1981 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Charles Hilgendorf – of Ashburton. For public services, especially as chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board.
• Austin George Wilson – of Auckland. For services to commerce and the community.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Air Vice Marshal David Ewan Jamieson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• John Clarke – of Clinton; chairman, New Zealand Wool Board, 1972–80.
• The Honourable Richard Geoffrey Gerard – of Rakaia. For public services.
• Noel Vernon Lough – of Eastbourne; secretary to the Treasury, 1977–80.

  Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

• Whina Cooper – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people.

  Knight Commander (KBE)

• Dr The Honourable Thomas Robert Alexander Harries Davis – of Rarotonga; premier of the Cook Islands. For services to medicine and the people of the Cook Islands.

  Commander (CBE)

• James Warne Ardagh – of Christchurch. For services to medicine.
• Doreen Vera Blumhardt – of Wellington. For services to art, especially pottery.
• Francis Rei Paul Hamon – of Thames. For services to art.
• Mary Wilhelmina Margaret Lythgoe – of Waikanae. For services to nursing.
• Arthur William Baden Powell – of Auckland. For services to marine science.
• Dr Edwin Ian Robertson – of Tawa; director-general, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1971–80.
• Dr Frank William Eden Rutter – of Auckland. For services as chairman, Auckland Hospital Board.

• Air Commodore Ian Murray Gillard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• Harry Herbert Ayres – of Christchurch. For services to mountaineering.
• Leo George Wellington Carrington – of Stratford. For services to local and community affairs.
• George Cooper Cruickshank – of Invercargill. For services to the sport of trotting.
• Murray Charles Day – of Hamilton. For services to squash.
• Bernard Lancelot Ebbett – of Palmerston North. For services to the dairy industry.
• Stuart Carlton Hay – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Hamish Henry Cordy Keith – of Auckland; chairman, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council.
• Nevile Sidney Lodge – of Wellington. For services as a cartoonist.
• Donald Mitchell McKenzie – of Auckland. For services to physiotherapy and the blind.
• Lloyd Morgan – of Paraparaumu. For services to Lions Clubs International.
• Walcott Eyre Wilder Ormond – of Havelock North. For services to Thoroughbred breeding.
• John Wellesley Evan Raine – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
• Desmond Bruce Smith – of Christchurch. For services to cycling.
• William John Watt – of Auckland. For services to anaesthetics and the community.
• Iona Williams – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Ray Roberts Wilson – of Auckland. For services to music.

• Captain Alexander David Nelson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Donald Stuart McIver – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
• Wing Commander Te Waaka Hemi Morete – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Maude Louisa Ashley – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Eric Douglas Baynton – of Auckland. For services to returned servicemen.
• Maurice Reginald Billows – of Bluff. For services to local and community affairs.
• Colin Brenton-Rule – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• John Cunningham Chalmers – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Wadier Assid Corban – of Auckland. For services to the viticultural industry.
• John Middleton Garrett – of Auckland. For services to ex-prisoners of war.
• Olga Estelle Harding – of Wellington. For services to drama and education.
• Clarence Alfred Healey – of Wanganui. For services to rowing.
• Richard Bower Heathcote – of Morrinsville. For services to local and community affairs.
• Reginald Ernest Hermans – of Hamilton. For services to engineering.
• Francis Jellyman – of Cobden. For services to rugby league.
• Temporary Squadron Leader George Alfred Kay – of Wellington; No. 18 Avon Squadron, New Zealand Air Training Corps.
• Ashley Robert Lewis – of Lower Hutt; controller of programme services, Television New Zealand.
• Lawrence Hamilton McClelland – of Christchurch; Registrar-General of Land, 1967–80.
• Rita McEwan – of Paremata; lately principal nurse, Porirua Hospital.
• Ian Crawford McGregor – of Tauranga; lately deputy general manager, New Zealand Railways.
• The Reverend Francis George McKean – of Pokeno. For services in Tonga, New Hebrides, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
• Robert Stronach Mitchell – inspector, New Zealand Police.
• James Morgan – chief inspector, New Zealand Police.
• Dr James Graham Power – of Thames. For services to medicine and the community.
• Richard John Rassie – of Auckland. For services to sport, especially table tennis.
• Francis John Stanton – of Christchurch; mountaineer. For services to the DC10 recovery operation, Antarctica, November–December 1979.
• Catherine Edith Cydie Strang – of New Plymouth. For services to the theatre.
• Hemi Wiremu – of London, England. For services to New Zealand interests in the United Kingdom.

