The 1965 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by

Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...

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 1964 and the beginning of 1965, and were announced on 1 January 1965. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

* Professor Edward George Sayers – dean of the Medical Faculty,

University of Otago The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...

. Edward Sayers 1981 (cropped).jpg, Sir Edward Sayers

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

;Military division * Air Vice-Marshal Ian Gordon Morrison –

Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; ) is the aerial warfare, aerial military service, service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Perm ...

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

* George Burns – of

Christchurch Christchurch (; ) is the largest city in the South Island and the List of cities in New Zealand, second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of , and a metropolitan population of over hal ...

. For services to journalism. * John Thomson Gilkison – Commissioner of Works.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

;Civil division * William Alfred Stevenson – of

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

. For services to the community.

Commander (CBE)

;Civil division * William Henry Cooper – of Auckland. For services to education. * Percy Dowse – mayor of Hutt City. *

Alister Murray Linton Alister Murray Linton (12 March 1904 – 15 August 1980) was a New Zealand surveyor, local politician, land officer, community leader, horticulturist and broadcaster. Biography He was born in Halcombe, Manawatu/Horowhenua, New Zealand on 12 ...

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mayor of Rotorua The mayor of Rotorua officiates over the Rotorua Lakes District of New Zealand, which is administered by the Rotorua Lakes Council. An elected borough council first came together in February 1923; prior to that, the area had effectively been unde ...

. * Ernest Richard Toop – of

Wellington Wellington 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 third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

. For services to local government. ;Military division * Brigadier Robert Boyd Dawson – New Zealand Regular Force. File:Percy Dowse cropped.jpg, Percy Dowse File:Ernest Richard Toop.jpg, Ernest Toop File:Robert Boyd Dawson.jpg, Robert Dawson

Officer (OBE)

;Civil division * Arthur Dudley Carson – director of the Fields and Marginal Lands Divisions,

Department of Lands and Survey The Department of Lands and Survey was a government department in New Zealand that managed the administration of Crown land and its survey and mapping requirements. History Establishment The department was established in 1876 with the appointment ...

. * Bertie Victor Cooksley – of

Masterton Masterton () is a large town in the Wellington Region, Greater Wellington Region of New Zealand that operates as the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local-government district). It is the largest town in the Wairarapa ...

. For services to the community. * Donald Alexander Finlayson – of Northland. For services to the dairy industry. * Alexander Kirkpatrick – of

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, 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 local government. * Grant Raglan Milne – of Wellington. For services in the field of engineering, particularly as president of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers. * Lawrence David Jose Nathan – of Auckland. For services to the community in the fields of philanthropy and local government. * Robert Steele Pearson – superintendent of the Youth Centre, Prisons Department, Waikeria. * Morton Sommerville Rennie – of Auckland. For services to agriculture. * Peter George Snell – of Auckland. For his outstanding achievement in the field of athletics. * Winifred Sarah Train – lately matron,

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; , colloquially known as Palmerston or Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatū Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manaw ...

Public Hospital. *

Frederick Turnovsky Frederick Turnovsky (28 December 1916 – 12 December 1994) was a New Zealand manufacturer, entrepreneur, advocate and community leader. He was born in Prague, Bohemia in 1916. Early life Turnovsky was the second son of Max Turnovsky and ...

– of Wellington. For services in the field of music. ;Military division * Commander John Malcolm Fielder –

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 Force (New Zealand), Volunteer units were formed in Auckland and Nels ...

. * Lieutenant-Colonel Noel Rodney Ingle –

Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals The Royal New Zealand Signals Corps (RNZSigs) provides, co-ordinates and operates the communications networks of the New Zealand Army. The role of RNZSigs is to support other Arms by providing Communication Information System required for Comma ...

(Regular Force). * Wing Commander Melville Harry Scott Innes-Jones – Royal New Zealand Air Force. File:Cooksley, Mr & Mrs B V (cropped).jpg, Bert Cooksley File:Peter Snell 1964.jpg, Peter Snell File:Frederick Turnovsky.jpg, Frederick Turnovsky

Member (MBE)

;Civil division * Victor Maxwell Anderson – of

Eketāhuna Eketāhuna is a small rural settlement, in the south of the Tararua (district), New Zealand, 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 kilome ...

. For services to local government. * Edward Stuart Bibby – of

Waipawa Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay (district), Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of The town is located northeast of Waipukurau and southwest of Hastings, New Zeal ...

. For services to the community. * Ada Clark – of Auckland. For services to the Missions to Seamen Harbour Lights Guild. * Cyril James Cox . For services to the community, especially as chairman of the

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 ...

