1976 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Jack Kent Hunn – of Waikanae. For public services, especially as chairman of the Fire Services Commission.
• The Honourable Stanley Austin Whitehead – of Nelson. Speaker of the House of Representatives since 1973.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Margaret Rita Nolan – of Porirua. For public and community services.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Thomas Edward Skinner – of Auckland. For services to the trade union movement and the community.
• Henry Rodolph Wigley – of Christchurch. For services to the tourist, travel and aviation industries.

  Commander (CBE)

• Henry Charles Blazey – of Christchurch. For services to sport.
• Edith Margaret Dalziel – pro-vice chancellor and professor of English, University of Otago. For services to education and literature.
• Ernest George Davey – of Lower Hutt. Secretary of Labour 1970–75.
• Thomas Durrant – of Rotorua. For services to conservation, horticulture and education.
• Dr John Joseph Enwright – of Auckland. For humanitarian services.
• Keith Gillies – of Wellington. Controller and Auditor-General 1970–75.
• Ivan Edgar Reddish – of Wellington. For services to the trade union movement.
• David Alexander Stevens – of Paraparaumu. Commissioner of Inland Revenue 1967–75.
• Gilbert Henry Stringer – of Wellington. For services to the arts, television and broadcasting.

  Officer (OBE)

• Dr Norman Thomas Barnett – medical officer of health at Auckland since 1967.
• John Benjamin Brazier – of Christchurch. For services to the aviation industry.
• Francis Coll – of Auckland. For services to education.
• James Thomas Currie – of Tokoroa. For services to the community.
• Dr Randal Forbes Elliott – of Wellington. For services to medicine, especially ophthalmology.
• Dr Norman Frank Greenslade – of Christchurch. For services to medicine and the community.
• The Reverend Herepo Ruawhe Harawira – of Whangarei. For services to the Māori people.
• Patrick Anthony Lawlor – of Wellington. For services to literature and the community.
• Muriel Wallace May – of Dunedin. For services to education and literature.
• Douglas William Meldrum – of Oamaru. For services to education.
• Howard Leslie Morrison – of Ohinemutu. For services to entertainment.
• Basil Watson Potter – principal, Wellington Polytechnic 1962–1975.
• Rita Frances Snowden – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• John George Walker – of Auckland. For services to athletics, especially as the first person to run the mile in less than 3 minutes 50 seconds.
• The Reverend Ian Bendall Wilson – of Christchurch. For services to hospital chaplaincy.
• Dr Kazimierz Antoni z Granowa Wodzicki – of Wellington. For services to science and public services to the people of Niue and the Tokelau Islands.
• Gideon Tait – lately assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.

• Commander Colin George Ashbridge – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Captain Thomas Andreas Cooper – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant Colonel John O'Bryen Horsford – Royal New Zealand Artillery.

  Member (MBE)

• Richard Dean Batt – professor of biochemistry, Massey University. For services to scientific research.
• Alexander Brunt – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Ellen Ada Carroll – of Dunedin. For services to nursing.
• William John Crighton – of Levin. For services to youth.
• Margaret Dorothy Louise Daniels – of Raumati Beach. For services to ballet.
• Ernest Robert Field-Dodgson – of Christchurch. For services to the Royal Christchurch Musical Society.
• Grace Darling Du Faur – of Tauranga. For services to education and the community.
• Leslie Charles Fulford – of Christchurch. For services to the printing industry.
• John Crysell Hepburn – of Hamilton. For services to education and the New Zealand Red Cross Society.
• David Peter Joseph – of Auckland. For services to the deaf.
• Lawrence John Krammer – of Motueka. For services to local government.
• Ivan Gerald Mauger – of Christchurch. For services to speedway riding.
• Neta Doris Neale – of Christchurch. For services to the Canterbury Children's Theatre.
• Philip Lloyd Page – of Havelock North; general manager, Hawke's Bay Education Board since 1950.
• Francis Edward Graham Poore – of Auckland. For services to music and opera.
• Jeffrey Ellis Robson – of Auckland. For services to tennis and badminton.
• Thomas Godfrey Santon – of Taneatua. For local-body and community services.
• Helen Merrilees Thompson – of Middlemarch. For services to the community.
• John Nicolls Thomson – of Auckland. For services to speech and drama teaching.
• Elsie Phyllis May Varney – brigadier, Salvation Army, of Wellington. For welfare services.
• Bernard Rolleston Walker – of Christchurch. For services to rowing.
• Albert Thomas Walsh – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• George Ellis Stanley Kelly – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.

