The 1971 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 during ...

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 1970 and the beginning of 1971, and were announced on 1 January 1971. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* Noel Cole – 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 outstanding services to the community.

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

;Military division * Rear Admiral Lawrence George Carr –

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 ...

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* Kendrick Gee Archer – 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 most valuable services as a judge of the Valuation Court and chairman of various administrative tribunals. * Ivan Thomas – 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 most valuable services as general manager of the New Zealand Railways.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes . For outstanding services as surgeon-in-charge of the cardio-thoracic unit at

Green Lane Hospital Green Lane Hospital is a psychiatric hospital in the Wick district of Devizes in Wiltshire, England. It is managed by the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. History The hospital was built in 1990 in the grounds of Roundway ...

, Auckland. * George Philip Proctor – of Wellington. For outstanding services to manufacturing and the community.

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Professor Ian Alistair Gordon – of Wellington. For very valuable services to university education. * James Robert Maddren – of Christchurch. For very valuable services to industry and the export drive. * Professor John Arthur Reginald Miles – 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 very valuable services to science. *

Alick Lindsay Poole Alick Lindsay Poole (4 March 1908 – 2 January 2008) was a New Zealand botanist and forester. Academic career Poole started at the New Zealand State Forest Service 1926, then to Auckland University College on a scholarship. After various jo ...

– of Wellington. For very valuable services to the development of forestry and the forest industries. ;Military division * Brigadier Ian Thomas Galloway –

Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (RNZAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Force and Territorial Force units equipped with armoured vehicles in the New Zealand Army. The corps was formed in 1942 as the New Zealand Armoured Corps, ...

(Territorial Force).

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Marjory French Erne Adams – of Auckland. For valuable services to education as headmistress of

Epsom Girls Grammar School , motto_translation = ''Through difficulties to greatness.'' , coordinates = , type = State Single Sex Girls Secondary (Year 9–13) with Boarding Facilities , established = 12 February 1917 , MOE = 64 , principal = Lorraine Pound , colo ...

from 1953 to 1970. * The Right Reverend Owen Thomas Baragwanath – of Auckland. For valuable services to the community as a minister of religion. * Robert Colville Bradshaw – 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 valuable services to industry and commerce. * The Reverend Haddon Charles Dixon – 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 valuable services to the relief of hunger and poverty overseas. * John Lloyd Fenaughty – of Wellington. For valuable services as New Zealand commissioner-general at

Expo 70 The or Expo 70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fair ...

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

. * Claude Jack Ferrier – of Christchurch. For valuable services to the community. * Marie Louise Dansey Iles – of Christchurch. For valuable services as general secretary of the

Girl Guides Association Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a char ...

. * Gilbert Maclean . For valuable services to the community as chairman of the

Wellington Hospital Board 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 ...

. * Russell Matthews – 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 to the community. * John Alexander Moreland – of

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

. For valuable services to the dairy industry. * Iriaka Rio Te Hihiri Rātana – of

Whangaehu Whangaehu is a settlement in the Rangitikei District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. Whangaehu is located near the mouth of the Whangaehu River, a large river flowing from for the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on ...

. For valuable 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 ...

. * Constance Egmont Tulloch – of

Putāruru Putāruru is a small town in the South Waikato District and the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the western side of the Mamaku Ranges and in the upper basin of the Waihou River. It is on the Oraka Stream 65 kilometres s ...

. For valuable services to the community, especially as chairman of the

Waikato Hospital Waikato Hospital is a major regional hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand. It provides specialised and emergency healthcare

Board. * Edward William Desmond Unwin . For valuable services as chairman of the

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 ...

Harbour Board. ;Military division * Commander Raymond Frederick Sanderson –

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 ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Wynyard Beasley –

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 diseases ...

(Territorial Force). * Group Captain Nelson Hastings Bright –

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:Iriaka Rātana.jpg, Iriaka Rātana

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Lloyd James Appleton – of

Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is), is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New ...

. For services to local government and journalism. * Thomas Frank Armstrong Archer – 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 as president of the New Zealand Fruit Growers Federation Ltd, 1950–1966. * Neil Alexander Barr – of

Kaukapakapa Kaukapakapa is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated in the Rodney ward of the Auckland Region and is around 50 kilometres (31 miles) northwest of Auckland city. State Highway 16 passes through the town, connecting it to Hele ...

. For services as founder of the Farm Forestry Association in New Zealand. * Frederick Harold Bennett. For services to local government as chairman of the

Masterton Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a r ...

County Council. * Percival Mahan Brooker – of Wellington. For services to brass band music. * Stanley Crawford Childs – of

Pukekohe Pukekohe is a town in the Auckland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the southern edge of the Auckland Region, it is in South Auckland, between the southern shore of the Manukau Harbour and the mouth of the Waikato River. Th ...

. For services to local government. * Mollie Christie, – of

Wanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...

. For services to the community. * Wilfred Trevor Church – 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. * Alan Harry De Costa – of Gisborne. For services to

surf lifesaving Surf lifesaving is a multifaceted social movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport. Originating in early 20th century Australia, the movement has expanded globally to other countries, inc ...

