1993 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1993 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1992 and the beginning of 1993, and were announced on 31 December 1992. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Knight Bachelor The Honourable John Francis Jeffries – lately a judge of the High Court. Gordon Charles Mason . For services to local government. Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Companion (CMG) Professor Margaret Clark. For services to education. The Right Honourable David Spence Thomson . For public services. Order of the British Empire Dame Commander (DBE) Civil division Reubina Ann Ballin . For services to the community. Helen June Patricia Evison . For services to theatre, television and the community. Thea Dale, Lady Muldoon . For services to the community. Commander (CBE) Civil division Mary Valerie Eliason . For services to Country Women's Institutes. John Edward Keaney . For services to local-body and community affairs. John Anderson Jamieson – Commissioner of Police, New Zealand Police. Emeritus Professor Nancy Joan Kinross. For services to nursing and nursing education. Dr Dorothy Field Usher Potter. For services to ophthalmology. Aroha Hohipera Reriti-Crofts. For services to the Māori people and the community. Esme Irene Tombleson . For services to multiple sclerosis and the community. Edward James Tonks. For services to rugby. Noel Henry Yarrow . For services to the baking industry, export and the community. Military division Commodore Kevin Frederick Wilson – Royal New Zealand Navy. Officer (OBE) Civil division Brian Shields Armstrong . For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. Muriel Dorothy Butler. For services to children's literature. Michael Armstrong Collins – lately director-general, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Peter David Cox. For services to the travel and tourist industries. Dr Keith Douglas Drayton. For services to medicine and the community. Vivienne Mary (Vicky) Duncan. For public services. Ann Jocelyn Gluckman . For services to education and the community. Mary Patricia Hanrahan (Sister Mary Hanrahan). For services to education. Harold Ashworth Holmes . For services to the community. Meredith Jane Hunter. For services to the viticultural industry. Joanne Robin Morris. For public services. Dr Claudia Josepha Orange. For services to historical research. Wendy Ross. For services to the community. Horace Noel (Sonny) Sciascia . For services to local government and sport. John Carl Sexton. For services to the disabled. Dr Warwick Mayne Smeeton. For services to sports medicine. Douglas Alexander Smith. For services to business management. Nadja Tollemache. For services to the law. Military division Captain David Ninian Wood – Royal New Zealand Navy. Colonel David John Grant – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army. Member (MBE) Civil division Erin Margaret Baker. For services as a triathlete. Philippa June Baker. For services to rowing. Margaret Orpah Cleland . For services to the community. Rona Davis. For services as a speech and