The 1973 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 1972 and the beginning of 1973, and were announced on 1 January 1973. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

* The Right Honourable John Ross Marshall – lately

Prime Minister of New Zealand The prime minister of New Zealand ( mi, Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017. The prime minister (inform ...

. File:Jack Marshall, 1972.jpg, Jack Marshall

Knight Bachelor

* Geoffrey Newland Roberts – of

Wellsford Wellsford (Māori: ''Whakapirau'') is a town on the Northland Peninsula in the northern North Island of New Zealand. It is the northernmost major settlement in the Auckland Region, and is 77 kilometres northwest of the Auckland CBD. Wellsford i ...

. For outstanding services to aviation. File:Geoffrey Newland Roberts 1943.jpg, Geoffrey Roberts

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* Alfred Ernest Allen – lately Speaker, House of Representatives. * Leonard Poulter Leary – 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 valuable services to law.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * Robert Alexander Falla – 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 outstanding services to conservation. * The Right Honourable Sir Alexander Kingcome Turner – of Wellington. For outstanding services as president of the Court of Appeal. File:Robert Falla, assistant zoologist with the B.A.N.Z. Expedition, ca. 1930.jpg, Sir Robert Falla

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * Graham Francis Hall – of Wellington. For very valuable services to medicine. * William Maxwell Manchester – of

Papatoetoe Papatoetoe is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest suburb in Auckland by population and is located to the northwest of Manukau Central, and 18 kilometres southeast of Auckland CBD. Papatoetoe has the unofficial title of Auckland ...

. For very valuable services as head of the

Middlemore Middlemore is a suburb of the former Manukau City, one of the four cities that made up the conurbation of Auckland, in northern New Zealand, until 2010. The suburb is located on flat land at the southern end of the Ōtāhuhu isthmus, at the e ...

plastic surgical unit. * The Honourable William Blair Tennent – 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 very valuable services in politics and education. * Robert Martin Williams – 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 very valuable services to science, administration and education. ;Military division * Air Commodore Ernest Charles Gartrell – Deputy Chief of Air Staff. File:Blair Tennent, 1954.jpg, Blair Tennent

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Professor Dennis Geoffrey Bonham – of Auckland. For valuable services to medicine. * George Cyril Burton – of Wellington. For valuable services to the community. * Robert Donald Cox – of Auckland. For valuable services to commerce. * Cecil Lancelot Stewart Cross – of Wellington. For valuable services to sports administration. * Francis William Dry – of Palmerston North. For valuable services to the wool industry. *

Henry Edward Field Henry Edward Field (11 July 1903 – 28 March 1991) was a New Zealand educational psychologist, educationalist and university professor. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 11 July 1903. In the 1973 New Year Honours, Field was appo ...

– 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 valuable services to education. * Leonard Charles Harrison – of Stratford. For valuable services to the community. * Henry Charles McQueen – of Wellington. For valuable services to the community. * The Honourable

John Mathison John Mathison (29 September 1901 – 12 October 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was famed for his skills as a chairman and well known for his "unmistakably Scottish" accent, eloquent speeches and dry sense of humour ...

– of Christchurch. For valuable services to politics. * Robert Richmond Rex. For valuable services to the people of

Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...

. * William Newton Sheat – of Lower Hutt. For valuable services to the arts. * Matiu Te Hau – of Auckland. For valuable services to

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

education. * Charles Stewart Thomas – of Christchurch. For valuable services to the community. * George Augustus Walsh – 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 valuable services to politics. ;Military division * Commander John Wilfred Harper Fullerton Dickie –

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 Maurice Craig Churton –

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 ...

(Territorial Force). * Group Captain Walter Graham Hughes – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:Francis Dry 1974 (cropped).jpg, Francis Dry File:John Mathison, 1959.jpg, John Mathison File:Bill Sheat New Zealand Film Commission 40th Anniversary (1).jpg, Bill Sheat File:George Walsh.jpg, George Walsh

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Ronald Gilmour Anderson – of Cheviot. For services to local government. * John McKay Archibald – of

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 Re ...

. For services to the community. * William James Cronshaw Ashcroft – of

Havelock North Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of loca ...

. For services to local government. * John Harband Brunt – 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, especially the Nelson Harbour Board. * Stanley Norman Chatfield – of

Ōpōtiki Ōpōtiki (; from ''Ōpōtiki-Mai-Tawhiti'') is a small town in the eastern Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. It houses the headquarters of the Ōpōtiki District Council and comes under the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Ge ...

. For services to local government. * David Bartholomew Curry – of Masterton. For services to the community. * James Riddle Earwaker – of Alexandra. For services to the community. * Robert Stephenson Jordan Fitzgerald – of

Oamaru Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the rai ...

