1976 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

The 1976 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of

• MBE JP – of Dunedin; mayor of the City of Dunedin
  since 1968.
• The Honourable Mr Justice Alan Clifford Perry – of Auckland; senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court.
• Bryan James Todd – of Wellington. For services to commerce and the community.

• 
  Sir James Barnes

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

Military division

• Major-General
  CBE – Chief of General Staff
  .

• The Honourable Mr Justice Alan Aylmer Coates – of Auckland. For public services and services as a stipendiary magistrate.
• Jean Marjory Herbison – of Christchurch. For services to education.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Brigadier
  OBE – of Silverstream; Director of Security
  since 1957.
• Gordon Edward George Minhinnick OBE – of Auckland. For services as a cartoonist.

• 
  Sir Gordon Minhinnick

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Arthur Newman Vickery Dobbs – of Lower Hutt; Director-General of Education, 1971–1975.
• John Malcolm Fielder OBE
  Public Trustee
  , 1968–1976.
• Brigadier James Ferris Fuller OBE ED – of Wellington. For services to dentistry.
• The Very Reverend Walter Edmund Wilmshurst Hurst – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Whakaari Te Rangitakuku Metekingi – of Marton. For services to the Māori people, especially in the rehabilitation of Māori lands.
• Emeritus Professor Charles Nalden – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Alfred Walmsley OBE – of Invercargill. For services to the community.

Military division

• Brigadier Alan Howard Sutton – Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel).

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Bridget Teresa Bryant – of Manakau. For services to the community, especially Women's Division of Federated Farmers.
• Thomas Anthony Carrol – of Dargaville. For services to the farming industry.
• Maurice Rhodes Carter JP – of Christchurch. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Norris Arthur Collins – of Paekākāriki. For services as general secretary, National Union of Railwaymen.
• Professor
  Canterbury; vice principal and professor of animal science, Lincoln College, University College of Agriculture
  .
• The Very Reverend George David Falloon MC – of Geraldine. For services to the Presbyterian Church and community.
• The Reverend Canon Henry Ivor Hopkins – of Christchurch. For services to prison chaplaincy.
• Captain Frederick Patrick Ladd MBE – of Rotorua. For services to the tourist and aviation industries.
• Catherine Alice McCormack (The Reverend Mother Melchior) – of
  Heretaunga
  . For services to nursing.
• Captain Peterson Neil McKellar – of Whangārei. For services as superintendent, Northland Harbour Board.
• Noel Clifford Manson – of Wellington; major, Salvation Army. For services to the community.
• Oliver Ross Nicholson – of Auckland. For services to medicine, especially orthopaedics.
• Hinetara Potaka – of Te Puke. For services to the Māori people, especially in the field of education and welfare.
• Joseph Victor Hugh Stephens – of Balclutha. For services to farming and the community.
• Hugh Kenneth Stevenson – of
  Hawkes Bay
  .
• Charles Joseph Tustin – of Lower Hutt. For services to the New Zealand Returned Services Association.
• Thomas Harold Warburton – of Greytown. For services to commercial horticulture.

Military division

• Captain Eric Robinson Ellison – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Edward John Valentine ED – Colonels' List (Territorial Force).
• Group Captain Patrick Neville AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Ian Coop

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• George Ramsay Andrews MC DCM JP – of Te Aroha. For services to community and local-body affairs.
• Ian Douglas Blair – of Christchurch. For services to science and the community.
• Valdemars Briedis – of Christchurch. For services to athletics as a coach.
• Leslie Alexander Byars JP – of Taumarunui. For services to local government and sport.
• James Douglas Charlton Edgar – of Dunedin. For services to art.
• Ida Gertrude Eise – of Auckland. For services to art.
• Doris Fitzsimmons – of Wellington. For services to sport.
• Ronald William Arthur Frost – of Auckland. For services to motor racing.
• Gladys Mary Gebbie – of
  Whangaparāoa. For services to youth, especially the Girls' Brigade
  .
• Muriel Ernesta Hilton JP – of Waimate
  . For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Helen Julia Vivian Jensen – of Auckland. For services to women's hockey.
• Annie Cameron Keenan – of Dunedin. For services to bowling.
• Douglas Haig Meiklejohn – of Wellington. For services to the Wellington Boys' Institute.
• Hugh Allen Mills JP – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• William Parker – of Wellington. For services to the Māori people.
• William Baker Parker JP – of Blenheim. For service to the community, especially as a member of the Marlborough Harbour Board.
• Eric Paton – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Alan Ernest Pow – of Auckland. For services to the performing arts.
• Robina Annie Reardon – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Mary Bertha Rawlinson (Mrs Falconer) – of Dunedin. For services to music and drama.
• Rona Miriel Stevenson JP – of Taupō. For services to the community.
• Edward John Trappitt – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Squadron Leader Denton Norman Tyler – New Zealand Cadet Forces, Air Training Corps, Wanganui.
• Mervyn James Waters – of Christchurch. For services to brass bands.
• Alfred James Noble Whelan – of Auckland. For services to softball.
• Phyllis Margaret Zeff – of Christchurch. For services to family life and the community.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Harold Charles Gibson Richards – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Second Class William McPherson Dyas –
  Royal New Zealand Engineers
  (Territorial Force).
• Temporary Major and Quartermaster Trevor Frederick Phillips – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer First Class Donald St Clare Stewart – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Captain Kenneth John Woods – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Flight Lieutenant Miles Lancaster Pointon – Royal New Zealand ″Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Noel James Work – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Ian Blair

