakatāne.
  • Arthur David Bolton – of Waiheke Island.
  • John Bracken JP – of Auckland.
  • James Bratty – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
  • John Cataldo – of Wellington.
  • Marion Dorothy Cooper – of Lower Hutt.
  • Elizabeth Timua Crofts – of Christchurch.
  • Lawrence Charles Duckworth – of Blenheim.
  • Peter Douglas Dunbar JP – of Christchurch.
  • David Wayne Gadsby – of Wanganui; fireman, Wanganui Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Janette May Gerritsen – of Hamilton.
  • Otto Groen – of Auckland.
  • Leslie John Hall – of Wellington.
  • Susan Louise Ineson – of Wellington.
  • Dawn Patricia Jameson – of Auckland.
  • Aporo Julian Joyce – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
  • Joan Mavis Knox JP – of Upper Hutt.
  • Elaine Ursula McCulloch – of Auckland.
  • James Horton McKinnon – of Rotorua.
  • Walter Joseph McNabb – of Kumara.
  • Geoffrey Gillard Newson – of Wellington.
  • Thomas Francis O'Brien – of Richmond.
  • Victor Frederick Percival JP – of Auckland.
  • Tiopira Te Kiriwai Pohatu JP – of Waiouru.
  • Bernice Elizabeth Shackleton – of Waimate.
  • Simose Sipeli – of Niue; member of Niue Legislative Assembly.
  • Dougal Earle Harris Soper – of Invercargill.
  • Talaiti (Mr) – of Niue; member of Niue Legislative Assembly.
  • Elizabeth Wark – of Auckland.
  • Reginald Henry James Watson – of Oamaru.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

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  • Ernest James Muir – chief fire officer, Balclutha Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Lyndsay Neill Price – station officer, Christchurch Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
  • Trevor George Richard Tricklebank – chief fire officer, Feilding Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

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  • Gilbert Cooke Hill – superintendent, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

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  • Flight Lieutenant David John Watson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 50362". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1985. pp. 29–33.
  2. ^ "New Year honours 1986" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 3. 15 January 1986. pp. 87–90.