1983 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Russell Hilton Pettigrew – of Napier. For services to the transport industry.
• The Honourable Graham Davies Speight – of Auckland; judge of the High Court of New Zealand, 1966–1982.
• James Douglas Stewart – of Christchurch; principal of Lincoln College, University College of Agriculture. For services to agriculture.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Major General Robin Guy Williams – Chief of General Staff.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Kenneth Frederick Mehrtens – of New Plymouth; lately chairman, New Zealand Dairy Board.
• The Honourable Herbert John Walker – of Christchurch. For public and community service.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• John Kennedy-Good – of Lower Hutt. For service to local government and the community.

  Commander (CBE)

• Dr Edward George Bollard – of Auckland. For service to science.
• Vivienne Myra Boyd – of Lower Hutt. For public services.
• William Munro Duncan – of Wellington; secretary of energy, Ministry of Energy.
• James Albert Nichols Halford – of Norsewood. For service to the community.
• Murray Fitzjohn Hunter – of Christchurch. For service to sport and the community.
• The Most Reverend John Mackey – of Auckland; Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland. For service to education.
• Hoani Haereroa Parata – of Dunedin. For service to the community.
• The Very Reverend Michael Leeke Underhill – of Rangiora; lately dean of Christchurch.
• Robert Alan Vance – of Wellington. For service to cricket and the community.

• Air Commodore Stuart McIntyre – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• Leonard Arthur Davis – of Napier. For service to the community.
• David James Gray – of Morrinsville. For service to the community.
• Ashley David Joseph Heenan – of Lower Hutt. For service to music.
• Charles Bruce Inwards – of Auckland. For service to the community.
• Geoffrey William Jackman – of Wellington. For service to sport, especially athletics.
• Gladys Mary Reid – of Te Aroha. For service to farming.
• John Bagrie Urwin Roy – of Clinton. For service to the community.
• Sydney Ernest Scales – of Dunedin. For service as a cartoonist.
• Horace Raymond Skelton – of Huapai. For services to the fruit-growing industry and the community.
• Tasman Alister Smith – of Havelock North. For service to the community.
• Dudley Leonard Storey – of Auckland. For service to rowing.
• Kenneth George Sykes – deputy assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.
• Valerie Bessie Tarrant – of Hāwera. For service to the Women's Division of Federated Farmers.
• Melvin Charles Taylor – of Wellington; lieutenant colonel, Salvation Army. For service to the Salvation Army and the community.
• William Henry Walker – of Gore. For service to the community.
• Herbert Williamson – of Wellington; assistant secretary, Department of Internal Affairs.
• Dr Raymond Victor James Windsor – of Hertfordshire, England. For humanitarian and medical services to the people of India.
• Ronald Leslie Winter – of Auckland. For service as a justice of the peace.

• Captain Niell McKay Walker – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Raymond John Andrews – Colonels' List.
• Wing Commander Geoffrey Allen Parkinson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Robert Albert Adams – of Patea. For service to the community.
• Barbara Baxter – of Wanganui. For service to sport.
• Charles Henry Bird – of Wanganui; superintendent, Wanganui Prison, since 1978.
• Peter James Blake – of Auckland. For service to ocean yacht racing.
• Muriel Goodwin Brown – of Auckland. For service to surf lifesaving.
• Wendy Lee Brown – of Wellsford. For service to athletics.
• Dr William John Cowie Crisp – of Dargaville. For service to the community.
• Clement Stanley Currie – of Taupō. For service to local government and the community.
• Neroli Susan Fairhall – of Christchurch. For services to archery and the disabled.
• Ivy Alma Foubister – of Auckland. For service to the Plunket Society and the community.
• Russell Douglas Fuller – of Kaikohe. For service to local government and the community.
• Grace Ruth Gamble – of Auckland. For service to the community.
• Karen Ross Margret Glasgow – of Nelson. For service to the community.
• Thomas Leslie Harvey – of Auckland. For service to the community.
• Arthur John Francis Healy – of Christchurch. For service to agriculture.
• Michael Garnstone Hitchings – of Dunedin. For service to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the library profession.
• Sylvester Thomas Mahony – of Lower Hutt. For service to the community.
• George Brington Malcolm – of Christchurch; inspecting landscape architect, Ministry of Works and Development, Christchurch, 1975–1982.
• Emarina Manuel – of Wairoa. For service to the Māori people.
• Henry Gordon Markham – of Raumati Beach. For service to the advertising industry and the community.
• Ray McCallum Salisbury – of Upper Hutt; assistant director, Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1972–1981.
• William Joseph Short – of Pukekohe. For service to sport and the community.
• Frank Sumner – of Wellington; executive catering manager, Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand.
• Digby Fergusson Taylor – of Auckland. For services to ocean yacht racing.
• Frederick James Villis – of Port Ohope. For services to the community.

