The 1981 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 durin ...
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 1980 and the beginning of 1981, and were announced on 31 December 1980.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
*
Charles Hilgendorf – of
Ashburton. For public services, especially as chairman of the
New Zealand Meat Producers Board
The New Zealand Meat Board is a statutory body which provides quota management on behalf of the Crown for meat exports to the United States, European Union and United Kingdom. To protect their own livestock industry these countries give limited ac ...
.
*
Austin George Wilson – 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 I ...
. For services to commerce and the community.
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB)
;Military division
* Air Vice Marshal
David Ewan Jamieson –
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 Zeal ...
.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG)
* John Clarke – of
Clinton; chairman,
New Zealand Wool Board
The New Zealand Wool Board was established in 1944 under the Wool Industry Act.Julian Roche, p180, ''The International Wool Trade'', Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, England, 1995 McKinsey & Company published a report in 2000 that sparked two yea ...
, 1972–80.
* The Honourable
Richard Geoffrey Gerard – of
Rakaia
Rakaia is a town seated close to the southern banks of the Rakaia River on the Canterbury Plains in New Zealand's South Island, approximately 57 km south of Christchurch on State Highway 1 and the Main South Line. Immediately north of the ...
. For public services.
*
Noel Vernon Lough – of
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the l ...
;
secretary to the Treasury
In the United Kingdom, there are several Secretaries to the Treasury, who are Treasury ministers nominally acting as secretaries to HM Treasury. The origins of the office are unclear, although it probably originated during Lord Burghley's tenure ...
, 1977–80.
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Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander (DBE)
;Civil division
*
Whina Cooper
Dame Whina Cooper (9 December 1895 – 26 March 1994) was a respected (Māori elder), who worked for many years for the rights of her people, and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. She is remembered for leading the 1975 Māori l ...
– of Auckland. 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 severa ...
.
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Knight Commander (KBE)
;Civil division
* Dr The Honourable
Thomas Robert Alexander Harries Davis – of
Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...
;
premier of the Cook Islands. For services to medicine and the people of the Cook Islands.
Commander (CBE)
;Civil division
* James Warne Ardagh – 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 medicine.
*
Doreen Vera Blumhardt – 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 ...
. For services to art, especially pottery.
*
Francis Rei Paul Hamon – of
Thames
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. For services to art.
* Mary Wilhelmina Margaret Lythgoe – of
Waikanae
Waikanae (, ) is a town on the Kapiti Coast, 60 kilometres north of the Wellington CBD. The name is a Māori word meaning "waters" (''wai'') "of the grey mullet".
The town lies between Paraparaumu, eight kilometres to the southwest, and Ōt ...
. For services to nursing.
*
Arthur William Baden Powell
Arthur William Baden Powell (4 April 1901 – 1 July 1987) was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the 20th century. He was know ...
– of Auckland. For services to marine science.
* Dr
Edwin Ian Robertson – of
Tawa; director-general,
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 ...
, 1971–80.
* Dr
Frank William Eden Rutter – of Auckland. For services as chairman, Auckland Hospital Board.
;Military division
* Air Commodore Ian Murray Gillard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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Officer (OBE)
;Civil division
*
Harry Herbert Ayres – of Christchurch. For services to mountaineering.
*
Leo George Wellington Carrington – of
Stratford. For services to local and community affairs.
* George Cooper Cruickshank – 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 ...
. For services to the sport of trotting.
*
Murray Charles Day – 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 Hamilto ...
. For services to squash.
* Bernard Lancelot Ebbett – 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 services to the dairy industry.
* Stuart Carlton Hay – of Auckland. For services to the community.
*
Hamish Henry Cordy Keith – of Auckland; chairman,
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand) is the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government, investing in artists and arts organisations, offering capability building programmes and developing markets ...
.
*
Nevile Sidney Lodge – of Wellington. For services as a cartoonist.
* Donald Mitchell McKenzie – of Auckland. For services to physiotherapy and the blind.
* Lloyd Morgan – of
Paraparaumu. For services to
Lions Clubs International
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.
* Walcott Eyre Wilder Ormond – 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 local ...
. For services to Thoroughbred breeding.
* John Wellesley Evan Raine – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
* Desmond Bruce Smith – of Christchurch. For services to cycling.
* William John Watt – of Auckland. For services to anaesthetics and the community.
* Iona 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 services to the community.
* Ray Roberts Wilson – of Auckland. For services to music.
;Military division
* Captain Alexander David Nelson –
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
Donald Stuart McIver – Colonels' List,
New Zealand Army
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* Wing Commander Te Waaka Hemi Morete – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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Member (MBE)
;Civil division
* Maude Louisa Ashley – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
* Eric Douglas Baynton – of Auckland. For services to returned servicemen.
* Maurice Reginald Billows – of
Bluff
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Places Australia
* Bluff, Queensland, Australia, a town
* The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich
* The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a rural locality
* Bluff River (New ...
. For services to local and community affairs.
