The 1979 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of
Elizabeth II
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, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as
Queen of New Zealand, 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 16 June 1979.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
*
Lewis Edward Harris – of
Puketapu. For services to handicapped people and the community.
*
(Mountford) Tosswill Woollaston – of
Motueka. For services to art.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
* Lloyd Gilbert Brown – of
Wellington
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. For services to manufacturing and development of energy resources.
* James Hunter Gemmell – of
Auckland
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. For services to manufacturing and export.
*
George Hamish Ormond Wilson – of Wellington. For services as chairman of the
New Zealand Historic Places Trust
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and the board of trustees of the
National Art Gallery and Museum.
File:Ormond Wilson, ca 1938.jpg, Ormond Wilson
Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander (KCVO)
* The Very Reverend
Martin Gloster Sullivan – of Auckland, formerly of
London
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;
Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1967–1977.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander (DBE)
;Civil division
*
Daphne Helen Purves – of
Dunedin
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. For services to the International and New Zealand
Federations of University Women.
Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
*
Arthur Hugh Ward – of
Waikanae
Waikanae (, ) is a town on the Kāpiti Coast, north of the Wellington, New Zealand. The name is a Māori language, Māori word meaning "waters" (''wai'') "of the flathead grey mullet, grey mullet".
The area surrounding the town is notable fo ...
. For services to the dairy industry and education.
;Military division
* Air Marshal
Richard Bruce Bolt –
Chief of Defence Staff.
File:Arthur Ward 1976 (cropped).jpg, Sir Arthur Ward
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
* Margaret Hazel Cotterill – of
Plimmerton
The suburb of Plimmerton lies in the northwest part of the city of Porirua in New Zealand, adjacent to some of the city's more congenial beaches. State Highway 59 and the North Island Main Trunk railway line pass just east of the main shoppi ...
. For services to the
YWCA
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The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swit ...
.
* John Keith Dobson – of Auckland. For services to business management.
*
Grace Shellie Hollander – of
Christchurch
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. For services to the
National Council of Women and the community.
*
Oswald Henry Jackson – of
Greymouth
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. For services to local-body and community affairs.
*
Donald David Rowlands – of Auckland. For services to rowing.
*
Henry Piet Drury Van Asch – of
Havelock North. For services to aerial mapping.
;Military division
* Commodore Roy Herbert Longland Humby –
Royal New Zealand Navy
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.
Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
* James Neil Aitken – of
Patearoa. For services to
hydatid research and eradication.
* William Stewart Armitage – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
* Malcolm Cort Astley – of Auckland. For services as a stipendiary magistrate and to the community.
* Thomas James Atchison – of
Ngāruawāhia
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. For services to riding.
*
Audrey Ngaere Gale – of
New Plymouth
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. For services to the community.
* Maxwell Ian Hume – of
Lower Hutt
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; lately Deputy Assistant Commissioner,
New Zealand Police.
* Timothy Hurley – of
Wanganui
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. For services to the tourist and travel industry.
* Dr
Norris Roy Jefferson – of
Invercargill
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. For services to paraplegics, sport and medicine.
* Edward Anthony Kennedy – of
Paraparaumu Beach; lately deputy chairman,
State Services Commission
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.
*
Dorothy Pauline McNab – of
Balclutha. For services to the community.
*
(James Frank) Edgar Mansfield – of
Napier. For services as a bookbinder and sculptor.
* Maurice Noel Manthel – of Wellington. For services to the community.
* William Gordon Nolan – of
Wairoa. For services to sport and the community.
* Edward Ronald Prince – of Wanganui. For services to sport and the community.
* Lieutenant Commander Peter Maxwell Sanders – of Wellington;
New Zealand Cadet Forces.
*
Arthur Frederick Thomas – of Auckland. For services to local government.
* Lawrence David Tinkham – of Wellington. For services to the performing arts.