Health Camp Committee. * Leo Vernon Farthing – of

Timaru Timaru (; ) 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 Ocean, Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to peo ...

. For services to local government and welfare organisations. * Hubert Menary Hammond – of

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...

. For services to local government and horticulture. * David Livingstone Holmes . For community welfare services, especially as chairman of the

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ; Moriori language, Moriori: , 'Misty Sun'; ) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consisting of about 10 islands within an approxima ...

County Council. * Bruce Hutchen – of

Taranaki Taranaki is a regions of New Zealand, region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Mount Taranaki, Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the ...

. For services to the community. * Laura May Cook Ingram – of

Motueka Motueka is a town in the South Island of New Zealand, close to the mouth of the Motueka River on the western shore of Tasman Bay. It is the second largest in the Tasman Region, with a population of as of The surrounding district has a numb ...

. For services in the fields of community welfare and local government. * Herbert George Kemp – of Ashburton. For services to local government and the community. * Mabel Mahinarangi Kewene – matron, Te Puia Springs Hospital, Gisborne. * Thomas McKenzie – of

Invercargill Invercargill ( , ) is the southernmost and westernmost list of cities in New Zealand, city in New Zealand, and one of the Southernmost settlements, southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland Region, Southlan ...

. For services to farming. * Albert Henry Nees – of Blenheim. For services to local-body affairs. * Edward Herbert Raymond – mayor of

Te Puke Te Puke ( ) is a town located 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 and Maketu, which are both coastal towns/cities, a ...

Borough Council. * William John Richards – mayor of Hokitika. * Te Kiato Riwai – of Christchurch. For services as a welfare officer to the

Māori people Māori () are the Indigenous peoples of Oceania, indigenous Polynesians, Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of Māori migration canoes, c ...

. * Martin Sydney Stanley Smith – deputy mayor of Wanganui. * Ernest Wilfred Turner – of Auckland. For services to local government. ;Military division * Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Thomas Henry Logan –

Royal New Zealand Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN; ) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of eight ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act 1913, and the subsequent acquisition of the cruiser , whi ...

. * Warrant Officer Class I Jack Douglas Flowerday –

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 ...

(Regular Force). * Major James Frederick Moodie –

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 ...

(Regular Force). * Squadron Leader Herbert Keele Horne – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Laurie Alexander Anderson – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Warrant Officer Brian Elliott Nye – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

;Civil division, for gallantry * Andrew Robert McFarlane – constable, New Zealand Police. For arresting a mentally unbalanced man armed with a rifle. * Donald Kinloch White – sergeant, New Zealand Police. For arresting a mentally unbalanced man armed with a rifle. ;Civil division, for meritorious service * James Gordon Mearns – station maintenance overseer, Ministry of Works Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force Station Hobsonville. * Hector Redvers Sear – chief guide,

Waitomo Caves Waitomo is a rural community in the King Country region of New Zealand's North Island. There are several solutional cave systems in the area around the village, which are popular tourist attractions. Restaurants and accommodation are centred in ...

. * Archibald Frederick Williams – group scoutmaster, 1st

Karori Karori is a suburb located at the western edge of the urban area of Wellington, New Zealand, from the city centre and is one of New Zealand's most populous suburbs, with a population of in The name Karori used to be Kaharore and is from th ...

Group. ;Military division * Chief Petty Officer Writer Frederick Cozens – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer Electrician Michael John Patrick Headley – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Radio Electrical Artificer Peter George Saunders – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Chief Petty Officer John Stokes – Royal New Zealand Navy. * Sergeant John Lawrence Rogers Lydiate – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). * Staff-Sergeant (temporary) John David Anson Wright –

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 of ...

(Regular Force). * Flight Sergeant Maurice Alan Conroy – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Sergeant James Walter Findlay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

* Matron Iris Frazer –

Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps The Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (RNZNC) is a corps of the New Zealand Army. The corps was initially formed in 1915 from civilian nurses who volunteered for service during World War I, and who were granted honorary officer ranks. A Nursin ...

(Regular Force).

Air Force Cross (AFC)

* Squadron Leader Edmund Chester Arundel – Royal New Zealand Air Force. * Flight Lieutenant William Edmund Hugh Bromley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

* Leslie Roy Joseph Osmond – chief fire officer, Christchurch Fire Brigade. * Hector Edward Braggins – lately third officer, Masterton Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

* William Smith Craigie – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force. * Henry Mark Holmes – detective chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

* Flying Officer Gerald Ayre – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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