The 1949 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 Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952. ...

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 1948 and the beginning of 1949. They were announced on 1 January 1949. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* The Honourable

Robert Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, a ...

– senior puisne judge,

Supreme Court of New Zealand The Supreme Court of New Zealand ( mi, Te Kōti Mana Nui, lit=Court of Great Mana) is the highest court and the court of last resort of New Zealand. It formally came into being on 1 January 2004 and sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It re ...

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* William George Baird – New Zealand Public Trustee. * Reverend James John Riordan – 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 ...

. For services to the Māori people.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Arthur Telford Donnelly – Crown solicitor,

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 River / ...

. File:AT Donnelly.jpg, Sir Arthur Donnelly

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Bernard Cracroft Aston – of Wellington. For services to agriculture and botany. * Emily Hancock McKinnon – 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 ...

. For services in the field of medicine and welfare of women. * Mary Elizabeth Richmond – of Wellington. For services in education and welfare work. File:Bernard Cracroft Aston 1907.jpg, Bernard Aston File:Emily Siedeberg.jpg, Emily McKinnon

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Claude Wilfred Batten – of Wellington. For services to returned servicemen of both wars. * Eric Hattaway Bridgman – superintendent of

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. The city lies on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authority encompass ...

Hospital. * Alfred Puataata Grace – of

Lake Taupo A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

. For services to Māori people in connection with education and development of native lands. *

Joseph Linklater Joseph Linklater (12 March 1876 – 25 April 1961) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament. Military service Linklater saw active service as a private in the 6th New Zealand Contingent during the Second Boer War. During World War I he was a ...

– of Manawatu. For services in connection with the supervision of disabled servicemen's farms. * Wi Hapi Love – of

Petone Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach". Europeans first settled in Pe ...

; chairman of Taranaki Māori Trust Board. * William Ross McCulloch – secretary of the administration of Western Samoa. * Victor Clement Peters – of Christchurch, founder and conductor of Christchurch Harmonic Society. * Stanley Belton Pilcher – of

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

. For services in his capacity as honorary representative of the New Zealand government at San Francisco. * Margaret Mary Pryde – of Dunedin. For services in connection with the Otago Early Settlers' Association. * William Henry Rice – of Auckland; president of the Auckland District Council for Horticulture and vice-president of the Dunedin Executive Council. ;Military division * The Venerable Archdeacon Harold Mayo Harris – chaplain,

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 ...

. * Squadron Leader Hugh Gordon Wilson –

Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...

. * Wing Officer

Frances Ida Kain Frances Ida "Kitty" Kain (née Tyson, 17 September 1908 – 16 August 1997) was a New Zealand dietitian and women's air force leader. She was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 17 September 1908. A teacher in British Malaya, she returned to New ...

–

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 ...

. File:Joseph Linklater.jpg, Joseph Linklater

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Ann Buckley – of Christchurch. For services in connection with organisation and training of nurses. * John Daniel Campbell – 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 ...

; chairman of Southland Centre of the Red Cross Society. * Catherine Falconer Cameron – of Dunedin; president of Dunedin National Council of Women. * Effie Julia Margaret Cardale – of Christchurch. For services in connection with the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. * Frederick Carson – of Kaitangata. For services to the mining community in the Kaitangata district. * Patrick Doyle – of Wellington; chief detective. For services with the

Police Force The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

. * John Goodyer – of

Motueka Motueka is a town in the South Island of New Zealand, close to the mouth of the Motueka River on the western shore of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere. It is the second largest in the Tasman Region, with a population of as of The surrounding dis ...

. For services to returned servicemen. * John Henry Hall – of Gisborne. For services to local government. * Mary Hamilton Harrison – of Wellington; secretary of the Lady Galway Guild. For patriotic and welfare activities. * Edward Clarke Isaacs – of Dunedin. For long services in many fields of sport. * Euphemia Ethel Law – of Wellington; formerly national president of the

YWCA The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...

of New Zealand. * Ada McMahon – of

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

. For services in connection with the settlement of returned servicemen. * William Brinsley Nicholson – of

Lower Hutt Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. It is New Zealand's sixth most p ...

. For long services in local government and education. * John Barr Paterson – of Auckland; member of

Auckland City Council Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1871 to 1 November 2010, when it and Auckland's six other city and district councils were amalgamated to form the Auckland Council. It was an elected b ...

, president of New Zealand Federation of Justices of the Peace. ;Military division * Instructor Lieutenant John Edward Holt –

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 F ...

. * Senior Commander Elsie Gray – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. * Lieutenant and Quartermaster Richard John Healey – New Zealand Regular Force. * Warrant Officer 1st Class Hugh Reginald Sigley – New Zealand Regiment. * Flight Lieutenant Edgar William Geil Perry – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flying Officer John William Prideaux Cook – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Joseph Whittaker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division * Leonard Charles Enchmarch – tailor, naval base HMNZS ''Philomel''. ;Military division * Chief Mechanician Joseph Kendal Croft – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Master at Arms Charles Victor Harris – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer William Harold Johnston – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Sergeant Reginald Walter Coe –

Royal New Zealand Artillery The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery is the artillery regiment of the New Zealand Army. It is effectively a military administrative corps, and can comprise multiple component regiments. This nomenclature stems from its heritage as an off ...

. * Staff-Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer 2nd Class) Florence Eugene Donovan – New Zealand Regiment. * Sergeant Charles Edward Gleeson –

Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RNZEME) was a New Zealand Army Corps comprising Army trained tradesmen (craftsmen) who repaired Army equipment wherever New Zealand Forces served. Prior to 1946 NZEME functions were carr ...

. * Sergeant Bernard Richard Crean – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Sergeant Phillip George Deibert – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Sergeant Annie Marshall Pettigrew – New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader George Robert Brabyn – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant Robert Keith Walker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Colin James Fraser – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Robert Emry Weston – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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