1975 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• William Norman Gough Dunlop – of Christchurch. For services to the farming industry.
• Leonard Albert Hadley – of Wellington. For services to the trade union movement.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Ian Gordon Lythgoe – chairman of the State Services Commission, 1970–1974.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Arthur Ernest Bockett – commissioner of the Waterfront Industry Commission.
• John Patrick McVeagh – of Lower Hutt; Chief Parliamentary Counsel.

  Order of the British Empire

Dame Commander (DBE)

• Lucy Ruth Kirk – widow of the Right Honourable Norman Eric Kirk, late Prime Minister of New Zealand. For public services.

  Knight Commander (KBE)

• Peter Tait – of Napier. For services to local government.

  Commander (CBE)

• Laurence Alfred Cameron – of Lower Hutt. For services to commerce and the community.
• Miriam Patricia Dell – of Wellington. For public services.
• Robert James MacLachlan – Director-General of Lands, 1962–1974.
• Stanley William Wilford Tong – of Auckland. For services to the legal profession and civic affairs.
• Pearce Melvin Eddy Williams – of Kaikohe. For services to the community.

• Brigadier Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett – Assistant Chief of Defence Staff.

  Officer (OBE)

• John Dunstan Atkinson – of Auckland. For services to scientific research.
• Gordon Alexander Brown – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Father Leo St John Close – of Dunedin. For services to the paraplegic movement.
• Bevan Ernest Congdon – of Dunedin. For services to cricket.
• James Francis Duncan – professor of inorganic and theoretical chemistry, Victoria University of Wellington.
• Maurice Francis Tancred Holmes – of Christchurch. For services to New Zealand trotting.
• Sheila Betty Holt – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Donald Ross Hunter – of Dunedin, For services to the Otago Council and the community.
• The Reverend George Alfred Jeffreys – of Auckland. For services to youth and the community.
• Reginald David Lumsden – of Wellington. For services to the Industrial Court.
• Norman Alfred Nash – of Palmerston North. For services to the newspaper and printing industry and community.
• Eunice Olive Nieukerke – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.
• John Goodlet Pryde – of Wellington. For services to the farming industry.
• John Russell Ritchie – of Dunedin. For services to medicine.
• James Malcolm Ross – of Lower Hutt. For services to sport, especially smallbore rifle shooting.
• The Reverend Ernest James Salisbury – of Shaba, Zaire. For humanitarian services.

• Surgeon Commander Thomas Shailer Weston – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant Colonel Robert McLeod Dickie – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Lieutenant Colonel Neville Alan Wallace – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Group Captain Morris Charles Pollard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Muriel Barron – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Desmond Terence Crowe – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• William Wallis Day – of Palmerston North. For services to local government.
• Patrick Ballance Desmond – of Palmerston North. For services to the dairy industry.
• Pieter Johannes De Vries – of Karamea. For exemplary devotion to duty as a patrolman on the Heaphy Track.
• Mary Frances English – of Auckland. For services to Guiding.
• Binda Mary Goldsbrough – of Christchurch. For services to physically handicapped children.
• Frances Eva Boronia Gregory – of Gisborne. For services to the community and local government.
• Councillor Leonard Robert George Harlen – of Hastings. For services to the Fire Brigade.
• Hugh Wilson Hayward – of Ngatea. For services to the community and local government.
• James Frederick Higgins – of Tokoroa. For services to local government and the community.
• Florence Caroline Emily Howland – of Pukerua Bay. For services to social welfare.
• Lewis Evan Lewis – of South Auckland. For services to education.
• Bruce McHattie – of Auckland. For services to the deaf.
• Rona Una McKenzie – of Auckland. For services to women's cricket.
• Norma Mangos – of Nelson. For services to the New Zealand Marching Association.
• John Patrick Murphy – of Marlborough. For services to the community.
• Beverley Pentland – of Petone. For services to the community especially fireworks safety.
• Marjorie Ellen Rae – of Christchurch. For services to nursing and the community.
• George Skipworth – of Invercargill. For services to the community
• John Rickard Waigth – of Roxburgh. For services to the community and local government.
• Neil Apanui Watene – of Petone. For services to the Māori community.
• William Frederick Wise – of Hamilton. For public services particularly with the construction of the New Zealand Chancery in Canberra.
• Clifford John Bell – lately superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Keith Vincent – superintendent, New Zealand Police.

• Lieutenant Commander David Trevor Ingram – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Marine Engineering Artificer Terence Richard Martin – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Stewart Thomas Foster – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Warrant Officer First Class Lance Repington Reeves – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Murray Dobson Sherwood – locomotive supervisor, New Zealand Railways.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Clare Martha Ambler – of Auckland. For services in local government.
• Harry Winfield Bennett – of Christchurch. For services to local government.
• Elizabeth Joyce Addison Birley – of Tauranga. For welfare services.
• Norman Henry Brayshaw – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• John Drummond – of Akaroa. For services to the community.
• Russell MacLennan Glendinning – of Lumsden. For services to tourism.
• Joyce Iris Klempel – of Westland. For services to the community.
• Gladys Lorimer McAndrew – of Levin. For services to nursing.
• Howard Leon Mallitte – of Wellington. For services to youth and the Navy League Sea Cadet organisation.
• Mona Ross Moore – of Tarras. For services to the community.
• Alma Phyllis Neave – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Helga Marshall Newson – of Christchurch. For services to intellectually handicapped children.
• John Joseph O'Brien – of Sydney, Australia. For social welfare work.
• Doris Ogden – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Edward Benjamin O'Reilly – of Clyde. For services to the community.
• Norman Arthur Prier – of Eastbourne. For services to the community.
• John Te Rangianiwaniwa Rangihau – of Hamilton. For services to the Māori people.
• Ellen June Sullivan – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Kuini Katarina Ellison Te Tau – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• Lindsay Eunus Warmington – of Dargaville. For voluntary services to the community.
• Olive Charlotte Mary Wharton – of Wellington. For services to the blind.
• Kenneth Cecil Wilkinson – of Lower Hutt. For services to sport, especially table tennis.
• Eric Drayton Withell – of Nelson. For services to brass bands.
• David Skinner Paterson – lately detective sergeant, New Zealand Police.

• Chief Radioman James Drummond – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Chief Signalman Russell Graham Hockley – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Gunnery Instructor Graham Clive Holloway – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Corporal Maxwell Harry Lyver – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Donald Grant Tanui Roa – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Staff Sergeant Jeffrey Johnson Taylor – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Flight Sergeant Air Ordnanceman Graham Brian Parcell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Ronald Stanley Soden – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Frank Hamilton Roach – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• Alex Douglas Barton – chief fire officer, Dannevirke Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• John Fogarty – senior station officer, Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Harold Thomas Genese – chief fire officer, Tauranga United Fire Brigade.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Charles Erlston Weir Black – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Michael John Vaughan – constable, New Zealand Police.