1981 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

The 1981 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 31 December 1980 to mark the incoming of 1981.

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Grand Cross (GCMG)

• Sir George Angus Launder – Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• Hon. Duncan MacIntyre – of Havelock North. For distinguished services to politics and the community.

Companion (CMG)

• Lloyd Owen Jones, OBE – of Auckland. For services to manufacturing and export.

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

• Hon. George Fieschi Richardson – of Christchurch. For distinguished services to the community.

Dame Commander (DBE)

• Dorothy Winstone, CBE – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.

Commander (CBE)

• Professor Ronald Hugh Francis – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
• Bernard Gordon Laurenson – of Wellington. For services to the wool industry.
• Harold Edgar Nicholls – of Auckland. For services to the arts.
• Frank William O'Flynn, QC – of Wellington. For services to the law and the community.

Officer (OBE)

• Bruce Milligan Ansell – of Nelson. For services to education and the community.
• Henry James Bale – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Arthur Ian Dick – of Rotorua. For services to farming and local government.
• Arthur Alan Eyre – of New Plymouth. For services to sport, especially cricket.
• William Joseph Henderson – of Wellington. For services to accountancy.
• Dr John Bernard Lowry – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
• John Henry McKendrick – of Christchurch. For services to local government.
• Douglas Bernard Poananga – of Rotorua. For services to the Māori people and the community.
• George Malcolm Robertson – of Auckland. For services to engineering.
• Ernest John Stoneman – of Christchurch. For services to music.
• Mrs Joyce Ethel Watson – of Alexandra. For services to the community.

Member (MBE)

• Mrs Evelyn Mabel Barber – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• William Edward Beattie – of Tauranga. For services to horticulture.
• Douglas Charles Clark – of Upper Hutt. For services to local government and the community.
• Richard Geoffrey Collins – of Te Awamutu. For services to farming.
• Mrs Eileen Margaret Cotterell – of Gisborne. For services to the community.
• Mrs Olive Gertrude Craig – of Havelock North. For services to the community.
• Mrs Margaret Annie Dick – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• John Henry Findlay – of Wellington. For services to sport, especially badminton.
• Miss Florence Mary Forde – of Wellington. For services to nursing.
• James Douglas Hall – of Auckland. For services to industry and the community.
• John William Harvey – of Wellington. For services to the fishing industry.
• Eric Charles Hasell – of Wellington. For services to the Public Trust Office.
• Mrs Daphne Ethel Hawkins – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Mrs Alison Mary Holmes – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Mrs Gladys Lillian Hopkinson – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Thomas Edwin Keay – of Christchurch. For services to athletics.
• Mrs Margaret Eileen McDonald – of Queenstown. For services to the community.
• Miss Margaret Eileen Mackersey – of Wellington. For services to nursing.
• Mrs Eileen Joyce McLean – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Olive Gertrude Matthews – of Otorohanga. For services to the community.
• David Alexander Nicolson – of Auckland. For services to sport.
• Mrs Audrey Frances Pinder – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Peter Joseph Schofield – of Auckland. For services to sport, especially soccer.
• Charles George Small – of Palmerston North. For services to local government and the community.
• Mrs Margaret Rose Throp – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Mrs Frances Emily Turner – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• William Murray Will – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Mrs Ngaire Evelyn Witheford – of Auckland. For services to the community.

Companion of the Queen's Service Order (QSO)

• George Douglas Brown, JP – of Timaru. For public services.
• James Edward Fitzgerald, JP – of Christchurch. For public services.
• Robert Edgar Grimshaw, JP – of Auckland. For public services.
• Robert Hugh McKenzie, JP – of Motueka. For public services.
• Stanley Whitehead Milner, JP – of Wellington. For public services.
• John William Morgan, JP – of Auckland. For public services.
• Herbert John Percival, JP – of Rotorua. For public services.
• David Bruce Scott, JP – of Alexandra. For public services.

Queen's Service Medal (QSM)

• Mrs Mabel Louisa Adlam – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Maurice Henry Alfred – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
• John Anderson – of Whangarei. For services to the community.
• Mrs Rona Mary Barclay – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• Mrs Mavis Muriel Bell – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Mrs Elsie Winifred Binnie – of Tuatapere. For services to the community.
• Mrs Nola Joyce Boyce – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• John Raymond Brophy – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Evelyn Jessie Burnby – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Miss Doris Mabel Cameron – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Miss Frances Ellen Chote – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Ian Arthur Clarke – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Marjorie Ivy Cole – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• James Herbert Collins – of Upper Hutt. For services to the community.
• Mrs Hilda May Crafar – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Neil Thomas Dougherty – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Peter James Flett – of Ohope. For services to the community.
• Hugh Fraser – of Dannevirke. For services to farming.
• Samuel Leslie Gedye – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Eric David Geoghegan – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Alice Annie Gousmett – of Hastings. For services to the community.
• Albert Arthur Grenfell – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• Walter Ernest Hall – of Hastings. For services to the community.
• Miss Hilda Marjorie Harris – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Mary Agnes Hore – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• Miss Agnes Mary Hunt – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• Mrs Mavis Winifred Hunter – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Samuel Arthur Jeffery – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Mrs Jessie Marion Kennedy – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Mrs Eileen Mary Lawry – of Waitara. For services to the community.
• John Stanley Lineham – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Henry James Lochore – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Malcolm Archibald MacPherson – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Kenneth George Major – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• George Alfred Martin – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Robert Henry Mitchell – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• Charles Albert Murphy – of Stratford. For services to the community.
• Mrs Violet Eleanor Neal – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Samuel Ernest Olliver – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• William Raymond Pevreal – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Richard John Pierce – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Leslie Vernon Prouting – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• John Alfred Roy – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Mrs Hilda May Scott – of Waipukurau. For services to the community.
• Mrs Ruth Winifred Shaw – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Edward James Smaill – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Mrs Margaret Mary Smith – of Levin. For services to the community.
• Mrs Phyllis Ethel Spooner – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• James William Stewart – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Mrs Betty Margaret Stone – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Mrs Margaret Ellen Sutherland – of Gisborne. For services to the community.
• Leslie Harold Watson – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• John Francis Webber – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Doris Lilian Williams – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Mrs Mabel Louisa Wilson – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Robert Wilson – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Mrs Catherine Frances Young – of Auckland. For services to the community.

New Zealand Antarctic Medal

• John Hayward Miller.
• Peter Mulgrew.

References

• London Gazette, 30 December 1980