New Year Honours

Dick Taylor

Some names from the past have been recognised for their services to sport in the New Year Honours, including cricketer John R Reid, squash champ Ross Norman and athlete Dick Tayler.

Reid, a former test captain, has been made a companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to cricket.

Reid, who played for New Zealand from 1949-1965, was part of the country's first test win in 1956 and later served as a match referee for the ICC from 1993 to 2002.

He managed the New Zealand under-19 team on tour to England in 1996 and was made a life member of New Zealand Cricket in 2006.

Norman and Tayler were made members of the New Zealand Order of Merit, along with Rita Fatialofa-Patolo and Sheryl Dawson.

Norman, honoured for his services to squash, was the man who finally ended Pakistani maestro Jahangir Khan's five-year winning streak in 1986.

Norman, who won a collection of titles around the globe, played in seven world championship tournaments between 1979 and 1993. He retired from elite international competition in 1994 and was made a member of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Tayler, who has been recognised for his services to athletics, became a household name when he won gold in the 10,000m event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.

He is still prominent in the Christchurch community for lending his time to rugby and the special Olympics.

Fatialofa-Patolo, who has been honoured for her services to sport, represented New Zealand in netball and softball and was a world champion in both disciplines in the 1980s.

She was inducted in to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

She has previously coached the Samoan netball team and was teacher in charge of netball at Auckland Girls' Grammar School this year.

Dawson was recognised for her services to netball for her long involvement in the sport, particularly in administration.

She served as chief executive of the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic from 2003-2012, was a member of the bidding team for Netball New Zealand to host the 1999 world championships and was the chief executive for the tournament. APNZ