The 1981 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 in her right as
Queen of New Zealand
The monarchy of New Zealand is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign and head of state of New Zealand. The current monarch, King Charles III, ascended the throne following the death of his mot ...
, 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 13 June 1981.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
*
(Edward) Michael Coulson Fowler – 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 ...
;
mayor of the City of Wellington.
*
(Frederick Reed) Alan Hellaby – 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 meat industry and community.
File:Michael Fowler, 1965.jpg, Sir Michael Fowler
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB)
;Civil division
* Dr
Robert Martin Williams – of Wellington; lately chairman of the
State Services Commission.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
* The Right Reverend
Manu Augustus Bennett – 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 ...
; lately
Bishop of Aotearoa.
* Albert Eaton Hurley – of Auckland;
parliamentary commissioner for investigation (ombudsman), 1976–1980.
*
Norman Colin McLeod – of Wellington;
Commissioner of Works since 1973.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
* Dr
Alan Stewart – 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 ...
; vice-chancellor of
Massey University since 1964.
* The Right Honourable Sir
(Arthur) Owen Woodhouse – of Wellington; president of the
Court of Appeal.
File:Alan Stewart 1962 (cropped).jpg, Sir Alan Stewart
File:Owen Woodhouse ONZ 2009 (cropped).jpg, Sir Owen Woodhouse
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
*
Mervyn Miles Nelson Corner – of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand fishing industry and community.
* Dr
David Russell Hay – 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 the
New Zealand Heart Foundation.
* John Brownlow Horrocks – of Auckland. For services to business management and the community.
* John Desmond Rose – of Singapore, formerly of Auckland. For services to commerce and the community.
* Emeritus Professor
John Tenison Salmon – of
Waikanae
Waikanae (, ) is a town on the Kapiti Coast, 60 kilometres north of the Wellington CBD. The name is a Māori word meaning "waters" (''wai'') "of the grey mullet".
The town lies between Paraparaumu, eight kilometres to the southwest, and Ōt ...
. For services to conservation.
*
Denis Vaughan Sutherland – of
New Plymouth. For services to the City of New Plymouth.
;Military division
* Commodore Eric Robinson Ellison –
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 ...
.
File:Mervyn Miles Nelson Corner passport photo.jpg, Merv Corner
Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
*
Patrick John Booth – of Auckland. For services to journalism.
*
(John) Brian Brake – of Auckland. For services to photography.
* Noel Stewart Coad – of Wellington; lately
Director-General of Lands.
* Bryan William Gibson – assistant commissioner,
New Zealand Police.
* Henry Patrick Glen – of
Blenheim. For services to Heritage Incorporated and the community.
* Winifred Mary Goddard – of
Lower Hutt. For services to the dietetic profession.
* Claude Walter Green – of
Rahotu. For services to the Taranaki Harbour Board, farming and the community.
* Jon Oliver Feilden Hamilton – of Christchurch. For services to engineering.
* Athol Sydney George McGeady – 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 farming.
*
Noel Victor Mangin – of
Hamburg
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, Federal Republic of Germany. For services to opera.
* Professor Eric Musard Nanson – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
* John Joseph O'Dea – 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 Carthew Oliver – of Auckland. For services to weightlifting and the community.
* Jack Boland Rolfe – 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 kilometre ...
. For services to the community.
*
Hugh Sew Hoy – of Dunedin. For services to export and the community.
* John McCoubrie Stewart – 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. Whang ...
. For services to veterinary science.
* William Arthur Harold Thompson – 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 Thoroughbred breeding, racing and the community.
*
Eric William Thomas Tindill – of Wellington. For services to rugby and cricket.
* Dr Donald William Urquhart – of Palmerston North. For services to medicine, especially radiology.
* Harold Jeffery Whitwell – of Palmerston North; lately principal, Palmerston North Teachers' College.
;Military division
* Captain Geoffrey Frank Hopkins – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Colonel Robert Angus Burns – Colonels' List,
New Zealand Army (Territorial Force).
* Group Captain Graeme Bernard Gilmore –
Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Pat Booth NZ (cropped).jpg, Pat Booth
File:Eric Tindill 1935.jpg, Eric Tindill
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* Rowland Newton Angrove – of
Napier. For services to the disabled and the community.
* George Easton Barber – of
Foxton. For services to education and the community.
* Barbara Isobel Louise Basham – of Wellington. For services to broadcasting and the community.
* Clifford Halley Benson – of Auckland. For services to the handicapped and education.
* Edward Henry Raymond Boyd – of
Levin. For services to the welfare of returned servicemen and the community.
* Donald William Cimino – of Wanganui. For services to the
Wanganui Museum and the community.
* Joyce Isabel Clarke – of
Pleasant Point. For services to the community.
*
Robert Maurice Conly – of Christchurch. For services to art.
* Lieutenant Commander William George Costello – of Christchurch;
New Zealand Cadet Forces
The New Zealand Cadet Forces (Cadet Forces or NZCF) is a voluntary military-style training organisation for New Zealand youth between the ages of 13 and 21. Run in partnership with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and local community organisa ...
