The 1970 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by

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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 1969 and the beginning of 1970, and were announced on 1 January 1970. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* James Nimmo Crawford Doig. For outstanding services to commerce and exporting industries. * The Honourable Mr Justice Trevor Ernest Henry – senior puisne judge,

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Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* Percy Lyndon Laing, lately Commissioner of Works. * John Seabrook – 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 valuable services to the community and to commerce.

Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

;Civil division * Te Ata-I-Rangikaahu Ariki nui – of

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. For outstanding services to the

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Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Harry Edgar Duff Daysh – 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 very valuable services to commerce and the community. * Robertson Huntly Stewart – 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 very valuable services to the manufacturing industry. * Bryan Shuckburgh Trolove – of

Kaikōura Kaikōura () is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1, 180 km north of Christchurch. The town has an estimated permanent resident population of (as of ). The town is the government ...

. For very valuable services to sheep farming, especially as a member of the

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. * Noel Spencer Woods – Secretary of Labour. ;Military division * Brigadier Robertson McKay Paterson – Brigadiers' List (Regular Force).

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Frank Maine Bateson – of

Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

. For valuable services to science in the field of astronomy. * Arthur Ernest Bockett – of Wellington. For valuable services to the waterfront industry. * Gordon Alison Guy Connal – of Christchurch. For valuable services to local bodies and the arts. * John Joseph Enwright – of Auckland. For valuable services at the

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Hospital in Vietnam over the past five years. *

John Hannibal George John Hannibal George (30 May 1901 – 22 May 1996) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. George was born in 1901 at Roxburgh. After his education at Otago Boys' High School, he became a fruit grower. He won the Centr ...

– of

Roxburgh Roxburgh () is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at leas ...

. For valuable services to politics. * Ronald Victor Giorgi – 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 valuable services to the community, particularly in local-body affairs. * Thomas Hill – 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 valuable services to education. * Montague Harry Holcroft – of

Paekākāriki Paekākāriki () is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island, New Zealand, and one of the northernmost suburbs of Wellington. It lies north of Porirua and northeast of the Wellington CBD. The town's name comes from ...

. For valuable services to journalism. * Noel Jones – 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 valuable services to the community. * Peter McIntyre – of Wellington. For valuable services to the arts. * Jocelyn Maud Ryburn – of Dunedin. For valuable services to the Plunket Society of New Zealand. * James Alexander Stenberg – of Auckland. For valuable services to the community and to the arts. * Joseph Listen Wilson – of Auckland. For valuable services to the Navy League. ;Military division * Commander (Special Branch) William Ephraim Voysey Lowe –

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. * Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Spencer Cocks –

Royal Regiment of 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). * Wing Commander Gordon Ernest Erridge –

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 ...

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Frank Auld – of

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and ...

. For services to the community. * James Watson Birnie – of

Taupō Taupō (), sometimes written Taupo, is a town on the north-eastern shore of Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake, in the central North Island. It is the largest urban area of the Taupō District, and the second-largest urban area in the Wai ...

. For services to the community and to local bodies. * Christopher Bernard Bouzaid – of Auckland. For services in the field of yachting. * Nancy Vivian Jessie Claridge – of

Upper Hutt Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area. Geography The Upper Hutt city cent ...

. For services to the

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movement of New Zealand. * Arthur Thomas Cushen – 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 the community as a radio journalist, and to the blind people of Invercargill. * Douglas Scott Dodds – of Christchurch. For services in the field of pharmacy. * James Stewart Douglas – resident engineer, Ministry of Works, Westport. * Edna Mary Fairhall – of

Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

. For services to the community. * Frederick William Finer – of

Hāwera Hāwera is the second-largest centre in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight. The origins of the town lie in a government military base that was established i ...

. For services to local bodies. * Marie Lilian Griffin – of Auckland. For services in the field of marriage and family guidance. * John Sidney Hickey – of

Ōpunake Ōpunake is a small town on the southwest coast of Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island. It is located 45 kilometres southwest of New Plymouth. Rahotu is 16 km to the northwest. Manaia is 29 km to the southeast. State Highway ...

. For services to local bodies and the dairying industry. * Jean Caroline Lodge – 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 ...