* Colin Brenton-Rule – of Auckland. For services to the community.
* John Cunningham Chalmers – of Auckland. For services to education.
* Wadier Assid Corban – of Auckland. For services to the viticultural industry.
* John Middleton Garrett – of Auckland. For services to ex-prisoners of war.
*
Olga Estelle Harding – of Wellington. For services to drama and education.
* Clarence Alfred Healey – of
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 ...
. For services to rowing.
* Richard Bower Heathcote – of
Morrinsville
Morrinsville is a provincial town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, with an estimated population of as of The town is located at the northern base of the Pakaroa Range, and on the south-western fringe of the Hauraki Plains ...
. For services to local and community affairs.
* Reginald Ernest Hermans – of Hamilton. For services to engineering.
* Francis Jellyman – of
Cobden. For services to rugby league.
* Temporary Squadron Leader George Alfred Kay – of Wellington; No. 18 Avon Squadron,
New Zealand Air Training Corps
The New Zealand Air Training Corps (also known as Air Cadets and ATC) is one of the three corps in the New Zealand Cadet Forces, the other two being the Sea Cadet Corps and New Zealand Cadet Corps. It is funded in partnership between the RNZAF ...
.
* Ashley Robert Lewis – of
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
It is New Zealand's sixth most ...
; controller of programme services,
Television New Zealand
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, area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solo ...
.
* Lawrence Hamilton McClelland – of Christchurch; Registrar-General of Land, 1967–80.
* Rita McEwan – of
Paremata
Paremata is a suburb of Porirua, on the Tasman Sea coast to the north of Wellington, New Zealand.
History
Early history
The modern suburb, just south of Plimmerton, derives its name from the "Paremata Barracks", erected on the north shore of P ...
; lately principal nurse, Porirua Hospital.
* Ian Crawford McGregor – 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 ...
; lately deputy general manager,
New Zealand Railways.
* The Reverend Francis George McKean – of
Pōkeno
Pōkeno is a small town in the Waikato District of the Waikato region in New Zealand, southeast of Auckland, from Tuakau and from Mercer. State Highway 1 originally ran through the town, but the upgrading of the highway in 1992 to expresswa ...
. For services in Tonga, New Hebrides, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
* Robert Stronach Mitchell – inspector,
New Zealand Police
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 maintaini ...
.
* James Morgan – chief inspector, New Zealand Police.
* Dr James Graham Power – of Thames. For services to medicine and the community.
* Richard John Rassie – of Auckland. For services to sport, especially table tennis.
* Francis John Stanton – of Christchurch; mountaineer. For services to the
DC10 recovery operation, Antarctica, November–December 1979.
* Catherine Edith Cydie Strang – 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. Th ...
. For services to the theatre.
* Hemi Wiremu – of
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, England. For services to New Zealand interests in the United Kingdom.
;Military division
* Warrant Officer Yeoman of Signals Wiremu Nepia Bartlett – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Lieutenant Commander George Ross Gibson –
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 t ...
.
* Warrant Officer Leigh George Morley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Ordnance Artificer Geoffrey John Ockleston – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Warrant Officer Class I Robert George Blankley –
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 ...
.
* Warrant Officer First Class Edward William Bruce –
Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers
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.
* Warrant Officer Class II Michael David Flattery-Donohoe –
Corps of Royal New Zealand Signals.
* Warrant Officer Barry Ruthven Thurston (H77793) – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
;Military division
* Chief Petty Officer Radio Supervisor Gary James Johnston – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Petty Officer Electrician David Thomas Lilley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Sergeant David Ward Chambers –
Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
The Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RNZEME) was a New Zealand Army Corps comprising Army trained tradesmen (craftsmen) who repaired Army equipment wherever New Zealand Forces served.
Prior to 1946 NZEME functions were carri ...
.
* Sergeant Robert John McCloughen –
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 ...
.
* Staff Sergeant Paul Herbert Robinson –
Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport
The Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport (RNZCT) was a corps within the New Zealand Army that provided logistical support to combat and combat support elements of the Army. Tracing its history back to 1910 when the New Zealand Army Service Corps ...
.
* Flight Sergeant Desmond John Lyall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* General Service Hand Ronald Sidney Mead – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Flight Sergeant Thomas Richard Statham – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)
For community service
* Dr Joseph Richard Dawson – of Christchurch.
* Kathleen Muriel Evans – of
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Places ...
.
* Norman Thomas Veech Gusscott – of Lower Hutt.
* Kathleen Mullins – of
Waiatarua.
* Henry Russell Rice – of Auckland.
* Anne Margaret West – of
Kaitaia
Kaitaia ( mi, Kaitāia) is a town in the Far North District of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula, about 160 km northwest of Whangārei. It is the last major settlement on State Highway 1. Ahipara Bay, the southern end of ...
.
For public services
* Wilfred James Allingham – of Auckland.
* Dr
Henry Rongomau Bennett – of
Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilt ...
; medical superintendent,
Tokanui Hospital, since 1964.
