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The 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...
, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, 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 17 June 1995. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


Order of New Zealand (ONZ)

;Ordinary member * Sir Roy Allan McKenzie – of
Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. It is also a non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, bor ...
. * Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa – of
Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...
, United Kingdom. * Sir (Frederick) Miles Warren – of Governors Bay. File:Sir Roy Allan McKenzie.jpg, Sir Roy McKenzie File:Kiri Te Kanawa 2013 (cropped).jpg, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa File:Miles Warren ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg, Sir Miles Warren


Knight Bachelor

* Patrick Ledger Goodman – of Motueka. For services to business management, export and the community. * Dr Thomas Neil Morris Waters – of
Palmerston North Palmerston North (; , colloquially known as Palmerston or Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatū Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manaw ...
. For services to tertiary education. File:Pat Goodman 1999 (cropped).jpg, Sir Pat Goodman File:Neil Waters 1985 (cropped).jpg, Sir Neil Waters


Order of the Bath


Companion (CB)

;Civil division * Dr Graham Cecil Scott – of
Wellington Wellington 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 third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
. For public services.


Order of Saint Michael and Saint George


Companion (CMG)

* Lieutenant General Donald Stuart McIver
New Zealand Army The New Zealand Army (, ) is the principal Army, land warfare force of New Zealand, a component of the New Zealand Defence Force alongside the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Formed in 1845, as the New Zealand Mil ...
(Retired), of
Lower Hutt Lower Hutt () is a list of cities in New Zealand, 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#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropoli ...
; director, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service. File:Don McIver 2011 (cropped).jpg, Don McIver


Order of the British Empire


Dame Commander (DBE)

;Civil division * Pauline Frances Engel (Sister Pauline Engel) – of
Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...
. For services to education.


Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Peter James Blake – of Emsworth,
Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...
, United Kingdom. For services to yachting. File:Peter Blake at Dunedin airport.jpg, Sir Peter Blake


Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Dianne Jean Armstrong – of Wellington. For services to the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society. *
Russell Coutts Sir Russell Coutts (born 1 March 1962) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman. He won an Olympic gold medal and skippered three Americas Cup victories in 1995, 2000, and 2003. Early life Coutts was educated at Otago Boys' High School ...
– of Auckland. For services to yachting. * Morva Olwyn Croxson – of Palmerston North. For services to arts and the community. * Albert Barrie Downey – of Auckland. For services to business and the community. * Graeme James Marsh – of
Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...
. For services to export and the community. * Alexander Phillips – 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 Kūiti and 55 km west of T ...
. For services to the
Māori people Māori () are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, indigenous Polynesians, Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of Māori migration canoes, c ...
. * Mark James Todd – of Moreton-in-Marsh, United Kingdom. For services to equestrian sport. * Beatrice Dorothy Anne Town – of Wellington. For services to the community. * John Joseph Turei – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people. * David Houghton Wale – of Wellington. For services to business management and the community. * Heather Jean White – of
Te Puke Te Puke ( ) is a town located southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for the cultivation of kiwifruit. Te Puke is close to Tauranga and Maketu, which are both coastal towns/cities, a ...
. For services to the community. File:Russell-Coutts-2010.jpg, Russell Coutts File:Morva Croxson (cropped).jpg, Morva Croxson File:Mark Todd (cropped).jpg, Mark Todd


Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Donald Hall Binney – of Auckland. For services to art. * John Kenneth Buck – of Havelock North. For services to the wine industry. * James Bull – of
Hunterville Hunterville is a small town in the Rangitikei District, Rangitikei district of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located halfway between Taupo and Wellington on State Highway 1, and as of the 2018 census has a population of 408. The town ...
. For services to racing and farming. * Bradley William Butterworth – of Auckland. For services to yachting. * Leslie Hambleton Cleveland – of Dunedin. For services to the community. * Michael Ernest Christopher Cox – of Wellington. For public services. * Alister Austen Deans – of Geraldine. For services to art. * Joan Marjore Dingley – of Auckland. For services to botany. * Dr Alan Robert Edmunds – of
Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...
. For services to the wool industry. * Dr Wayne Leonard Edwards – of Palmerston North. For services to education and intercultural programmes. * William Clive Edwards – of Auckland. For services to the community. * John Noel Keegan – of Auckland. For services to business management and the community. * Dr Hylton LeGrice – of Auckland. For service to the community. * David Raymond Levene – of Auckland. For services to business and the community. * Professor Robert Park – of Christchurch. For services to civil engineering. * Suzanne Lena Prentice – of
Invercargill Invercargill ( , ) is the southernmost and westernmost list of cities in New Zealand, city in New Zealand, and one of the Southernmost settlements, southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland Region, Southlan ...
. For services to music. * Thomas William Schnackenberg – of Auckland. For services to yachting. * Robin Scholes – of Auckland. For services to the film industry. ;Military division * Commander Larry Robbins –
Royal New Zealand Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; ) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of eight ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act 1913, and the subsequent acquisition of the cruiser , whi ...
. File:John Buck CNZM (cropped).jpg, John Buck File:Brad-Butterworth.jpg, Brad Buterworth File:Hylton LeGrice CNZM (cropped).jpg, Hylton LeGrice File:David Levene KNZM (cropped).jpg, David Levene File:Suzanne Prentice CNZM (cropped).jpg, Suzanne Prentice File:Robin Scholes CNZM (cropped).jpg, Robin Scholes


Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Marie Rose Aubin – of Dunedin. For services to education and the community. * Marilyn Ann Baikie – of Christchurch. For services to the disabled. * Tuakana Charlie Carlson – of Wellington. For services to the community. * Susan Winifred Jane Dean Chatfield – of Auckland. For services to the community. * Patricia Maldwyn Clapham – of
Orewa Orewa () is a settlement in the northern Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is a suburb of the Hibiscus Coast, just north of the base of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula and north of central Auckland. The Auckland Northern Motorway, Northern Motor ...
. For services to the community. * Caryll Lydia Mary Clausen – of Feilding. For services to local-body and community affairs. * Owen Francis Delany – of
Taupō Taupō (), sometimes written Taupo, is a town located in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the edge of Lake Taupō, which is the largest freshwater lake in New Zealand. Taupō was constituted as a borough in 1953. It h ...
. For services to sport. * Sandra Helen Edge – of Auckland. For services to netball. * Dr Bernard John Forde – of Palmerston North. For services to local-body and community affairs. * Maureen Clara Fox – of Invercargill. For services to education. * Colin Heber Gordge – of
Morrinsville Morrinsville () is a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. Morrinsville is a service town for the local dairy industry; the area surrounding the town has the highest concentration of dairy cattle in New Zealand. ...
. For services to farming. * Robert Morris Jarrett – of
Pukekohe Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The town is located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. The hills of Puke ...
. For services to
bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...
. * Peter Robert Knight – of Christchurch. For services to powerboat sport. * Richard Trevor Vincent Linnell – of Kaiwaka. For services to the community. * Raymond William Lynskey – of Blenheim. For services to gliding. * Patricia Mary McQuillan – of Auckland. For services to the community. * Arthur Dawson Moir – of
Roxburgh Roxburgh () is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at lea ...
. For services to the community. * Dr Peter Charles Molan – of
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...
. For services to the honey industry. * Peter John Montgomery – of Auckland. For services to sports broadcasting. * Alan Joseph O'Connell – of Queenstown. For services to sport and the community. * George Emile Rennie – of
Leeston Leeston (Māori language, Māori: ''Karumata'') is a town on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 30 kilometres southwest of Christchurch, between the shore of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora and the mouth of the Ra ...
. For services to farming. * Alon Edgar Shaw – of Warkworth. For services to education. * Eileen Margaret Skidmore – of Te Aroha. For services to the community. * Raymond Terence Whatmough – superintendent, New Zealand Police. ;Military division * Major Nigel John Murray – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. * Squadron Leader Kenneth Albert James Cunningham –
Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; ) is the aerial warfare, aerial military service, service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Perm ...
. * Squadron Leader Graeme Warren Harris – Royal New Zealand Air Force (Retired). File:Caryll Clausen 1995 (cropped).jpg, Caryll Clausen File:Peter Montgomery 2017 (cropped).jpg, Peter Montgomery


British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Military division * Warrant Officer Class Two Ross Charles Fearon – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. * Sergeant Darryl Brian Lark –
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 ...
. * Flight Sergeant Calvin Paul Clare – Royal New Zealand Air Force (Retired). * Flight Sergeant Ronald Gregory Cox – Royal New Zealand Air Force.


Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)


For community service

* Elizabeth Desiree Ferguson Baxendine – of Christchurch. * The Reverend John Ernest Bowles – of
Lower Hutt Lower Hutt () is a list of cities in New Zealand, 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#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropoli ...
. * Colin Arthur Gilmour-Wilson – of Taupō. * Audrey Gwen Harris – of Te Kauwhata. * The Reverend Kenneth Gerard Irwin – of Auckland. * Archbishop Dionysios Psiachas – of Wellington. * The Very Reverend John Oliver Rymer – of Auckland. * Patricia Margaret Teague – of Christchurch.


For public services

* Dr Elizabeth Ursula Alley – of Wellington. * Brian Phillip Najib Corban – of Auckland. * Valerie Madeline Lawson (Sister Valerie) – of Lower Hutt. * Angus John Macdonald – of
Ngāruawāhia Ngāruawāhia () is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located north-west of Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton at the confluence of the Waikato River, Waikato and Waipā Rivers, adjacent to the Hakarimata Rang ...
. * Colin James McKenzie – of Wellington; lately Secretary of Labour. * Margaret Moir – of Hokitika. * Gladys Joyce Ryan – of
Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to admi ...
. * David Ernest Walter – of Stratford. File:Brian Corban CNZM (cropped).jpg, Brian Corban


Queen's Service Medal (QSM)


For community service

* Sarah Teira Priscilla Ashby – of
Te Kūiti Te Kūiti is a town in the north of the King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of New Zealand State Highway 3, State Highways 3 and New Zealand State Highway 30, 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk rail ...
. * Patricia Irene Ball – of Hamilton. * Robert Anthony Leighton Batley – of
Taihape Taihape is in the Rangitikei District of the North Island of New Zealand. It serves a large rural community. New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1, which runs North to South through the centre of the North Island, passes through the town ...
. * June Emily Bonnington – of
Timaru Timaru (; ) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to peo ...
. * Owen Mervyn Brookes – of
Huntly Huntly ( or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlements include Keith ...
. * Doreen Elizabeth Burns – of
Waiheke Island Waiheke Island is the second-largest island (after Great Barrier Island) in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand. Its ferry terminal in Matiatia Bay at the western end is from the central-city terminal in Auckland. It is the most populated island ...
. * Hilda Ngahiraka Rangi Busby – of Tikipunga. * Alice Elizabeth Calder – of Levin. * Amie Euphemia Isobel Calvert – of
Waikanae Waikanae (, ) is a town on the Kāpiti Coast, north of the Wellington, New Zealand. The name is a Māori language, Māori word meaning "waters" (''wai'') "of the flathead grey mullet, grey mullet". The area surrounding the town is notable fo ...
. * Rosemary Bridget Chapman – of Christchurch. * Claire Mary Emberson – of Auckland. * Esther May Hepburn – of Ashburton. * Wiremu Hapi Hunia – of Kawerau. * Joan Gertrude Johnson – of Wellington. * Lorna Monica Leydon – of Lower Hutt. * Locksley Clement Lindsay – of The Pines Beach. * Joan-Mary Longcroft – of Auckland. * Bryan Mahony – of Wellington. * Norman John Martin – of
Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...
. * Noel Albert McMahon – of Auckland. * William James McMullan – of Wellington. * Frederick Lewis Mitchell – of Christchurch. * Phillis Hilda Murphy – of Featherston. * Clarence Roland Papps – of Tākaka. * Eliza Raiha Serjeant – of Maketu. * Mavis Eileen Steffens – of Motueka. * Ellen Adrienne, Lady Stewart – of Christchurch. * Alan George Tozer – of
New Plymouth New Plymouth () 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, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...
. * Charles Iotua Tuarau – of Lower Hutt. * Esther Taylor Turner – of
Kerikeri Kerikeri () is a town in the Bay of Islands, in the Far North District of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the head of Kerikeri Inlet, a northwestern arm of the Bay of Islands, where fresh water of the Kerikeri River enters the Paci ...
. * Dorothy Ethel Walker – of Auckland. * Ellen Mary (Ella) Warren – of
Dargaville Dargaville () is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River (Northland), Wairoa River in the Kaipara District of the Northland Region, Northland region. Dargaville is located south ...
. * Carolyn Georgina Weston – of Invercargill. * Joan Elizabeth Williams – of Auckland. * Lesley Iris Wills – of
Matamata Matamata () is a town in Waikato, New Zealand. It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred horse breeding and training pursuits. It is part of the Matamata-Piako District, which take ...
. * Eunice Boyce Wilson – of Pukekohe. File:Adrienne Stewart (cropped).jpg, Adrienne, Lady Stewart


