The 1947 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King

George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of I ...

on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 1946 and the beginning of 1947. They were announced on 1 January 1947. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* Charles Ernest Hercus – 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 ...

; professor of bacteriology and preventative medicine,

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, and dean of the Medical School.

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

;Military division * Brigadier Keith Lindsay Stewart –

New Zealand Staff Corps The New Zealand Staff Corps was a corps of professional officers in the regular New Zealand Military Forces which, in peacetime, administered the Territorial Force. During the First and Second World Wars, many members of the corps commanded b ...

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. File:Brig Keith Stewart.jpg, Keith Stewart

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

* The Honourable

Humphrey Francis O'Leary Sir Humphrey Francis O'Leary (12 February 1886 – 16 October 1953) was the seventh Chief Justice of New Zealand, from 1946 to 1953. Early life and family Born in Redwoodtown in the Wairau Valley, Marlborough, in 1886, his father, an Irish im ...

– Chief Justice. File:Humphrey Francis O'Leary, 1932 (cropped).jpg, Sir Humphrey O'Leary

Companion (CMG)

* Howard Dartrey Charles Adams – 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 metr ...

; parliamentary law draftsman. * George Harry Uttley – of

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

. For services as rector,

Southland Boys' High School Southland Boys' High School (SBHS) is an all-boys school in Invercargill, New Zealand, and has been the only one in the city since Marist Brothers was merged with St Catherines to form Verdon College in 1982. History SBHS was founded in 1881 an ...

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * James Hight – of

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

; professor of history and political science,

University of New Zealand The University of New Zealand was New Zealand's sole degree-granting university from 1874 to 1961. It was a collegiate university embracing several constituent institutions at various locations around New Zealand. After it was dissolved in 196 ...

, and formerly rector of

Canterbury University College The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was f ...

. For services to education. File:James Hight 1927.jpg, Sir James Hight

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * James Hardie-Neil – of

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

; a prominent medical practitioner. * Colonel Ronald Henry Quilliam – of New Plymouth. For public services. ;Military division * Group Captain Malcolm Frederick Calder – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Robert Boulter – United Kingdom trade commissioner in New Zealand. For services rendered to His Majesty's government in New Zealand during the war. * Arthur Gordon Butchers – of Wellington; headmaster of

the Correspondence School Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu or Te Kura (formerly The Correspondence School) is New Zealand's largest school with around 25,000 students enrolled each year, from early childhood to secondary level. It is headquartered in Portland Crescent in Thorndon ...

. * Blanche Louise Clark – of Masterton. For services as matron, Wellington Public Hospital. * Richard Francis Madden – of Wellington; secretary, Police Department. *

Alan Edward Mulgan Alan Edward Mulgan (18 May 1881 – 29 August 1962) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was born in Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, of Protestant Irish parents, on 18 May 1881, and died in Lower Hutt. In 1935, M ...

– of Wellington. For services to literature, journalism and broadcasting. * Robert Thomas George Patrick – first secretary, New Zealand legation,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. * Arthur Percy Postlewaite – of Auckland; president, Auckland Returned Services' Association. * Captain Arthur Henry Prosser – of Auckland; Merchant Navy. * Waimarama Puhara – of

Pakipaki Pakipaki is a pā kāinga ''village'' and rural community in the Hastings District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island. The village is home to many Ngāti Whatuiāpiti hapū ''tribes'' represented by their three marae of Houngar ...

; chief of the

Ngāti Kahungunu Ngāti Kahungunu is a Māori iwi located along the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the Hawke's Bay and Wairārapa regions. The tribe is organised into six geographical and administrative ...

tribe. *

James Ernest Strachan James Ernest Strachan (20 April 1883 – 30 September 1973) was a New Zealand educator. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1883. He was the principal of Rangiora High School from 1917–1948, during which time he abolished corpora ...

– of

Rangiora Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is north of Christchurch, and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. With an estimated population of Rangiora is the 30th largest urba ...

