1973 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Major-General Leslie Arthur Pearce – Chief of the General Staff.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• Professor Albert William Liley – of Auckland. For distinguished services to medicine.
• Alister Donald McIntosh – of Wellington. For devoted public service.

  Companion (CMG)

• The Very Reverend Dr Ian Watson Fraser – of Linden. For humanitarian services over a wide field, particularly in respect of refugees.
• John Anthony James – of Wellington. For services to neurosurgery.
• Professor Neville Crompton Phillips – of Christchurch. For services in education.

  Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

• Kathleen Agnes Niccol – of Auckland. For outstanding services to music.

  Knight Commander (KBE)

• George Charles Hart – of Auckland. For outstanding philanthropy and services to manufacturing.

  Commander (CBE)

• The Honourable Norman Leslie Shelton – of Marton. For public services.
• Richard Spence Volkmann Simpson – of Lower Hutt. For services to education and the arts.
• Valdemar Reid Skellerup – of Christchurch. For philanthropy and services to industry.

• Air Commodore Richard Bruce Bolt – Assistant Chief of Defence Staff, Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• Jeanie Eleanor Kirk-Burnnand – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Kennedy Berclay Burnside – Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.
• Frank Chilton – of Christchurch. For services to the handicapped.
• The Reverend Father Francis James Green – of Waihi. For services to youth.
• Reginald Jones – of Christchurch. For services to technical education.
• Roderick Athelstane Keir – of Auckland. For services to technical education.
• Frederic McCarthy – of Auckland. For services to law and education.
• Ritchie Macdonald – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• George Matthew – of Wellington. For services to education.
• Doris Turner Nicholson – of Heretaunga. For services to the community.
• Kiri Janette Park – of Esher, Surrey. For services to music.
• Albert Henry Thomas Rose – of Christchurch. For services to the Lepers' Trust Board.
• Professor James Lawrence Wright – of Dunedin. For services to medicine.

• Commander Ronald Fletcher Faber – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Kenneth Grey Porter – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Group Captain Keith Rex Orsborn – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Alice Rosina Berridge – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Keith Wilbur Blackmore – of Alexandra. For services to local government.
• Viola Emily Blincoe – lieutenant-colonel, Salvation Army; of Heretaunga. For services to the community.
• Mary Wharton Christian – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Leslie Jonathan Fairbrother – of Carterton. For services to the community.
• Catherine May Garland – of Dunedin. For services to sport.
• George Glassey – of Ashburton. For public services.
• Rudall Charles Victor Hayward – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Rangimarie Taheka Hetet – of Te Kuiti. For services to Māori art and culture.
• John Stanley Hunt – of Cromwell. For services to farming.
• Victor David Morrow Jacobson – of Marlborough. For services to medicine and the community.
• James Noel Laird – of Hāwera. For services to education.
• Keith Charles Malcolm – of Palmerston North. For services to scouting.
• Leslie Roy Mills – of Auckland. For services to sport.
• Agnes Annabel Grace Morgan – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• George Stanley O'Keefe – of Westport. For services to the community.
• John Billington Hayes Parry – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Herbert Robinson Peers – of Christchurch. For services to education and care of the aged.
• Mana Rangi – of Tikitiki. For services to the community.
• William Antony Reed – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• Harold Harding Richmond – of Dunedin. For philanthropy and welfare services.
• Allan George Scott – of Morrinsville. For services to horticulture.
• Mavis Betty Evelyn Treloar – of Invercargill. For welfare services.
• Albert Veart – of Auckland. For services to lifesaving.
• George Hector Walker – chief fire officer, Stokes Valley Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Joseph Victor Wallis – of Napier. For services to the community.
• James Richard Whitford – of Christchurch. For services to the community.

• Warrant Radioman Patrick George Campbell Green – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Commander George Alfred Hannan – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Honorary Lieutenant Samuel Johnson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Harold Thomas Harris – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Major Graeme Burnet Mackenzie Law – New Zealand Army Legal Service.
• Major Ivar Bojesen-Trepka – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Denis Herbert Sidney Leggett – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader John Robert Wiltshier – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Joseph William Allen – sectional officer, Legislative Department.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Leila Genevra Bassett – of Motueka. For services to the community.
• Clarice Gledhill Chivers – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Margaret Cooper – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Joseph Fahey – of Lawrence. For services to the community.
• Robert Bruce Frankham – of Hamilton. For services to swimming.
• James Craigie Glass – of Timaru. For services to art and culture.
• Margaret Mary Hall – of Fox Glacier. For services to youth, recreation and training.
• Geoffrey Lawrence Hocquard – of Marlborough. For services to sport.
• George Allan Wilton Keast – of Pahiatua. For services to the community and dairying.
• Jocelyn Edna Looker – of Hamilton. For services to the community and to music.
• James Smith – of Coromandel. For services to the community, in particular safety at sea.
• Jean Ann Smith – of Clarkville. For services to the community.
• Elizabeth Stinson – of Christchurch. For services to nursing and in community affairs.

• Chief Petty Officer Cook Raymond Lionel Norman Ford – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Corporal Albert Collins – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Maurice Edwards – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant Colin Newman Carmichael – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Robert Neill – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Brian Alfred Wakelam – Royal New Zealand Air Force.