• Warrant Officer Yeoman of Signals Wiremu Nepia Bartlett – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Commander George Ross Gibson – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Warrant Officer Leigh George Morley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Ordnance Artificer Geoffrey John Ockleston – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class I Robert George Blankley – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer First Class Edward William Bruce – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Class II Michael David Flattery-Donohoe – Corps of Royal New Zealand Signals.
• Warrant Officer Barry Ruthven Thurston – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Chief Petty Officer Radio Supervisor Gary James Johnston – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Electrician David Thomas Lilley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant David Ward Chambers – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Sergeant Robert John McCloughen – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Staff Sergeant Paul Herbert Robinson – Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.
• Flight Sergeant Desmond John Lyall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• General Service Hand Ronald Sidney Mead – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Thomas Richard Statham – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Dr Joseph Richard Dawson – of Christchurch.
• Kathleen Muriel Evans – of Blenheim.
• Norman Thomas Veech Gusscott – of Lower Hutt.
• Kathleen Mullins – of Waiatarua.
• Henry Russell Rice – of Auckland.
• Anne Margaret West – of Kaitaia.

  For public services

• Wilfred James Allingham – of Auckland.
• Dr Henry Rongomau Bennett – of Te Awamutu; medical superintendent, Tokanui Hospital, since 1964.
• Dr Graham Bruce Alistair Cowie – of Masterton.
• Charles George Cran – of Christchurch.
• Dr Richard Kenneth Dell – of Wellington; director, National Museum, 1966–80; president of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
• Stewart Hector James Duff – of Wellington.
• Arthur Gordon Spratt – of Te Puke.
• Daniel Lindsay Studholme – of Eketāhuna.

  Queen's Service Medal

For community service

• Frederick John Stanley Adam – of Wellington.
• Oleen Winifred Madge Adrian – of Dannevirke.
• Bartholomew Michael Dennehy – of Napier.
• Noel Edwin Gordon Dick – of Eketāhuna.
• Hester Loughrey Gentles – of Christchurch.
• Ernest Moreland Groube – of Whangarei.
• William Hastings Jones – of Balclutha.
• Agnes Gwendolene King – of Richmond.
• Amrita Norma Large – of Auckland.
• Marjory Mahala Lill – of Auckland.
• Rosalie Hazel Lill – of Auckland.
• Williamina Margaret McHardy – of Napier.
• Dorothy Helen Meadows – of Hikurangi.
• Mary Loma Lois Metherell – of Hamilton.
• Isobel Brunton Mills – of Tapanui.
• Martha Edna Moon – of Kaikohe.
• Ronald Dalmore Munro – of Timaru.
• Charles Edward Pethybridge – of Motueka.
• Leonard Harry Sigglekow – of Takapuna.
• Mary Eileen Orella Smith – of Auckland.
• Dorothy Waititi – of Cape Runaway.
• Airini Elizabeth Woodhouse – of Timaru.
• Constance Ethel Wright – of Christchurch.

  For public services

• George Witika Brown – of Te Karaka.
• Harold Mark Vincent Burgess – of Wellington; detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Christina Kelly Davey – of Palmerston North.
• Frederick Denbee – of Carterton.
• Geoffrey Neville Dyer – of Tokoroa.
• Alice Marjorie Fieldhouse – of Wellington.
• Dr Thomas Michael Francis Fitzgerald – of Hawera.
• David Stewart Goulding – of Christchurch.
• Trevor William Hick – of Silverdale.
• Alan Purdy Jesson – of Rotorua.
• Ian Henderson Johnson – of Lower Hutt; lately teacher, Taita College.
• Allan George Lather – of Whangarei.
• Daphne Irene Lawrence – of Lower Hutt.
• Margaret Jean Leaf – of Auckland.
• Ada Lucy Lee – of Christchurch.
• Gordon Buckingham McGeorge – of Rakaia.
• Henry James Martin – of Wainuiomata.
• Colin Harry Stuart Miller – of Upper Hutt.
• Frederick Sidney Phillips – of Gisborne.
• Albert Pomeroy – of Invercargill.
• Ronald Maxwell Stewart – of Invercargill.
• Gilbert Richard Yeoman – of Whakatane.

  Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Colin James Flanagan – divisional officer, Dunedin Fire Brigade.
• George Raymond Heaven – chief fire officer, Wellsford Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Peter Henry Thompson – chief fire officer, Hokitika Volunteer Fire Brigade.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Kenneth Owen Thompson – of Wellington; deputy commissioner, New Zealand Police.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Master Helicopter Crewman Ivan William Toothill – Royal New Zealand Air Force.