1980 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

The 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of

• CBE – of Wānaka
  . For services to aviation, export industry and community.
• The Honourable
  Hawke's Bay, Speaker of the House of Representatives
  .
• Ralph Patrick Thompson – of Christchurch. For services to commerce and the community.

• 
  Sir Richard Harrison

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

Military division

• Major General Brian Matauru Poananga CBE – Chief of General Staff.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Dame Commander (DCMG)

• Norma Janet, Lady Holyoake – of Government House, Wellington
  . For public services since 1935.

• 
  Dame Norma Holyoake

Companion (CMG)

• Howard Graham Fleming Callam – of Auckland. For services as chairman of the Totalisator Agency Board, and to the community.
• Frank Henry Corner – of Wellington; lately Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Graham Stanley Latimer – of Taipuha, Northland; president of the New Zealand Māori Council.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Kevin Nicholas McNamara – of Auckland. For services to surgery.
• Charles Stuart Masters – of Auckland. For political services.
• George Malcolm Peters – of
  Taitā; director-general, New Zealand Post Office
  , 1977–1979.
• John Graeme Sinclair Reid – of Auckland. For services to business management.
• Professor George Lancelot Rolleston – of Christchurch; dean, Christchurch Clinical School of the University of Otago.
• William Alexander Sutton – of Christchurch. For services to art.
• Horace Leslie Verry – of Wellington; lately general manager, New Zealand Press Association.
• Sheilah Maureen Winn – of Christchurch. For services to the arts.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• John Boyd-Clark – of Christchurch. For services to the wool industry and community.
• Ailsa Evelyn Densem – of Christchurch. For services to the playcentre movement.
• Helen June Patricia Evison – of Wellington. For services to the theatre.
• Ronald William Greenough – of Te Awamutu. For services to the dairy industry.
• Frank Albert Hardy
  QFSM – of Wellington; fire commissioner, New Zealand Fire Service
  .
• Victor Edwin Jaynes – of Wellington; lately director, External Intelligence Bureau, Prime Minister's Department.
• Sydney James Lavelle JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Robert Stewart Lockwood JP – of Palmerston North. For services to the building industry.
• George Tuoro Marsden ED JP – of Hamilton. For services to the Māori people.
• Herbert James Poole – of Lower Hutt. For services to horticulture.
• Hollis Wilton Reed – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Harry Leonard Riley
  MBE JP – of Golden Bay
  . For services to local government.
• Nancy Elizabeth Russell – of Hāwera. For services to speech and drama teaching.
• John Oswald Sanders – of Auckland. For services to the
  Bible College of New Zealand
  .
• Hugh Hunter Saunders – of Christchurch. For services to manufacturing and the community.
• Alan Raine Topham – of Auckland. For services to export.
• George Edward Twentyman – deputy assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.

Military division

• Colonel James Alexander McArthur – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
• Lieutenant Colonel David William Stewart Moloney – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Group Captain Geoffrey Charles Hubbard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Beverley Doris Bennett – of Wellington. For services to art.
• Jack Breward – of Christchurch. For services to the Royal Life Saving Society and community.
• Colin Alexander Dickie – of Wellington. For services to athletics and art.
• Andrew Robert Dreaver ED – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Maurice Raymond Duckmanton – of Christchurch. For services to swimming.
• Ralph Oliver Eagles JP – lately general manager, Auckland Education Board.
• William Elliott – of New Plymouth; superintendent, New Plymouth Prison.
• Alan Charlton Fraser – of Rangiora. For services to the community.
• Richard John Hadlee – of Christchurch. For services to cricket.
• Ralph James Iorns JP – of Golden Bay. For services to the community.
• Arthur Kennedy – of Tauranga. For services as a first-aid training officer in forestry industry.
• Ian Andrew Kirkpatrick – of Gisborne. For services to rugby.
• Eugene James Metge MacLoughlin – of Te Puke. For services to the kiwifruit industry.
• Lieutenant Commander Courtney Phillip Medland – of Paremata; New Zealand Cadet Forces.
• Ethel Margaret Millar – of Auckland; chief nursing officer, Auckland Hospital Board.
• Alfred Nevil Wells (Peter) Newton – of Rangiora. For services to literature.
• James Julius Nielsen – of Auckland; superintendent of traffic, Auckland City Council.
• Thelma Elsie Pearson – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Irene Mary Reid – of
  Ngakawau. For services to bowling
  .
• Thomas Michael Noel Rodgers – of Palmerston North. For services to the New Zealand Automobile Association and community.
• Edgar Pearce Rogers – of Tawa; private secretary to Ministers of Health, 1956–1979.
• Ortvin Sarapu – of Auckland. For services to chess.
• William David Skelton – of Levin. For services to horse racing as a jockey.
• Donald Murray Stafford – of Rotorua. For services to the preservation of Māori traditions and history.
• Henry Ellis Thomas Sutton – of Invercargill. For services to sport, music and the community.
• Beatrice Marion Webster – of Auckland. For services to music and singing.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Nicholas Terence Byrne – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Marine Engineering Artificer Arthur Wayne Hurndell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Master at Arms John Joseph Watt – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Gordon Crichton Forgie ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I Albert James Owen Hewlett – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Major Bruce Hill – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Class I Selwyn Francis Ryder – Royal New Zealand Signals.
• Warrant Officer Russell John David McKay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Daniel Wakefield McLeod – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Brian Kelvin Read – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Richard Hadlee

