1968 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• William Calder Mackay – of Auckland. For services to the community, particularly in the fields of commerce and welfare work.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Air Vice-Marshal Cameron Archer Turner – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Orton Sutherland Hintz – of Auckland. For services in the field of journalism.
• The Most Reverend James Michael Liston – Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• John Te Herekiekie Grace . For services to the Māori people and in public affairs.

  Commander (CBE)

• Matthew Oliver Barnett – of Wellington. For services in the field of commercial law.
• Anthony Ian Cottrell – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Hallam Walter Dowling – of Taradale. For services to local government and to the community.
• Thomas Clarence Morrison. For services to sport, especially rugby football.

• Brigadier Harold Albert Purcell – Brigadiers' List, New Zealand Military Forces.

  Officer (OBE)

• William Sykes Baverstock – director, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch. For services to art.
• Reginald George James Berry – of Wellington; artist and designer. For services as designer of postage stamps and decimal currency coins.
• Kenneth Clifford Alwyn Carter – of Auckland. For services to the saw-milling and timber industry.
• Eric Mitchell Elder – of Tuatapere. For services to the community, especially as a medical practitioner.
• Raymond Ferner – of Tauranga. For services to local government and to the legal profession.
• Rua Isobel Gardner – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Oswald George James – of Hamilton. For services to the farming industry.
• William Malcolm – of North Otago. For services to the farming community.
• Horace Mawson – of Dargaville. For services to education.
• Michael Elliott Shackleton – of Dunedin. For services as leader and surgeon of the New Zealand surgical team at Qui Nhơn, South Vietnam.
• Hamish Stewart Thomas – of Anakiwa. For services to the Outward Bound School of New Zealand.

• Commander William Henry Minchall – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Minton Grierson – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Group Captain Malcolm Stuart Gunton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Emily Church Craven – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Mervyn Thomas Dearsly – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Alfred Harold Finnie – of Dunedin. For services to local government.
• The Reverend William Wesley Hamilton Greenslade – of Rotorua. For services to the community especially in connection with the Methodist Church of New Zealand.
• D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell – of Napier; advisory commissioner to Taupo County Council.
• Frederick Ensor Humphreys – of Gisborne. For services to the farming community.
• Helen Mary Johnson – of Wellington. For services to the School Dental Service, especially as matron of the Wellington School.
• Richard Thomas Mounsey – of Auckland. For services in the field of civil aviation, especially as a senior airline captain in New Zealand National Airways Corporation.
• Edward William Norman. For services to the community in Woodville and Pahiatua.
• Austin Edward Reid – of Carterton. For services to local government as chairman of Wairarapa South County Council for many years.
• Robert Clarence Reid – of Auckland. For services to the community in local government and welfare activities.
• Robert William Robson – of Stratford. For services to ex-service personnel and families.
• Alfred Geoffrey Scott – of Wellington; manager of the National Film Unit.
• Thomas Duncan Scott – of Dannevirke. For services to education.
• Isabella Ramsay Stevenson – of Gore. For services to the nursing profession.
• Mona Bessie Veitch – of Wellington. For services to the community over many years.
• Cecil Roy Wylde. For services to the community especially as mayor of the borough of Runanga.

• Lieutenant Reginald Goddard – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Samuel Bruce Matthews – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• The Reverend James Hugh McNeill – chaplain third class, Royal New Zealand Chaplains' Department.
• Major Roger John Pearce – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Class I, Peter Emil Wischnowsky – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Squadron Officer Gilda St Clair Bezar – Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Johnston Vivian William Thomas – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Douglas Archibald Campbell – of Wellington; chief advisory officer, Soil Conservation Control Council.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Leila Mary Robertson – occupational health nurse, Auckland International Airport. For services when a passenger aircraft crashed on the runway at Auckland International Airport.

• Alison Grace Booth. For services to the community, particularly with the Taupo St John Ambulance Association.
• William Charles Chambers. For services to the community, particularly with the St John Ambulance Association, Rangiora.
• Louis Irvine Dolman – constable, New Zealand Police Force.
• James Hunt Harding – substation operator, Electricity Department, Te Puke.
• Albert Richard Hurst – lately overseer, Health Department, Nelson.
• Kenneth Ray Lott – garage supervisor, Railways Department.
• Piata Heni Park – lately deaconess, Church of England Diocese, Christchurch.
• William Niu Tirene Puke – technician, Post Office.
• Arthur Waldin Soundy. For services to the Dannevirke Branch of the Blind Foundation.
• Mary Jane Symon. For services to the community of Timaru.

• Chief Petty Officer Dental Assistant George Leslie Bouterey – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Shipwright Desmond John Butler – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Alastair Mark Cameron – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Regulating Coxswain Stanley Harper – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Henry Keith Handley – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant George Arthur Horsfall – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Staff Sergeant Robert Charles James – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant Robert Henry Palmer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Bobbie Miwa Edwards – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• George Claridge – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.

  Queen's Fire Services Medal (QFSM)

• Matthew Ferguson Morton – chief fire officer, Wanganui Fire Brigade.
• Leslie Vincent Horne – deputy chief fire officer, Petone Fire Brigade.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Bernard Joseph O'Connor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Noel James Stewart Rodger – Royal New Zealand Air Force.