* Emeritus Professor John Le Bailly Warren – of Dunedin; lately dean,
University of Otago Dental School.
;Military division
* Commander William Ferguson Jaques – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Colonel
Ian Hamilton Burrows – Colonels' List,
New Zealand Army
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Formed in 1845, as the New Zealand Mil ...
.
* Group Captain Arthur Gilbert Tringham –
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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.
File:Noel Manthel (crop).jpg, Noel Manthel
File:Arthur Frederick Thomas.jpg, Fred Thomas
Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* Gary Thomas William Butler – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
*
John Morton Dickey – of Auckland. For services to the pharmaceutical profession, sport and community.
* Robert Dossor – of
Picton. For services to the
province of Marlborough.
* Charles Dudley – of
Remuera. For services to racing and trotting.
* Alan Falconer Fraser – of
Rangiora
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. For services to sport.
* Betty Fraser – of Wellington; lately principal,
Wellington Girls' College.
*
Abraham Saul Goldsmith – of Wellington. For services to the community.
* Rupert Garth Harris – of Christchurch. For services to diabetics.
* Phyllis Mary Holley – of Dunedin. For services to sport.
* Hugh Janson – of
Carterton. For services to speech and drama teaching and the community.
* Robert Dickson Jennings – of Auckland. For services to children.
*
Linda Christine Jones – of
Cambridge
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. For services as a jockey.
* Edward Joseph Lynskey – of Wellington. For services as commissioner for the
Chatham Islands
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.
*
Rona Iris McCarthy – of
Hastings
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east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...
. For services to sport, especially netball.
* Isabelle Vincente Major – of Dunedin. For services to singing.
* Robert Kenneth Malcolm – of
Ōpōtiki
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. For services to the dairy industry.
* Campbell George Paterson – of Auckland. For services to philately.
* George Ernest Perry – of
Trentham. For services to the community, especially
surf lifesaving and water safety.
*
John Pym Gray Pring – of Auckland. For services to rugby refereeing.
* Thomas Ram – of
Taumarunui
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. For services to the community.
* Richard Newell Stevenson – of Auckland. For services to the Cancer Society of New Zealand.
*
Clifford Vincent Tait – of
Hamilton
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. For services to aviation.
* John Osborne Taylor – of Christchurch. For services to horticulture.
* Roi Carl Te Punga – of Wellington; lately assistant director-general,
Department of Social Welfare.
* Roy Blount Walker – of Dunedin. For services to the theatre.
* Keith Albert Fabian Wills – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
;Military division
* Warrant Officer Radio Electrical Mechanician John Clive Lippross – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Marine Engineering Artificer John Russell Thorburn – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Major Donald Houlton Crabb –
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).
* Warrant Officer Class 2 Patt Dillon –
Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
* Lieutenant and Quartermaster Frederick Sydney Leef – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
* Warrant Officer Harold Douglas Lazarus – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Lieutenant Charles Benedict Raddock – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
File:Saul Goldsmith 1960 (cropped).jpg, Saul Goldsmith
File:Rona Tong 1938b.jpg, Rona McCarthy
File:Donald Houlton Crabb.jpg, Don Crabb
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Military division
* Medical Chief Petty Officer William Charles Filmer – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanician First Class Denis Michael Shaw – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Temporary Staff Sergeant Charles Frederick Boyes – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Territorial Force).
* Sergeant John Frederick Hayward –
Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
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.
* Corporal Brian Ramsay – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
* Sergeant Kenneth Sydney John Dell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant John Karatu Rotia Rogers – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* Dorothy Elizabeth Jane Dolan – of
Methven.
* Noel Alfred Kidd – of
Pukekohe
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.
* Emily Pehipa Matiu Paki – of
Huntly.
* Alfred Lorraine Williams – of Auckland.
For public services
* Rex Douglas Allen – of
Oamaru
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;
mayor of Oamaru.
* John Simeon Blenkhorn – of
Levin.
