1958 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• John Cawte Beaglehole – of Wellington. For services in the fields of historical research and literature.
• James Roberts – secretary of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation and the Alliance of Labour.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Charles Ritchie Burns – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
• Frederick Horace Smirk – professor of medicine at the University of Otago.

• Major-General William George Gentry – Generals' List, New Zealand Army.
• Major-General Keith Lindsay Stewart – Generals' List, New Zealand Army.

  Commander (CBE)

• Gilbert Edward Archey – director of the Auckland Institute and Museum.
• James Leggat – headmaster of the Christchurch Boys' High School.
• Campbell Percy McMeekan – superintendent of the Animal Research Station at Ruakura.
• David Miller – an entomologist; director of the Cawthron Institute, Nelson.

• Air Commodore Charles Campbell Hunter – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• Geoffrey Thomas Alley – director of the National Library Service.
• Estelle Beere – of Wellington; a teacher of dancing for many years.
• The Reverend Colin Douglas Charles Caswell – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Ernest Charles Empson – president of the New Zealand Registered Music Teachers' Association.
• Trevor Hatherton – Geophysics Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington.
• Joseph Holmes Miller – deputy leader of the New Zealand Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
• Cecily Mary Wise Pickerill – of Wellington. For services in the field of plastic surgery.
• Thomas Athol Rafter – director of the Dominion Physical Laboratory.
• William Stanley Norman Rennie – president of the Electrical Supply Authorities Association and chairman of the Wanganui Power Board.
• Emily Elizabeth Stephens – of Auckland. For services to education.
• John Weeks – an artist, of Auckland.

• Lieutenant-Colonel Warren John Boyd – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond Francis Smith – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.
• Wing Commander Arnold Eric Cockburn – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Vincent Aspey – of Wellington. For services to music, especially as leader of the National Orchestra.
• Ralph Ewart Barley. For services in the field of local government and community work in the Hawke's Bay area.
• Kathleen Buckle. For services to the community in North Auckland.
• William Carran – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.
• Percy William Jones Cockerill – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• Agnes Emily Aurora Faulkner – of Tauranga. For social welfare services.
• Kathleen Janet Ford – principal of the Burwood Girls' Training Centre, Christchurch.
• Malama Vaiolae Head – of Niue. For services to education.
• Violet Blanche Rollings – mayoress of Onehunga.
• Henry Valentine Horlor. For services to the community in local-body affairs in Lower Hutt.
• Agnes Mary Kearns – of Palmerston North. For services to nursing.
• Ngarangi Putiputi Te Kura Kohere – of Dannevirke. For services to nursing.
• Captain Raymond Arthur Parker – Merchant Marine. For services to the community of the North Shore area, Auckland.
• James Malcolm Patrick – chairman of the King Edward Technical College.
• Ellen Alma Rose – lately matron of the public hospital, Waipukurau.
• Oscar Silbery. For services to the community in local-body affairs in the Petone area.
• Thomas Stewart Spencer – of Bluff. For services to the Māori people.

• Lieutenant Trevor Harry Wickman – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class I George Henry – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Major William Aitchison Driscoll McComb – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Major Frank Dupree McWha – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Class I Cecil Max Schwass – New Zealand Regiment.
• Flight Lieutenant Edward Lunn – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Francis Davitt Mandival Moran – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Leslie Issott Grange – director of New Zealand Geological Survey.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Alonzo George Edgar Beal – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police Force, Bluff.
• John Richard Lucas – night duty officer, Mount Eden Jail, Department of Justice, Auckland.
• William Smith – second-in-charge of store activities, Naval Store Department, HMNZ Dockyard, Auckland.

• Mechanician 1st Class Roy Alphonsus Berwick – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Walter John Douglas – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Electrical Artificer Thomas Gaylor – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Radio Electrician Peter David Mulgrew – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Engine Room Artificer Class II Frank Desmond Rastrick – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Staff-Sergeant Ramon Tinsley – New Zealand Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant Richard James Ruscoe – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant William Rink – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Laurence Walter Tarr – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader John Richard Claydon – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Keith Bishop Smith – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Percy James Nalder – assistant commissioner of the New Zealand Police Force.