The 1964 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 1963 and the beginning of 1964, and were announced on 1 January 1964. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

Woolf Fisher Sir Woolf Fisher (20 May 1912 – 12 January 1975) was a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist who along with Maurice Paykel co-founded Fisher & Paykel, a major appliance manufacturing company, and the Ra Ora Stud, an important Thoroughbre ...

– 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 public services, particularly in connection with the development of industry. * The Honourable Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy – a judge of the

Court of Appeal of New Zealand The Court of Appeal of New Zealand is the principal intermediate appellate court of New Zealand. It is also the final appellate court for a number of matters. In practice, most appeals are resolved at this intermediate appellate level, rather t ...

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* Frederick Raymond Macken – commissioner of Inland Revenue. * Major Neill Aylmer Rattray – of

South Canterbury South Canterbury is the area of the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand bounded by the Rangitata River in the north and the Waitaki River (the border with the Otago Region) to the south. The Pacific Ocean and ridge of the Souther ...

. For public services, particularly as president of the New Zealand Counties Association.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Andrew Linton – chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Production and Marketing Board. * The Honourable Sir Alfred Kingsley North – president of the New Zealand Court of Appeal. File:Andrew Linton 1948 (cropped).jpg, Andrew Linton

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * The Reverend George Irvine Laurenson – general superintendent of Home and Māori Missions in the Methodist Church. * Herbert Leslie Longbottom – 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 industry and education. * William Henry Nankervis – 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 services to local government. * Ivor Prichard – chief judge of the

Māori Land Court The Māori Land Court (Māori: Te Kōti Whenua Māori) is the specialist court of record in New Zealand that hears matters relating to Māori land. Māori Land Court history The Māori Land Court was established in 1865 as the Native Land Cou ...

. ;Military division * Brigadier Allan Huia Andrews – adjutant-general,

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. File:William Henry Nankervis.jpg, Harry Nankervis

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Harry Heaton Barker – mayor of Gisborne. * Arthur Walter Christmas – of Auckland. For services in the administration of company law. * Frederick William Coombs – president 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 ...

Returned Services' Association. * Allan Thomson Aorangi Fisher. For services to the community and education, particularly 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 Reg ...

Education Board. * Charles Alexander Fleming – of Wellington. senior principal scientific officer,

Geological Survey A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outc ...

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, abbreviated DSIR was the name of several British Empire organisations founded after the 1923 Imperial Conference to foster intra-Empire trade and development. * Department of Scientific and Industria ...

. * Rupert Selwyn Australia Graham – 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 medicine. * Gilbert Alexander Lawrence – of Wellington. For services to science. * Te Rangiataahua Kiniwe Royal – 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 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 ...

. * Edith Lamb Wilson – of Wellington. For services to the community. *

Ivon Vernon Wilson Ivon Vernon Wilson (1885–1974) was a notable New Zealand dentist and regional promoter. He was born in Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the princ ...

. For services to the community, particularly as president of the Southland Progress League. ;Military division * Commander Cecil Francis Cutts –

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 ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Arthur Pearce – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force). * Wing Commander John Percival Conyers-Brown –

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 ...

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Norman Leon Bensemann – of

Tākaka Tākaka is a small town situated at the southeastern end of Golden Bay, at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island, located on the lower reaches of the Tākaka River. State Highway 60 runs through Takaka and follows the river valley b ...

. For services to local government. * Mavis Elizabeth Byres – of Marton. For services to nursing. * Kathleen Emily Duxfield – of

Horotiu Horotiu is a small township on the west bank of the Waikato River in the Waikato District of New Zealand. It is on the Waikato Plains north of Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton and south of Ngāruawāhia. From early in the 20th century it devel ...

. For services to the community, especially in connection with 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 ...

. * Alice Annie Greenslade – of Dunedin. For philanthropic services. * Maata Te Hui Huinga Hirini – 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, particularly as Dominion president of the

Māori Women's Welfare League The Māori Women’s Welfare League or Te Rōpū Wāhine Māori Toko I te Ora is a New Zealand welfare organisation focusing on Māori women and children. It held its first conference in Wellington in September 1951. The League's official aims ...

. * William Robert Hopcroft – of

. For services to local government. * Arthur James Hartley Kirkham – of Gisborne. For services to local government. * Leonard Francis Walter Lovell – 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 services to the community and local government. * Joan Stewart MacCormick. For services to the community, particularly as President of the Auckland Red Cross Society. * Maurice Henry McGlashen – 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 to the community and local government * Mona Christina McIntyre – 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 community. * Isaac Grundy Mack –

mayor of Papakura The Mayor of Papakura was the head of the municipal government of Papakura, New Zealand, and presided first over Papakura Borough (1938–1975), then Papakura City (1975–1989), and finally Papakura District (1989–2010). The mayor was directly ...

. * Roy Gordon Murdoch . For services to local government, especially as chairman of the

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 ...

Electric Power Board. * Ernest Ormrod – of Wellington. For services in the field of music, especially as president of the New Zealand Brass Bands Association. * Christobel Elizabeth Robinson – 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 services to the community, especially as secretary of the Canterbury Sheltered Workshop Association. * Violet Augusta Roche – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially in connection with Dr Barnado's Homes. * Nellie Winifred Bernice Schroder – of

Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

. For services to the community, especially in connection with 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 ...

. ;Military division * Lieutenant Harry Lewis Douglas Anthony Gee – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Warrant Officer Class I John William Benge –

Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * A member of a royal family Places United States * Royal, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Royal, Illinois, a village * Royal, Iowa, a cit ...

(Regular Force). * Major Jack Harvey –

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 ...

(Regular Force). * Major (temporary) Edward Gale Latter – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force). * Major Erl Travice Pleasants –

New Zealand Territorial Force New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...

(Retired List). * Flight Lieutenant Rodney Greville Williams – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer James Arthur Moulynox – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division * Raymond Vernon Petrowski – constable,

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 ...

. * George Henry Tancock – supervising electrical technician, HMNZ Dockyard, Auckland. ;Military division * Chief Engine Room Artificer Peter John Hyde – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer Frank Herbert Jefferies –

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 ...

. * Chief Petty Officer Bernard Thomas Price – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Radio Supervisor Victor John Stuart-St Clair – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Warrant Officer Class II (temporary) Mabin Keith Brown – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force). * Staff-Sergeant Ronald Charles Lee –

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, ...

(Regular Force). * Sergeant Lindsay John Richardson – New Zealand Army Education Corps (Regular Force). * Sergeant Lawrence Melville Taylor – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Regular Force). * Flight Sergeant John De Voil – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant William Francis Nelson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader Bruce Allan Wood – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Master Signaller Harold John Grainger – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

* Charles Cuthbert Knight – chief fire officer, Geraldine Volunteer Fire Brigade. * John Philp – chief fire officer, Invercargill Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

* Hans Otto Lauritz Hansen – superintendent, New Zealand Police Force. * Gordon Allen Howes – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flight Lieutenant John Douglas Lack – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant Henry John Coventry – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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