The 1938 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were appointments made by the King to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 9 June 1938. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

Albert Fuller Ellis Sir Albert Fuller Ellis (28 August 1869 – 11 July 1951) was a prospector in the Pacific. He discovered phosphate deposits on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Banaba (Ocean Island) in 1900. He was the British Phosphate Commissioner for New Ze ...

– 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 ...

; New Zealand member of the

British Phosphate Commission The British Phosphate Commissioners (BPC) was a board of Australian, British, and New Zealand representatives who managed extraction of phosphate from Christmas Island, Nauru, and Banaba (Ocean Island) from 1920 until 1981. Nauru was a mandate te ...

. File:Albert Fuller Ellis.jpg, Sir Albert Ellis

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

Richard Oliver Gross Richard Oliver Gross (10 January 1882 – 27 December 1964) was a New Zealand farmer and sculptor. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, on 10 January 1882. He moved to New Zealand in 1914. Gross sculpted the following work ...

– of Auckland; a prominent sculptor. * John Wood – engineer-in-chief and under-secretary of the

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Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Professor Thomas Hill Easterfleld – 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 ...

; formerly director of the Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research. File:Thomas Hill Easterfield 1933.jpg, Sir Thomas Easterfield

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Annie Elizabeth Kelly – 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 ...

; a prominent artist. * William Sanderson La Trobe – 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 ...

; formerly superintendent of technical education, Education Department.

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Sadie Macdonald – of Wellington. For social-welfare services. * James Wallace – 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 ...

; chairman of the Otago Education Board. ;Military division * Major Eric Freeman Clayton-Greene – officer commanding 2nd Medium Battery,

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 ...

(Territorial Force); 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 ...

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Elsie Euphemia Andrews – formerly infant mistress, Fitzroy School, New Plymouth * John Connell Brown – of Westport. For social-welfare services. * Robina Thomson Cameron – of Rotorua; district health nurse. * Katharina Margarita Finnane – matron of Porirua Mental Hospital. * John Henry O'Donnell – of Wellington; formerly assistant under-secretary, Lands and Survey Department. ;Military division * Paymaster-Lieutenant Herbert Russell Sleeman – New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy; assistant naval secretary, Wellington. * Warrant Officer William Stanley Simpson – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Christchurch.

British Empire Medal

;Civil division * Staff Sergeant-Major Edward James Barwell – senior orderly,

Government House, Wellington Government House, Wellington, is the principal residence of the governor-general of New Zealand, the representative of the New Zealand head of state, King Charles III. Dame Cindy Kiro, who has been Governor-General since October 2021, current ...

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