1990 Special Honours (New Zealand)
# 1990 Special Honours (New Zealand)

The 1990 Special Honours in New Zealand were three special honours lists: the first was dated 6 February 1990 and made appointments to the Order of New Zealand and the Queen's Service Order; the second was dated 17 May 1990 made awards of the Polar Medal; and the third was dated 27 November 1990, to recognise the incoming governor-general, Dame Catherine Tizard.

## Order of New Zealand (ONZ)

### Additional member

* Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
* Dr Thomas Allen Monro Curnow CBE.
* The Honourable Michael John Duffy MP.
* Nene Janet Paterson Clutha (Janet Frame) CBE.
* Arthur Leslie Lydiard OBE.
* Sir Guy Richardson Powles KBE CMG ED.

### Honorary member

* Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal (Sonny Ramphal) OE AC CMG QC.
* Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
* Michael Duffy
* Janet Frame
* Arthur Lydiard
* Sir Sonny Ramphal

## Order of St Michael and St George

### Dame Grand Cross (GCMG)

* Dame Catherine Anne Tizard DBE – Governor-General Designate of New Zealand.
* Dame Catherine Tizard

## Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

### For community service

**Extra companion**

* Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal GCVO.

**Additional companion**

* Beverley Gwendolen, Lady Reeves.
* Anne, Princess Royal
* Beverley, Lady Reeves

### For public services

**Additional companion**

* The Most Reverend Sir Paul Alfred Reeves GCMG GCVO – Principal Companion of the Queen's Service Order and Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand since 1985.

**Ordinary companion**

* The Right Honourable Sir William (Frederick Payne) Heseltine GCVO AC KCB – private secretary to The Queen since 1986.
* Sir Paul Reeves

## Polar Medal

### With clasp "Antarctic 1978–88"

* Alexander Richard Pyne – of Wellington. For good services as a member of New Zealand expeditions to Antarctica in recent years.
* Garth Edwin Varcoe – of Christchurch. For good services as a member of New Zealand expeditions to Antarctica in recent years.
* Alex Pyne
