1959 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable Timothy Patrick Cleary – a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.
• Alexander Gillies – of Wellington. For services to orthopaedic surgery.
• The Honourable Alfred Kingsley North – a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Robert Alexander Falla – director of the Dominion Museum.
• The Reverend Hubert James Ryburn – master of Knox College, Dunedin, and chancellor of the University of Otago.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Charles Andrew Cotton – emeritus professor of geology at Victoria University College, Wellington.

  Commander (CBE)

• Christopher Robert John Atkin – controller and auditor-general, Audit Department.
• Walter Verran Dyer – chairman of Massey College Council. For services to education.
• Alan Thomas Gandell – general manager of the New Zealand Railways.
• John Oubridge Mercer – pathologist and deputy superintendent-in-chief of the Wellington Public Hospital.

• Captain John Neat Allan – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.

  Officer (OBE)

• Kenneth McKenzie Black – president of the New Zealand Federation of Justices' Association.
• Charles Foster Browne – organist and master of choristers, Christchurch Cathedral.
• Frances Lillian Burdett – lately lady superintendent of the Alexandra Home, Wellington. For services to nursing.
• Percival Douglas Cameron – of Wellington. For services to radiology in New Zealand.
• Henry Alexis Charles – of Napier. For philanthropic services.
• Hubert Maxwell Christie – of Wellington. For public services.
• Whampoa Fraser – principal of the Technical College, Hamilton.
• Francis Albert Garry – principal of Northcote High and Intermediate School, and a member of the New Zealand Educational Institute.
• Rangi Mawhete – of Palmerston North. For services to the Māori people.
• George Ronald Colin Muston – of Lower Hutt. For services to architecture.
• Laurence William Nelson – of Northland. For municipal and philanthropic services.
• Ronald Erle White – mayor of Timaru.

• Commander John Ernie Washbourn – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Thomas Galloway – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Wing Commander William Clemens Thomas – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• George William Adair – of Auckland. For services to the community under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association.
• William Hamilton Barry – of Napier. For services in local-body and community affairs.
• Annie Mona Burgin – of Auckland. For services to the girl guide movement.
• Sydney Thomas Carter – of Auckland; organizing secretary of the Returned Services' Association.
• George Robert Elliott Day – of Rotorua. For social welfare services.
• Frederick Fraser – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Archibald Kirk Greves – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially on school committees.
• George Claude Hamilton – of Gore. For services to local government.
• Arthur Stanley Helm – secretary of the Antarctic Society, Wellington.
• John William Huggins – of Christchurch. For social welfare services.
• Isabella Macandrew Jamieson – of Hamilton. For services to education.
• Isaac Pretorius Mathieson – superintendent of Wi Tako Prison, Heretaunga.
• Lucy Beatrice Moore – a senior botanist in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
• Margaret Constance Robertson – of Westport. For services to the community.
• Ariki Marehua Takarangi – of Wanganui. For services to the Māori people.
• Norman Edward Tate – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
• Sydney Turnbull – of Woodville. For services in local-body affairs.

• Lieutenant-Commander Frederick William Ralph – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major William McGregor Cunningham – Royal New Zealand Dental Corps.
• Major Ian Richard Diggle – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Class II Edward James Gilfillan – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Class I James Joseph Page – New Zealand Regiment.
• Flight Lieutenant Paul Arthur Brodie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer William Henry Rush – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Cecil Henry Benney – under-secretary of mines.
• Harold Bertram Turbott – deputy director-general of the Department of Health.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Annie Neil Clampton – senior matron, Arohata Borstal Institution, Tawa Flat.
• Lionel Gordon – lately constable in charge, Otorohanga Police District, New Zealand Police Force.

• Chief Petty Officer Walter Thomas Evans – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer Walter Bernard Northcott – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Leading Cook Eric Gordon Scoble – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Electrician Ronald Victor Sutherland – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant Leslie Osburne Duff – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Staff-Sergeant Maurice William Loveday – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.
• Staff-Sergeant Ian Walker Telfer – Royal New Zealand Infantry.
• Warrant Officer Class II Raymond Edward White – Royal New Zealand Signals.
• Flight Sergeant Irene Elsie Jarman – Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Albert Victor Williams – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Richard Bruce Bolt – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Malcolm Stuart Gunton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Medal (AFM)

• Flight Sergeant Hamilton Rex Hunt – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Frank Norman Aplin – detective chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Duncan Gumming – Royal New Zealand Air Force.