1963 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• Henry Joseph Kelliher – of Auckland. For public and philanthropic services.
• The Honourable Alexander Kingcome Turner – a judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• His Excellency the Honourable Thomas Lachlan MacDonald – high commissioner for New Zealand in London.

  Companion (CMG)

• Leonard Allan Atkinson – chairman of the Public Service Commission.
• Duncan McFadyen Rae – New Zealand consul-general in Indonesia.

  Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)

• Hubert Reynolds Bach – city engineer, Lower Hutt, and chief engineer to the Hutt Drainage Board.
• George Jobberns – professor emeritus of geography, University of Canterbury.
• Alexander Hare McLintock – historian, New Zealand Parliament.
• James Wattie – of Hastings. For services to the processed food industry.

• Brigadier Tom Bassett Morten – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.

  Officer (OBE)

• Thomas Augustus Bishop – of Auckland. For services to local government.
• David Brown – of Invercargill. For services to farming and local government.
• Eileen Marjorie Fosbery Chambers – matron-in-chief, Christchurch Hospital.
• Leonard le Fleming Ensor – of Auckland. For services to education.
• John Richard Lloyd Hammond – chairman of the Rangitikei County Council.
• John Colin Lucas – town clerk, Dunedin.
• Hamiora Wiremu Maioha – of Russell. For services to the Māori people.
• Terence Mortimer McKewen – of Wellington. For services to local government.
• Leslie Vaughan Phillips – chairman of the New Zealand Milk Board.
• Paul Lancelot Porter – of Heretaunga. For public services.

• Commander John Bernard Smith – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Hugh Ferguson Holloway – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Group Captain John Donovan Robins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• George Frederick Charles Ashdowne – manager of a branch in Christchurch of the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind.
• Lily Brant – of Hamilton. For social welfare services.
• The Reverend John Lawley Brown – of the Flying Angel Mission to Seamen, Auckland.
• Oswald Henry Coleman – a member of the Rotorua Borough Council.
• Anthony Edward Joseph Corr – of Moerewa. For services in community affairs.
• John Davidson – mayor of Ashburton.
• Janet Hogg Davie – of New Plymouth. For community services, especially in connection with the Young Women's Christian Association.
• Herbert James Dewe – mayor of Feilding.
• Olive Lilian Haldane – of Bainham, County Collingwood. For services to the community, especially in the field of women's and children's social welfare.
• Captain Frederick Patrick Ladd. For services to the people of Waiheke Island and other areas in the Hauraki Gulf in connection with rescue work and transport of the sick.
• Sister Mary Leo – St Mary's Convent, Auckland. For services to music.
• Amiria Miriama Logan – Dominion president of the Māori Women's Welfare League.
• Rosa Josephine Reynolds – organiser and honorary custodian, historical exhibition, Canterbury Museum.
• James Herford Saunderson – of Picton. For services to local government and farming.
• Betty Mary Lillias Thomas – of Pukekohe. For social welfare services.
• Robert Henry Traill. For services to the community in Stewart Island.
• Bessie Margaret Walmsley – of Invercargill. For social welfare services.
• Mimie Wood – secretary of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

• Lieutenant-Commander John Graham Williamson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Michael Ralph Kennedy – New Zealand Regiment.
• Lieutenant-Colonel John Mills Mabbett – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Warrant Officer First Class Henry Thomas McLardy – New Zealand Regiment.
• Major Jack Lewis Ryan – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps.
• Flight Lieutenant John William Noble – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Alfred Sidney Pipe – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Donald Patrick Pomeroy – constable, New Zealand Police Force. For courage in attempting to arrest three criminals.

• Chief Electrician Albert Bernard Carpenter – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Owen Leslie Clotworthy – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Cook Rex Harold Helleur – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Frederick Maxwell Jacobs – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant Girvan Ross Hornbrook – New Zealand Regiment.
• Sergeant Ross Mark Jones – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
• Sergeant Richard John Kelly – New Zealand Regiment.
• Staff-Sergeant Neale Eden William Smith – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Corporal Clive Gemmell Rae – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Corporal William Richardson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Bar to Air Force Cross

• Squadron Leader Gordon Harry Saywell Tosland – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader Ian Murray Gillard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• Russell Preston – chief fire officer, North Shore Fire Brigade, Takapuna, Auckland.
• Leslie Osborne Wallis – fireman, Gore Volunteer Fire Brigade.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Macdonald Brown – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Alan Roy Bleakley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Alan Dyer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Mervyn William Hodge – Royal New Zealand Air Force.