.
* Jane Labatt Crosse – of
Patoka. For services to the
New Zealand Red Cross Society
New Zealand Red Cross or Rīpeka Whero Aotearoa is a humanitarian organisation, which has more than 9,000 members and volunteers. In New Zealand, Red Cross delivers core community services, such as Meals on Wheels, refugee re-settlement servic ...
.
* Enid Joan Durbin – of Auckland. For services to netball.
* Alexander Edwards – of
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...
. For services to the community.
*
Geoffrey Philip Howarth – of
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, formerly 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 cricket.
* Frederick Stanley Hutchings – of
Rotorua. For services to the dairy industry.
* Helen Agnes Jackman – of Auckland. For 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 c ...
and education.
*
Patricia Frances McKelvey – of Wellington. For services to women's cricket.
*
Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie – 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 Highw ...
. For services to rugby.
* Anthony Audrey St Clair Murray Murray-Oliver – of Wellington. For services to the
Alexander Turnbull Library
The National Library of New Zealand ( mi, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is New Zealand's legal deposit library charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (''Nat ...
and art history.
* Brian Patrick Quinn – of
Alexandra. For services to shearing.
* William Eaton Roberts – 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 distri ...
. For services to the community.
* George Colin Spratt – of Te Puke. For services to horticulture.
* Dr Alan Samual Turner – of Napier; physician-in-charge, chest clinic, Napier Hospital.
* Elisabeth Marjorie Urquhart – of Rotorua. For services to the law and community.
* John Gardiner Woolf – of
Wairoa
Wairoa is a town and territorial authority district in New Zealand's North Island. The town is the northernmost in the Hawke's Bay region, and is located on the northern shore of Hawke Bay at the mouth of the Wairoa River and to the west o ...
. For services to local-body and community affairs.
;Military division
* Warrant Officer Stores Accountant Alan Thomas Johnson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Seaman Ronald Arthur Francis Owen – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Class I Robin John Church –
Royal New Zealand Provost Corps.
* Major Frederick Lang Dennerly –
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 ...
.
* Major Peter Lawrence Holes –
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 ...
.
* Squadron Leader Sydney Marcus Elliott – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant Gavin Robert Leckner – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Trish McKelvey 1966 (cropped).jpg, Trish McKelvey
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Military division
* Temporary Sergeant James Edward Bolton – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
* Sergeant Rex Charles Johnson – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (Territorial Force).
* Staff Sergeant Lance Gordon King –
Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport
The Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport (RNZCT) was a corps within the New Zealand Army that provided logistical support to combat and combat support elements of the Army. Tracing its history back to 1910 when the New Zealand Army Service Corps ...
.
* Corporal Tere William Kururangi –
Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps
The Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (RNZAOC) concerned itself with the provisioning of troops with the means to fight; specifically uniforms, weapons and equipment. Ordnance functions go back hundreds of years; the first Ordnance Officer i ...
.
* Sergeant Robin John Allan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Sergeant Donald John Ashton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Sergeant Rodney Eric Lush – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* John Francis Gallagher – of Wellington; lieutenant colonel,
Salvation Army.
*
Allan David Dick – of
Waianakarua
The small town of Herbert, formerly Otepopo, lies in North Otago, New Zealand, north of Dunedin and south-west of Oamaru. It lies on the edge of the Herbert Forest.
Herbert consists of a group of houses and three churches clustered around S ...
.
*
Barbara Goodman – of Auckland.
* Harold Victor Haines – of Wellington.
* Hugh McKerrell – 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 ...
.
* James Rafferty – of
Leithfield Beach
Leithfield is a small town in north Canterbury, New Zealand. It is on New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1, south of Amberley, New Zealand, Amberley and north of Christchurch and 11.8 kilometers north of Waikuku. The Leithfield area co ...
.
* Nora Nellie Steed – of
Gisborne.
* Harold Lane Thomas – 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 public services
*
Herbert James Bowkett Coe – of Wellington.
*
George Gee – of
Petone
Petone (Māori: ''Pito-one''), a large suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington, stands at the southern end of the Hutt Valley, on the northern shore of Wellington Harbour. The Māori name means "end of the sand beach".
Europeans first settled in P ...
.
* James Ernest Greenslade – of Palmerston North.
* William Herewini – of
Porirua.
* Thomas McCristell – of
Balclutha.
* John Lyle Noakes – of
Tapu.
* Ronald Francis Taylor – of Auckland.
Queen's Service Medal
For community service
* Muriel Rhoda Barber – of Wellington.
* Zylpha May Bennett – 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 ...
.
* Winefride Marie Blake (Sister Mary Winefride) – of Wellington.
* Colin Campbell – of
Rangiora
Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is north of Christchurch, and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. With an estimated population of Rangiora is the 30th largest urba ...
.
* Dorothy Christian Gordon Cook – of Tauranga.
* Hazel Daphne Dawson – of
Taradale.
* Letitia Joan Douglas – of Invercargill.
* Mingao Noho Whane Edwards – of
Maungatapere.
