1996 | 1996 Summer Olympics | 1996 in music | 1996 ATP Tour | 1996–97 in English football | Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics | 1996 in television | United States House of Representatives elections, 1996 | UEFA Euro 1996 | 1996 in film | 1996 in baseball | United States presidential election, 1996 | Australian federal election, 1996 | Telecommunications Act of 1996 | Queen's Birthday Honours | United States Senate elections, 1996 | The Nutty Professor (1996 film) | The Crucible (1996 film) | The Birthday Massacre | Eurovision Song Contest 1996 | 1996–97 WCHL season | Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics | 1996 Republican National Convention | 1996–97 NHL season | Twister (1996 film) | Flash Gordon (1996 TV series) | Broken Arrow (1996 film) | United States Senate election in Georgia, 1996 | Ransom (1996 film) | New Year Honours |
In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours Shields was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order and later in the 2008 New Year Honours was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.