The 1999 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 1998 and the beginning of 1999. They were announced on 31 December 1998.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Order of New Zealand (ONZ) Ordinary member Kenneth George Douglas – of Porirua. Clifford Hamilton Whiting – of Russell.
New Zealand Order of Merit
Dame Companion (DNZM) Cheryll Beatrice Sotheran – of Wellington. For services to museum administration.
Knight Companion (KNZM) Robert James Charles – of Oxford. For services to golf. Selwyn John Cushing – of Hastings. For services to business, sport and the arts. Douglas Arthur Montrose Graham – of Auckland. For services as a Minister of the Crown and Member of Parliament. Donald Rees Llewellyn – of Hamilton. For services to agriculture and the community.
Companion (CNZM) Campbell William Ballantyne – of Christchurch. For services to the community. Zena Isabel Daysh – of London, United Kingdom. For services to human ecology. Brian Finbar Myram Edwards – of Auckland. For services to broadcasting and journalism. Professor Robert Bartlett Elliott – of Auckland. For services to medical research. Martha Friedlander (Marti Friedlander) – of Auckland. For services to photography. William Murray Gallagher – of Hamilton. For services to business and export. David Robert Henry – of Upper Hutt. For services as commissioner of Inland Revenue. Ernest Albert James Holdaway – of Auckland. For services to conservation. Patricia Charmaine Judd – of Auckland. For services to health administration and the community. Pauline Kingi – of Auckland. For services to the community. Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson – of Waikanae. For services to politics. Carey William Adamson – Chief of Air Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Officer (ONZM) Margaret Hilda Alington – of Wellington. For services to local history. Peter Beadle – of Arrowtown. For services to painting. Colin Brokenshire – of Thames. For services to local-body and community affairs. John Law Fulton – of Dunedin. For services to roading and contracting industries. Elaine Gill – of New Plymouth. For services to tourism and the community. Frederick Robert Goodall – of Wellington. For services to sport. Karen Lesley Grylls – of Auckland. For services to choral music. Colin Leslie Knight – of Christchurch. For services to education. Molly Janette Mabee – of Auckland. For services to the community. Shirley Frances Whitley Maddock Easther (Shirley Maddock) – of Hamilton. For services to broadcasting. Margaret Isobel Maylor – of Auckland. For services to the community. Bryan William Mogridge – of Auckland. For services to the wine industry. Donald Clendon Peebles – of Christchurch. For services to art. Anaru Ririwai Rangiheuea – of Rotorua. For services to the Māori people and the community. Lancelot Miles Rive – of Auckland. For services to the Salvation Army and education. Don Charles Selwyn – of Auckland. For services to theatre, film and television. Eileen Smith – of Auckland. For service to the deaf. Norman Wallace Stevens – of Auckland. For services to the Auckland Youth Orchestra. Jillian Rae Williams – of Blenheim. For services to marching. John Roland Williams – of Wanganui. For services to manufacture and export. Colin Walter Wilson – of Wellington; Assistant Commissioner of Police, New Zealand Police. Russell John Worth – of Wellington. For services to medicine and the community. Peter Francis Keith Usher – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Additional
Jeremiah Mateparae – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.