. For services to medicine and the community. * James Guy – of

Te Kōpuru Te Kōpuru is the largest community on the Pouto Peninsula in Northland, New Zealand. The Wairoa River separates the peninsula at this point from the main North Auckland Peninsula to the east. Dargaville is to the north. History and culture ...

. For services to the community. * Enyth Muriel Holdgate – of Auckland. For services to nursing. * Anirau Miria Karauria – 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 ...

. For services to the Māori community * Winifred Frances Lysnar – of Gisborne. For services to the community. * Ivall Moira Macdonald – 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 and especially the

Girl Guides Association Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a char ...

. * Shona Graham McFarlane – of Dunedin. For services to the arts. * Beatrice Annie Matheson – of Raglan. For services to the community. * Alexander Prentice – of Christchurch. For services to the community. * Donald David Rowlands – of Auckland. For services to rowing. * Ronald Henshall Simmons – of Auckland. For services to the community, * Ernest William Taylor – 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 the community. * Waiharakeke Waitere – of

Putiki Putiki is a settlement in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island, located across the Whanganui River from Whanganui city. It includes the intersection of State Highway 3 and State Highway 4. The ...

. For services to the Māori community. * John Anthony Roy Walker – of

Otautau Otautau is a small farming, forestry and milling town located inland on the western edge of the Southland Plains of New Zealand on the banks of the Aparima River. Otautau is located approximately north west of Invercargill. The average elevatio ...

. For services to the community. ;Military division * Lieutenant Commander Joseph Grant – Royal New Zealand Navy (Retired). * Lieutenant Commander William Murton Wheeler – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (Retired);

Sea Cadet Corps Sea cadets are members of a sea cadet corps, a formal uniformed youth organisation for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy. The organisation may be sponsored in whole or in part by the navy or a naval s ...

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 ...

. * Warrant Officer First Class Jack Colin Cocker – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force). * Major John Lawrence Manning – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). * Captain Philip Richard Robert Rutherford –

Royal 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 ...

(Regular Force). * Warrant Officer Second Class Robert John Whitefield – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Territorial Force). * Squadron Leader Roger Musson Cattermole – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Patrick Christopher Rice – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:Shona McFarlane (cropped).jpg, Shona McFarlane

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

* Leslie James Davis – of Auckland, lately High Commissioner of the Cook Islands.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

For gallantry

;Civil division * Geoffrey Stewart Barrett – of

Wainuiomata Wainuiomata () is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. Origin of name The word 'Wainui-o-mata' is a Māori name made up of the words Wai = water, Nui = big, O = of, and Mata – which could refer ...

. For gallantry shown in seizing an armed murderer in Wellington. ;Military division * Petty Officer Walter Steel Inglis – Royal New Zealand Navy. For gallantry shown in seizing an armed murderer in Wellington.

For meritorious service

;Civil division * Christabel Lenore Bending – of Marton. For services to the community. * Alice Bent – of New Plymouth. For services to the community. * Peter Vincent Keown – 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 ...

. For services to the community, particularly search and rescue in the

Wānaka Wānaka () is a popular ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. At the southern end of Lake Wānaka, it is at the start of the Clutha River/Mata-Au and is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park. ...

area. * Walter McDougall – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community. * Eva Marion Rimmer – of

Edgecumbe Edgecumbe is a town in the Bay of Plenty of the North Island of New Zealand, 15 kilometres to the west of Whakatāne and eight kilometres south of the Bay's coast. It is the main service town for the agricultural region surrounding the plains ...

. For services to paraplegics. * Norman William Rossiter – of Westport. For services to the community. * John William Roughan – Director of Public Works, Niue. * Wesley Newsome Stanley – 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. ;Military division * Acting Warrant Radioman Allan Parker – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer Writer David Alexander Seaton – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Petty Officer Engineering Mechanic Dennis John Stapleton – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Corporal David Ian Bird –

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 c ...

(Regular Force). * Sergeant Hori Heteri Hokianga – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). * Sergeant (Temporary Staff Sergeant) Gilbert Alan Mains – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). * Flight Sergeant Eric Stanley Dark – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Corporal James Burns Duncan – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant Desmond Bruce Harlick – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:EveRimmerMedals.jpg, Eve Rimmer

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Wing Commander Ivor Veitch Mackay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

* Gordon Drummond – chief fire service officer, New Zealand Fire Service Council. * Randolph William McMillan – chief fire officer,

Temuka Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch. It is located at the centre of a rich sheep and dairy farming region, for which it is a service town. It lies on the no ...

Volunteer Fire Brigade. * Elvyn Francis Quinlan – secretary, United Fire Brigades Association of New Zealand.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Master Signaller Noel Joseph Crump – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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