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Civil division

• William James Bolitho – of Reefton. For services to the coal-mining industry.
• Hector Jack Clark – of Auckland. For services to horticulture and the community.
• Leslie Nelson Cording – of Wellington. For services to the disabled.
• Constance Emily Free – of Hāwera. For services to the Hawera Hospital and community.
• John Hector Gordon – deceased, of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Harry Ernest Mitchell Hart – of Christchurch. For services to afforestation.
• Nohowaka Uri Karaka – of Auckland. For services to the trade-union movement.
• Seymour Charles Arundell Lambert – of Auckland. For services to the blind.
• Isabella Lees Roberts – of Rotorua. For services to the community.

Military division

• Chief Petty Officer Keith Norman Duley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant Graeme Alexander Harvey – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).
• Staff Sergeant James Hewson Hendrick – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Trevor Frank Mulligan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Marjory Charles Cambridge – of Karoro.
• Janet Hassall – of Tokoroa.
• Leonard Ivan Plimmer JP – of Palmerston North.

For public service

• Kenneth Haslett
  – of Whangārei.
• Oliver James Henderson – of Invercargill.
• Henry Montague Israel JP – of Auckland.
• Ailsa Douglas McCutchan – of Mount Maunganui; lately matron-in-chief, Waikato Hospital Board.
• Douglas Crichton McKechnie – of Geraldine.
• The Honourable
  1954
  –1975; Minister of the Crown, 1972–1975.
• Barry Percy Frederick Rothery – of Auckland.
• Hilton Stevens Wells JP – of Wellington; principal private secretary to the Prime Minister.

• 
  Henry May

Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Myrtle Elizabeth Aymes – of Te Kūiti.
• Denis Lowther Evelyn Broad – of Carters Beach.
• Dorris Loft Bryant – of Hāwera.
• Lily Kate Victoria Grigg JP – of Wellington.
• Amelia Ida Haas – of Pahiatua.
• Richard Albert Himona JP – of Masterton.
• Evelyn Francoise Le Lievre (Sister Mary Fidelis) – of Hastings.
• William Patrick Mathewson – of Hastings.
• Colleen Catherine Neal – of Blenheim.
• Jessie Dundas Scott – of Alexandra.
• Mervyn David Sterling – of Matakohe.
• Rosalie Sterritt – of Christchurch.
• Mary Margaret Taylor – of Auckland.
• Kyra Veronica Todd – of New Plymouth.

For public services

• George Albert Ammundsen – of Wanganui.
• John Douglas Bayne JP – of Te Kūiti.
• John Kinder Clark JP – of Milton.
• Dorothy Ivy Croucher – of
  High Commissioner, New Zealand High Commission, London
  .
• Dr Garsie Aris De Latour – of Te Puia Springs; lately medical superintendent, Waiapu Hospital.
• Harold Lindsay Edwards – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• William Esgar Hale JP – of Foxton; director and secretary, New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles Limited.
• Colin Vivian Kerr-Taylor JP – of Waimauku.
• Eric Charles Kingston JP – of Waipawa.
• Daisy Winifred Pillar – of Levin.
• Edward Charlie Puddick – lately director, Department of Social Welfare, Auckland.
• Mary Elizabeth Richardson JP – of Auckland.
• Mary Patricia Von Dadelszen – of Pōrangahau.
• Ronald Edgar Williams JP – of Rotorua; overseer (buildings), Waipa Sawmill,
  New Zealand Forest Service
  .

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Athol Eric Cattermole – chief fire officer, Kaiapoi Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Robert Mervyn Craig – fireman, Pukekohe Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• David James Dwan – lately detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• James William Lester – constable, New Zealand Police.

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Ian Samuel Ritchie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Squadron Leader Roger Selwyn Holdaway – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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