For public services

* Charles George Anderson – of
Wanganui Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a list of cities in New Zealand, 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 nav ...
. * Evelyn Annette Carrington – of Whangārei. * Clive Basil Cleland – of Hamilton. * Helen Dashfield – of
Masterton Masterton () is a large town in the Wellington Region, Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand that operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa ...
. * William James Davey – sergeant, New Zealand Police. * Ian George Duncan – senior constable, New Zealand Police. * David Peter Ellery – of
Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authorities of New Zea ...
. * Carol June Garland – of Christchurch. * Paul Ronald Garland – of Christchurch. * Catherine May Glynn – of Auckland. * Malcolm Campbell Grayling – of New Plymouth. * Ruth Jacqualine Hera Harris – of Rangiotu. * Marsden Alfred Heaslip – of Katikati. * Lorraine Anne Hill – of Russell. * Wilfred Jeffs (Bill Sevesi) – of Auckland. * Ian Roy Johnson – of Te Puke. * Diana Patricia Lenihan – of Invercargill. * William James McCabe – of
Wainuiomata Wainuiomata () is a large Commuter town, dormitory suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area in New Zealand. Its population was estimated as being as of with a density of 1,600 people ...
. * Julie Margaret McKendry – of Blenheim. * Heather Margaret MacLeod – of Auckland. * Ronald Kenneth McSkimming – of Ranfurly. * Irene Saxon Messenger – of
Greymouth Greymouth () (Māori language, Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast, New Zealand, West Coast List of regions in New Zealand, region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The populat ...
. * John Bracken Mortimer – of Hamilton. * Margaret Mortimer – of Hamilton. * Catherine Jean Motion – 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 th ...
. * Miriam Harris Murray – of Dunedin. * Glenys Patricia Searancke – of Rotorua. * Helen Mary Smith – of
Porirua Porirua, () a list of cities in New Zealand, city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Poriru ...
. * Heather Jane Te Huia – of Porirua. * Christina Manuhopukia Waihape – of
Tauranga Tauranga (, Māori language for "resting place," or "safe anchorage") is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the List of cities in New Zealand, fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of or roughly 3% of t ...
. * William Grigor Walker – of Clinton. * Kathleen Florence Wills – of Timaru. * Phillippa Alix Woodward – of Blenheim. File:Helen Mary Smith.jpg, Helen Smith


Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

* Walter Henry Mills – lately deputy chief fire officer,
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a List of cities in the United Kingdom, city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, north of London. As of the 2021 Unit ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. * Robert Alexander Morriss – chief fire officer,
Te Awamutu Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato, Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipā District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. * Brian Muschamp – chief fire officer,
Hāwera Hāwera is the second-largest centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins of the town lie in a government military base that was establishe ...
and Okaiawa Fire Brigades, New Zealand Fire Service.


Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

* John Morris Atkinson Gott – detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.


Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Wing Commander Peter James Stockwell – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:Air Vice-Marshal Peter Stockwell (cropped).jpg, Peter Stockwell


Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flight Lieutenant Grant Redvers Withers – Royal New Zealand Air Force.


References

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