The1985 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments byElizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government tovarious orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1984 and the beginning of 1985, and were announced on 31 December 1984.^[1][2]

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

• DrWilliam Henry CooperCBE – ofAuckland. For services to education and the community.
• The HonourableLester Francis Moller – of Auckland; judge of theHigh Court.
• Desmond John Sullivan – ofLower Hutt; chiefDistrict Court judge.

Military division

• Air Vice MarshalDavid Manson CrooksOBE –Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Emily Elizabeth Carpenter – ofDunedin. For services to theConsumer Council and home science.
• Kevin Benjamin O'Brien – of Wellington. For services toVictoria 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.

Civil division

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

• 
  Dame Catherine Tizard

Civil division

• Frederick Miles WarrenCBE – ofChristchurch. For services to architecture.

• 
  Sir Miles Warren

Civil division

• Brian George Conway ElwoodJP – ofPalmerston 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 MacalisterED – of Dunedin. For services to oral surgery and the community.
• The Right ReverendWilliam Allan Pyatt – of Christchurch;Bishop of Christchurch, 1966–1983.
• Bruce Houlton Slane – of Auckland; president of theNew Zealand Law Society.
• ProfessorChristian Karlson Stead – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• Dr Desmond John Woods – of Auckland. For services to paediatrics, especially intellectually handicapped and disabled children.

Military division

• Brigadier Alfred Connell Hamilton – Brigadiers' List.

• 
  Brian Elwood
• 
  C. K. Stead

Civil division

• 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 BurgessJP – of Auckland. For services to local government.
• William George Cammick – of Auckland. For services to sport, especially boxing.
• Neil John ClarkeJP – ofPaeroa. For services to the road transport industry and the community.
• Herbert Roy Dutton – ofRaumati South. For services to theNew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.
• Judge Trevor Robert Gillies – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Antony HearnQC – of Christchurch. For services to the legal profession.
• William Joseph KaretaiJP – ofLittle River. For services to the community.
• Ria May McBride – ofTauranga. For public services.
• Bruce Conway McCormack – ofTemuka. For services to basketball.
• ProfessorPeter John McKelvey – of Christchurch; professor and head of School of Forestry,University of Canterbury, 1967–1984.
• William John Main – ofWanganui. For services to cycling.
• James Murray Print – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.
• Gladys Mabel SymesJP – ofHavelock North. For services to theNew Zealand Red Cross Society, netball and the community.
• John Alexander YoungJP – of Wellington. For services to journalism and the community.

Military division

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

Civil division

• Quentin Edward Angus – of Wellington. For services to the disabled.
• Roger Gault Barrowclough – of Dunedin. For services to mountain safety.
• Gordon ChristieJP – ofNapier. 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 – ofKaponga. For services to the community.
• Harold Brydon Harvey – ofStoke. For services to tennis.
• Kevin Francis Herlihy – ofHamilton (presently in the United States). For services to softball.
• Norman Leslie Hider – of Christchurch. For services to Highland Pipe Bands Association of New Zealand.
• Patrick KelliherJP – 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 MihinuiJP – ofWhakarewarewa. 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 PickeringJP – ofPetone. For services to local government.
• Dr William Mummery Platts – of Christchurch. For services to medicine.
• Laurence Bernard Roberts – ofLevin. For services to the community.
• Sidney Douglas Sherwood – of Lower Hutt. For services to New Zealand War Amputees Association.
• Miljenko Vladimir Srhoj – ofWaiharara. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Bert Sutcliffe – of Auckland. For services to cricket.
• Mark James Todd – ofCambridge. For services to equestrian sport.
• Ruth Mellor Wylie – of Lower Hutt. For services to theNational Council of Women of New Zealand.

Military division

• Warrant Officer Seaman Jack Hern BaigentBEM – 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.

• 
  Russell Coutts
• 
  Ian Ferguson
• 
  Bubbles Mihinui
• 
  Neville Pickering
• 
  Bert Sutcliffe
• 
  Mark Todd

Military division

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

• Rewi AlleyMM – ofBeijing, China.
• Joyce Joan Herd – of Dunedin.
• James MacDonald Howden – of Lower Hutt.
• Louisa Emily, Lady Macfarlane – of Christchurch.
• Myrtle May Paulsen – ofMichoacán, Mexico.
• Betty Head TogaleaJP – of Auckland.

• 
  Bunty Herd

• Norman Wilfred Currie – of Wellington; lately public trustee,Public Trust Office.
• John (Jack) Dellaca – ofWestport.
• Thomas Christopher Grigg – ofHororata; chairman, North Canterbury Hospital Board.
• John HobsonMBE – ofKumeū; lately superintendent,Auckland Maximum Security Prison, Department of Justice.
• Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Robert Percy HughesJP – ofSwanson.
• Clyde Molesworth JeffreyBEM JP – of Napier.
• Taxi Aonui Kapua-Te Ahuru – ofTaupō.
• Murray Raymond Mander – of Tauranga; lately Valuer-General, Valuation Department.
• Alexander James Lloyd Martin – of Wellington.

• Alys Alexander – of Napier.
• Ida Ailsa Cressey Boag – ofHastings.
• Mary Elizabeth Brown – of Hamilton.
• Duncan David Dakers – of Tauranga.
• John Stuart Dawson – ofNelson.
• The Very ReverendDerek Lionel Eaton – of Christchurch.
• Jean Ivy Gadd – of Lower Hutt.
• Leslie John Grant – ofTimaru.
• Joseph GreenJP – of Christchurch.
• Kathleen Henderson – ofOamaru.
• Dorothy Jeane Horne (Mrs Chapman) – of Wellington.
• John Leonard Humphrey – ofBlenheim.
• 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 – ofTokoroa.
• Madge Estelle Ann Rauhihi – ofPorirua.
• Margaret Francis Read – of Hamilton.
• The Reverend Lagaua Talagi – of Auckland.
• Douglas Howard Thomas – ofUpper Hutt.
• Jean Reese Twyman – ofRotorua.
• Ani Kui Rini Wihone Hoa Koha (Mrs Wijohn) – ofHokianga.
• Ruth Wilkinson – of Cambridge.
• Arthur Allan Wilks – of Wanganui.

• Rosemary Ann Ash – of Wellington.
• Margaret Jean Bodmin – ofMorrinsville.
• Ian Alexander Colquhoun – ofParaparaumu Beach; deputy rector,Palmerston North Boys' High School.
• Margaret Alberta Vivian Day – of Nelson.
• Charles Edward Elsmore – ofPicton.
• Leah Elsie Jean Gilbert – ofWhangaparāoa.
• Patricia Hayden Gribble – of Auckland.
• Colin Robert Guppy – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Thomas Haliburton – ofKotemaori.
• Tevita Kilifi Heimuli – constable, New Zealand Police.
• Kenneth Leslie HillJP – of Christchurch.
• John Erua HorrellJP – ofNorth Canterbury.
• Karl Owen JonesJP – ofKaramea.
• Allan Robert KayJP – of Dunedin.
• Edna Judith Lepper – of Havelock North.
• Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie – ofWellsford.
• Joan Meyer – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Father William George James Middleton – ofHokitika.
• Bessie Emily PristonJP – of Auckland.
• Raimapaha ReiJP – of Wanganui.
• Allan Noel Robson – of Dunedin.
• David Ernest Seath – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Mack Temara – ofWhakatāne.
• Patricia Irene Wilson – ofInvercargill.
• Marjorie Mary WrigleyJP – ofMasterton.

• Squadron Leader (now Wing Commander) Peter Sydney Faulkner – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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

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

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

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