1964 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable Ronald Macmillan Algie – Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• John Davies Wilder Ormond – chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board.
• Carl Victor Smith – of Dunedin. For public services.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Thomas Frederick Corkill – senior obstetrician in Wellington.
• Jack Kent Hunn – permanent head, Ministry of Defence.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Rear Admiral Peter Phipps – Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Commander (CBE)

• Ian Burman Gow – of Bay of Plenty. For services to the dairy industry.
• John Faulks Landreth – of Christchurch. For services to the medical profession.
• James Hislop Parker – of Raumati South. For services to the fruit industry.
• Norman Berridge Spencer – of Auckland. For services in the fields of philanthropy and community welfare.

• Captain John O'Connell Ross – Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Officer (OBE)

• Eric Tewsley Dawson – lately superintendent of the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board.
• Charles Jackson Garland – of Auckland. For public services.
• Maurice William Grantham. For community welfare services, especially as secretary of the Southland Old People's Welfare Council.
• Cyril Geoffrey Edmund Harker – of Waipawa. For public services.
• Hugh Pearson McIntyre – of Gore. For services to local government and to farming.
• Matina Makiha – of Whakarewarewa. For services to the Māori people.
• Denis Rogers – mayor of Hamilton.
• William Henry Gray Russell Sarney – of Ashburton. For services to the community and to sport.
• Irene Tolerton – matron-in-chief. Wellington Public Hospital.
• William Simon Wauchop – of Wellington. For services to art, drama and librarianship.
• Hugh Robinson Whitehead – director of the Dairy Research Institute, Massey University College, Palmerston North.

• Commander Morris Aaron Lawson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Hulbert Glenn Hamilton – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Group Captain Kenneth William Trigance – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Joseph Allan – of Lake Pukaki. For services to local government and to farming.
• Catherine Raincliff Ashton – of Auckland. For services to the community, particularly in the interests of children and the elderly.
• Edmund Peter Cahill – deputy superintendent, Paparua Prison, Christchurch.
• Rebecca Noble-Campbell – of Wairoa. For services to the community, especially in connection with the welfare of women.
• Emily Bessie Cannell – of New Plymouth. For services to education and child welfare.
• The Reverend Robert Lye Challis – minister in New Zealand in charge of the welfare of Pacific Islanders.
• Gertrude Charlotte Dunn – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Walter James Egington – of Motueka. For services to local government.
• The Reverend Archibald Macfarlane Elliffe – superintendent of the Otago Presbyterian Social Services Association.
• Alister Hay Goyder – of Blenheim. For services to local government.
• George Andrew Holmes – superintendent of the Invermay Research Station.
• The Reverend Mutu Paratene Kapa – of Tuakau. For services to the Māori people.
• Clark McConachy – of Auckland. For community and charitable services.
• Margaret Kate McCorkindale. For social welfare services, especially in connection with the Feilding Plunket Society.
• Roland Keith Milne – of Christchurch. For services to the community in educational and welfare fields.
• Albert Edward Naulls. For services to Government House, Wellington.
• James Joseph Hamilton Nisbet – of Hikurangi. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Returned Services' Association.
• Kenneth James Strange – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Returned Services' Association.
• Michael Joseph Sullivan – of Westland. For services to local government and community welfare.
• John Leddra Wallis – chairman of the Otorohanga County Council.

• Temporary Lieutenant Commander Allyn Mason Finlayson – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major William Alexander French – New Zealand Scottish Regiment.
• Major Peter William Frank Joplin – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer First Class Henry George Charles Salt – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Major Lloyd James Sanders – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Squadron Leader Geoffrey Bentley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader James Dermot Hurley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Keith Menzies – lately Assistant Secretary of Justice.
• David Archibald Wraight – lately Navy Secretary.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• John Isaac Beardsley – constable, New Zealand Police Force. For arresting an armed and intoxicated criminal.

• Ernest David Fraser – sergeant, New Zealand Police Force.

• Chief Petty Officer Cook Keith Lionel Mack – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Ordnance Artificer Arthur Hamilton Norris – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Stores Chief Petty Officer Selwyn Desmond Walter – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Radio Supervisor Anthony James Edmond Woolford – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Sergeant Ruth Gertrude Kirton – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps.
• Sergeant Ronald William Rowe – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant Alan Peter Longley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Henry Dickson Richmond – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Russell George Archer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Murray Davis Peacock – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Master Engineer David John Abercromby – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• William Raymond Fell – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Master Signaller Michael Patrick Joseph Phillips – Royal New Zealand Air Force.