The1988 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 1987 and the beginning of 1988, and were announced on 31 December 1987.^[1][2]

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

• John Mokonuiarangi BennettQSO – ofHavelock North. For services to education.
• Ronald Alfred Brierley – ofWellington. For services to business management and the community.^[A]
• Murray Gordon HalbergMBE – ofWaiheke Island. For services to sport and crippled children.
• The Honourable (Mr Justice)James Peter Quilliam – of Wellington; judge of theHigh Court.

• 
  Ron Brierley
• 
  Sir Murray Halberg

Military division

• Air Vice-MarshalPatrick NevilleOBE AFC –Royal New Zealand Air Force;Chief of Air Staff.

• The Honourable(Margaret) Ann Hercus – ofChristchurch. For public services.

• 
  Dame Ann Hercus

• Charles Frederick Sutton Caldwell – of Christchurch. For services to education and the community.
• John William Harris Clark – ofWainuiomata; Secretary of Trade and Industry.
• John Thomas Kneebone – ofTīrau. For public services and services to agriculture.

• 
  John Kneebone

Civil division

• ProfessorPhilip John Scott – ofAuckland. For services to medicine.

Civil division

• The Honourable John Philip CookOBEED – of Christchurch; lately a judge of the High Court.
• Emeritus ProfessorLloyd George Geering – of Wellington. For services to religious studies.
• Anne Therese Nightingale – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Professor John Derek Kingsley North – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• John Hayward Oakley – ofLower Hutt. For services to cricket.
• William Leslie Renwick – of Wellington; Director-General of Education.
• Bernadette Mary Richardson – of Christchurch. For services to the community.

Military division

• Major-General Kenneth Montrose GordonOBE – Generals' List,New Zealand Army.

• 
  Lloyd Geering

Civil division

• Anthony Gordon Benfell – of Auckland. For services to singing.
• Ian Barry Brickell – ofCoromandel. For services to pottery and ceramics.
• Beatrice Mary Joye Evans – ofPalmerston North. For services to the Girl Guide movement.
• Edward Max Friedlander – ofDunedin. For services to the community.
• Dr James Ritchie Gilmour – of Auckland. For services to obstetrics and the community.
• George Winiata Henare – of Auckland. For services to the performing arts.
• John Anderson Jamieson –Deputy Commissioner,New Zealand Police.
• ProfessorLeslie Kay – ofRussell. For services to electrical and electronic engineering.
• Fiona Judith Kidman – of Wellington. For services to literature.
• DrMichael King – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• Bernard Keith Knowles – of Wellington. For services to the dairy and wool industries.
• Elsie Ngahuia McInnes – of Havelock North. For services to the community.
• Stanley Walter Alexander Ralston – of Wellington; Valuer-General, Department of Valuation. For public service.
• Gordon William Robert Sharrock – ofWanganui. For services to cycling.
• Alfred Edward Tarrant – of Wellington. For services to manufacturing.
• Robert John ToddJP – of Christchurch. For services to trade union affairs and the community.
• Alan John Young – ofMount Maunganui. For services to the education of the deaf.

Military division

• Lieutenant-Colonel James Roland McGregor –Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Group Captain Peter James Hughan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Group Captain Donald William PawsonAFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  George Henare
• 
  Fiona Kidman

Civil division

• Ralph Thomas Adams – ofTrentham; lately director of the New Zealand Wildlife Service.
• Byron Buick-Constable – of Wellington. For services to the disabled.
• Robert Norman ByrneJP – ofWhakatāne. For services to the community.
• Eric Alexander Craies – of Auckland. For services to rowing.
• Peter McElwain FaulknerED – superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Josephine Lynette Hartley – ofKawerau. For services to the community.
• George Stanley Derek Heather – ofHamilton. For services to local government.
• Marie Alice Hopkins – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Edward Patrick Hoult – of Lower Hutt. For services to education.
• George Bendigo Hurst – ofTākaka. For services to dairy industry and the community.
• DrDavid Edward Kirk – ofOxford, England. For services to rugby.
• Stanley Arthur Lay – ofNew Plymouth. For services to sport.
• Christopher Paul MacDonald – of Auckland. For services to canoeing.
• Ngaire MacLean – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Lawrence Albert Mahoney – of Christchurch. For services to rugby.
• Heather Jean Matthews – of Auckland. For services to athletics.
• Elizabeth Carolyn Miller – ofInvercargill. For services to the community.
• Thomas Parsonage – ofHuntly. For services to sport and the community.
• Peter Anderson Smith – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Dr Raymond Harry Spitz – of Auckland. For services to the Hebrew community.
• Victor Michael Sunde – of Auckland. For services to the fruit growing industry.
• John Henry ThorbyJP – ofTūrangi. For services to local government and the community.
• Grant Leonard Ridgway Tilly – of Wellington. For services to the theatre.
• Leslie Dawson Wright – ofMartinborough. For services to local government.

