The 1971 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 12 June 1971.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
*
Walter Neville Norwood – 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 outstanding services to commerce.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
*
Charles Hilgendorf – of
Ashburton. For very valuable services to farming.
* The Most Reverend
Norman Alfred Lesser
Norman Alfred Lesser (16 March 1902 – 12 February 1985) was an Anglican bishop and Archbishop of New Zealand from 1961 to 1971. He was the Bishop of Waiapu from 1947 to 1971.
Education and early ministry
He was educated at the Liverpool ...
– of
Napier Napier may refer to:
People
* Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name
* Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders
Given name
* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
* Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
. For very valuable services as
Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand of the Anglican Church.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
*
Reginald Harry Smythe – of
Auckland
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. For outstanding services to the forestry industry.
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
* The Reverend Pakake Heketoro Leonard – 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 very valuable services to the community and especially the
Māori people
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.
* Cyril William Mace – 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 manufacturing.
* Victor Worth Thomas – of Wellington. For very valuable services as
Comptroller of Customs.
* Robert Archibald Whyte – of
Paraparaumu
Paraparaumu () is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, north of the nation's capital city, Wellington.
Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Bea ...
. For very valuable services to sport administration especially horse racing.
;Military division
* Air Commodore Douglas Fitzclarence St George –
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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.
Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
*
Reginald Percy Andrews – of
Wanganui
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. For valuable services as
mayor of Wanganui.
* Eric Tamate Beaven – of Christchurch. For valuable services to commerce and tourism.
* Arthur Trevor Campbell. For valuable services as New Zealand Public Relations Officer in
London
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.
*
Robert James Charles. For services to sport.
* Geoffrey Noel Townshend Greenbank – of Auckland. For valuable services as headmaster of
King's College, Auckland.
* Matthew Graham Blacklock Harvey – 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 valuable services as chairman of the Taranaki Education Board.
* Geoffrey Henry Leslie – of Wellington. For valuable services as director of the Division of Dental Health,
Health Department
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.
*
Terence Henderson McCombs – of Christchurch. For valuable services to education.
* David Hedley McElrea – of
Milton
Milton may refer to:
Names
* Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname)
** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet
* Milton (given name)
** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...
. For valuable services to the community.
* The Reverend
Lawrence Alfred North – of Wellington. For valuable services as a minister of religion.
* Peter John Scott – of
Dunedin
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. For valuable services to the community.
*
Mavis Ada Tiller – of Wellington. For valuable services as national president of the
National Council of Women.
* Robert Burns Watson – of
Queenstown. For valuable services as a medical practitioner.
;Military division
* Captain Frederick Hardman –
Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Senior –
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
* Wing Commander Alfred George Edward Pugh – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Bob Charles (cropped).jpg, Bob Charles
File:Terry McCombs.jpg, Terry McCombs
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* Ellen Elizabeth Buckingham – of
Invercargill
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. For services to the community especially as a member of the Southland Education Board.
* John William Byers – of
Kaikohe. For services to the community.
* Raymond Malcolm Collis – of
Manawatu. For services to local government.
* Doris May Dennis – of
Gisborne. For services to the community.
* Elsie Elizabeth Fellingham – of
Featherston
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. For services to the community.
* James Albert Nichols Halford – of
Norsewood. For services to the community.
* John Brown Hamilton – of Queenstown. For services to local government.
*
Sidney Perrin Harling – of
Blenheim. For services as
mayor of Blenheim.
* Arthur Reginald Harris – of
Mount Maunganui
Mount Maunganui (, ) is a major residential, commercial and industrial suburb of the Tauranga metropolitan area, located on a peninsula to the north-east of Tauranga's city centre. It was an independent town from Tauranga until the completio ...
. For services as mayor of Mount Maunganui.
* John Hobson – of Auckland. For services as superintendent of
Mount Eden Prison
Mount Eden Prisons consists of two separate facilities in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Eden — the Mount Eden Prison and the Mount Eden Corrections Facility.
History
The original Mount Eden prison was a military stockade built i ...
and especially for his exemplary resolution and skill in successfully terminating a prison riot at that prison on 20 March 1971.
* Graeme Laurenson – of New Plymouth. For services to his profession and to the community as an architect.
* David Collingwood Low – of
Nelson. For services to the community.
* Archibald James McCallum – 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 railway ...
. For services to scouting.
* Robert Millen McCulloch – of Auckland. For services as mayor of
Mount Wellington.
* Ralph Murrell McDonald – of
Mosgiel. For services as mayor of Mosgiel.
* Albert Leonard Sutherland – of
Greymouth. For services to the community.
* Conway Wilberforce Teppett – 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 services to the community.
* Heeni Teteira Wharemaru – of
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
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** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
. For social work among the Māori people of the
Waikato.
* Ernest Edwyn Willoughby – of
Huntly
Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlemen ...
. For services to the community especially as mayor of Huntly.
;Military division
* Temporary Lieutenant Commander Brian John Mahoney – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Second Class Joseph Gormanly –
Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals
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(Regular Force).
* Major Molly Lois Moore – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force).
* Warrant Officer Second Class (Temporary Warrant Officer First Class) Leslie George Stanton –
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
* Squadron Leader John Alan Scrimshaw, – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)
* John Bruce Brown – of Wellington. For valuable services as Valuer-General.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Civil division
* Andrew Robert Michael Bowie – of
Hanmer. For services as a mountain guide.
* Herbert Wedgwood Brabant – of
Whakatāne. For services to those at sea by the operation of a shore wireless station.
* Joyce Brabant – of Whakatāne. For services to those at sea by the operation of a shore wireless station.
* Mary Constance Burrell – 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 aged.
* Sidney Keith Christensen – of
Taupō. For services to the community.
* Henry Willoughby Hampton – of
Chatham Islands
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. For services to the community as a police constable.
* Albert Cyril Loach – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
* Hector George McAllister – of
Kaiapoi. For services to the community as a chief fire officer.
* Grace McNaught – of
Te Kūiti
Te Kūiti is a town in the north of the King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies at the junction of State Highways 3 and 30 and on the North Island Main Trunk railway, south of Hamilton. The town promotes itself as the ...
. For services to the community.
*
Elizabeth Matheson – of Wellington. For services as a potter.
* Amy Marion Ryan – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
* Patricia Helene Pamela Simcox – of
Hawke's Bay. For services to the community.
* Gordon Day Staveley – of Wellington. For services as a prison officer.
* Athol Gladwyn Wood – of
Papakura
Papakura is a southern suburb of Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on the shores of the Pahurehure Inlet, approximately 32 kilometres south of the Auckland CBD. It is under the authority of the Auckland Council.
Papakura is a M ...
. For services to farming.
;Military division, for gallantry
* Marine Engineering Artificer Third Class Graeme Stewart Holmes – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage and devotion to duty during a fire in the engine room of .
* Marine Engineering Mechanician First Class Stephen Howarth – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage and devotion to duty during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS ''Waikato''.
;Military division
* Chief Electrician Edward Dawson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Sergeant (Temporary Staff Sergeant) Frederic Donald Barclay – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
* Flight Sergeant David Karl – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Sergeant Alexander Allan McEwan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Squadron Leader Gerrard Clive Brown – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Royal Red Cross
Associate (ARRC)
* Matron Marjorie Edith Traill –
Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Regular Force).
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
* Robert Alexander Moore – chief superintendent,
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 ...
.
Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
* Engineering Mechanic First Class Rick Rivas Ormsby – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage shown during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS ''Waikato''.
* Leading Engineering Mechanic Bernard Charles Shearsby – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage shown during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS ''Waikato''.
References
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