The 1965 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by

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 durin ...

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 1964 and the beginning of 1965, and were announced on 1 January 1965. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* Professor Edward George Sayers – dean of the Medical Faculty,

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. File:Edward-Sayers-in-uniform.jpg, Sir Edward Sayers

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

;Military division * Air Vice-Marshal Ian Gordon Morrison –

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 Zeal ...

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* George Burns – 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 services to journalism. * John Thomson Gilkison – Commissioner of Works.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * William Alfred Stevenson – 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 ...

. For services to the community.

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * William Henry Cooper – of Auckland. For services to education. *

Percy Dowse Percy Dowse (4 December 1898 – 9 December 1970) was a New Zealand politician. He was mayor of Lower Hutt from 1950 to 1970. Biography Early life He was born in Lancashire in 1898 and was educated at Wigan Technical College. His coal miner fat ...

– mayor of Hutt City. * Alister Murray Linton –

mayor of Rotorua The Mayor of Rotorua officiates over the Rotorua Lakes district of New Zealand, which is administered by the Rotorua Lakes Council (RLC), whose seat is in Rotorua. An elected borough council first came together in February 1923; prior to that, t ...

. * Ernest Richard Toop – 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 ...

. For services to local government. ;Military division * Brigadier Robert Boyd Dawson – New Zealand Regular Force. File:Percy Dowse, 1966.jpg, Percy Dowse File:Ernest Richard Toop.jpg, Ernest Toop File:Robert Boyd Dawson.jpg, Robert Dawson

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Arthur Dudley Carson – director of the Fields and Marginal Lands Divisions,

Department of Lands and Survey The Department of Lands and Survey was a former government department in New Zealand that managed the administration of Crown land and its survey and mapping requirements. History Establishment The department was established in 1876 with the appo ...

. * Bertie Victor Cooksley – of Masterton. For services to the community. * Donald Alexander Finlayson – of Northland. For services to the dairy industry. * Alexander Kirkpatrick – 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 local government. * Grant Raglan Milne – of Wellington. For services in the field of engineering, particularly as president of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers. * Lawrence David Jose Nathan – of Auckland. For services to the community in the fields of philanthropy and local government. * Robert Steele Pearson – superintendent of the Youth Centre, Prisons Department,

Waikeria Waikeria is a rural community in the Otorohanga District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. Waikeria Prison, one of New Zealand's largest prisons, is located on a site on Waikeria Road. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture ...

. * Morton Sommerville Rennie – of Auckland. For services to agriculture. * Peter George Snell – of Auckland. For his outstanding achievement in the field of athletics. * Winifred Sarah Train – lately matron,

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 ...

Public Hospital. *

Frederick Turnovsky Frederick Turnovsky (28 December 1916 – 12 December 1994) was a notable New Zealand manufacturer, entrepreneur, advocate for the arts and community leader. He was born in Prague, Bohemia in 1916. Early life Turnovsky was the second son of ...

– of Wellington. For services in the field of music. ;Military division * Commander John Malcolm Fielder – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. * Lieutenant-Colonel Noel Rodney Ingle –

Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals The Royal New Zealand Signals Corps (RNZSigs) provides, co-ordinates and operates the communications networks of the New Zealand Army. The role of RNZSigs is to support other Arms by providing Communication Information System required for Comman ...

(Regular Force). * Wing Commander Melville Harry Scott Innes-Jones – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:Cooksley, Mr & Mrs B V (cropped).jpg, Bert Cooksley File:Peter Snell 1964.jpg, Peter Snell

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Victor Maxwell Anderson – of Eketāhuna. For services to local government. * Edward Stuart Bibby – of

Waipawa Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of At the 2013 census, it had a population of 1,965, a change of 2.2 percent from the 2006 census. The town is locate ...

. For services to the community. * Ada Clark – of Auckland. For services to the Missions to Seamen Harbour Lights Guild. * Cyril James Cox . For services to the community, especially as chairman of the

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 ...

Health Camp Committee. * Leo Vernon Farthing – 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 ...

. For services to local government and welfare organisations. * Hubert Menary Hammond – of

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

. For services to local government and horticulture. * David Livingstone Holmes . For community welfare services, especially as chairman of the

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island. They are administered as part of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about te ...

