1962 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Robert James Kerridge – of Auckland. For public services.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Wharton Fraser – Dominion president of the New Zealand Returned Services' Association.
• Foss Shanahan – deputy secretary of External Affairs and deputy head of the Prime Minister's Department.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Alfred Thomas Carroll – of Wairoa. For services to the Māori people.

  Commander (CBE)

• Hermione Ruth Herrick – of Christchurch. For outstanding service to the girl guide movement in New Zealand for over 30 years.
• Stanley Dixon Reeves – of Gisborne. For services to farming.
• Douglas Ogilvie Whyte – of Wellington. For services to industry and commerce.

• Group Captain Anthony Howard Marsh – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Officer (OBE)

• Ernest Alfred Adams – of Christchurch. For services to the community, especially in social-welfare work.
• Frederick Cameron – lately medical superintendent to the Levin Hospital and Training School.
• William Thompson Churchward. For services as Crown solicitor at Blenheim for many years.
• John Alexander Colquhoun – of Palmerston North. For services to education and to local government.
• James Joseph Maher – of Trentham. For services to the community.
• Hugh Morison – of Mangatainoka. For services to farming and local government.
• Ronald Macgregor Hutton-Potts – of Invercargill. For services to journalism and broadcasting.
• Hone Heke Rankin – of Kaikohe. For services among the Māori people, especially in the North.
• John Richard Reid – of Lower Hutt. For services to sport, especially cricket.
• The Reverend James David Salmond – of Dunedin. For services to the community, especially in connection with youth work and Christian education for the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

• Commander John Foster McKenzie – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Mason – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Wing Commander Francis Eugene Fennessy – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Maurice Ballantine Baker – Director of Agriculture, Cook Islands.
• Evelyn Love Dowling – of New Plymouth. For services to music.
• Frank Charles Eyles – of Whangarei. For services to the community in local government and social welfare.
• Michael Christian Gudex – of Hamilton. For services to education and horticulture.
• Charles William Henderson – of Johnsonville. For services to the community, especially to blind children.
• Norah Mary Hudson – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially to crippled children.
• Kassie Bowring McCreanor – of Christchurch. For services to education.
• Thomas McCristell – of Balclutha. For services to the community, especially to farming and education.
• Ethel McQuilkin – of Timwald. For social welfare services.
• Winifred Lascelles Jenner Mellsop – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• David Norman Perry – of Opotiki. For services to the Māori people.
• Eric Gordon Smith – of Rangiora. For services to farming.
• Peter George Snell – of Auckland. For services in the field of athletics.
• James Edward Francis Stokes – of Greymouth. For services to the community, especially in local-government affairs.
• James Leece Sutton – of Invercargill. For services to the community, especially as president of the Southland Crippled Children's Association.
• Mete Kingi Takarangi – of Putiki. For services to the Māori people, especially among the Wanganui tribes.
• Albert Wheeler – of Dunedin. For services to Scottish cultural activities.
• Harold Egmont Young – of Raumati Beach. For services to the community.

• Lieutenant-Commander Robert Stewart Fleming – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major Bernard Wellesley Jermyn Brown – New Zealand Cadet Corps.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Duncan Garner MacPherson – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.
• Major Brian Matauru Poananga – New Zealand Regiment.
• Major Garth Turon Seccombe – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Flight Lieutenant Patrick Emmett Hugh Duffin – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Gordon Ernest Tynan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Thomas Pound – formerly assistant under-secretary, Lands Department, and a Government member of the Public Service Boards of Appeal.
• Percy Walton Smallfield – lately director-general of the Department of Agriculture.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Elizabeth Florence Bennett – sergeant, New Zealand Police Force, Auckland.
• Jessie Jeanie Dobbie Fleming – constable, New Zealand Police Force, Auckland.
• Alexander Gordon Hogg – constable, New Zealand Police Force, Eastbourne.
• Malcolm McLaren – farm manager, Arohata Institution, Prisons Service.
• James Anthony Newsome. For services when the Hotel Metropole, Akaroa, was destroyed by fire.

• Chief Petty Officer Patrick Hartley Barker – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Engine Room Artificer Norman Noel Dewson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Engine Room Artificer Daniel Sheldrake – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Electrician Ralph Roland Wheeler – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant Rushby Carl Midgley Brown – New Zealand Regiment.
• Staff-Sergeant Joseph Ernest Dunn – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Staff-Sergeant Ronald James Shelley – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Corporal Lewis Tuka Williams – New Zealand Regiment.
• Sergeant Norman Henry Bartholomew – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant William Alexander Kenneth Currie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Harold Gordon Moss – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Edward John Ernest Tompkins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Lieutenant Barry David Gordon – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Te Waaka Hemi Morete – Royal New Zealand Air Force.