The 1964 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 13 June 1964. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* The Honourable Ronald Macmillan Algie – Speaker of the House of Representatives. *

John Davies Wilder Ormond Sir John Davies Wilder Ormond (8 September 1905 – 8 March 1995) was a New Zealand businessman and farmer. Early life and family Born at Waipukurau, New Zealand, Ormond was the son of John Davies Ormond Jr and Emilie Mary Gladys Wilder. He was ...

– chairman of the

New Zealand Meat Producers Board The New Zealand Meat Board is a statutory body which provides quota management on behalf of the Crown for meat exports to the United States, European Union and United Kingdom. To protect their own livestock industry these countries give limited ac ...

. * Carl Victor Smith – 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 public services. File:Ronald Algie, 1950.jpg, Sir Ronald Algie File:John Davies Wilder Ormond.jpg, Sir John Ormond

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* Thomas Frederick Corkill – senior obstetrician in

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 ...

. * Jack Kent Hunn – permanent head,

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Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Military division * Rear Admiral Peter Phipps – Royal New Zealand Navy. File:LCdr. Peter Phipps.jpg, Sir Peter Phipps

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Ian Burman Gow – of Bay of Plenty. For services to the dairy industry. * John Faulks Landreth – 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 River / ...

. For services to the medical profession. *

James Hislop Parker James Hislop Parker (1 February 1897 – 11 September 1980) was a New Zealand soldier, sportsman and businessman. He achieved distinction as a sprinter before representing his country at rugby union, including as a member of so-called " Invincib ...

– of Raumati South. For services to the fruit industry. * Norman Berridge Spencer – 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 ...

. For services in the fields of philanthropy and community welfare. ;Military division * Captain

John O'Connell Ross John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

– Royal New Zealand Navy. File:James Hislop Parker 1949.jpg, Jim Parker

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Eric Tewsley Dawson – lately superintendent of the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board. * Charles Jackson Garland – of Auckland. For public services. * Maurice William Grantham . For community welfare services, especially as secretary of the Southland Old People's Welfare Council. * Cyril Geoffrey Edmund Harker – of Waipawa. For public services. * Hugh Pearson McIntyre – of

Gore Gore may refer to: Places Australia * Gore, Queensland * Gore Creek (New South Wales) * Gore Island (Queensland) Canada * Gore, Nova Scotia, a rural community * Gore, Quebec, a township municipality * Gore Bay, Ontario, a township on Manitouli ...

. For services to local government and to farming. * Matina Makiha – of

Whakarewarewa Whakarewarewa (reduced version of Te Whakarewarewatanga O Te Ope Taua A Wahiao, meaning ''The gathering place for the war parties of Wahiao'', often abbreviated to Whaka by locals) is a Rotorua semi-rural geothermal area in the Taupo Volcanic ...

. For services to the

Māori people The Māori (, ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several ce ...

. *

Denis Rogers Denis Rogers (30 September 1917 – 7 December 1987) was a New Zealand doctor and local-body politician. Biography Rogers was born in Hamilton, New Zealand,

– mayor of Hamilton. * William Henry Gray Russell Sarney – of Ashburton. For services to the community and to sport. * Irene Tolerton – matron-in-chief. Wellington Public Hospital. * William Simon Wauchop – of Wellington. For services to art, drama and librarianship. * Hugh Robinson Whitehead – director of the Dairy Research Institute, Massey University College,

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

. ;Military division * Commander Morris Aaron Lawson – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Hulbert Glenn Hamilton –

Royal New Zealand Engineers The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers is the administrative corps of the New Zealand Army responsible for military engineering. The role of the Engineers is to assist in maintaining friendly forces' mobility, deny freedom of movement to the ...

(Regular Force). * Group Captain Kenneth William Trigance –

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 ...

. File:Hugh Robinson Whitehead 1948 (cropped).jpg, Hugh Whitehead

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Joseph Allan – of

Lake Pukaki Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island. The others are Lakes Tekapo and Ohau. All three lakes were formed when the te ...

