The 1976 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 12 June 1976.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
*
James George Barnes – 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 ...
;
mayor of the City of Dunedin since 1968.
* The Honourable Mr Justice
Alan Clifford Perry – 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 ...
; senior puisne judge of the
Supreme Court.
*
Bryan James Todd – 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 ...
. For services to commerce and the community.
File:Jim Barnes.jpg, Sir James Barnes
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB)
;Military division
* Major-General
Robin Hugh Ferguson Holloway –
Chief of General Staff.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
* The Honourable Mr Justice Alan Aylmer Coates – of Auckland. For public services and services as a stipendiary magistrate.
*
Jean Marjory Herbison – 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 education.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
* Brigadier
Herbert Ellery Gilbert – of
Silverstream;
Director of Security since 1957.
*
Gordon Edward George Minhinnick – of Auckland. For services as a cartoonist.
File:Gordon Minhinnick 1988 (cropped).jpg, Sir Gordon Minhinnick
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
*
Arthur Newman Vickery Dobbs – of
Lower Hutt;
Director-General of Education, 1971–1975.
* John Malcolm Fielder – of Lower Hutt;
Public Trustee
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, 1968–1976.
* Brigadier James Ferris Fuller – of Wellington. For services to dentistry.
* The Very Reverend
Walter Edmund Wilmshurst Hurst – of Wellington. For services to the community.
* Whakaari Te Rangitakuku Metekingi – of
Marton. 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 ...
, especially in the rehabilitation of Māori lands.
* Emeritus Professor
Charles Nalden – of Auckland. For services to music.
* Alfred Walmsley – 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.
;Military division
* Brigadier Alan Howard Sutton – Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel).
Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
* Bridget Teresa Bryant – of
Manakau. For services to the community, especially 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. F ...
.
* Thomas Anthony Carrol – 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 ...
. For services to the farming industry.
*
Maurice Rhodes Carter – of Christchurch. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* Norris Arthur Collins – of
Paekākāriki. For services as general secretary, National Union of Railwaymen.
* Professor
Ian Edward Coop – of
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ...
; vice principal and professor of animal science,
Lincoln College, University College of Agriculture.
* The Very Reverend George David Falloon – of
Geraldine. For services to the
Presbyterian Church and community.
* The Reverend Canon Henry Ivor Hopkins – of Christchurch. For services to prison chaplaincy.
* Captain
Frederick Patrick Ladd – of
Rotorua. For services to the tourist and aviation industries.
* Catherine Alice McCormack (The Reverend Mother Melchior) – of
Heretaunga. For services to nursing.
* Captain Peterson Neil McKellar – 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 ...
. For services as superintendent, Northland Harbour Board.
* Noel Clifford Manson – of Wellington; major,
Salvation Army. For services to the community.
* Oliver Ross Nicholson – of Auckland. For services to medicine, especially orthopaedics.
* Hinetara Potaka – 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 ...
. For services to the Māori people, especially in the field of education and welfare.
* Joseph Victor Hugh Stephens – of
Balclutha. For services to farming and the community.
* Hugh Kenneth Stevenson – of
Napier. For services to the city of Napier and province of
Hawkes Bay
Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region is ...
.
* Charles Joseph Tustin – of Lower Hutt. For services to the
New Zealand Returned Services Association.
* Thomas Harold Warburton – of
Greytown. For services to commercial horticulture.
;Military division
* Captain 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 ...
.
* Colonel Edward John Valentine – Colonels' List (Territorial Force).
* Group Captain Patrick Neville –
Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Professor Ian Coop.jpg, Ian Coop
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* George Ramsay Andrews – of
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 ...
. For services to community and local-body affairs.
*
Ian Douglas Blair – of Christchurch. For services to science and the community.
*
Valdemars Briedis – of Christchurch. For services to athletics as a coach.
* Leslie Alexander Byars – of
Taumarunui
Taumarunui is a small town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on an alluvial plain set within rugged terrain on the upper reaches of the Whanganui River, 65 km south of Te Kuiti and 55 km west of T ...
