1984 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 1984 Queen's Birthday honours lists for New Zealand and the Cook Islands were announced on 16 June 1984.^[1]

New Zealand

Knight Bachelor

• Cecil Lancelot Stewart Cross CBE. For services to sport.
• Lawrence Herbert Govan. For services to manufacturing and the community.
• Roderick Bignell Weir JP. For services to farming, commerce and the community.

Order of the Bath

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)

Military Division

• Rear Admiral Cedric John Steward (A13110) - Royal New Zealand Navy.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG)

• The Right Honourable Lancelot Raymond Adams-Schneider. For public services, lately as New Zealand Ambassador to the United States of America.

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

• Charles James Freeman. For public and community services.
• Arthur John Healy - Secretary for Transport.
• David Hamilton Tudhope DFC. For services to the development of energy resources.

Order of the British Empire

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

Civil Division

• The Right Reverend Edward Kinsella Norman DSO MC - Anglican Bishop of Wellington.

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Civil Division

• Hugh Reginald Atkinson - lately Director, National Radiation Laboratory, Department of Health, Christchurch.
• Dr Carolyn Waugh Burns (Mrs Hubbard). For services to conservation.
• Thomas Stuart Dickson Hayton JP. For services to Taranaki Harbour Board and the community.
• Mrs Rangimarie Tuheka Hetet MBE. For services to traditional Māori arts and crafts.
• Dr Malcolm John Nicolson. For services to the Wellington Hospital Board and the community.
• Hugh Lancelot Marshall Peirse. For services to the wool industry and the community.

Military Division

• Brigadier Thomas Geoffrey Leighs ED ADC (Y784299) - Brigadiers' List, Territorial Force, New Zealand Army.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Civil Division

• Miss Eileen Rewa Begg. For services to commercial education.
• Eric Wilfred Benton. For services to journalism.
• John Bruce Chrystall. For services to the wool industry.
• Roland Henry Clark. For services to agriculture.
• George Hopeful Gower. For services to local body and community affairs.
• Geoffrey Philip Howarth MBE. For services to cricket.
• Thomas Michael Raeburn Maskew. For services to agriculture.
• Alfred George Morgan-Coakle. For services to legal aid.
• Dr Francis John Newhook - Professor Emeritus of Plant Pathology, Department of Botany, University of Auckland.
• James Joseph O'Connor JP. For services to local government, sport and the community.
• William Horace Phillips JP. For services to farming and the community.
• Dr Humphrey Barton Rainey. For services to medicine and the community.
• Dr Mutyala Satyanand. For services to the community.
• John Hutchison Saunders. For services to orthopaedics.
• Charles Herbert Speight - General Manager, Shipping Corporation of New Zealand.
• Dr Charles Swanston. For services to ophthalmology.
• Major Ross Tylden JP. For services to farming.
• Clifford Ernest Wiseley JP. For services to education and local government.
• Thomas Victor Thomson - Superintendent, New Zealand Police.

Military Division

• Captain Eric David Deane (K15074) - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Malcolm John Ross (J30598) - Colonels' List, New Zealand Army
• Group Captain Alan Tennant Dickie (E77560) - Royal New Zealand Air Force

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Civil Division

• James Charles Bellwood. For services to athletics.
• Jack Compton Blakeley JP. For services to the surf lifesaving movement.
• Wilfred Edward Bown. For services to local body and community affairs.
• Mrs Maida Elizabeth Claire Bryant JP. For services to the community.
• James Maurice Maitland Caffin. For services to the New Zealand Antarctic Society and journalism.
• Lionel Graham Christiansen. For services to the dairy industry.
• Miss Joan Ethel Derbidge. For services to physiotherapy and welfare organisations.
• Captain Emmet Peter Marcus Dowd. For services to aviation.
• Stanley Alexander Gurnell. For services to pre-school education and the community.
• James Herbert Henderson. For services to literature and broadcasting.
• Dr Donald William McKenzie - Pomologist and Senior Scientist, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Orchard, Havelock North.
• Mrs Anne Kohi Martin. For services to social welfare.
• Mrs Elsie Elizabeth Neil. For services to the community.
• Miss Phyllis May Persen - lately Chief Nursing Officer, Palmerston North Hospital Board.
• Mrs Caroline Audrey Prowse. For services to the community.
• Mrs Miriam Florence Redwood (Miriam McGregor). For services to literature.
• Mrs Joan Nancy Roscoe. For services to the Girls Brigade.
• Andrew Gwillym Summers - Deputy Secretary of Energy, Corporate Services, Ministry of Energy.
• William Alexander Sutherland JP. For services to the Cook Hospital Board.
• Roger Robertson Sutton. For services to conservation.
• Hugh Barre Mewburn Walker JP. For services to the Auckland Waterside Workers' Union.
• Louis Lester Wintle. For services to the preservation of local history.
• Samuel Philip Wrightson - Senior Specialist, Neurosurgery, Auckland Hospital.