• Warrant Officer Writer Leon Graham Mudford – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Francis Noel Griffin – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Temporary Major and Quartermaster Barry Hugh Munro – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Lawrence Robert Sincock – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer David Meynard Puckett – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Ronald Taylor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Douglas Dalton – of Napier.
• Allen Augustine Dingwall – of Christchurch.
• Stanley Roy Key – of Palmerston North.
• Nancy Whanganui Riwaka – of Picton.
• Ernest Alfred Soper – of New Plymouth.
• Ernestine Hire Taria Tipene – of Porangahau.
• Max Lewis Younger – of Auckland.

  For public services

• Moreen Dorothy Abercrombie – of Whangarei.
• The Honourable Percy Benjamin Allen – of Whakatane. Member of Parliament 1957–75, Minister of the Crown 1963–72.
• Walter Sydney Davison – of Auckland.
• Norman Vazey Douglas – of Auckland. Member of Parliament 1960–75.
• James Eckley Etheredge – of Reefton.
• Greita Earle Clifford-Jones – of Gisborne.
• Ethel Emma McMillan – of Dunedin. Member of Parliament 1953–75.
• Eric Alwyn Roussell – of Lower Hutt. Clerk of the House of Representatives 1971–75.
• Allan Priestley Thomson – Director-General of Forests 1971–74.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Alberta Aileen Anderson – of Cromwell.
• Nona Fiducia Campbell – of Christchurch.
• Eileen Marion George – of Wellington.
• Alfred William Holdsworth – of Auckland.
• George Alexander Hornsey – of Timaru.
• Joseph William Isbister – of Auckland.
• Doris Joy Ellen Kohn – of Inglewood.
• Hana Romona Murray – of Auckland.
• Peter Travis Norman – of Wellington.
• Runa Avis Parry – of Auckland.
• George Roal Phiskie – of Waipu.
• Reta Rennie – of Wanganui.
• Anne Tia – of Auckland.
• Louise Magdalene Te Owaina Wallscott – of Dunedin.
• The Venerable Archdeacon Robert John Witty – of Christchurch.

  For public services

• Sidney Hamilton Burdett – of Ruatoria.
• Sam Chesney – of Lower Hutt.
• Anthony James Clarkson – lately industrial superintendent, Ministry of Works and Development, Turangi.
• Florence Ruby Jane Clemett – of Kaiapoi.
• Eva Mary Hall – of Napier.
• Lilian Rose Hartley – of Christchurch.
• Isabella Howe – of Lumsden.
• George Joseph Jones – lately civil engineering officer, Ministry of Works and Development, Dunedin.
• Colin William James Lawrie – of Pukekohe.
• Nora Matewai McMillan – of Levin.
• Christopher Mountford – of Manurewa.
• Bertie Lee Stanley – of Auckland.
• Colin Walter Stewart – lately tradesman's assistant, New Zealand Railways, Otahuhu.
• Robert Gill Young – of Hamilton.
• Stanley John Brown – constable, New Zealand Police.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Elizabeth Viola Bell – of Matamata. For services to education, sport and cultural activities.
• Jean Elizabeth Boss – of Eastbourne. For services to the community, especially the play centre movement.
• Aileen Linda Gooder – of Auckland. For services to women's hockey.
• Dorothy Gwendolyn Gray – of Plimmerton. For services to the community.
• Charles William Haua – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Agnes Jessie Kelly – of Invercargill. For services to social welfare.
• Russell Robert Laidlaw – of Christchurch. For services to the community, especially as secretary-manager of Canterbury Society of Arts.
• Lucy Martinovich – of Northern Wairoa. For services to the community.
• Victor Carlo Smith – of Tauranga. For services to local-body and Māori affairs.
• David Waugh – of Gisborne. For services as a bandmaster.

• Chief Petty Officer Richard Henry Bishop – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Murray John Booker – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Corporal Keith Bonner Chesterfield – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Rangi Tataura Christie – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Ian James Seabrook – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer David Ian Thorpe – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Peter John McKay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Medal (AFM)

• Sergeant Helicopter Crewman Bruce Hector Thornley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• John Edward Dalton – chief fire officer, Te Awamutu Fire Brigade.
• Walter Jacob Manning – chief fire officer, Morrinsville Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Ivor Charles Wesley – chief fire officer, Dunedin Fire Brigade.
• Charles George Wishart – chief fire officer, Shannon Volunteer Fire Brigade.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Harvey White – constable, New Zealand Police.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Trevor Keith Butler – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Alan Dyer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.