1968 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 1968 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by

• OBE MC JP – of Auckland
  . For services to the community, particularly in the fields of commerce and welfare work.

• Air Vice-Marshal
  CBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force
  .

• Orton Sutherland Hintz – of Auckland. For services in the field of journalism.
• The Most Reverend James Michael Liston – Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland.

• 
  James Liston

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• MVO JP. For services to the Māori people
  and in public affairs.

• Matthew Oliver Barnett – of Wellington. For services in the field of commercial law.
• Anthony Ian Cottrell – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Hallam Walter Dowling – of Taradale. For services to local government and to the community.
• Thomas Clarence Morrison JP. For services to sport, especially rugby football.

Military division

• Brigadier Harold Albert Purcell
  New Zealand Military Forces
  .

• 
  Anthony Cottrell

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• William Sykes Baverstock – director, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch. For services to art.
• Reginald George James Berry – of Wellington; artist and designer. For services as designer of postage stamps and decimal currency coins.
• Kenneth Clifford Alwyn Carter – of Auckland. For services to the saw-milling and timber industry.
• Eric Mitchell Elder
  MB ChB – of Tuatapere
  . For services to the community, especially as a medical practitioner.
• Raymond Ferner JP – of Tauranga. For services to local government and to the legal profession.
• Rua Isobel Gardner – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Oswald George James – of Hamilton. For services to the farming industry.
• William Malcolm – of North Otago. For services to the farming community.
• Horace Mawson JP – of Dargaville. For services to education.
• Michael Elliott Shackleton
  Qui Nhơn
  , South Vietnam.
• Hamish Stewart Thomas – of
  Anakiwa. For services to the Outward Bound School of New Zealand
  .

• Commander (Honorary) William Henry Minchall
  VRD – Royal New Zealand Navy
  .
• Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Minton Grierson ED –
  Territorial Force
  ).
• Group Captain Malcolm Stuart Gunton AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Emily Church Craven – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Mervyn Thomas Dearsly – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Alfred Harold Finnie
  JP – of Dunedin. For services to local government.
• The Reverend William Wesley Hamilton Greenslade – of Rotorua. For services to the community especially in connection with the Methodist Church of New Zealand.
• D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell – of Napier; advisory commissioner to Taupo County Council.
• Frederick Ensor Humphreys – of Gisborne. For services to the farming community.
• Helen Mary Johnson – of Wellington. For services to the School Dental Service, especially as matron of the Wellington School.
• Richard Thomas Mounsey – of Auckland. For services in the field of civil aviation, especially as a senior airline captain in New Zealand National Airways Corporation.
• Edward William Norman. For services to the community in Woodville and Pahiatua.
• Austin Edward Reid MM JP – of Carterton. For services to local government as chairman of Wairarapa South County Council for many years.
• Robert Clarence Reid JP – of Auckland. For services to the community in local government and welfare activities.
• Robert William Robson – of Stratford. For services to ex-service personnel and families.
• Alfred Geoffrey Scott – of Wellington; manager of the National Film Unit.
• Thomas Duncan Scott – of Dannevirke. For services to education.
• Isabella Ramsay Stevenson – of Gore. For services to the nursing profession.
• Mona Bessie Veitch – of Wellington. For services to the community over many years.
• Cecil Roy Wylde. For services to the community especially as mayor of the borough of Runanga.

Military division

• Lieutenant Reginald Goddard – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Samuel Bruce Matthews – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• The Reverend James Hugh McNeill – chaplain third class, Royal New Zealand Chaplains' Department (Regular Force).
• Major Roger John Pearce –
  Royal New Zealand Artillery
  (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I, Peter Emil Wischnowsky – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Squadron Officer Gilda St Clair Bezar –
  Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force
  .
• Flight Lieutenant Johnston Vivian William Thomas BEM – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Douglas Archibald Campbell – of Wellington; chief advisory officer, Soil Conservation Control Council.

• 
  Douglas Campbell

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division, for gallantry

• Leila Mary Robertson – occupational health nurse, Auckland International Airport. For services when a passenger aircraft crashed on the runway at Auckland International Airport.

Civil division, for meritorious service

• Alison Grace Booth. For services to the community, particularly with the
  St John Ambulance Association
  .
• William Charles Chambers. For services to the community, particularly with the St John Ambulance Association, Rangiora.
• Louis Irvine Dolman – constable,
  New Zealand Police Force
  .
• James Hunt Harding – substation operator, Electricity Department, Te Puke.
• Albert Richard Hurst – lately overseer, Health Department, Nelson.
• Kenneth Ray Lott – garage supervisor, Railways Department.
• Piata Heni Park – lately deaconess, Church of England Diocese, Christchurch.
• William Niu Tirene Puke – technician, Post Office.
• Arthur Waldin Soundy. For services to the Dannevirke Branch of the Blind Foundation.
• Mary Jane Symon. For services to the community of Timaru.

Military division

• Chief Petty Officer Dental Assistant George Leslie Bouterey – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Shipwright Desmond John Butler – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Alastair Mark Cameron – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Regulating Coxswain Stanley Harper – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Henry Keith Handley – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Sergeant George Arthur Horsfall – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Staff Sergeant Robert Charles James – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Flight Sergeant Robert Henry Palmer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Bobbie Miwa Edwards – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• George Claridge – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• Matthew Ferguson Morton – chief fire officer,
  Wanganui
  Fire Brigade.
• Leslie Vincent Horne – deputy chief fire officer, Petone Fire Brigade.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Bernard Joseph O'Connor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Noel James Stewart Rodger – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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