* Dr Graham Bruce Alistair Cowie – of
Masterton
Masterton ( mi, Whakaoriori), a large town in the Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand, operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a ...
.
* Charles George Cran – of Christchurch.
* Dr
Richard Kenneth Dell – of Wellington; director,
National Museum
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, 1966–80; president of the
Royal Society of New Zealand
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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 ...
.
*
Stewart Hector James Duff – of Wellington.
* Arthur Gordon Spratt – 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, ...
.
* Daniel Lindsay Studholme – of
Eketāhuna
Eketāhuna is a small rural settlement, in the south of the Tararua District and the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.
The town is located at eastern foot of the Tararua Ranges, 35 kilometres north of Masterton and a ...
.
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Queen's Service Medal
For community service
* Frederick John Stanley Adam – of Wellington.
* Oleen Winifred Madge Adrian – of
Dannevirke
Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is), is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New ...
.
* Bartholomew Michael Dennehy – of
Napier.
* Noel Edwin Gordon Dick – of Eketāhuna.
* Hester Loughrey Gentles – of Christchurch.
* Ernest Moreland Groube – 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 ...
.
* William Hastings Jones – of
Balclutha.
* Agnes Gwendolene King – of
Richmond
Richmond most often refers to:
* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, Californi ...
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* Amrita Norma Large – of Auckland.
* Marjory Mahala Lill – of Auckland.
* Rosalie Hazel Lill – of Auckland.
* Williamina Margaret McHardy – of Napier.
* Dorothy Helen Meadows – of
Hikurangi
Hikurangi is a settlement in Northland, New Zealand. The city of Whangārei is 17 km (11 miles) to the south, and Kawakawa is 39 km (24 miles) northwest. The Glenbervie Forest is southeast of the settlement. State Highway ...
.
* Mary Loma Lois Metherell – of Hamilton.
* Isobel Brunton Mills – of Tapanui.
* Martha Edna Moon – of
Kaikohe
Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about 260 km from Auckland. It is the largest inland town and highest community above sea level in the Northland Region. With a population of ove ...
.
* Ronald Dalmore Munro – of
Timaru
Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to ...
.
* Charles Edward Pethybridge – of
Motueka.
* Leonard Harry Sigglekow – of
Takapuna
Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is situated at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. While very small in terms of population, it ...
.
* Mary Eileen Orella Smith – of Auckland.
* Dorothy Waititi – of
Cape Runaway.
*
Airini Elizabeth Woodhouse – of Timaru.
* Constance Ethel Wright – of Christchurch.
For public services
* George Witika Brown – of
Te Karaka
Te Karaka is a small settlement inland from Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne, in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island. It is located in the valley of the Waipaoa River close to its junction with its tributary, the Waihora River. Te Karaka is ...
.
* Harold Mark Vincent Burgess – of Wellington; detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
* Christina Kelly Davey – of Palmerston North.
* Frederick Denbee – of
Carterton.
* Geoffrey Neville Dyer – 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 ...
.
* Alice Marjorie Fieldhouse – of Wellington.
* Dr Thomas Michael Francis Fitzgerald – of
Hāwera.
* David Stewart Goulding – of Christchurch.
* Trevor William Hick – of
Silverdale.
* Alan Purdy Jesson – 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 encomp ...
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* Ian Henderson Johnson – of Lower Hutt; lately teacher,
Taita College
Taita may refer to:
* Taita people, a Bantu ethnic group in Kenya
* Taita language, a Bantu language
*Taitā, New Zealand, a suburb of Lower Hutt City
* Taita Hills, a mountain range in Kenya
* Taita Cushitic languages, an extinct pair of Afro-Asi ...
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* Allan George Lather – of Whangārei.
* Daphne Irene Lawrence – of Lower Hutt.
* Margaret Jean Leaf – of Auckland.
* Ada Lucy Lee – of Christchurch.
* Gordon Buckingham McGeorge – of Rakaia.
* Henry James Martin – 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 ...
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* Colin Harry Stuart Miller – of
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
Geography
The Upper Hutt city centre lies approximately 26 km north- ...
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* Frederick Sidney Phillips – of
Gisborne.
* Albert Pomeroy – of Invercargill.
* Ronald Maxwell Stewart – of Invercargill.
* Gilbert Richard Yeoman – of
Whakatāne
Whakatāne ( , ) is the seat of the Bay of Plenty region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatāne River. Whakatāne District is the encompassing territorial authority, ...
.
Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)
* Colin James Flanagan – divisional officer, Dunedin Fire Brigade.
* George Raymond Heaven – chief fire officer,
Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade.
* Peter Henry Thompson – chief fire officer,
Hokitika
Hokitika is a town in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island, south of Greymouth, and close to the mouth of the Hokitika River. It is the seat and largest town in the Westland District. The town's estimated population is as of ...
Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
*
Kenneth Owen Thompson – of Wellington; deputy commissioner, New Zealand Police.
Air Force Cross (AFC)
* Master Helicopter Crewman Ivan William Toothill – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
References
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