* Leonard Edward Frances – of
Masterton.
* Irene Mary Gordon – of Wellington.
* Alexander John William Grant – 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 Wa ...
; brigadier, Salvation Army.
*
Florence Marie Harsant – of
Hahei
Hahei is a small settlement in Mercury Bay on the eastern side of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. It is near Cathedral Cove, between the settlements of Cooks Beach and Hot Water Beach. It is approximately 11 km south east of Whi ...
.
* Manatenoki Sally Karena – of Ōpunake.
* Mary Edith Evelyn Knight (Mrs Painter) – of Auckland.
* Odette Vivienne Leather – of Auckland.
* Marjorie Mary Maddren – of
Whangārei
Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and Hikurangi Town coun ...
.
* May Elizabeth Marriott – of Timaru.
* Isaac Frank Miller – of
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...
.
* James Nicholas – of Brixton,
Waitara.
* Victor John Carruthers Nicholson – of Palmerston North.
* Wendy McGowan Northcroft – 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 ...
.
* Ivy Nora Norton – of
Kaiaua
Kaiaua is a small coastal settlement on the Seabird Coast, on the western shore of the Firth of Thames, in the Hauraki District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is 80km (60 minutes drive) from Auckland.
Name
The name of t ...
.
* Irene Angola Oliver – of Rotorua.
* Morris James William Paulger – of Christchurch.
* George Arthur Pinckney – of
Dannevirke.
* Hannah Maud Sheila Wilder Sherratt – of
Puketapu.
* Henare Tuwhangai – of
Kihikihi
Kihikihi, a small town located in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, serves as a satellite community of Te Awamutu, five kilometres to the north, and lies 35 kilometres south of Hamilton. The 2018 New Zealand census recorded ...
.
For public services
* Colleen Elizabeth Beaton – of
Otira.
* Mabel Bridge – of
Rawene
Rawene is a town on the south side of the Hokianga harbour, in Northland, New Zealand. State Highway 12 passes to the south. The town lies at the apex of a peninsula. A car ferry links it to Kohukohu and the northern Hokianga.
History
Rawen ...
.
* Pauline Dorothy Collins – of Christchurch.
* Elizabeth Sandison Daly – postmistress; Claris,
Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island ( mi, Aotea) lies in the outer Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, north-east of central Auckland. With an area of it is the sixth-largest island of New Zealand and fourth-largest in the main chain. Its highest point, Mount Hobson ...
.
* Hugh Graham Endicott-Davies – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
* Lawrence Cecil Gabites – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* Frederick Arthur Hitchener – of Wairoa.
* Minnie Te Miri Kamo – of
Waikuku Beach
Waikuku Beach is a small settlement on the coast of Canterbury region of New Zealand, about 3 km east of the settlement of Waikuku.
The sandy beach is popular with surfers and swimmers, and the large estuary of the Ashley River hosts many s ...
; lately public health nurse,
Department of Health
A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their ow ...
.
* Sylvia Theresa Kenny – of
Picton.
* Hugh Francis Malcolm Logan – of Wellington.
* Dr
Ronald Diarmid MacDiarmid – of
Port Chalmers
Port Chalmers is a town serving as the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.
History
Early Māori settlement
The origi ...
.
*
Colin Chalmers Monteath – of Christchurch.
* Arthur Stewart Ombler – of
Milton.
* Dawn Rosemary Petersen – of Auckland.
* Joseph Herbert Hugh Pierce – 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 ...
.
* Naomi Rickard – of
Ashburton.
* Alois Schicker – of
Ōkato
Ōkato is a small town in rural Taranaki, New Zealand. It is situated about 25 minutes drive around the coast from New Plymouth on State Highway 45. Oakura is 12 km to the north-east, and Warea is 9 km to the south-west. The place of ...
.
* Alice May Stuart – of Otaitai Bush,
Riverton.
* The Reverend Robert Beaumont Tait – of Dunedin.
* Mitchell Daniel Tupari Walters – of
Dargaville
Dargaville ( mi, Takiwira) is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River in the Kaipara District of the Northland region. The town is located 55 kilometres southwest of Whangāre ...
.
* Elsie Irene Wiley – of Masterton.
Royal Red Cross
Member (RRC)
* Lieutenant Colonel Helen Judith Macann –
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 ...
.
Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)
* Clement Augustus Cornes – lately chief fire officer,
Te Aroha
Te Aroha ( mi, Te Aroha-a-uta) is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,906 people in the 2013 census, an increase of 138 people since 2006. It is northeast of Hamilton and south of Thames. It sits at the f ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade,
New Zealand Fire Service
The New Zealand Fire Service ( mi, Whakaratonga Iwi, "Service to the People"; also known as the NZFS) was New Zealand's main firefighting body from 1 April 1976 until 1 July 2017 – at which point it was dissolved and incorporated into the new ...
.
* Philip Hori Douché – fire force commander, Region 3, New Zealand Fire Service, Palmeston North.
* Graham Charles Howey – chief fire officer, Pleasant Point Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
* Edward John Trappitt – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.
References
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