. For services to local government and to farming. * Catherine Raincliff Ashton – of Auckland. For services to the community, particularly in the interests of children and the elderly. * Edmund Peter Cahill – deputy superintendent, Paparua Prison, Christchurch. * Rebecca Noble-Campbell – of Wairoa. For services to the community, especially in connection with the welfare of women. * Emily Bessie Cannell – of

New Plymouth New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. ...

. For services to education and child welfare. * The Reverend Robert Lye Challis – minister in New Zealand in charge of the welfare of Pacific Islanders. * Gertrude Charlotte Dunn – 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 services to the community. * Walter James Egington – 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 local government. * The Reverend Archibald Macfarlane Elliffe – superintendent of the

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

Presbyterian Social Services Association. * Alister Hay Goyder – of Blenheim. For services to local government. * George Andrew Holmes – superintendent of the Invermay Research Station. * The Reverend Mutu Paratene Kapa – of Tuakau. For services to the Māori people. * Clark McConachy – of Auckland. For community and charitable services. * Margaret Kate McCorkindale. For social welfare services, especially in connection with the Feilding

Plunket Society The Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust provides a range of free services aimed at improving the development, health and wellbeing of children under the age of five within New Zealand, where it is commonly known simply as Plunket. Its mission is "t ...

. * Roland Keith Milne – of Christchurch. For services to the community in educational and welfare fields. * Albert Edward Naulls . For services to

Government House, Wellington Government House, Wellington, is the principal residence of the governor-general of New Zealand, the representative of the New Zealand head of state, King Charles III. Dame Cindy Kiro, who has been Governor-General since October 2021, currentl ...

. * James Joseph Hamilton Nisbet – of Hikurangi. For services to the community, especially in connection with the

Returned Services' Association The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association, best known simply as the RSA, is one of the largest voluntary welfare organisations in New Zealand and one of the oldest ex-service organisations in the world. Wounded soldiers returning ...

. * Kenneth James Strange – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Returned Services' Association. * Michael Joseph Sullivan – of Westland. For services to local government and community welfare. * John Leddra Wallis – chairman of the Otorohanga County Council. ;Military division * Temporary Lieutenant Commander (SP) Allyn Mason Finlayson –

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve The Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). History Early history The first Naval Volunteer units were formed in Auckland and Nelson in 1858. Over the rest of th ...

. * Major William Alexander French –

New Zealand Scottish Regiment The New Zealand Scottish Regiment was a regiment of the New Zealand Army. It was formed in 1939 as an infantry regiment and raised two battalions during the Second World War. Although the 1st Battalion was sent overseas during the war as part o ...

(Territorial Force). * Major Peter William Frank Joplin – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force). * Warrant Officer First Class Henry George Charles Salt – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force). * Major Lloyd James Sanders – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force). * Squadron Leader Geoffrey Bentley – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Squadron Leader James Dermot Hurley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

* Keith Menzies – lately Assistant Secretary of Justice. * David Archibald Wraight – lately Navy Secretary.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division, for gallantry * John Isaac Beardsley – constable,

New Zealand Police Force 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 ...

. For arresting an armed and intoxicated criminal. ;Civil division * Ernest David Fraser – sergeant, New Zealand Police Force. ;Military division * Chief Petty Officer Cook (O) Keith Lionel Mack – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Ordnance Artificer Arthur Hamilton Norris – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Stores Chief Petty Officer Selwyn Desmond Walter – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Radio Supervisor Anthony James Edmond Woolford – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. * Sergeant Ruth Gertrude Kirton – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force). * Sergeant Ronald William Rowe – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. * Flight Sergeant Alan Peter Longley – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant Henry Dickson Richmond – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader Russell George Archer – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant Murray Davis Peacock – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Master Engineer David John Abercromby – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

* William Raymond Fell – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Master Signaller Michael Patrick Joseph Phillips – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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