1946 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 1946 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries. They were announced on 1 January 1946.

The honours celebrated the end of the Second World War and recognised services in connection with the war effort, both military and civilian.

The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour and listed by honour, with military divisions generally listed before civil divisions.

Order of the Bath

Knight Grand Cross (GCB)

• The Right Honourable Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, G.C.B., O.M., A.M., Governor-General of New Zealand.

Companion (CB)

• Air Vice-Marshal Arthur de Terrotte Nevill, C.B.E., Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Brigadier Reginald Miles Gurdon, C.B.E., D.S.O., New Zealand Military Forces.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• The Honourable Walter Nash, Minister of Finance. For public services.

Commander (CBE)

• Colonel Douglas Brian Blair, M.C., E.D., New Zealand Military Forces.
• Colonel Thomas Noel Mackrell, M.C., New Zealand Military Forces.
• Geoffrey Sandford Cox, Esq., War Correspondent.
• Walter Bernard Tate, Esq., Secretary to the Treasury.

Officer (OBE)

• Lieutenant-Colonel William John Cranston, M.M., New Zealand Military Forces.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Gordon Harper, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Harry Voysey, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Major Henry Arthur Hopkins, New Zealand Military Forces.
• The Reverend Frederick Roland Rawle, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Miss Elsie Freeman, Matron-in-Chief, New Zealand Army Nursing Service.
• William Maxwell Bishop, Esq., District Officer, Department of Native Affairs, Gisborne. For services to the Maori people.
• George Hogben, Esq., Chief Inspector of Factories.
• Edward Norman McKinnon, Esq., Postmaster-General.
• Cyril Gilbert Stevens, Esq., Director of Rehabilitation.

Member (MBE)

• Captain Alan Stanley Barker, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Captain Keith Norman Buttle, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Captain John Patrick Collins, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Captain William Alfred Davies, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Captain William Roy Hayman, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Captain William Henry Thomas, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Lieutenant Leonard Robert Wills, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Warrant Officer Class I (temporary) William Henry George Brereton, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Warrant Officer Class II (temporary) Clarence Herbert Broad, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Warrant Officer Class II (temporary) Henry George Martin, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Warrant Officer Class II (temporary) Norman Spencer Rutherfurd, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Staff Sergeant (temporary) Eric Sydney Fooks, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Miss Ethel May Aitken, Welfare Worker, Christchurch.
• John Harold Grigg, Esq., Mayor of Timaru.
• Mrs. Eleanor Frances Hocking, of Wellington. For services to the war effort.
• Harold Thomas Lake, Esq., of Auckland. For services to the war effort.
• Charles Reginald Nicholas, Esq., Headmaster, Marlborough College.
• William Edward Parsons, Esq., Managing Director, New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation Limited.
• James Allan Potter, Esq., of Waikari, North Canterbury. For services to farming.
• William Henry Price, Esq., Secretary, New Zealand Freezing Companies Association.
• Miss Jean Stevenson Todd, of Dunedin. For services to the war effort.
• Frederick Edward Whitelam, Esq., of Wellington. For services to the war effort.

British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Warrant Officer Charles Roy Bishop, Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Sergeant Ernest Albert Baker, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant Frederick Horace Clark, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant Robert Alexander Crombie, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Staff Sergeant Allan Gordon Danks, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant John Alexander Fraser, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant Edward Charles Gillion, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant Cyril Charles King, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant John Stanley McPhail, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant Archibald Gordon Munro, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant Frank Vincent Patrick, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant William George Potter, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Sergeant Charles William Thomas, New Zealand Military Forces.
• Flight Sergeant William Gordon Wilson, Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Miss Frances Mary Barnett, Supervising Sister, Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs.
• Albert John Butler, Esq., Traffic Officer, Transport Department.
• Alfred George Cottle, Esq., Caretaker, New Zealand Centennial Memorial, Mount Cook.
• Mrs. Ellen Mary Duthie, of Wellington. For services to the war effort.
• Thomas Ernest Gaby, Esq., Foreman Mechanic, Public Works Department, Aerodrome Construction, Gisborne.
• George William Hunt, Esq., Charge Hand Fitter, Marine Department.
• Albert Edward Inder, Esq., Supervisor of Works, National Patriotic Fund Board, Rotorua.
• Mrs. Florence Mabel Kelly, of Wellington. For services to the war effort.
• Miss Annie Elizabeth Kilpatrick, of Dunedin. For services to the war effort.
• Alfred Martin Mairs, Esq., Works Foreman, Ministry of Works.
• Charles Robert Smith, Esq., District Officer, Department of Maori Affairs, Rotorua.
• Mrs. Elsie May Smith, of Auckland. For services to the war effort.

King's Police and Fire Services Medal (KPFSM)

• Francis Walter Edward Penn, Chief Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.
• Charles Henry Raine, Superintendent, New Zealand Police Force.