Bryan Waddle, of Porirua, MNZM, for services as a sports broadcaster
Bryan Waddle has been a broadcaster for radio and television, a reporter, and a sports commentator since 1975, predominantly covering cricket. He has commentated more than 250 Test matches and more than 400 One-day Internationals, and has commentated and reported from all Test-playing countries. He is the pre-eminent cricket commentator in New Zealand history. He has covered several sporting codes at the Olympics Games and Commonwealth Games and has covered two Hockey World Cups, in Mumbai and London. Mr Waddle is Vice President of the Wellington Collegians Cricket Club, Cricket Wellington, and the Old Boys University Rugby Club.