title: 1996 Special Honours (New Zealand)
text: # 1996 Special Honours (New Zealand)
  
  The 1996 Special Honours in New Zealand were two Special Honours Lists, published on 29 February and 23 September 1996, recognising the outgoing governor-general, and appointing officials within the New Zealand Order of Merit.
  
  ## Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
  
  ### Additional, for public services
  
  * Her Excellency Dame Catherine Anne Tizard GCMG GCVO DBE – Principal Companion of the Queen's Service Order and Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand since 1990.
  * Dame Cath Tizard
  
  ## New Zealand Order of Merit
  
  ### Appointment of officials
  
  * Janet Marie Warren Shroff CVO. To be Secretary and Registrar of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
  * Phillippe Patrick O’Shea LVO – New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary. To be Herald of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
  * Marie Shroff
  * Phillip O'Shea
  