1971 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Noel Cole – of Auckland. For outstanding services to the community.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Rear Admiral Lawrence George Carr – Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Kendrick Gee Archer – of Christchurch. For most valuable services as a judge of the Valuation Court and chairman of various administrative tribunals.
• Ivan Thomas – of Wellington. For most valuable services as general manager of the New Zealand Railways.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes . For outstanding services as surgeon-in-charge of the cardio-thoracic unit at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland.
• George Philip Proctor – of Wellington. For outstanding services to manufacturing and the community.

  Commander (CBE)

• Professor Ian Alistair Gordon – of Wellington. For very valuable services to university education.
• James Robert Maddren – of Christchurch. For very valuable services to industry and the export drive.
• Professor John Arthur Reginald Miles – of Dunedin. For very valuable services to science.
• Alick Lindsay Poole – of Wellington. For very valuable services to the development of forestry and the forest industries.

• Brigadier Ian Thomas Galloway – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.

  Officer (OBE)

• Marjory French Erne Adams – of Auckland. For valuable services to education as headmistress of Epsom Girls Grammar School from 1953 to 1970.
• The Right Reverend Owen Thomas Baragwanath, – of Auckland. For valuable services to the community as a minister of religion.
• Robert Colville Bradshaw – of Upper Hutt. For valuable services to industry and commerce.
• The Reverend Haddon Charles Dixon – of Lower Hutt. For valuable services to the relief of hunger and poverty overseas.
• John Lloyd Fenaughty – of Wellington. For valuable services as New Zealand commissioner-general at Expo 70, Osaka.
• Claude Jack Ferrier – of Christchurch. For valuable services to the community.
• Marie Louise Dansey Iles – of Christchurch. For valuable services as general secretary of the Girl Guides Association.
• Gilbert Maclean. For valuable services to the community as chairman of the Wellington Hospital Board.
• Russell Matthews – of New Plymouth. For valuable services to the community.
• John Alexander Moreland – of Cambridge. For valuable services to the dairy industry.
• Iriaka Rio Te Hihiri Ratana – of Whangaehu. For valuable services to the Māori people.
• Constance Egmont Tulloch – of Putaruru. For valuable services to the community, especially as chairman of the Waikato Hospital Board.
• Edward William Desmond Unwin. For valuable services as chairman of the Timaru Harbour Board.

• Commander Raymond Frederick Sanderson – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Wynyard Beasley – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.
• Group Captain Nelson Hastings Bright – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Lloyd James Appleton – of Dannevirke. For services to local government and journalism.
• Thomas Frank Armstrong Archer – of Nelson. For services as president of the New Zealand Fruit Growers Federation Ltd, 1950–1966.
• Neil Alexander Barr – of Kaukapakapa. For services as founder of the Farm Forestry Association in New Zealand.
• Frederick Harold Bennett. For services to local government as chairman of the Masterton County Council.
• Percival Mahan Brooker – of Wellington. For services to brass band music.
• Stanley Crawford Childs – of Pukekohe. For services to local government.
• Mollie Christie, – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Wilfred Trevor Church – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Alan Harry De Costa – of Gisborne. For services to surf lifesaving.
• Frank McGregor Henderson – of Lumsden. For services to agriculture and education.
• Lily Annie Huggan. For services to the community especially as mayor of Petone.
• Eileen Marie Kelly – of Greymouth. For services to the community.
• Father Thomas Gerarde Keyes – of Invercargill. For services to the rehabilitation of young offenders.
• Harold Edward Lawrence – of Otorohanga. For services to local government.
• Charles Frederic Le Cren – of Christchurch. For services to amputees.
• Jessie Kennedy Lees – of New Plymouth, For services to the Women's Division of Federated Farmers.
• Caroline Elizabeth Lepper – of Invercargill. For services to crippled children.
• Lewis Rowland Lewis – of Napier. For services to education.
• George Lorimer McLatchie – of Oamaru. For services to the poultry industry.
• Colin Earl Meads – of Te Kuiti. For services to rugby football.
• Walter Allan Parker. For services as Mayor of Kaitangata.
• Henry Witen Bell Poppelwell – of Hastings. For services to the community.
• Gordon Cowie Riddell – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Brian Preston Stevenson – of Auckland. For services to local government.

• Lieutenant Commander Ian George McLean – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant Commander John Joseph Maire – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Second Class David Ernie Dorset – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Warrant Officer First Class Roland Alfred Manning – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer First Class George Hedley Newcomb – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer William Twaddle Frickleton Buchanan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Walter George Carruthers – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Ian Greville Watt – of Auckland. For valuable services as director of the Meat Division, Department of Agriculture.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Ernest Ashton – of Nelson. For services to the community especially as a member of the St John Ambulance Association.
• Sheila Currie – of Christchurch. For services to disabled and handicapped children.
• Daphne Matilda Dobell – of Kaitaia. For services to the community.
• Leigh Sherns Gooch – of Takapau. For services to the scouting movement.
• Zella Eugenie Harrison – of Hokitika. For services to the community.
• George Charles Hart – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Joseph Frederick Jobson – of Linden. For services as a member of the Post Office.
• Eileen Elizabeth Lane – of Christchurch. For services to netball.
• Marjorie Isabel Pilkington – of Opotiki. For services to the community.
• Agnes Reid – of Auckland. For services to intellectually handicapped children.
• Constable Raymond John Ruane – of Katikati. For services to the community.
• John Smith – of Rotorua. For services as a tour coach driver.
• Winifrede Mary Smith – of Ranfurly. For services to the community.

• Chief Marine Engineering Artificer Kelvin William Hunt – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Leigh George Morley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff-Sergeant Wallace Richards – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Staff-Seargeant Daniel Wilfred Wilson – New Zealand Special Air Service.
• Flight Sergeant Wallace Frederick Cleaver – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Joseph John Keegan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Temporary Sergeant Ronald Allan Nicholson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Lieutenant Commander Nigel Hawkesly Burbury – Royal Navy.
• Squadron Leader Donald Raymond Smith – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• George Stuart Austing – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.

  Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• Frank Albert Hardy – chief fire officer, Christchurch Fire Brigade.
• Peter Habib – fireman, Haumoana.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant John Stewart Hosie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.