• Warrant Officer Master at Arms Clive Edward Adams – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Radio Supervisor Bevan Maurice Lawes – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Seaman Horopapera Tamaku Whaanga – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class I John Joseph Cootes – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Class I Stewart McKenzie Couchman – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Major Robert Neil Upton – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Squadron Leader John Kendrick Barry – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader John Worden – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Chief Petty Officer Master at Arms Thomas Stewart Tupe – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Temporary Warrant Officer Class II Peter Gordon Barnes – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.
• Temporary Sergeant Alan Kingi Fraser – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Noel Ian Haworth – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Norman John Napier – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Sergeant Gary James Cullen – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• General Service Hand David Whinwray – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Vivian William Boyes – of Invercargill.
• The Reverend Robert Frederick Clement – of Auckland.
• Ashton Graham Kelly – of Whangārei.
• William Proctor – of Pukekohe.

  For public services

• Arnold Dean Baldwin – of Auckland.
• William John Prideaux Cook – of Tawa; assistant secretary, The Treasury.
• John William Gow – of Whakatāne.
• Harold Bernard Hewett – of Lower Hutt; principal private secretary to the Prime Minister, since 1978.
• Thomas Martin Kimble – of Upper Hutt.
• Charles Seymour Luney – of Christchurch.
• Dr John Woodward Mandeno – of Te Kuiti; superintendent, Te Kuiti Hospital.
• Ronald Gordon Millard – of Lower Hutt; chairman, Rural Banking and Finance Corporation, 1974–1982.
• Helen May Ryburn – of Auckland.
• Thomas Nestor Watson – of Waitara.

  Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Joan Helen Andrew – of Wellington.
• Merle Iola Apps – of Tokoroa.
• James Haldane Beaton – detective sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Dorothy Carson – of Oamaru.
• Leo Francis Daly – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Abigail Grace Day – of Auckland.
• Diana Winifred Foley – of Eastbourne.
• Marjorie Axford Jonkers – of Auckland.
• Joan Margaret Lees – of Nelson.
• Lucy Elizabeth Lindsay – of Invercargill.
• Ina Beatrice London – of Rotorua.
• Beatrice Aileen McIntyre – of Wairoa.
• Frank MacKinnon – of Wellington.
• Beeban Annadale McKnight – of Rangitikei.
• Marjorie Beatrice Morgan – of Napier.
• John Morris Everness Newman – of Arrowtown.
• Marcia Proctor – of Shannon.
• Yvonne Rust – of Whangārei.
• Harold Stephen Sivyer – of Palmerston North.
• Sydney Harold William Torkington – of Auckland.
• Kristin Zambucka – of Hawaii, United States.

  For public services

• Thomas Redmond Bourke – of Eltham.
• Leicester William Charles Chatfield – of Waitoa.
• The Reverend Father John Patrick Egden – of Wellington.
• Lucy Tui Hampton Flower – of Auckland.
• George Groombridge – of Masterton.
• Dorothy Turner Horsfield – of Wellington; lately sister-in-charge, Audiology Department, Wellington Hospital.
• Jeffrey MacGlashan Inglis – of Motueka.
• Grace Kerehi Maxwell – of Ōpōtiki.
• Evelyn Rose Moody – of Christchurch.
• Joan Moore – of Auckland.
• Howard Gordon McGowan – of Auckland.
• James Ian Brown Neil – of Auckland.
• Catherine Shirley Ellen Paine – of Dunedin.
• Roka Paora – of Te Kaha.
• Ruby Ellen Pierson – of Nelson.
• Florence May Sandison – of Kaitaia.
• Donald William Noel Saunders – of Tokoroa.
• Laurence Ernest Smith – of Christchurch.
• Ralph James Willocks – of Balclutha.

  Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

• Major Noeline Jean Taylor – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader John Stephenson Bates – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• Richard John Gillespie – deputy chief fire officer, Cust Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Louis Harvey Jillings – lately district commander and chief fire officer, Hastings Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Trevor Garnett Thomson – district commander and chief fire officer, Papatoetoe Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Mervin James Topp – chief fire officer, Picton Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• John Munro – inspector, New Zealand Police.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Master Engineer Peter Tennant Weeks – Royal New Zealand Air Force.