1969 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Major General Robert Boyd Dawson – Generals' List.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Alfred Onslow Glasse. For services to the community and particularly to local government in Auckland.
• Adrian George Rodda – chairman, State Services Commission.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Hamilton Mitchell – of Wellington; president of the New Zealand Returned Services Association.
• Henry Ernest Blyde – of New Plymouth. For services to local government.

  Commander (CBE)

• Eardley Lorimer Button – of Wellington. For services to the medical profession.
• Ronald Alan Candy – of Waitoa. For services to the dairy industry.
• Leonard Thomas Daniell – of Masterton. For services to farming.
• Henry Rodolph Wigley – of Timaru. For services to the tourist industry.

• Commodore Leonard Stanley Stanners – General List, Royal New Zealand Navy.

  Officer (OBE)

• Harold Philip Fowler – of Invercargill. For services to education.
• Wallace Galloway – of Dannevirke. For services to the community.
• Henry Lewis Gibson – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Harold Cecil Holland – of Auckland. For services to industry and education.
• Norah Martin – provincial superior for New Zealand of the Little Company of Mary. For services to the nursing profession.
• John O'Halloran – of Te Kuiti. For services to the community.
• John Joseph Parsons – of Patea. For services to agriculture.
• Selwyn Isaac Vercoe – of Blenheim. For services to journalism and to the community.
• Alfred Walmsley – of Invercargill. For services to commerce and the community.
• Robert Fleming Wardlaw – of Waimana. For services to the community.

• Surgeon Commander James Smith Watt Frew – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Colonel John Harold Gray – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Wing Commander David Manson Crooks – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Ernest Edwin Beale – of Woodville. For services to the community.
• David Joseph Berry – of Raetihi. For services in local government and to farming, especially as a sheep breeder.
• Charles Oliver Coad – chairman, Wellington advisory committee, New Zealand Foundation for the Blind.
• Clare Esther Mary Crawford – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Michael Francis Foley – of Stratford. For services to the acclimatisation movement.
• Sidney James Guppy – of Nelson. For services to sport.
• Laura Mary Harry. For services to the community of Buller particularly in hospital and nursing fields.
• René Mary MacLennan – lately matron, Rawene Hospital, Hokianga.
• Laurence Carrington Mail – of Geraldine. For services to the community, particularly in the medical field.
• Robert Steele Martin – county engineer, Rotorua.
• Arthur William Miller – of Taradale. For services to the community.
• Francis William Laidlaw Milne – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Arthur Mervyn Nicholson – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Te Arahori Potaka – of Wanganui. For services to the Māori people.
• Donald Stewart Reid – resident commissioner and stipendiary magistrate, Chatham Islands.
• Vivian George Herbert Rickard – of Rangitukia. For services to local government and community affairs.
• Russell Robertson – of Oamaru. For services to sport.
• Dora Frances Steptoe – vice-president, Women's Borstal Association.

• Lieutenant David John Collins – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer First Class Graham Robertson Young – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer First Class Stanley Desmond Michael Benedict Wright – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer First Class Clifford Melrose Kennedy – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Major Anthony Thomas Mortiboy – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
• Squadron Leader Leonard James Thompson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• William Hay – lately managing director, State Advances Corporation.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Douglas William Arter. For services to soldiers overseas.
• Myrtle Ann Mary Bell. For services to the community, particularly youth projects, in Reefton.
• Estelle Colleen Brunker. For services to sport in Whangārei and Northland.
• Aileen Charlotte Clements. For services to the community in Nelson.
• Walter Francis Collins – welding overseer, New Zealand Electricity Department.
• Alice Mary Dent. For services to the community in Taupō.
• Christina Harley. For services to the community in Broad Bay.
• Daniel Robert Hyde. For services to youth in Auckland.
• John Wates Luskie – senior engineer's assistant, New Zealand Electricity Department.
• Louise Miles. For services to handicapped children in Christchurch.
• John Russell – detective sergeant, New Zealand Police Force, Kaikohe.
• Laura Joan Swan. For services to the community particularly as an entertainer in Auckland.
• Frank Thomson – detective, New Zealand Police Force, Wanganui.

• Chief Mechanician William Anthony Barry – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Radioman John Nicholas Hewson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff Sergeant Edward Peter Agnew – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Staff Sergeant Russell John Meek – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Staff Sergeant Peter Quinn – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.
• Staff Sergeant Edward George Willbond – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Sergeant Peter Alexander Shilton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Eric David Waghorn – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Frederick Martin Kinvig – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• William Harold Angus Sharp – Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police.
• Archibald Conrad Blackwell Wade – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Graham Neville Lucas – Royal New Zealand Air Force.