County Council. * Bruce Hutchen – of

Taranaki Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth D ...

. For services to the community. * Laura May Cook Ingram – 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 ...

. For services in the fields of community welfare and local government. * Herbert George Kemp – of Ashburton. For services to local government and the community. * Mabel Mahinarangi Kewene – matron,

Te Puia Springs Te Puia Springs is a village on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, located 103 km north of Gisborne. Its population is estimated to be between 300 and 400 people. The village has a hospital and one shop. It has natural sp ...

Hospital, Gisborne. * Thomas McKenzie – 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 to farming. * Albert Henry Nees – of Blenheim. For services to local-body affairs. * Edward Herbert Raymond – mayor of

Te Puke Te Puke is a town located 18 kilometres southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. It is particularly well-known for the cultivation of Kiwifruit. Te Puke is close to Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, and Maketu, whi ...

Borough Council. * William John Richards –

mayor of Hokitika The Mayor of Hokitika officiated over the borough of Hokitika in New Zealand. The office was created in 1866 when Hokitika became a municipality and a borough two years later, and ceased with the 1989 local government reforms, when Hokitika Borou ...

. * Te Kiato Riwai – of Christchurch. For services as a welfare officer 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 c ...

. * Martin Sydney Stanley Smith – deputy

mayor of Wanganui The mayor of Whanganui (previously Wanganui) is the head of the Whanganui District Council. Since 1872, there have been 29 mayors. Andrew Tripe is the current mayor. History The Wanganui Town Board was first formed in 1862, and its first chairman ...

. * Ernest Wilfred Turner – of Auckland. For services to local government. ;Military division * Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Thomas Henry Logan –

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 ...

. * Warrant Officer Class I Jack Douglas Flowerday –

Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment is the parent administrative regiment and corps of regular and reserve infantry battalions in the New Zealand Army. It was originally formed in 1947 with a singular Regular regiment and multiple reserve r ...

(Regular Force). * Major James Frederick Moodie –

Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps The Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (RNZAMC) is a corps of the New Zealand Army, the land branch of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). The Medical Corps provides for the medical needs of soldiers, such as diagnosing and treating disease ...

(Regular Force). * Squadron Leader Herbert Keele Horne – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Laurie Alexander Anderson – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Brian Elliott Nye – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division, for gallantry * Andrew Robert McFarlane – constable, New Zealand Police. For arresting a mentally unbalanced man armed with a rifle. * Donald Kinloch White – sergeant, New Zealand Police. For arresting a mentally unbalanced man armed with a rifle. ;Civil division, for meritorious service * James Gordon Mearns – station maintenance overseer, Ministry of Works Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force Station Hobsonville. * Hector Redvers Sear – chief guide,

Waitomo Caves Waitomo is a rural community in the King Country region of New Zealand's North Island. There are several solutional cave systems in the area around the village, which are popular tourist attractions. Restaurants and accommodation are centred i ...

. * Archibald Frederick Williams – group scoutmaster, 1st

Karori Karori is a suburb located at the western edge of the urban area of Wellington, New Zealand, 4 km from the city centre and is one of New Zealand's most populous suburbs, with a population of in History Origins The name ''Karori'' used ...

Group. ;Military division * Chief Petty Officer Writer Frederick Cozens – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer Electrician Michael John Patrick Headley – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Radio Electrical Artificer Peter George Saunders – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer John Stokes – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Sergeant John Lawrence Rogers Lydiate – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). * Staff-Sergeant (temporary) John David Anson Wright –

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 ...

(Regular Force). * Flight Sergeant Maurice Alan Conroy – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant James Walter Findlay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

* Matron Iris Frazer –

Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps The Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (RNZNC) is a corps of the New Zealand Army. The corps was initially formed in 1915 from civilian nurses who volunteered for service during World War I, and who were granted honorary officer ranks. A Nursing ...

(Regular Force).

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader Edmund Chester Arundel – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant William Edmund Hugh Bromley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

* Leslie Roy Joseph Osmond – chief fire officer, Christchurch Fire Brigade. * Hector Edward Braggins – lately third officer, Masterton Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

* William Smith Craigie – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force. * Henry Mark Holmes – detective chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flying Officer Gerald Ayre – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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