The 1923 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...

on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1922 and the beginning of 1923, and were announced on 1 January 1923. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

Harold Beauchamp Sir Harold Beauchamp (15 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a New Zealand businessman and later two times chairman of the Bank of New Zealand. He is remembered as the father of author Katherine Mansfield. Australian by birth he was brought ...

– of

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

; lately chairman of the board of directors of the

Bank of New Zealand Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is one of New Zealand's Big Four (banking), big four banks and has been operating in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in D ...

, and a leading financial authority. * George Elliot – of

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

; chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of New Zealand. Has frequently acted as arbitrator in industrial disputes. File:Harold Beauchamp 1858-1938 Nlnzimage-48 1-2-022661-F.jpg, Sir Harold Beauchamp File:Sir George Elliot NZ.jpg, Sir George Elliot

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)

* The Honourable Sir

Francis Henry Dillon Bell Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell (31 March 1851 – 13 March 1936) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of New Zealand from 14 to 30 May 1925. He was the first New Zealand-born prime minister, holding offic ...

–

attorney-general In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

and leader of the Legislative Council. File:Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell, ca 1924.jpg, Sir Francis Bell

Companion (CMG)

* Edward Newman – of Marton; for many years member of the House of Representatives, and author of the movement resulting in the "New Zealand Sheepowners' Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund". * Colonel Robert Ward Tate – lately

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. File:Edward Newman CMG.jpg, Edward Newman File:Robert Ward Tate.jpg, Robert Ward Tate

Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * William Barr Montgomery – of Wellington; permanent head of the Customs Department. *

Henry Percy Pickerill Henry Percy Pickerill (1879–1956) was a British-born New Zealand dental surgeon and researcher, university administrator and plastic surgeon. Pickerill made major contributions to several fields of dentistry and plastic surgery both in N ...

– of

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

. In recognition of valuable services since the war in connection with facial and jaw operations on wounded soldiers. * Bernard Edward Howard Tripp – of

Timaru Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to ...

; representative of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

at the

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conference at

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, 1921. File:William Barr Montgomery.jpg, William Barr Montgomery File:Henry Percy Pickerill.jpg, Henry Pickerill File:Bernard Edward Howard Tripp.jpg, Bernard Tripp

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * William Henry Leader Foster – of Wellington; headmaster of the Clyde Quay Primary School.

King's Police Medal (KPM)

* Francis John O'Donoghue – of

Wanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...

; constable,

New Zealand Police The New Zealand Police ( mi, Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa) is the national police service and principal law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for preventing crime, enhancing public safety, bringing offenders to justice, and maintai ...

. * Roger John Wilson – of Wanganui; constable, New Zealand Police.

References

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