. For services to the community and in the field of sport, especially basketball. * Arthur Baird Martin – of

Martinborough Martinborough ( mi, Wharekaka) is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington region of New Zealand. It is 65 kilometres east of Wellington and 35 kilometres south-west of Masterton. The town has a resident population of The town ...

. For services to local bodies and to the community. * Geoffrey Grey Muir – of Gisborne. For services to journalism and the newspaper industry. * John Craig Pollock – 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 the community. * Charles Holmwood Sturton – of

. For services to the

New Zealand Police 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 ...

. * Turi Rangi Te Kani – of Tauranga. For services to the Māori people. * Howard Charles James Thompson – of Wellington; formerly assistant Secretary of Labour. * William Goddard Volckman – of

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. For services to the community as a general practitioner. * Olwen Frances Watson – of Napier. For services to the nursing profession. ;Military division * Lieutenant (Special Duties) Thomas Martin Morrow – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Major Maurice John Blair –

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(Territorial Force). * Major Eric Vernon Braggins – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force). * Captain Joan May Burn – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force). * Chaplain Class III

Whakahuihui Vercoe Whakahuihui "Hui" Vercoe (4 June 1928 – 13 September 2007) was an Anglican bishop in New Zealand. He was the Archbishop of New Zealand from 2004 to 2006, the first person from the Māori church to hold that office. He was also Bishop of Aote ...

– Royal New Zealand Chaplains Department (Regular Force). * Warrant Officer First Class Barry Roy Veysey – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force). * Warrant Officer William Robinson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

* David Kennedy – lately Conservator of Forests,

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, Rotorua.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division * Andrew Joseph Francis Brown – of Dunedin. For services to the community as an entertainment promoter. * Nellie Scott Climie – of

Paeroa Paeroa is a town in the Hauraki District of the Waikato Region in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the base of the Coromandel Peninsula, it is close to the junction of the Waihou River and Ohinemuri River, and is approximately 20 kilo ...

. For services to education, the community and in the historical field. * Frederick James Cullen – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially as a visitor to mental hospitals. * Henry Leslie Emerson – of Tauranga. For services in a first aid capacity on hydroelectric schemes on the

Waikato River The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand, running for through the North Island. It rises on the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and flowing through Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake. It th ...

. * Zena Bell Gay – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially in the field of indoor basketball. * Isobel May Hollis – of Wellington. For services as a police matron and as a probation officer. * Gwyneth Olwyn Jepson – of Auckland. For services to returned servicemen and women and their dependants. * Eric Alfred Johnson – of

Marlborough Sounds The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels. According to Māori m ...

. For services to the community. * Murray Albert Le Fevre – constable, New Zealand Police Force,

Reefton Reefton is a small town in the West Coast region of New Zealand, some 80 km northeast of Greymouth, in the Inangahua River valley. Ahaura is 44 km south-west of Reefton, Inangahua Junction is 34 km to the north, Maruia is 63 ...

. * Bruce Graham Mackenzie – constable, New Zealand Police Force,

Eketāhuna Eketāhuna is a small rural settlement, in the south of the Tararua (district), New Zealand, Tararua District and the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located at eastern foot of the Tararua Ranges, 35 kilome ...

. * Edna Frances Neville – of Christchurch. For services to the community as an entertainer. * Eric Priar Nisbet – of Rotorua. For services as a sporting coach, especially swimming. * James Coull Stirling. For services as supervisor of government grounds, Wellington. * Bernice Muriel Wells – of Auckland. For services as a lip-reading teacher with the New Zealand League for the Hard of Hearing. * Mary Elizabeth Will – of

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 ...

. For community services, especially to Country Women's Institutes. ;Military division * Medical Petty Officer Cecil Cameron – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Petty Officer Ronald Duncan Robinson – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Visual Instructor Arthur Charles Venus – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Sergeant Frederick Bigg-Wither – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force). * Sergeant Thomas Riri – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force). * Flight Sergeant Francis Harold Hodgson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Flight Lieutenant (Temporary Squadron Leader) Larry Alexander Olsen – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

* Howard Leonard Hooker – deputy chief fire officer,

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Volunteer Fire Brigade. * Hector Vincent Sylvester Oliver – chief fire officer, Nelson Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

* Bruce Harry Constable – detective sergeant, New Zealand Police Force. * Cyril Leonard Scanlan – superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flight Lieutenant William John Ramsay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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