. For services to local government and sport.
*
James Douglas Charlton Edgar – of Dunedin. For services to art.
*
Ida Gertrude Eise – of Auckland. For services to art.
*
Doris Fitzsimmons – of Wellington. For services to sport.
* Ronald William Arthur Frost – of Auckland. For services to motor racing.
* Gladys Mary Gebbie – of
Whangaparāoa. For services to youth, especially the
Girls' Brigade
The Girls' Brigade is an international, interdenominational Christian youth organisation. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structu ...
.
*
Muriel Ernesta Hilton – of
Waimate
Waimate is a town in Canterbury, New Zealand and the seat of Waimate District. It is situated just inland from the eastern coast of the South Island. The town is reached via a short detour west when travelling on State Highway One, the main No ...
. For services to local-body and community affairs.
* Helen Julia Vivian Jensen – of Auckland. For services to women's hockey.
* Annie Cameron Keenan – of Dunedin. For services to
bowling
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), thou ...
.
* Douglas Haig Meiklejohn – of Wellington. For services to the Wellington Boys' Institute.
* Hugh Allen Mills – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
* William Parker – of Wellington. For services to the Māori people.
* William Baker Parker – of
Blenheim. For service to the community, especially as a member of the Marlborough Harbour Board.
* Eric Paton – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* Alan Ernest Pow – of Auckland. For services to the performing arts.
* Robina Annie Reardon – of Auckland. For services to music.
*
Mary Bertha Rawlinson (Mrs Falconer) – of Dunedin. For services to music and drama.
*
Rona Miriel Stevenson – 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 ...
. For services to the community.
* Edward John Trappitt – chief superintendent,
New Zealand Police.
* Squadron Leader Denton Norman Tyler –
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 ...
,
Air Training Corps
The Air Training Corps (ATC) is a British volunteer-military youth organisation. They are sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Air Force. The majority of staff are volunteers, and some are paid for full-time work – including C ...
,
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 ...
.
* Mervyn James Waters – of Christchurch. For services to brass bands.
* Alfred James Noble Whelan – of Auckland. For services to softball.
* Phyllis Margaret Zeff – of Christchurch. For services to family life and the community.
;Military division
* Lieutenant Commander Harold Charles Gibson Richards – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Second Class William McPherson Dyas –
Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
* Temporary Major and Quartermaster Trevor Frederick Phillips –
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 ...
.
* Warrant Officer First Class Donald St Clare Stewart – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
* Captain Kenneth John Woods – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
* Flight Lieutenant Miles Lancaster Pointon – Royal New Zealand ″Air Force.
* Squadron Leader Noel James Work – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Ian Douglas Blair (cropped).jpg, Ian Blair
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Civil division
* William James Bolitho – of
Reefton
Reefton is a small town in the West Coast region of New Zealand, some 80 km northeast of Greymouth, in the Inangahua River valley. Ahaura is 44 km south-west of Reefton, Inangahua Junction is 34 km to the north, Maruia is 63&nb ...
. For services to the coal-mining industry.
* Hector Jack Clark – of Auckland. For services to horticulture and the community.
* Leslie Nelson Cording – of Wellington. For services to the disabled.
* Constance Emily Free – of
Hāwera. For services to the Hawera Hospital and community.
* John Hector Gordon – deceased, of Invercargill. For services to the community.
* Harry Ernest Mitchell Hart – of Christchurch. For services to afforestation.
* Nohowaka Uri Karaka – of Auckland. For services to the trade-union movement.
* Seymour Charles Arundell Lambert – of Auckland. For services to the blind.
* Isabella Lees Roberts – of
Rotorua. For services to the community.
;Military division
* Chief Petty Officer Keith Norman Duley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Sergeant Graeme Alexander Harvey –
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 disease ...
(Territorial Force).
