1953 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• His Excellency Frederick Widdowson Doidge – high commissioner in London for New Zealand.

  Companion (CMG)

• Henry Ralph Hervey Chalmers – of Wadestown. For services to banking and sport.
• John Hector Luxford – principal stipendiary magistrate in Auckland.

  Order of the British Empire

Dame Grand Cross (GBE)

• The Right Honourable Barbara, Baroness Freyberg. In recognition of her services to New Zealand.

  Commander (CBE)

• Philip Norton Cryer – director-general of the Post and Telegraph Department.
• Jane Robertson McKenzie – New Zealand chargé d'affaires in Paris.
• Geoffrey Sylvester Peren – principal of the Massey Agricultural College. For services to agriculture.
• William Henry Price – of Wellington. For services to shipping and local government.

  Officer (OBE)

• Harold Galt Dickie – of Rotorua. For public and local government services.
• Frederick James Earle – of Nelson. For services to journalism.
• Joseph William Hadfield – of Christchurch. For services to agriculture, and especially in connection with the development of the linen flax industry.
• Arthur Kidd – a medical practitioner at Waipiata Sanatorium.
• Herbert Seton Stewart Kyle – of Riccarton. For public and local government services.
• Albert Edward Lawrence – of Timaru. For services to the community, especially in the fields of sport, journalism and education.
• Tohuroa Hira Parata – of Wellington. For services to the Māori people, especially in the field of athletics.
• Stanley Rice – of Southland. For services to education and local government.
• Thomas Leonard Seddon – of Feilding. For services to the community.
• William Burgoyne Taverner – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Harold Temple White – of Wellington. For services to the community as a musician, especially in the training of school choirs.

• Commander Ralph Eric Harding – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Edwjn Ernest Richards – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Wing Commander John William Henry Bray – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• William Prentice Black – engineer of the Waimate County Council.
• Olive Mary Brown – of Invercargill. For patriotic and social welfare services.
• Rose Cadness – of Auckland. For services, to the community, especially in connection with social welfare and local government.
• Ivy Marion Cuthbert – of Auckland. For patriotic and social welfare services.
• Ethel Maude Field – of Palmerston North. For services to the community especially in connection with women's organisations.
• Elizabeth May Gillespie – district nurse at Opotiki.
• Helen Dorothy Grant – formerly matron of Masterton Public Hospital.
• Charles Adolph Kitto – of Wellington. For services to sport.
• Irene Florence Land – honorary secretary–treasurer of the New Zealand War Amputees' Association.
• Lydia Rachel Livingstone – of Christchurch. For social welfare services, especially in the interests of servicemen.
• Vida Alice Milroy – of New Plymouth; a district nurse and nurse inspector for many years.
• The Reverend Albert Everil Orr – a Methodist city missioner in Auckland.
• Florence Amelia Pritchard – a voluntary aid at the Mowai Red Cross Hospital for many years.
• Caroline Ada Seville – of Morrinsville. For patriotic and social welfare services.
• Takurua Tamarau – a leading chief of the Bay of Plenty. For services to the Māori people.
• Yvette Winifred Williams – of Dunedin. For services in women's athletics.

• Lieutenant-Commander Ian Barclay Campbell – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Leonard Arthur Hobbs – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Captain Edward George Taylor – New Zealand Regiment.
• Warrant Officer First Class Edward James Trappitt – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Flight Lieutenant Raymond John Maltby Haggett – Air Training Corps, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Ernest Wallace Bolton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• William George Mence – chauffeur, Public Service Garage, Wellington.
• Thomas Elliott Reid – station officer, New Zealand Fire Service, Wellington.

• Master-at-Arms Keith Frederick Connew – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Temporary Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist Eric Andrew Sorenson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff-Sergeant William Raymond Sutherland – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Flight Sergeant Harold Budd Dalton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Sidney Maxwell Hope – Royal New Zealand Air Force.