The 1950 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. The awards celebrated the passing of 1949 and the beginning of 1950, and were announced on 2 January 1950. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* Alexander Howat Johnstone – 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 ...

; vice president of the

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for many years. For public services. File:Alexander Howat Johnstone (cropped).jpg, Sir Alexander Johnstone

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* William Hollis Cocker – of Auckland. For outstanding services in the fields of university administration and adult education. * Eric Howard Manley Luke – 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 ...

; a surgeon at the Wellington Public Hospital for over 25 years and chairman of the Council, British Medical Association (New Zealand branch).

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * John Robert McKenzie – 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 ...

. For public and philanthropic services. ;Military division * Air Vice-Marshal

Arthur de Terrotte Nevill Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur de Terrotte Nevill, (29 April 1899 – 14 March 1985) was a New Zealand military aviator and administrator. Biography The brother of Geoffrey, who would later become Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands, Nevill ...

– Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:John Robert McKenzie 1937.jpg, Sir John McKenzie File:Arthur de Terrotte Nevill (cropped).jpg, Sir Arthur Nevill

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * James Cummings – of Wellington; Commissioner of Police. * Mary Isabel Lambie – of Wellington; director, Nursing Division,

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for the past 18 years. * Frederick George Soper – 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 chemistry,

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. For public services. File:Mary Isabel Lambie (cropped).jpg, Mary Lambie

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Harold Edward Annett – of

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. For valuable services in connexion with agricultural and scientific research in New Zealand. * Clifford Oswald Bell – of Wellington; Dominion vice president of the Returned Services Association. * John Bitchener – of

Waimate Waimate is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand and the seat of Waimate District. It is situated just inland from the eastern coast of the South Island. The town is reached via a short detour west when travelling on State Highway One, the main No ...

. For municipal and public services. * Helen McDonald Findlay – of Christchurch; matron in charge of the Templeton Home for Backward Children, Christchurch. * Robert Searson Rodney Francis – 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 to the community in connexion with the treatment of tuberculosis. * Herbert Hill – of Christchurch. For valuable services during the war years as organiser and controller of the wool appraisal system. * Wharemaihi Hotu – of Hangatiki. For services to the

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as an elder of the Maniapoto tribe. * The Reverend John James North – of Auckland. For services to the Baptist organisation in New Zealand. * Sydney Bach Smith – of Dunedin; chairman, Dunedin branch, Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League, since 1931. ;Military division * Commander Richard Everley Washbourn –

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. * Brigadier William George Gentry – adjutant-general,

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, and second military member of the Army Board. * Wing Commander William Glanville Woodward – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:John Bitchener.jpg, John Bitchener

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Sybil Mary Beresford – of

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; matron in charge of Tuapeka Public Hospital for the past 25 years. * Maud Booth Bowyer – of Honikiwi. For patriotic services. * David Hazeel Cockburn – of Queenstown. For services in connexion with local-body affairs for many years. * Wilfred John Davies – of

Oamaru Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the rai ...

. For services to the

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during the past 43 years. * Winefride Mary Dive – of Wellington; secretary, Society for the Protection of Women and Children. * Ethel Mary Le Lievre – of Akaroa. For social welfare services in the Akaroa district. * Thomas McGhie – of

Ngakawau Hector and Ngakawau are two lightly populated settlements located at the mouth of the Ngakawau River in the West Coast region of New Zealand. Both settlements are situated on State Highway 67 between Westport and Karamea. Despite a low populat ...

. For services as superintendent of the Buller State Mines and in connexion with the establishment of the community centre movement for miners. * Margaret Vivien Miller – of

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

. For services in connexion with voluntary relief work in the Nelson district during the past 30 years. * Elsie Mitchell – of Lower Hutt. For services to the Red Cross, children's health camps, and patriotic bodies. * Irene Grace Owen – of Hastings; matron in charge of the maternity annex at the Memorial Hospital, Hastings, for 20 years. * Ihakara Rapana – of Hastings. For social-welfare services rendered to the Māori people, particularly in the Church of England sphere. * Seymour Percy Spiller – of Napier. For social-welfare services. * Albert James Stratford – of Auckland. For services in connexion with the Justices of the Peace Association since 1918. * Ina Coralie Wilks – of Auckland; matron in charge of St Dunstan's Hospital, Auckland. ;Military division * Lieutenant (S) Thomas Lewis Luckman –

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. * Stanley Austin Higgs – senior commissioned wardmaster, Royal New Zealand Navy. * Honorary Captain Cecil Herbert Hoskin –

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. * Warrant Officer 1st Class William Sampson Valentine –

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. * Flight Lieutenant Sidney Maxwell Hope – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Richard Hermann Simpson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Military division * Chief Engine Room Artificer Percival Roland Honton – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer Ivan Cassell Brown – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. * Chief Petty Officer Stoker Mechanic John Edward Leon Sevi – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Petty Officer Keith Leonard Wadham – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. * Master-at-Arms William Vernon Cyril Hogan – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Sergeant Joan Pamela Smith – New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. * Flight Sergeant Hilton Bravener Fowler – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant Leslie Frankin Gibbs – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant James Ernest Charles Price – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Sergeant Jean Mary Murtagh –

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Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

* Charge Sister Phyllis Irene Johnston –

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Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Flight Lieutenant Alwyn Lennox Parlane – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Master Signaller Horace James Haberfield – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flying Officer Arthur Cyril Hilliam – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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