; principal,

Rangiora High School , motto_translation = Enlightenment with Friendship , location = , coordinates = , type = State , religious_affiliation = , religion = , denomination = , patron ...

. ;Military division * Captain George Hamilton Dennistoun –

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

(retired). * Lieutenant-Colonel George Patrick – New Zealand Permanent Staff, New Zealand Military Forces. * Acting Group Captain Thomas James Denton – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:Lieutenant Commander G H Dennistoun portrait (1920).jpg, George Dennistoun File:James Ernest Strachan 1949 (cropped).jpg, James Strachan

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Sister Jessie Alexander – of Auckland; a missionary in the

Urewera Te Urewera is an area of mostly forested, sparsely populated rugged hill country in the North Island of New Zealand, a large part of which is within a protected area designated in 2014, that was formerly Te Urewera National Park. Te Urewera is ...

. For social-welfare work on behalf of

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

girls and boys. * Isabella Banks – of

Te Araroa Te Araroa (The Long Pathway) is New Zealand's long distance tramping route, stretching circa along the length of the country's two main islands from Cape Reinga to Bluff. Officially opened in 2011, it is made up of a mixture of previously mad ...

; district health nurse. * John Joseph Gallagher – of Wellington; employed in the Police Department. * Deborah Goldsmith – of

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. For services in connection with patriotic and social-welfare movements. * Frederick Vemon Horne – of Auckland; organiser of the Red Cross Transport Corps, Auckland, during the war. * Minnie Johns Jeffery – of Dunedin; nurse inspector,

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. * Martha Leslie – of Parnell. For services to the munitions industry during the war. * George Jennings Petherick – of Wellington; a member of the

Wellington Hospital Board 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 ...

. * Alice Pochetty – employed in the high commissioner's office in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. * John McLean Robertson – of Westport; mayor of Westport. *

Patrick Joseph Twomey Patrick Joseph Twomey (22 February 1892 – 1963) was a New Zealand Marist brother, meter reader and leprosy fund-raiser. He was born in Wellington on 22 February 1892. Twomey devoted most of life in service of lepers and sufferers of tropi ...

– of Christchurch; secretary, Leper Trust Board, Christchurch. * Helena Elizabeth Wise – of

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...

. For services in connection with patriotic and social-welfare movements during the war. ;Military division * William Corbet Laventure – temporary acting boatswain,

Royal New Zealand Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; mi, Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa, , Sea Warriors of New Zealand) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of nine ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act ...

. * Major John Henry Cowdrey –

New Zealand Medical Corps New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator ...

, New Zealand Military Forces. * Major Harry Stevens Harbott – New Zealand Military Forces. * Major (temporary) (Quartermaster) Arthur Barrington Kitchen –

Royal Regiment of Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...

. * Senior Commander Geraldine Vida Moyle McClure – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. * Flight Lieutenant Victor Graham Baskiville-Robinson – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer John Walter Cook – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Military division * Petty Officer Harold George Josey – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) Francis Mervyn Thompson – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Petty Officer Telegraphist Albert Charles Arthur Tite – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Wren (Second Class) Teresa Genevieve Williamson – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service. * Staff-Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) James Benjamin Bishop – Royal New Zealand Artillery, New Zealand Military Forces. * Staff-Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) Denis Christian Pedersen – New Zealand Permanent Staff, New Zealand Military Forces. * Flight Sergeant Hugo Dickson – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Senior Sergeant Gwendoline Margaret Florence Matheson –

New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was the female auxiliary of the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War. Established in 1941, it began with an initial draft of 200 women, reaching a peak strength of about 3,800, with a total of ab ...

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Acting Squadron Leader Robert Maxwell McKay – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant Arthur Oliver Hewitt – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Medal (AFM)

* Flight Sergeant Andrew Houston Campbell Aitken – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flying Officer Mervyn James Davies – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant John Raynor McClymont – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant William Allan Murray – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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