* Wallace Colin Thomas Brunton – of
Thames
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.
* Mervyn Mackie Chisholm – of
Blenheim; lately supervisor manager,
Molesworth Station.
* Lester Laurence Davis – of Wellington; government insurance commissioner since 1973.
* Beryl Overton Howie – of
Ludhiana
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, India; professor of obstetrics and gynaecology,
Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.
* Pita Tipunakore Kaua – of
Gisborne.
* Edward Conway Keating – of Upper Hutt; government printer since 1976.
* Emere Makere Waiwaha Kaa Mountain – of
Kawakawa.
* James Humphrey Rose – of Auckland.
*
Iver Edgar Trask – of
Paraparaumu
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Like other towns in the area, it has a ...
; lately deputy general manager,
New Zealand Railways.
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
For community service
* George Livingston Baker – of
Patea.
* Margaret Alice Mary Bear – of
Lowry Bay.
* Maude Harriett Lowry Bedingham – of Auckland.
* Kathleen D'bett Cottrell – of
Mount Maunganui.
* Audree Clarence Larraine Curtis – of
Pukahu.
* Gladys Annie Freeland – of
Palmerston.
* Kelvin Robert Gay – of
Nelson.
* Olive Victoria Gordon – of
Roxburgh East.
* Elsie Grieve – of
Dannevirke
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.
* Rita Henry – of Wairoa.
* Joan Phyllis Irvine – of Dannevirke.
* Everard Stanley Martin Kell – of Auckland.
* Ludwik Kowalczyk – of
Petone
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.
* Nathan Roy Low – of New Plymouth.
* Margaret Anne Lynch – of
Rotorua
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.
* Margaret McDonald – of
Tapanui.
* Herbert Walter North – of
Tokanui.
* Robert Allen Rogers – of Hamilton.
* Annie Schuler – of Auckland.
* George Alexander Telfer – of
Ōtorohanga
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.
* Phyllis Ada Thomason – of Motueka.
For public services
* Dr
Deidre Morag Airey – of
Coromandel.
* Alfred George Barwell – of
Dunsandel.
* Thomas Edward Bowe – constable, New Zealand Police.
* Isabel May Charles – of
Silverstream.
* Russell Harold Coombe – of Auckland.
* Josephine Corbett – of Thames; lately supervising principal nurse, Thames Hospital Board.
* Eileen Vera Crosby – of
Hāwera
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.
* William Thomas Earley – of Invercargill.
* Warren John Ellis – of
Taupō
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.
* Joseph Grbavac – of
Kumeū
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.
* Peter James Hurley – of
Kotemaori; line ganger, Electricity Division, Ministry of Energy.
* Lorna Winifred Leman – of Pukekohe.
* Alexander James Leyland – constable, New Zealand Police.
* Michael Lawrence Moloney – of Hastings.
* Stanley Tetekura Newton – of Rotorua.
* Phyllis Margaret Rolls – of
Masterton
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.
* Patricia Anne Rowell – of
Timaru
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.
* Francis Leslie Smith – of Blenheim.
* John Walker – of
Waitahuna.
Royal Red Cross
Associate (ARRC)
* Captain Bruce Derby Rennie –
Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)
* Arthur James Easton – chief fire officer, Levin Volunteer Fire Brigade.
* William Girling-Butcher – chief fire control officer,
New Zealand Forest Service, Wellington.
* Geoffrey Cyril Stephens – chief fire officer, Blenheim Volunteer Fire Brigade.
* Ian James Walker – chief fire officer, Lower Hutt Fire Brigade.
* Albert William White – station officer (volunteer), Napier Fire Brigade.
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
* Brian Wilkinson – detective chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Lieutenant Adrian Grey Tunnicliffe – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Squadron Leader
Carey William Adamson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air
* Sergeant Robert Keith Foreman – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Master Engineer Robert John Moody – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Sergeant Barry James Woodcock – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
References
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