1960 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• George Alexander Currie – vice-chancellor of the University of New Zealand.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• John Cairney – Director-General of Health and Inspector-General of Hospitals.
• Henry John Wardell – chairman of the New Zealand Wool Board.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Professor John Patrick Walsh – dean of the University of Otago Dental School.

• Major-General Cyril Ettrick Weir – Generals' List, New Zealand Army.

  Commander (CBE)

• Archibald Hugh Bogle – a member of the Survey Board for many years.
• Gerald William Lane – of Dunedin. For services to the manufacturing industry.
• Charles Archibald McFarlane – director-general, Post and Telegraph Department.
• John Hugh Phillipps – president of the management committee, Wellington Cricket Association.

• Brigadier Arthur Beecher Bullen – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.
• Air Commodore Cameron Archer Turner – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• James Walter Armstrong – principal, Dunedin Teachers' Training College.
• Henry Oscar Askew – assistant director, Cawthron Institute, Nelson.
• Harry Ernest Brusey – of Wellington. For services to music.
• William John Cartwright – of Christchurch. For services to education.
• Charles Gilmour Stead Ellis – formerly Assistant Director of Education.
• Edward Grace Guy – of Rotorua. For services to journalism.
• Desmond James Hewitt – lecturer and examiner in law at Canterbury University College.
• Frederick Henry McDowall – chief chemist, Dairy Research Institute, Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North.
• John Morris Ranstead – of Waikato. For services to the farming industry.
• Hugh Ritchie – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Hokio Tarawhiti – of Huntly. For services to the Māori community.

• Lieutenant-Colonel David John Aitken – New Zealand Regiment.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Mitchell Scott Orbell – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.
• Wing Commander Henry Christian Salmon – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• The Reverend Leo Vincent Downey – director of the Catholic social services in Auckland City.
• William John Elvy – of Blenheim. For services to the community in local-body affairs.
• Ernest Hector Ferguson – of Wellington. For patriotic services.
• James Robertson Hair – of Gisborne. For services to the community in local-body affairs.
• David Walter Reginald Heatley – resident commissioner, Niue Island.
• Leslie Alfred Higgins – of Nelson. For services to the community in local-body administration.
• Edgar John Gordon Hotham. For services in the New Zealand Police.
• Claud William Barkley Huxford – of Wellington. For services to the community, especially in the field of education.
• Catherine Agnes McGuire – of Timaru. For services to the community, especially in connection with the South Canterbury Children's Health Camp organisations.
• John Thomas Leslie McPhee – of Runanga. For services to the community, especially as organiser for the Grey District Blood Donors' Association.
• John Dawson Mahaffie – brigadier, Salvation Army.
• Keith Mills – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially in connection with Returned and Home-servicemen's Associations.
• Ruia Mereana Morrison – of Rotorua. For services in the field of sport, especially tennis.
• Rangi Kapo Ratahi – a leader of the Māori people in Taranaki.
• Alice Roberts – of Napier. For social welfare services.
• Isabella Enid Roberts – of Levin. For services to the community.
• George Walter Simon – secretary, Otago Tribal Executive, and honorary Māori welfare officer.
• Cyril John Benedict Williams – of Auckland. For services to the community in the field of sport.

• Lieutenant-Commander Edward Herbert Biggs – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Robert Noel Barton – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.
• Warrant Officer First Class John Cameron – New Zealand Regiment.
• Major Louie Margaret Knights – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps.
• Major Grenville Herbert Rush – Royal New Zealand Provost Corps.
• Flight Lieutenant Robert Fraser Ward – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Edward Sheppard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Alfred Eric Bishoprick – lately overseer, Akatarawa, Kaitoke and Rimutaka highways.
• Arthur Burgess – chief prison officer, Mount Eden Prison, Auckland.
• George Dynes – constable, New Zealand Police Force.
• Ewan Gilbert Andrews Rippin – detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police Force.

• Chief Petty Officer John Butler Allan – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Chief Wren Lorna Evelyn Coles – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
• Chief Joiner Anthony Martin Hobbs – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Engineering Mechanic Peter Frederick Willis Moss – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Corporal David Elwin Dallow – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Thomas Dobson – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Sergeant Lawrence Albert Earle Jacobs – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Bombardier Bruce Mansell – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Flight Sergeant Norman John Cooper – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Alison Jean Simpson – Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

• Matron Elsie Margaret Webb – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
• Charge Sister Rona Irene Rich – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Owen David Staple – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Patrick Neville – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant John Alexander Laing – Royal New Zealand Air Force.