1988 Birthday Honours

Queen's Birthday Honours are announced on or around the date of the Queen's Official Birthday in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The dates vary, both from year to year and from country to country. All are published in supplements to the London Gazette and many are conferred by the monarch (or her representative) some time after the date of the announcement, particularly for those service people on active duty.

The 1988 Queen's Birthday honours list for New Zealand was announced on 11 June 1988.

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Peter Herbert Elworthy. For services to agriculture.
• Spencer Thomas Russell - Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

• Miss Barbara Angus. For diplomatic and community services.
• The Honourable Michael Aynsley Connelly QSO. For public service.
• George Peter Shirtcliffe. For services to marketing and business management.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Margaret Laurence Salas QSO. For services to the community.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Civil Division

• Professor James Keith - Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Mrs Betty Bourke QSM JP. For services to health administration and the commumty.
• Peter Francis Clapshaw. For services to the legal profession.
• Emeritus Professor Peter David Hensman Godfrey MBE. For services to music.
• Thomas Christopher Grigg QSO. For services to health administration.
• Dr (Mary) Anne Salmond. For services to literature and the Māori people.
• The Honourable Richard Christopher Savage - lately a Judge of the High Court.
• Russell William Thomas OBE. For services to rugby.

Military Division

• Air Commodore Albert Edward Thomson OBE AFC (B75004) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Dr Edward Bassett. For services to the community.
• Colin George Blair. For services to accountancy.
• Kenneth William Cooper. For services to local affairs.
• Assid Khaleel Corban JP. For services to local government and the community.
• Lindsay Marquis Graham. For public service.
• Kenneth Nigel Hampton. For services to the legal profession.
• Leslie Hutchins. For services to tourism.
• Miss Rosemary Ellinor James. For services to education and the community.
• John Kinloch McKenzie. For services to agriculture and flood relief programmes.
• Noel Francis Pachoud BEM. For services to the community.
• Jack Richards. For services to education and the community.
• William John Robert Scollay DFC. For services to technology and the community.
• Dr Jean Anderson Seabrook MBE. For services to speech therapy.
• Philip Charles Skoglund. For services to bowls.
• Mrs Evelyn Anne Taylor. For services to netball.
• David Lindsay Waghorn. For services to education.
• Ian Douglas Wells. For services to tennis.
• Peter Ronald Mairs - Deputy Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police.

Military Division

• Captain Terence Mortimer O'Brien (Y15294) - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Group Captain Brian Raymond Robert Knight (B84848) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• Peter James Belliss. For services to bowls.
• Maurice Douglas Tukuha Bird. For services to the Māori community.
• Kenneth Boyden. For services to local government and the community.
• Brian Bremner. For services to sport.
• Ian Antony Dickison. For services to bowls.
• Graeme Dingle. For services to outdoor pursuits.
• Margery Vaughan, Lady Fletch. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Keith Clifton Griffith. For services to the community.
• James Cyril Henley DCM ED. For services to the community.
• Mrs Janet Rutherford Holm. For services to the environmental movement.
• William Allan Laxon. For services to the community.
• Leon Clarence Leicester JP. For services to local government and the community.
• Jack Harold Lines. For services to local government and the community.
• The Reverend John Raglan Maclean MM. For services to the community.
• George Leslie Murdoch. For services to the community.
• Clive Brian Priestley. For services to journalism.
• Geoffrey Alan Richards. For services to sport.
• Dr David Lloyd Richwhite. For services to medicine and the community.
• Colin Frank Stone. For services to the motor trade.
• Taitoko Rangiwhakateka Tawhiri. For services to the community.
• Aila Hokireinga Te-teira Taylor. For services to the community.
• Mrs Jaqueline Roberta Trimmer. For services to ballet.
• Tamihana (Thompson) Tukapua. For services to the Maori people and the community.
• Dixon Wright - lately Director, Department of Māori Affairs, Hamilton.
• John Geoffrey Wright. For services to cricket.
• Miss Marie Honora Wright (Sister Marie Gabrielle). For services to education.

Military Division

• Lieutenant Commander Alan Ross Dudley (C16700) - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class One John Leslie Carruthers (Q555464) - Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force)
• Captain and Quartermaster Graham Robert Waaka (M580186) - Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.

