Mr Terry O’Neill, of Oamaru, QSM for services to sports journalism
Terry O’Neill has worked in print media for 49 years with the Oamaru Mail and the Otago Daily Times and has been a broadcaster since 1977, with Radio New Zealand, Radio Waitaki, Port FM, and, more recently, Real 104 Radio. He was a North Otago first class rugby representative rugby player. He has followed the North Otago representative team around New Zealand to provide commentary for more than 29 years. He has broadcast more than 370 games of secondary school and first-class heartland rugby. Mr O’Neill supplied commentaries at Carisbrook with the introduction of Super Rugby.