British Empire Medal (BEM)

Military division

• Petty Officer Radio Supervisor Rodney Michael Kevin Berry – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Control Electrical Artificer Leonard John Bilton – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Keith Allan Inwood –
  Royal New Zealand Engineers
  .
• Sergeant Ian Leslie McKenzie – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Staff Sergeant Thomas Douglas Whitaker – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant Rex William Johnson MBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Roger Wilfred Louis – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Neville Roderick Clyde Simpson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

For community service

• Emilie Bellwood – of Auckland.
• Yolande Elizabeth Lyell Gay JP – of Hamilton.
• Norman George Goffin – of Lower Hutt.
• Russell James Laurenson JP – of Lower Hutt.
• Noeline Mary McIlroy – of Christchurch.
• Peter Leonard Newberry – of Auckland.
• Huntly Stuart Skinner JP – of Dunedin.
• Mona Wikaira JP – of Kihikihi.

For public services

• Ian Lawrence Baumgart – of Lower Hutt; lately Commissioner for the Environment.
• Howard Byron Danby JP – of Thames.
• Ernest Dwyer – of Hastings.
• Gordon Glendinning Grieve – of Invercargill.
• Lorna Margaret Johnston – of Auckland.
• John Holdsworth Nairn – of Waipawa.
• William Henry Parr JP – of Nelson.
• Ronald George Russell JP – of Wanganui; mayor of Wanganui
  .
• John Bernard Thomas JP – of Reporoa.
• Wallace Emilie Walker JP – of Dunsandel; chairman, Ellesmere County Council, since 1959.

• 
  Gordon Grieve

Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

For community service

• Audrea Eileen Beddie – of Christchurch.
• Margaret Clare Boyce – of Auckland.
• Alice Elizabeth Corballis – of Marton.
• Moe Alma Mary Dudfield – of Wellington.
• Thomas Mutu Ellison – of Otago.
• Violet Edith Fairweather – of Christchurch.
• Valerie Lorna Ferguson – of Hamilton.
• Molly Casement Persse Foster – of Auckland.
• Leslie Herbert Freeman – of Khandallah.
• Ripeka Huingariri Atawhai Wilcox George – of Bay of Islands.
• Cecilia Joan Andrews Greenwood – of Havelock North.
• Ruby Hannan – of Port Chalmers.
• Albert Charles Norman Harmer JP – of Auckland.
• Tihi Harris – of Northland.
• Kararaima Heke – of Rotorua.
• Punia Mollie Hotene JP – of Morrinsville.
• Norah Annie Humphreys – of Nelson.
• Arthur Tolson Inskeep – of Frankton.
• Mabel Elizabeth James – of Christchurch.
• Richard Malcolm Leach – of Waihi.
• Hazel Adelaide Lomax – of Northland.
• Adelaide Frances McLean – of Dunedin.
• Ian Nelson Menzies – of New Plymouth.
• Evan William Musgrove – of Blenheim.
• Eva Rennie – of Kaiapoi.
• Zella Roberts – of Auckland.
• Robert Hugh Rodgers – of Motueka.
• Lucy Dorset Taylor – of Wellington.
• Hinauri Strongman Tribole – of Utah, United States.
• Margaret Gertie Wall – of Dannevirke.
• Teoti Rupi Wawatai – of Gisborne.

For public services

• Dr Basil Ernest West Aldwell MC – of Gisborne.
• John Renata Blackman – of Te Kūiti.
• Dorothy Brenda Isabel Ruth Brown – of Invercargill.
• Nancy Margaret Caldwell JP – of Wainuiomata.
• Dora Kathleen Cathro – of Ngāruawāhia.
• Raymond William Cleland – of Wānaka; chief ranger, Mount Aspiring National Park, 1966–1979.
• Elsie Barrie Dillon – of Waipawa.
• Grahame Durston – of Auckland.
• Douglas Eccles Fleury – of Kimbolton.
• Thomas William Darcy Hughes – of Albany.
• Hugh Marchwell Jennings – of Gisborne.
• Patricia Mary Lockhart – of Wellington.
• Thomas Richard Alexander McCleary – of Christchurch.
• Tere Anini McGuire JP – of
  Hicks Bay
  .
• Alexander Robert McLay – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Richard Joseph O'Connell – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• George Cyril Parish – of Auckland; lately senior education officer, Mount Eden Prison.
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust
  .
• Hoera Kewa Tika Ruru JP – of Te Karaka.
• Henry Richard Thorp – of Paeroa.
• Bryan Blake Wills JP – of Rotorua.

Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Andrew Barr – of Papakura; lately volunteer senior station officer, Papakura Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Garth Winston Bicknell JP – of Porirua; chief fire officer, Porirua Fire Brigade.
• Phillip Ernest O'Malley – of Waimate; chief fire officer, Waimate Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Ross Phillip Dallow – inspector, New Zealand Police.

• 
  Ross Dallow

Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Robin John Klitscher DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Squadron Leader Ian George Brunton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Peter Stanley Burton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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