Military Division

• Warrant Officer Yeoman of Signals Noel George Carter (W16787) - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Commander Peter William Monk (P16320) - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Control Electrical Artificer Samuel Popata (P16711) - Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major David Roland Abbott (L46401) - Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Captain John Gifford Sinton (W209550) - Royal New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I Mel Wilson Webb (G538735) - Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Owen John Cunliffe (X78185) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Harvey Reynolds Howard (A78223) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Service Order

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

• Mrs Joyce Horton Andrews.
• Henry Tahawai Bird.
• Hector Jack Clark BEM.
• The Reverend Canon Wi Te Tau Huata MC.

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

• Leonard John Braddock.
• The Honourable Michael Aynsley Connelly MP.
• Albert Bakewell Fear.
• Leonard Manson Harvey.
• Ralph Henry Matthews JP.
• Miss Joyce Motley.
• Alfred Preece JP.
• Robert Geoffrey Ramshaw.
• Mangus Kenneth de Chazal Spence JP.
• Henry Philip Whitlock.

Queen's Service Medal

Queen's Service Medal for Community Service (QSM)

• Harold Raymond Ashworth.
• Mrs Pattie Helen Collins.
• Bertram Cornthwaite.
• Mrs Nancy Eleanor Cresswell.
• Mrs Winifred Charlotte Cuming.
• Mrs Alice Maud des Forges.
• David Spencer Funnell.
• Trevor Charles Gottermeyer.
• Mrs Cecily Gregory.
• Mrs Elsie Helen Hill.
• Mrs Adeline Pearl Hobbs.
• Mrs Evelyn Doris Hodder.
• Charles Thomas Ross Knew.
• Charles Earle William Levin.
• Douglas Ian McKerras.
• Poai (Jim) Manahi.
• Miss Mary Elizabeth (Moira) O'Brien.
• Mrs Keriana Bessie Olson.
• Mrs Gladys May Philips.
• John Cotterell Purdue.
• Mrs Margaret Cecelia Read.
• Miss Edith Frances Smith.
• Mrs Cicely Louise Snoxell.
• Frederick Ernest Williamson.
• Mrs Mirinda Annie Zwimpfer.

Queen's Service Medal for Public Services (QSM)

• Dr Donald Young Allen.
• Mrs Mary Anstruther JP.
• Brian Douglas Bell.
• Mrs Violet Patricia Darraugh.
• Miss Ailsa Maureen Fletcher.
• Miss Edna Abigail Free.
• Thomas Charles Stewart Keith Gilbertson.
• Mrs Iris May Hambleton.
• John Conroy Henderson.
• Thomas Holdom.
• Miss Marie Menary King.
• John Hugh McFarlane.
• Clifford Geeveston McIntosh.
• Mrs Kate Alison Mickelson.
• Mrs Agnes Kathleen Muir JP.
• John Taseki Osikai.
• Robert James Tarbotton.
• Mrs Jeanette Annie Vickerman JP.
• Robert Buchanan McNaughton - Sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Bruce Josiah Perigo - Detective Senior Sergeant, New Zealand Police.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Ronald Peter Bell - Senior Station Officer, Ravensbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Victor Donald Cooper - Chief Fire Officer, Henderson Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Leonard Sydney Corner - Fire Commander, Christchurch Fire Brigade.
• Derek Arthur Varley - Fire Force Commander, Wellington Fire Brigade.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military Division

• Chief Petty Officer Administration Raymond Harold Thompson (X337730) - Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Sergeant Ian Ralph Clifford (H84003) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Lance Corporal Earle Alexander John Henry (D43680) - New Zealand Special Air Service.
• Flight Sergeant Allan Kenneth Sheppard (M80304) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Lawrence Robert Woodgate - Chief Inspector, New Zealand Police.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Bruce Reid Ferguson (M83823) - Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Cook Islands

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil Division

• The Reverend Isaiah Willie. For services to the Cook Islands, especially the Cook Islands Christian Church.

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