title: 1985 Special Honours (New Zealand)
text: # 1985 Special Honours (New Zealand)
  
  The 1985 Special Honours in New Zealand was a Special Honours Lists, dated 6 November 1985, to recognise the incoming governor-general, Sir Paul Reeves, and the outgoing governor-general and viceregal consort, Sir David and Lady Beattie.
  
  ## Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
  
  ### Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)
  
  * The Most Reverend Sir Paul Alfred Reeves – Governor-General Designate
  * Sir Paul Reeves
  
  ## Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
  
  ### Additional, for community service
  
  * Norma Margaret Sarah, Lady Beattie
  
  ### Additional, for public services
  
  * The Honourable Sir David Stuart Beattie GCMG GCVO QC – Principal Companion of the Queen's Service Order and Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand since 1980
  * Norma, Lady Beattie
  * Sir David Beattie
  