1978 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 1978 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1977 and the beginning of 1978, and were announced on 31 December 1977.[1]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Knight Bachelor

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Order of the Bath

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Companion (CB)

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Military division

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

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Companion (CMG)

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Order of the British Empire

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Knight Commander (KBE)

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Civil division

Commander (CBE)

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Civil division
  • Sydney James Robert Chatten – of Lower Hutt. For services to business management.
  • Leverick Joseph Kenneth Putter – Secretary of Trade and Industry 1975–1977.
  • Esmond Allen Gibson OBE – of Wellington. For services to civil aviation.
  • Stanislaus Francis Hoskins JP – of Wellington. For charitable and educational work.
  • Emeritus Professor William Parker Morrell – of Dunedin. For services to literature and historical research.
  • John Lorraine Sullivan – of Wellington. For services to rugby.
  • Miraka Szászy – of Auckland. For services to the community and Māori people.
Military division

Officer (OBE)

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  • (Isoleen) Heather Begg (Mrs King) – of Sydney, Australia. For services to opera.
  • William Bryan JP – of Auckland. For services to the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind.
  • The Reverend Canon Samuel Corney – of Motueka. For services to the community.
  • Albert Roy Frethey – of Esher, Surrey, England. For services to New Zealand interests in the United Kingdom.
  • Alicia Doreen Grant JP – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
  • Sheila Marie Horton – of Auckland. For services to the community.
  • Anthony Frederick Hunter – of Auckland. For services to medicine and the community.
  • Charles Frederick Jones – of Northland. For services to the community and farming industry.
  • Joan Stewart MacCormick MBE – of Auckland. For services to the community.
  • Dr Kingsley Edward Mortimer – of Auckland. For services to psychogeriatrics.
  • Nancy Northcroft – of Christchurch. For services to town planning.
  • Leslie George Piper JP – of Auckland. For services to the brewing industry and the community.
  • Bartholomew Sheehan – of Rotorua. For services to Māori affairs.
  • James Maxwell Somerville – of Te Kūiti. For services to local government.
  • Edward Bickmore Ellison Taylor – of Christchurch. For public services.
  • John Samuel Thorn – of Dunedin. For services to local government and the community.
  • Herbert Lea Towers MBE – of Auckland. For services to sport and education.
Military division

Member (MBE)

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Military division
  • Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Neil Cameron – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Lieutenant Commander John Wilfred Jennings – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Major Anthony Leonard BirksRoyal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • Major Harry Roberts Burt – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • Major and Quartermaster Girvan Ross Hornbrook BEM – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • Warrant Officer Class I Graham Nash – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • Squadron Leader George Stephen Higgins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Squadron Leader Thomas Michael Strang – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

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  • Chief Radioman John Hamilton Bullock – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Control Electrical Mechanician First Class John Ingram Johnson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Chief Engineering Mechanic Laurence Francis McGuire – Royal New Zealand Navy.
  • Warrant Officer Class II Janice Marion Barlow – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
  • Warrant Officer Class II Robert Anthony Cowan – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
  • Staff Sergeant Ivan Graham Goile – Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
  • Corporal Nannette Grant – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
  • Staff Sergeant Peter Charles Sheppard – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
  • Flight Sergeant Murray Gordon Blakemore – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Warrant Officer Richard Norman Marshall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Flight Sergeant Raymond Murphy – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

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For community service

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  • Florence Baber – of Palmerston North.
  • Edward Browse Gilberd – of Stokes Valley.
  • The Reverend Malcolm Leadbetter – of Christchurch.

For public services

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Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

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For community service

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  • Christine Cairns Balloch – of Kaitangata.
  • Violet Blease – of Auckland.
  • Eleanor Mary Burgess – of Wanganui.
  • Alice Maud Campbell – of Auckland.
  • Jocelyn Ann Carlton – of South Canterbury.
  • Frederick Charles John Chittock – of Auckland.
  • Rosea Merle Crawford – of Hāwera.
  • Cyril Martin Croucher JP – of Taupō.
  • Colin Henry Gilmour Curragh – of Christchurch.
  • Elsie May De Mey – of Levin.
  • Owen Cecil Finer – of New Plymouth.
  • Ella Viola Fryer JP – of Dannevirke.
  • Violet Patricia Harris – of Mount Maunganui.
  • Gwendoline Lattey – of Palmerston North.
  • Martha Iris McCurdy – of Southland,
  • Ivy Elizabeth McGreevy – of Rotorua.
  • Violet Adela Marie MacMillan – of Tauranga.
  • Winifred Nora Mardon – of Palmerston North.
  • Myra Isobel Mathewson – of Timaru.
  • Dulcie Jessie Forrest Menzies – of Hamilton.
  • The Reverend Father William Edward O'Donnell – of Petone.
  • Roland Joshua Papps – of Nelson.
  • Te Whairangi Kumeroa Ngoi Pewhairangi JP – of Tokomaru Bay.
  • William Frank Ponder – of Lower Hutt.
  • Elizabeth Colman Saunders – of Cambridge.
  • Emily Shirley – of Nightcaps.
  • Ralph Simpson – of Christchurch.
  • Stuart Tichborne Campbell Sprott – of Wellington.
  • Iris Myrtle Terry – of Palmerston North.
  • Murray Thacker – of Banks Peninsula.
  • Lily Elsie Walker – of Northland.
  • Ronald Ernest Youngman – of Whangaparāoa.

For public services

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  • John Bell Brotherston – of Wanganui.
  • Dr Allen Lindsay Bryant – of Hokitika.
  • Robert Burt Cleland JP – of Stratford.
  • Eldred Ronald Comer – of Temuka.
  • Arthur Rae Cox JP – of Northland.
  • Ronald Donovan – of Duvauchelle.
  • Huia Gray Gilpin JP – of Christchurch.
  • Peter Edward Graham – of Levin.
  • Oswald Bayly Hawken – of Wanganui.
  • Charles William Hawkins JP – of Hawke's Bay.
  • Thomas William Horgan – chief instructor, Christchurch Prison, Department of Justice.
  • Myrtle Jessie Kay – of Dunedin.
  • Gordon Robert Kear JP – of Palmerston North.
  • Hector Berkley Lawry JP – of Tokoroa.
  • Mary Catherine McNamara – principal nurse, Braemar Hospital, Nelson.
  • Peter Forbes Orr – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
  • Owen Stanley Priest – of South Canterbury.
  • Ellesmere John Stalker – of Christchurch
  • Harold Strode – of Naseby.
  • Robert Frew Watson – of Southland.
  • Frederick Charles Yule JP – of Greytown.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

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  • Sidney Raymond Hide – senior station officer (officer-in-charge, Mount Maunganui), Tauranga Fire Brigade.
  • Leslie George Houston – volunteer station officer, New Plymouth Fire Brigade.
  • Edwin Wallace Saunders – chief fire officer, Area Commander, 5D/1, Greymouth.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

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  • Frederick Timothy Foley – lately constable, New Zealand Police.
  • Anzac Thomas Paratene – constable, New Zealand Police.

Royal Red Cross

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Associate (ARRC)

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Air Force Cross (AFC)

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  • Flight Lieutenant Nigel Albert Davey – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

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  • Flight Lieutenant Bruce Reid Ferguson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  • Flight Lieutenant Gordon Lennox Wood – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 47420". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1977. pp. 41–45.