The 1972 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 3 June 1972. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* The Honourable Clifford Parris Richmond – 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 ...

; judge of the

Court of Appeal A court of appeals, also called a court of appeal, appellate court, appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of t ...

. For outstanding services to the law. * Reginald Charles Frank Savory – 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 local government and education.

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

;Military division * Lieutenant-General Richard James Holden Webb – Chief of Defence Staff.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* Lawrence David Hickford – 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 Dist ...

. For very valuable services to local government and the dairy industry. * Shapton Donald Sinclair – of Waimea West. For very valuable services as chairman of the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Malcolm McRae Burns – principal, Lincoln College,

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 outstanding services to the community. File:1952 Burns M M.jpg, Sir Malcolm Burns

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Harry Heaton Barker –

mayor of Gisborne The Mayor of Gisborne officiates over the Gisborne District Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region (Māori: ''Te Tairāwhiti'' or ''Te Tai Rāwhiti'') is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand. It is governed by Gisborne Dist ...

. For very valuable services to local government. * John Denis McGrath – of Wellington. For very valuable services to the community. * Eric Bruce Mackenzie – of Wellington. For very valuable services as general manager of the New Zealand Electricity Department. * Tipi Tainui Ropiha – of Auckland. For very valuable services to the Māori race. File:Harry Barker 1954 (cropped).jpg, Harry Barker File:Denis McGrath.jpg, Denis McGrath

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Whitford James Brown. For valuable services as

mayor of Porirua The Mayor of Porirua is the head of the municipal government of Porirua, New Zealand, and presides over the Porirua City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the single transferable vote, single transferable vote electoral system. There h ...

. * Phyllis Elaine Brusey – of

Days Bay Days Bay is a residential area in Lower Hutt in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is walled on three sides by steep bush-clad slopes. Most of its level land is occupied by Williams Park and an independent boys' prima ...

. For valuable services to the arts. * John Cowie – 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 cricket. * Samuel Jamieson – of Wellington. For valuable services as director of the Animal Health Division,

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

. * John Lambert Kerr – of Christchurch. For valuable services to cricket. * Ralph McGlashen – of Auckland. For valuable services to education. * Amos Robinson McKegg. For valuable services as chairman of the

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 ...

Hospital Board. * Juro Tomin Mazuran – of Auckland. For valuable services to the wine making industry. * Arthur John Nicoll – of Ashburton. For valuable services to trotting. * John Philp – 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 valuable services as chairman of the

Southland Southland may refer to: Places Canada * Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia New Zealand * Southland Region, a region of New Zealand * Southland County, a former New Zealand county * Southland District, part of the wider Southland Re ...

Harbour Board. * Alfred Geoffrey Scott – of Wellington; manager of the

National Film Unit The National Film Unit (NFU) was a state-owned film-production organisation originally based in Miramar, New Zealand, Miramar, New Zealand. Founded in 1936 when the government took over a private film studio, Filmcraft, the NFU produced newsreels, ...

. * John Malfroy Staveley – of Auckland. For valuable services to medicine. * Samuel James Thompson – of Levin. For valuable services to the community. ;Military division * Captain Samuel Fenwick Mercer –

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 ...

. * Colonel Russell Williden Kerr Ainge – Colonels' List, Royal New Zealand Military Forces (Regular Force). * Group Captain William Robert Duncan –

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 ...

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Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Alan Searle Alsweiler – of Invercargill. For services to the community. * William Albert Edward Archer – of Auckland. For services to the community. * George Noble Boulton – 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. * Oswald Astley Cheesman – of Auckland. For services to music. * Fletcher Roy Christian – of Auckland. For services to rugby league football. * Edward Walton Christiansen – of Auckland. For services to the blind. * William Augustus Christiansen – 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 local government. * Jean Clark – of Wellington. For services to the community. * Geraldine Dora Davison – of Geraldine. For services to the community. * Alfred Gordon Freeman – of

Te Awamutu Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilto ...

. For services to local government. * James Hassall – of

Tokoroa Tokoroa ( mi, Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere) is the fifth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the M ...

. For services to the community. * The Reverend Canon Beaumont Harold Pierard – 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. * David Stanley Radcliffe – of

Edgecumbe Edgecumbe is a town in the Bay of Plenty of the North Island of New Zealand, 15 kilometres to the west of Whakatāne and eight kilometres south of the Bay's coast. It is the main service town for the agricultural region surrounding the plains ...

. For services to the community. * Hugh Douglas Ramsay – 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 services to the community. * Donald Russell Robertson – of

Havelock North Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of local ...

. For services to the community. * Muriel Bessie Fullerton-Smith – of Marton. For services to equestrian sport. * Bertrand Charles Maurice Spiers – of Murchison. For services to education. * Marion Watson Stewart – 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 services to the community. * Norman Stephen Tankersley – of

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 ...

. For services to local government. ;Military division * Warrant Control Electrical Mechanician Bruce Arthur Allen – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Lieutenant Commander (Sp) Alexander George Innes –

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 Bruce Graham Jenkin –

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). * Captain (Temporary Major) Brian Howard Martin –

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). * Lieutenant and Quartermaster Donald Frank Williams –

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). * Flight Lieutenant Sean Christopher Robinson – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Squadron Leader Peter Sydney Rule – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

* James William Dempsey – assistant general manager, New Zealand Railways.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division * Wilfred John Bradley – 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 the community. * Catherine Mary Carey (Sister Mary Aloysia) – of

North Auckland The Northland Peninsula, called the North Auckland Peninsula in earlier times, is in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is joined to the rest of the island by the Auckland isthmus, a narrow piece of land between the Waitematā ...

. For services to education. * Ngaire Verna Bakers – of

Waimauku Waimauku is a small locality in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It comes under the jurisdiction of Auckland Council, and is in the council's Rodney ward. Waimauku is approximately 4 kilometres west of Huapai on State Highway 16 at the ju ...

. For services to the community. * Lily Alice Gall – 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 nursing. * Maude Evelyn Hampton – of

Tuatapere Tuatapere is a small rural town in Southland, New Zealand. It is the self declared "Sausage Capital of New Zealand". Tuatapere is located eight kilometres from the southern coast. The Waiau River flows through the town before reaching Te Waewa ...

. For services to the community. * Hugh Hunter – 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. * Edith Lucy Oldbury – of

Kawhia Kawhia Harbour (Maori: ''Kāwhia'') is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the south of Raglan Harbour, Ruapuke and Aotea Harbour, 40 kilometres southwe ...

. For services to the community. * Olive Rose Violet Newman Parkes – of Palmerston North. For services to the community. * Paul Edouard Quenneville – of New Caledonia. For services as caretaker of the war cemetery at

Bourail Bourail is a commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Geography Bourail is a rural town of Grande Terre, New Caledonia's main island. The municipality stretches between the mounta ...

. * William Gordon Ainsley Ramsay – of Christchurch. For services as a personnel officer with the New Zealand Railways. * Patricia Ellen Isabel Rees – of Blenheim. For services to the community. * Ivy Mabel Thorp – 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 the community. ;Military division * Temporary Warrant Control Electrical Artificer Antony Charteris Black – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer Electrician Stanley Haines – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Leading Medical Assistant Robert Peterson – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Sergeant David Paul Beattie – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force). * Sergeant Joseph Johnston – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. * Flight Sergeant Kenneth Sealy Cooper – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant William Nevis Halse – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

* Matron Helen Mackenzie –

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 ...

(Territorial Force).

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Wing Commander Mervyn William Hodge – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flight Lieutenant Harvey Hammersley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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