. * Frank McGregor Henderson – of Lumsden. For services to agriculture and education. * Lily Annie Huggan. For services to the community especially as

mayor of Petone The Mayor of Petone officiated over the Petone Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Petone Borough Council. The office existed from 1882 until 1989, when Petone Borough was amalgamated into the Hutt City Council as part of the 198 ...

. * Eileen Marie Kelly – of

Greymouth Greymouth () (Māori: ''Māwhera'') is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coas ...

. For services to the community. * Father Thomas Gerarde Keyes – 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 rehabilitation of young offenders. * Harold Edward Lawrence – of

Ōtorohanga Ōtorohanga is a north King Country town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located south of Hamilton and north of Te Kūiti, on the Waipā River. It is a service town for the surrounding dairy-farming district. ...

. For services to local government. * Charles Frederic Le Cren – of Christchurch. For services to amputees. * Jessie Kennedy Lees – of New Plymouth, For services to the Women's Division of

Federated Farmers Federated Farmers of New Zealand is a lobby and advocacy group for all farmers: arable including fruit and vegetables, dairy and meat and their often remote communities. It has a network of 24 regional organisations and six industry groups. Fed ...

. * Caroline Elizabeth Lepper – of Invercargill. For services to crippled children. * Lewis Rowland Lewis – of Napier. For services to education. * George Lorimer McLatchie – 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 the poultry industry. * Colin Earl Meads – 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 rugby football. * Walter Allan Parker. For services as mayor of Kaitangata. * Henry Witen Bell Poppelwell – 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. * Gordon Cowie Riddell – of Auckland. For services to the community. * Brian Preston Stevenson – of Auckland. For services to local government. ;Military division * Lieutenant Commander (Special) Ian George McLean – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. * Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Maire – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Warrant Officer Second Class David Ernie Dorset –

Corps of 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 ene ...

(Regular Force). * Warrant Officer First Class Roland Alfred Manning –

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). * Warrant Officer First Class George Hedley Newcomb – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). * Warrant Officer William Twaddle Frickleton Buchanan – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant Walter George Carruthers – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:Annie Huggan.jpg, Annie Huggan File:Colin Meads.jpg, Colin Meads

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

* Ian Greville Watt – of Auckland. For valuable services as director of the Meat Division, Department of Agriculture.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division * Ernest Ashton – of Nelson. For services to the community especially as a member of the

St John Ambulance Association St John Ambulance is the name of a number of affiliated organisations in different countries which teach and provide first aid and emergency medical services, and are primarily staffed by volunteers. The associations are overseen by the internat ...

. * Sheila Currie – of Christchurch. For services to disabled and handicapped children. * Daphne Matilda Dobell – of

Kaitaia Kaitaia ( mi, Kaitāia) is a town in the Far North District of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula, about 160 km northwest of Whangārei. It is the last major settlement on New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1. Ahipara ...

. For services to the community. * Leigh Sherns Gooch – of

Takapau Takapau is a small rural community in the Central Hawkes Bay in New Zealand. It is located 20 kilometres west of Waipukurau, off State Highway 2, and has a population of more than 500. The original township was founded in 1876 by farmer Sydney ...

. For services to the

scouting movement Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...

. * Zella Eugenie Harrison – of

Hokitika Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of . ...

. For services to the community. * George Charles Hart – of Auckland. For services to the community. * Joseph Frederick Jobson – of Linden. For services as a member of the

Post Office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

. * Eileen Elizabeth Lane – of Christchurch. For services to

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

. * Marjorie Isabel Pilkington – of

Ōpōtiki Ōpōtiki (; from ''Ōpōtiki-Mai-Tawhiti'') is a small town in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. It houses the headquarters of the Ōpōtiki District Council and comes under the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Ge ...

. For services to the community. * Agnes Reid – of Auckland. For services to intellectually handicapped children. * Constable Raymond John Ruane – of

Katikati Katikati is a town in New Zealand (North Island) located on the Uretara Stream near a tidal inlet towards the northern end of Tauranga Harbour, 28 kilometres south of Waihi and 40 kilometres northwest of Tauranga. State Highway 2 passes through ...

. For services to the community. * John Smith – 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 as a tour coach driver. * Winifrede Mary Smith – of Ranfurly. For services to the community. ;Military division * Chief Marine Engineering Artificer Kelvin William Hunt – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Petty Officer Leigh George Morley – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Staff-Sergeant Wallace Richards – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). * Staff-Seargeant (Temporary Warrant Officer Second Class) Daniel Wilfred Wilson –

New Zealand Special Air Service The 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, abbreviated as 1 NZSAS Regt, was formed on 7 July 1955 and is the Special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS). It traces its origins to ...

(Regular Force). * Flight Sergeant Wallace Frederick Cleaver – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant Joseph John Keegan – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Temporary Sergeant Ronald Allan Nicholson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Lieutenant Commander Nigel Hawkesly Burbury –

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

. * Squadron Leader Donald Raymond Smith – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

* George Stuart Austing – assistant commissioner,

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 Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

* Frank Albert Hardy – chief fire officer, Christchurch Fire Brigade. * Peter Habib – fireman,

Haumoana Haumoana is a coastal town just south of the Tukituki River outlet in Hawke Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located 12 km south of Napier and ten kilometres east of Hastings. The village incorporates a school, a ...

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flight Lieutenant John Stewart Hosie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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