* Staff Sergeant James Hewson Hendrick – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
* Warrant Officer Trevor Frank Mulligan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* Marjory Charles Cambridge – of
Karoro.
* Janet 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 ...
.
* Leonard Ivan Plimmer – 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 ...
.
For public service
*
Kenneth Haslett – of Whangārei.
* Oliver James Henderson – of Invercargill.
* Henry Montague Israel – of Auckland.
* Ailsa Douglas McCutchan – 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 ...
; lately matron-in-chief, Waikato Hospital Board.
* Douglas Crichton McKechnie – of Geraldine.
* The Honourable
Henry Leonard James May – of
Waikanae;
Member of Parliament
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,
1954–1975; Minister of the Crown, 1972–1975.
* Barry Percy Frederick Rothery – of Auckland.
* Hilton Stevens Wells – of Wellington; principal private secretary to the
Prime Minister
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.
File:Henry May.jpg, Henry May
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For community service
* Myrtle Elizabeth Aymes – of
Te Kūiti.
* Denis Lowther Evelyn Broad – of
Carters Beach
Carters Beach is a suburb of Westport on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Located west of Westport on State Highway 67A, it offers a pristine sheltered sandy beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which ...
.
* Dorris Loft Bryant – of Hāwera.
* Lily Kate Victoria Grigg – of Wellington.
* Amelia Ida Haas – of
Pahiatua.
* Richard Albert Himona – of
Masterton.
* Evelyn Francoise Le Lievre (Sister Mary Fidelis) – 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 ...
.
* William Patrick Mathewson – of Hastings.
* Colleen Catherine Neal – of Blenheim.
* Jessie Dundas Scott – of
Alexandra.
* Mervyn David Sterling – of
Matakohe
Matakohe is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The Matakohe River is a short river which runs from the north into the Arapaoa River, which is part of the Kaipara Harbour. State Highway 12 passes through Matakohe. Ruawai is 16 km t ...
.
* Rosalie Sterritt – of Christchurch.
* Mary Margaret Taylor – of Auckland.
* Kyra Veronica Todd – of
New Plymouth.
For public services
* George Albert Ammundsen – of Wanganui.
* John Douglas Bayne – of Te Kūiti.
* John Kinder Clark – of
Milton.
* Dorothy Ivy Croucher – of
Dagenham,
Essex
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, England; lately, private secretary to
High Commissioner, New Zealand High Commission,
London
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.
* Dr Garsie Aris De Latour – of
Te Puia Springs; lately medical superintendent, Waiapu Hospital.
* Harold Lindsay Edwards – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* William Esgar Hale – of
Foxton; director and secretary, New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles Limited.
* Colin Vivian Kerr-Taylor – of
Waimauku.
* Eric Charles Kingston – of
Waipawa
Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of At the 2013 census, it had a population of 1,965, a change of 2.2 percent from the 2006 census.
The town is locate ...
.
* Daisy Winifred Pillar – of
Levin.
* Edward Charlie Puddick – lately director,
Department of Social Welfare, Auckland.
* Mary Elizabeth Richardson – of Auckland.
* Mary Patricia Von Dadelszen – of
Pōrangahau.
* Ronald Edgar Williams – of Rotorua; overseer (buildings), Waipa Sawmill,
New Zealand Forest Service
The New Zealand Forest Service was originally established in 1919 as the State Forest Service. The State Forest Service changed its name to the New Zealand Forest Service in 1949, at about the same time that the Forests Act of 1949 passed through ...
.
Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)
* Athol Eric Cattermole – chief fire officer,
Kaiapoi
Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand. The town is located approximately 17 kilometres north of central Christchurch, close to the mouth of the Waimakariri River. It is cons ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade.
* Robert Mervyn Craig – fireman,
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. ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
* David James Dwan – lately detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* James William Lester – constable, New Zealand Police.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Squadron Leader Ian Samuel Ritchie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
* Squadron Leader Roger Selwyn Holdaway – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
References
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