Military division

• Warrant Officer Kenneth William Last-Harris –Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Jessie Muriel Mary Gunn –Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.
• Warrant Officer Class I Denis John King – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Cedric Crosse Shatter – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Stan Lay

Military division

• Chief Petty Officer Kenneth John Cook – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Matekino Pop Shelford – New Zealand Army.
• Flight Sergeant Dennis William Kelland – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Margaret Dunmore – of Auckland.
• The Very Reverend Kenape Faletoese – of Wellington.
• Beverley Jean Morris – of Wellington.
• Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa – ofTe Kūiti.
• Brian William Woodward – ofNelson.

• Bruce Craig Beetham – ofMarton.
• Geoffrey John GeeringJP – ofAshburton.
• Warren Neil Hawkey – of Lower Hutt; lately Director-General and Surveyor-General, Department of Survey and Land Information.
• Dinah Holman – of Auckland.
• Daniel Mearns HolmesJP – ofŌpunake.
• Edward Emanuel Isbey – of Auckland.
• Trevor Percival Kelly – of Auckland.
• Daniel Joseph Moran – ofKemang, Indonesia.
• Maxwell Keith Mynott Taylor – ofGisborne.

• 
  Bruce Beetham

• Antony Aylwin Baker – ofCape Jackson.
• Betty Baker – of Cape Jackson.
• Elva Lilian Bett – of Wellington.
• Richard George (Peter) Campbell – of Auckland.
• Bruce Edward Dawe – of Christchurch.
• Tiramate Frankie Dennis – of Auckland.
• Euan Evan Dunlop – of Christchurch.
• Margaret Rose Gadson – of Auckland.
• Kathleen Ruby Harris – of Nelson.
• Teripowai Pauline Higgins – of Wainuiomata.
• Philippa Sylvia Howden – ofMasterton.
• Marion Rodger Gilchrist Kendrick – of Whakatāne.
• John Frederick George Lawson – of Christchurch.
• Pauline Patricia Leathem – of Christchurch.
• Elsie Maud Lloyd – ofRaumati Beach.
• Christina McAnulty (Sister Christina) – of Christchurch.
• Margaret Clemance McEwen – ofTimaru.
• Doreen Veronica McMahon – of Christchurch.
• Elizabeth June Meade – of Gisborne.
• Frank Ernest Leslie Mitchell – of Christchurch.
• Gertrude Harete (Kahu) Morrison – ofRotorua.
• Herbert David Mullon – of New Plymouth.
• Joyce Ellen Nicholson – ofLevin.
• Robert Michael Bertram Oliver – of Wellington.
• Ramesh Unka Patel – of Auckland.
• Reginald John Perkins – ofPlimmerton.
• Paekiomeka Joy Ruha – of Wellington.
• Clifford Smith – of Auckland.
• Leslie Andrews Strong – of Christchurch.
• Elia Taukifaga Tinielu – ofPorirua.
• The Reverend Sampson Ngatiterauwawe ToiaJP – ofDargaville.
• Ray (Rade) Vuksich – of Auckland.
• Colin Vernon Wheeler – ofOamaru.
• Jeanie Wilson – of Wanganui.

• Alister Scott AbernethyJP – of Lower Hutt.
• Ann Herangi BarhamJP – ofTe Awamutu.
• Gordon David Bell – of Christchurch; deputy station rescue fire officer, Ministry of Transport.
• Myra Ringa Urunga Berghan – ofAwanui.
• Selina Emily Burrage – of Christchurch.
• Jean Myrtle Caird – of Timaru.
• Jack Critchley – of Wellington; lately chief engineer surveyor and surveyor of ships, Ministry of Transport.
• Stanley Petrie Dawson – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Dorothy Millicent Dutton – of Auckland; clinical specialist,Middlemore Hospital.
• Maurice Christopher Eathorne – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Nell Elizabeth Ehau – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Lawrence Albert Grosse – of Auckland.
• Geoffrey Robert Hammond – of Whangaparaoa.
• William Alfred HartJP – of Ashburton.
• Beryl Ena Kelly – of Auckland.
• James Alistair Lindsay – ofMosgiel.
• Frederick Mangnall – of Auckland.
• Brian Ignatius Maybury – of Auckland; head chauffeur, Public Service Garage, NZ Post Ltd, Auckland.
• Annie May MeadowcroftJP – of Christchurch.
• Kathleen May Munro – ofPort Chalmers.
• Moeroa O Daniela Iti (Rangi) ObergJP – of Christchurch.
• Amusia Patea – ofAtafu, Tokelau.
• Lyndsay John Proctor – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Ngaire Winifred Quennell – of Dunedin.
• Professor EmeritusErnest Johnstone SearleED – of Whangaparaoa.
• Terence Henry Small – ofManurewa.
• Robert William StanicJP – of Whangaparaoa.
• Archie Cooper TaylorJP – of Oamaru.
• William MacDonald Taylor – ofWaimamaku.
• Basil Phillip Vertongen – ofFoxton.
• John Patrick Wilson – of Marton.
• Helen Mary Wily – of Christchurch.

• 
  Alister Abernethy

• Desmond Ernest Hide – district commander and chief fire officer,Cust Volunteer Fire Brigade,New Zealand Fire Service.
• Barrie Maxwell O'Donnell – senior station officer, Volunteer Section, Palmerston North Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Walter West – fire commander, National Headquarters, New Zealand Fire Service.

• Anthony Milos Letica – inspector, New Zealand Police.

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