1973 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

• The Right Honourable John Ross Marshall – lately Prime Minister of New Zealand.

  Knight Bachelor

• Geoffrey Newland Roberts – of Wellsford. For outstanding services to aviation.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Alfred Ernest Allen – lately Speaker, House of Representatives.
• Leonard Poulter Leary – of Auckland. For valuable services to law.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Robert Alexander Falla – of Wellington. For outstanding services to conservation.
• The Right Honourable Sir Alexander Kingcome Turner – of Wellington. For outstanding services as president of the Court of Appeal.

  Commander (CBE)

• Graham Francis Hall – of Wellington. For very valuable services to medicine.
• William Maxwell Manchester – of Papatoetoe. For very valuable services as head of the Middlemore plastic surgical unit.
• The Honourable William Blair Tennent – of Palmerston North. For very valuable services in politics and education.
• Robert Martin Williams – of Dunedin. For very valuable services to science, administration and education.

• Air Commodore Ernest Charles Gartrell – Deputy Chief of Air Staff.

  Officer (OBE)

• Professor Dennis Geoffrey Bonham – of Auckland. For valuable services to medicine.
• George Cyril Burton – of Wellington. For valuable services to the community.
• Robert Donald Cox – of Auckland. For valuable services to commerce.
• Cecil Lancelot Stewart Cross – of Wellington. For valuable services to sports administration.
• Francis William Dry – of Palmerston North. For valuable services to the wool industry.
• Henry Edward Field – of Christchurch. For valuable services to education.
• Leonard Charles Harrison – of Stratford. For valuable services to the community.
• Henry Charles McQueen – of Wellington. For valuable services to the community.
• The Honourable John Mathison – of Christchurch. For valuable services to politics.
• Robert Richmond Rex. For valuable services to the people of Niue.
• William Newton Sheat – of Lower Hutt. For valuable services to the arts.
• Matiu Te Hau – of Auckland. For valuable services to Māori education.
• Charles Stewart Thomas – of Christchurch. For valuable services to the community.
• George Augustus Walsh – of Tauranga. For valuable services to politics.

• Commander John Wilfred Harper Fullerton Dickie – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Maurice Craig Churton – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Group Captain Walter Graham Hughes – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Ronald Gilmour Anderson – of Cheviot. For services to local government.
• John McKay Archibald – of Southland. For services to the community.
• William James Cronshaw Ashcroft – of Havelock North. For services to local government.
• John Harband Brunt – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially the Nelson Harbour Board.
• Stanley Norman Chatfield – of Ōpōtiki. For services to local government.
• David Bartholomew Curry – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• James Riddle Earwaker – of Alexandra. For services to the community.
• Robert Stephenson Jordan Fitzgerald – of Oamaru. For services to medicine and the community.
• James Guy – of Te Kōpuru. For services to the community.
• Enyth Muriel Holdgate – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Anirau Miria Karauria – of Mount Maunganui. For services to the Māori community
• Winifred Frances Lysnar – of Gisborne. For services to the community.
• Ivall Moira Macdonald – of Invercargill. For services to the community and especially the Girl Guides Association.
• Shona Graham McFarlane – of Dunedin. For services to the arts.
• Beatrice Annie Matheson – of Raglan. For services to the community.
• Alexander Prentice – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Donald David Rowlands – of Auckland. For services to rowing.
• Ronald Henshall Simmons – of Auckland. For services to the community,
• Ernest William Taylor – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Waiharakeke Waitere – of Putiki. For services to the Māori community.
• John Anthony Roy Walker – of Otautau. For services to the community.

• Lieutenant Commander Joseph Grant – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Commander William Murton Wheeler – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve ; Sea Cadet Corps, New Zealand Cadet Forces.
• Warrant Officer First Class Jack Colin Cocker – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Major John Lawrence Manning – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Captain Philip Richard Robert Rutherford – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Robert John Whitefield – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Squadron Leader Roger Musson Cattermole – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Patrick Christopher Rice – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Leslie James Davis – of Auckland, lately High Commissioner of the Cook Islands.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

For gallantry

• Geoffrey Stewart Barrett – of Wainuiomata. For gallantry shown in seizing an armed murderer in Wellington.

• Petty Officer Walter Steel Inglis – Royal New Zealand Navy. For gallantry shown in seizing an armed murderer in Wellington.

  For meritorious service

• Christabel Lenore Bending – of Marton. For services to the community.
• Alice Bent – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Peter Vincent Keown – constable, New Zealand Police Force. For services to the community, particularly search and rescue in the Wanaka area.
• Walter McDougall – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Eva Marion Rimmer – of Edgecumbe. For services to paraplegics.
• Norman William Rossiter – of Westport. For services to the community.
• John William Roughan – Director of Public Works, Niue.
• Wesley Newsome Stanley – of Hastings. For services to the community.

• Acting Warrant Radioman Allan Parker – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Writer David Alexander Seaton – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Engineering Mechanic Dennis John Stapleton – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Corporal David Ian Bird – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Sergeant Hori Heteri Hokianga – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Gilbert Alan Mains – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant Eric Stanley Dark – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Corporal James Burns Duncan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Desmond Bruce Harlick – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Ivor Veitch Mackay – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Gordon Drummond – chief fire service officer, New Zealand Fire Service Council.
• Randolph William McMillan – chief fire officer, Temuka Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Elvyn Francis Quinlan – secretary, United Fire Brigades Association of New Zealand.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Master Signaller Noel Joseph Crump – Royal New Zealand Air Force.