The 1969 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by
Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to
various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1968 and the beginning of 1969, and were announced on 1 January 1969.[1]
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Ralph Alfred Lilly – of
Nelson. For services to music.
Ira David McIvor – of
Invercargill. For services to the community.
Alexander James McRae – of
Waimate. For services to local government.
Clarence Meachen JP – of Wellington. For services to the community.
Donald Derek Merritt JP – of Nelson. For services to road transport administration.
Clarence Aeldred Moore JP – of
Katikati. For services to farming and to the community.
Joseph Alvan Simpkin JP – of
Dargaville. For services to local government.
Hopaea Ahonata Te Hana – of
Ōtaki. For services to the
Māori people.
Roy Leslie Thornton – of Auckland. For services to horticulture.
Edward John Waters – of Auckland. For services to the community, particularly to the Disabled Servicemen's League.
Ivan Douglas Whyte – of
Gore. For services to the community.
Military division
Major Gerard Patrick Brown – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
Squadron Leader Peter Lindly Dick Cummins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Warrant Officer Class II David William Joseph Faulkner – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
Lieutenant (SD) Ian McKenzie Fraser – Royal New Zealand Navy.
Warrant Officer Lester Edward Goslin – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Major
Robin Guy Williams – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)
Roy Ernest Owen – lately Government Printer.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
For gallantry
Military division
Able Seaman Michael Lindsay Ashwell – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage, presence of mind and complete disregard for his own personal safety in rescuing a man who fell overboard from an Auckland ferry on 23 April 1968.
Lance Corporal (temporary) Raymond John Burrell – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). During a Battalion camp in March 1968, without regard to his own personal safety and in the face of calculated danger was instrumental in saving life and property in a serious fire in his company cookhouse, resulting in severe burns and injury to himself.
Sergeant Ronald Edward McNaughton – Royal New Zealand Air Force. For courage and coolness in action whilst serving with the Medical Services Team in Vietnam, in assisting casualties under heavy fire.
Able Seaman Neville George Robert Stapleton – Royal New Zealand Navy. For courage and exemplary devotion to duty, on 12–13 June 1968, when
HMNZS Mako succeeded in effecting the rescue of the yacht Christina at the height of a severe storm.
For meritorious service
Civil division
Undine Marie Clarke. For service to the community, particularly in the fields of the arts and ballet.