Queen's Service Order

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Community Service (QSO)

• Miss Patricia Grace.
• Thomas Oliver Newnham.
• Stuart Edward Nicol MBE.
• Wiremu (Bill) Ohia JP.
• Glen Elna, Lady Rowling.
• Mrs Mary Richardson JP.

Companions of the Queen's Service Order for Public Services (QSO)

• The Reverend Joseph Akuhata-Brown JP.
• Dr. Elizabeth Waugh Berry.
• The Honourable George Frederick Gair MP.
• Geoffrey Mason.
• William Hales Reid.
• Kenneth James Thomas JP.
• Trevor James Young MP.

Queen's Service Medal

Queen's Service Medal for Community Service (QSM)

• Lancelot Ewing Bardwell.
• Mrs Mary Jean Annie Bell.
• David Edward Bolwell.
• Mrs Kathleen Waveney Bolwell.
• Mrs Mary Bragg.
• Leslie Robert Burgess.
• Lou Olin Henry Clauson.
• Mrs Margaret Joan Fickling.
• Kenneth William Gemmell.
• Mrs Janet Gay Henderson JP.
• David Arthur Johnston.
• Mrs Tufugaholoatu Susan Lagatule.
• Maurice Teasdale Leech.
• James Francis Mandeno.
• Simon Mehana (Haimona Ngarare).
• Mrs Barbara Emily Mills.
• Miss Metta Athalie Oversen Moltzen.
• Mrs Joy Alison (Paddy) Nash.
• Mrs Katherine Moyra Peet.
• Mrs Rose Isobel Plunkett.
• Mrs Veronica Elizabeth Ruth Pyle.
• Mrs Joyce Emily Robertson.
• Lawson Arthur Robertson.
• Lawrence Frederick James Ross.
• Mrs Patricia Ata Rouse.
• Selwyn George Searle.
• Mrs Turuhira Mahuone Tatare.
• Colin Maxton Thomas JP.
• Lindsay Jesse Tointon.
• Derek Philip Fraser Turnbull.
• Narshih Vallabh.
• John Fenton Walsh.
• Molimea 'Ilolahia RVM.

Queen's Service Medal for Public Services (QSM)

• John Takakopiri Asher.
• Rabindranath Gunasekaran Samuel Azariah.
• Miss Sidney Geraldine Blechynden.
• John Fairburn Buckland.
• Frank Burns.
• Thomas Mangu Clarke JP.
• James William Squire Clevely JP.
• Neil Thomas Farrel JP.
• Mrs Jessie Constance Hall.
• Michael John Hammersley JP.
• Mrs Catherine (Kay) McKerr Harvey JP.
• Charles James Heaven.
• Mrs Janet May Hesketh.
• Mrs Wikitoria Ann Jacobs JP.
• Herbert John Keys ED.
• Desmond Gordon King.
• Nigel Llewellyn Langston JP.
• Miss Frances Mary Cotchett Lee - lately Director America's Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry.
• Charles James McFarlane.
• John (Makavilitogia Fuluatau) Maka.
• Charles Reuben George Masters.
• Miss Margaret Jean Mitchell.
• The Reverend Lawrence William More.
• Barrie Owen O'Brien JP.
• Henry Robert Pierson.
• Shiu Hang Che - Laundryman Royal Navy, attached to Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Edward Simon Snowden DFC.
• Leonard Storkey Spackman.
• The Reverend Pehalo Maiko Talagi JP.
• Mrs Maye Aroha Tucker JP.
• James William Rouse - Senior Constable, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Kenneth Patrick Derrick - Fire Commander No 1A01 District (Auckland) New Zealand Fire Service.
• Douglas George Vowles - Chief Fire Officer Ngaruwahia Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Cecil Edward Cross - Senior Station Officer, Bluff Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• William Stanley Francis - Senior Station Officer, Newlands Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

• Staff Sergeant (Temporary Warrant Officer Class 2) Derrick Joseph McMillan (B47036) - Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Staff Sergeant Patrick Anthony Tracey (B39147) - New Zealand Special Air Service (Territorial Force).
• Flight Sergeant Alan Colin McCord (G84002) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Colin Patrick Waite (M84398) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Brian Stewart Wynn (L84512) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Alan Clarence Lynskey - Detective Senior Sergeant, New Zealand Police.

Royal Red Cross

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC)

• Major Rosemary Angela Bell (Q48038) - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Gordon Lennox Wood (G81495) - Royal New Zealand AIr Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Squadron Leader Craig Owen Inch (W86224) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.