1972 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable Clifford Parris Richmond – of Wellington; judge of the Court of Appeal. For outstanding services to the law.
• Reginald Charles Frank Savory – of Auckland. For outstanding services to local government and education.

  Order of the Bath

Companion (CB)

• Lieutenant-General Richard James Holden Webb – Chief of Defence Staff.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Companion (CMG)

• Lawrence David Hickford – of Taranaki. For very valuable services to local government and the dairy industry.
• Shapton Donald Sinclair – of Waimea West. For very valuable services as chairman of the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Malcolm McRae Burns – principal, Lincoln College, Christchurch. For outstanding services to the community.

  Commander (CBE)

• Harry Heaton Barker – mayor of Gisborne. For very valuable services to local government.
• John Denis McGrath – of Wellington. For very valuable services to the community.
• Eric Bruce Mackenzie – of Wellington. For very valuable services as general manager of the New Zealand Electricity Department.
• Tipi Tainui Ropiha – of Auckland. For very valuable services to the Māori race.

  Officer (OBE)

• Whitford James Brown. For valuable services as mayor of Porirua.
• Phyllis Elaine Brusey – of Days Bay. For valuable services to the arts.
• John Cowie – of Lower Hutt. For valuable services to cricket.
• Samuel Jamieson – of Wellington. For valuable services as director of the Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture.
• John Lambert Kerr – of Christchurch. For valuable services to cricket.
• Ralph McGlashen – of Auckland. For valuable services to education.
• Amos Robinson McKegg. For valuable services as chairman of the Palmerston North Hospital Board.
• Juro Tomin Mazuran – of Auckland. For valuable services to the wine making industry.
• Arthur John Nicoll – of Ashburton. For valuable services to trotting.
• John Philp – of Invercargill. For valuable services as chairman of the Southland Harbour Board.
• Alfred Geoffrey Scott – of Wellington; manager of the National Film Unit.
• John Malfroy Staveley – of Auckland. For valuable services to medicine.
• Samuel James Thompson – of Levin. For valuable services to the community.

• Captain Samuel Fenwick Mercer – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Russell Williden Kerr Ainge – Colonels' List, Royal New Zealand Military Forces.
• Group Captain William Robert Duncan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Alan Searle Alsweiler – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• William Albert Edward Archer – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• George Noble Boulton – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Oswald Astley Cheesman – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Fletcher Roy Christian – of Auckland. For services to rugby league football.
• Edward Walton Christiansen – of Auckland. For services to the blind.
• William Augustus Christiansen – of Whangārei. For services to local government.
• Jean Clark – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Geraldine Dora Davison – of Geraldine. For services to the community.
• Alfred Gordon Freeman – of Te Awamutu. For services to local government.
• James Hassall – of Tokoroa. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Canon Beaumont Harold Pierard – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• David Stanley Radcliffe – of Edgecumbe. For services to the community.
• Hugh Douglas Ramsay – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Donald Russell Robertson – of Havelock North. For services to the community.
• Muriel Bessie Fullerton-Smith – of Marton. For services to equestrian sport.
• Bertrand Charles Maurice Spiers – of Murchison. For services to education.
• Marion Watson Stewart – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Norman Stephen Tankersley – of Masterton. For services to local government.

• Warrant Control Electrical Mechanician Bruce Arthur Allen – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Commander Alexander George Innes – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major Bruce Graham Jenkin – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Captain Brian Howard Martin – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Lieutenant and Quartermaster Donald Frank Williams – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Lieutenant Sean Christopher Robinson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Peter Sydney Rule – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• James William Dempsey – assistant general manager, New Zealand Railways.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Wilfred John Bradley – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• Catherine Mary Carey – of North Auckland. For services to education.
• Ngaire Verna Bakers – of Waimauku. For services to the community.
• Lily Alice Gall – of Gore. For services to nursing.
• Maude Evelyn Hampton – of Tuatapere. For services to the community.
• Hugh Hunter – of Katikati. For services to the community.
• Edith Lucy Oldbury – of Kawhia. For services to the community.
• Olive Rose Violet Newman Parkes – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Paul Edouard Quenneville – of New Caledonia. For services as caretaker of the war cemetery at Bourail.
• William Gordon Ainsley Ramsay – of Christchurch. For services as a personnel officer with the New Zealand Railways.
• Patricia Ellen Isabel Rees – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Ivy Mabel Thorp – of Motueka. For services to the community.

• Temporary Warrant Control Electrical Artificer Antony Charteris Black – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Electrician Stanley Haines – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Leading Medical Assistant Robert Peterson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant David Paul Beattie – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Sergeant Joseph Johnston – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Sergeant Kenneth Sealy Cooper – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant William Nevis Halse – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

• Matron Helen Mackenzie – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Wing Commander Mervyn William Hodge – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Harvey Hammersley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.