1971 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Walter Neville Norwood – of Wellington. For outstanding services to commerce.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Charles Hilgendorf – of Ashburton. For very valuable services to farming.
• The Most Reverend Norman Alfred Lesser – of Napier. For very valuable services as Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand of the Anglican Church.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Reginald Harry Smythe – of Auckland. For outstanding services to the forestry industry.

  Commander (CBE)

• The Reverend Pakake Heketoro Leonard – of Rotorua. For very valuable services to the community and especially the Māori people.
• Cyril William Mace – of Christchurch. For very valuable services to manufacturing.
• Victor Worth Thomas – of Wellington. For very valuable services as Comptroller of Customs.
• Robert Archibald Whyte – of Paraparaumu. For very valuable services to sport administration especially horse racing.

• Air Commodore Douglas Fitzclarence St George – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• Reginald Percy Andrews – of Wanganui. For valuable services as mayor of Wanganui.
• Eric Tamate Beaven – of Christchurch. For valuable services to commerce and tourism.
• Arthur Trevor Campbell. For valuable services as New Zealand Public Relations Officer in London.
• Robert James Charles. For services to sport.
• Geoffrey Noel Townshend Greenbank – of Auckland. For valuable services as headmaster of King's College, Auckland.
• Matthew Graham Blacklock Harvey – of New Plymouth. For valuable services as chairman of the Taranaki Education Board.
• Geoffrey Henry Leslie – of Wellington. For valuable services as director of the Division of Dental Health, Health Department.
• Terence Henderson McCombs – of Christchurch. For valuable services to education.
• David Hedley McElrea – of Milton. For valuable services to the community.
• The Reverend Lawrence Alfred North – of Wellington. For valuable services as a minister of religion.
• Peter John Scott – of Dunedin. For valuable services to the community.
• Mavis Ada Tiller – of Wellington. For valuable services as national president of the National Council of Women.
• Robert Burns Watson – of Queenstown. For valuable services as a medical practitioner.

• Captain Frederick Hardman – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Senior – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Wing Commander Alfred George Edward Pugh – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Ellen Elizabeth Buckingham – of Invercargill. For services to the community especially as a member of the Southland Education Board.
• John William Byers – of Kaikohe. For services to the community.
• Raymond Malcolm Collis – of Manawatu. For services to local government.
• Doris May Dennis – of Gisborne. For services to the community.
• Elsie Elizabeth Fellingham – of Featherston. For services to the community.
• James Albert Nichols Halford – of Norsewood. For services to the community.
• John Brown Hamilton – of Queenstown. For services to local government.
• Sidney Perrin Harling – of Blenheim. For services as mayor of Blenheim.
• Arthur Reginald Harris – of Mount Maunganui. For services as mayor of Mount Maunganui.
• John Hobson – of Auckland. For services as superintendent of Mount Eden Prison and especially for his exemplary resolution and skill in successfully terminating a prison riot at that prison on 20 March 1971.
• Graeme Laurenson – of New Plymouth. For services to his profession and to the community as an architect.
• David Collingwood Low – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• Archibald James McCallum – of Oamaru. For services to scouting.
• Robert Millen McCulloch – of Auckland. For services as mayor of Mount Wellington.
• Ralph Murrell McDonald – of Mosgiel. For services as mayor of Mosgiel.
• Albert Leonard Sutherland – of Greymouth. For services to the community.
• Conway Wilberforce Teppett – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Heeni Teteira Wharemaru – of Hamilton. For social work among the Māori people of the Waikato.
• Ernest Edwyn Willoughby – of Huntly. For services to the community especially as mayor of Huntly.

• Temporary Lieutenant Commander Brian John Mahoney – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Joseph Gormanly – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
• Major Molly Lois Moore – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Leslie George Stanton – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Squadron Leader John Alan Scrimshaw, – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• John Bruce Brown – of Wellington. For valuable services as Valuer-General.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Andrew Robert Michael Bowie – of Hanmer. For services as a mountain guide.
• Herbert Wedgwood Brabant – of Whakatāne. For services to those at sea by the operation of a shore wireless station.
• Joyce Brabant – of Whakatāne. For services to those at sea by the operation of a shore wireless station.
• Mary Constance Burrell – of Hastings. For services to the aged.
• Sidney Keith Christensen – of Taupō. For services to the community.
• Henry Willoughby Hampton – of Chatham Islands. For services to the community as a police constable.
• Albert Cyril Loach – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Hector George McAllister – of Kaiapoi. For services to the community as a chief fire officer.
• Grace McNaught – of Te Kuiti. For services to the community.
• Elizabeth Matheson – of Wellington. For services as a potter.
• Amy Marion Ryan – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Patricia Helene Pamela Simcox – of Hawke's Bay. For services to the community.
• Gordon Day Staveley – of Wellington. For services as a prison officer.
• Athol Gladwyn Wood – of Papakura. For services to farming.

• Marine Engineering Artificer Third Class Graeme Stewart Holmes – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage and devotion to duty during a fire in the engine room of.
• Marine Engineering Mechanician First Class Stephen Howarth – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage and devotion to duty during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS Waikato.

• Chief Electrician Edward Dawson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant Frederic Donald Barclay – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant David Karl – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Alexander Allan McEwan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Gerrard Clive Brown – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

• Matron Marjorie Edith Traill – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Robert Alexander Moore – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct

• Engineering Mechanic First Class Rick Rivas Ormsby – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage shown during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS Waikato.
• Leading Engineering Mechanic Bernard Charles Shearsby – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage shown during a fire in the engine room of HMNZS Waikato.