View source for 1951 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)

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{{See also|1951 Birthday Honours}}
The '''1951 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand''', celebrating the official birthday of [[King George VI]], were appointments made by the King on the advice of the New Zealand government to [[Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms|various orders and honours]] to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 7 June 1951.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39245 |date=7 June 1951 |pages=3099–3102 |supp=3}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39243 |date=7 June 1951 |page=3081 |supp=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1951/46.pdf |title=Birthday honours list |date=14 June 1951 |work=New Zealand Gazette |page=848 |issue=46}}</ref>

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

==Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)==
* The Right Honourable [[Sidney Holland|Sidney George Holland]] – [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]].
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==Knight Bachelor==
* The Honourable [[Arthur Fair]]<!-- Q99495358 --> {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MC}} – of [[Auckland]]; [[Puisne judge|senior puisne judge]] of the [[High Court of New Zealand|Supreme Court]].
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==Order of Saint Michael and Saint George==

===Knight Commander (KCMG)===
* [[William Polson|William John Polson]] – of [[Fordell, New Zealand|Fordell]]. For public and political services.
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==Order of the British Empire==

===Dame Commander (DBE)===
;Civil division
* [[Elizabeth Gilmer|Elizabeth May Gilmer]] {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE}} – of [[Wellington]]. For distinguished service in civic and community affairs.
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===Commander (CBE)===
;Civil division
* Ernest James Fawcett {{post-nominals|list=MC}} – of Wellington; director-general of agriculture, [[Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (New Zealand)|Department of Agriculture]].
* Bernard Edward Murphy – of Wellington; professor of economics, [[Victoria University of Wellington|Victoria University College]], 1920–1950. For services to education.
* John Porteous Rutherford – of Wellington; [[Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand|controller and auditor-general]], Audit Department.
* Leonard Owen Howard Tripp {{post-nominals|list=OBE}} – of Wellington. For patriotic and social welfare services.

===Officer (OBE)===
;Civil division
* [[Thomas Ashby (mayor)|Thomas William Mark Ashby]] – of Auckland. For municipal services.
* Hugh Blake Burdekin – of [[Levin, New Zealand|Levin]]. For services to returned servicemen.
* Alfred Edward Caddick – of [[Christchurch]]. For services to education, dramatic art and sport.
* William Reynolds Carey – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
* Letty Mabel Croft – of [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]]; matron and lady superintendent, Napier Public Hospital.
* James William Dove {{post-nominals|country=NZL|JP}} – of [[Dunedin]]. For services to the community, especially in local-government affairs.
* Hugh Charles Jenkins – of [[Whanganui|Wanganui]]. For services to journalism.
* Kenneth Ewart Luke {{post-nominals|list=MNZIE}} – city engineer, [[Wellington]].
* Thomas James Maling – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
* Harry Montefiore Wilson {{post-nominals|list=BCh MB}} – of [[Hastings, New Zealand|Hastings]]; a medical practitioner.

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* Commander Alexander Cochrane Swanson {{post-nominals|country=NZL|VRD}} {{post-nominals|list=AMICE}} – [[Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve]].
* Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Trevor Kensington {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ED}} – [[Royal New Zealand Artillery]].
* Squadron Leader Grevis Goetz – [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]].
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===Member (MBE)===
;Civil division
* Morris John Barnett – of Christchurch. For services to horticulture. 
* [[William Bringans]] – of [[Alexandra, New Zealand|Alexandra]]. For services to local government.
* Alexander Christie Cameron {{post-nominals|list=MC}} – of Dunedin. For services to the community in Dunedin.
* John Wiltshire Card – of [[Featherston, New Zealand|Featherston]]. For services to local government.
* Norman Royle-Chapman {{post-nominals|list=JP}} – of Auckland. For services in connection with various public and patriotic organisations.
* Herbert Peachey Desmoulins – of Dunedin. For patriotic services, especially in connection with the Food for Britain campaign.
* Agnes Marshall Ferguson – of Auckland. For services to the [[New Zealand Red Cross Society]].
* Harry Cecil Alderson Fox – of [[Hāwera]]. For services to music.
* [[Thomas Garland (broadcaster)|Thomas Threader Garland]] – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially as a conductor of children's choirs.
* [[John Guiniven]] – of [[Takapuna]]. For municipal services.
* [[Elizabeth Gunn (paediatrician)|Elizabeth Catherine Gunn]] {{post-nominals|list=MB ChB}} – of Wellington; a former director of the School of Hygiene, Wellington. For public services.
* Annie Henry – of [[Ōhope]]. For services rendered under the auspices of the Presbyterian Māori Mission to the [[Māori people]].
* Margaret Jane McKerrow – of [[Hampden, New Zealand|Hampden]]. For services to the community.
* Stella Murray – of [[London]]. For social welfare services on behalf of New Zealanders in the United Kingdom.
* Alexander James Nicol – of [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]]. For public and social welfare services.
* Jane Trotter – of Christchurch; an obstetrical nurse.
* Ninian George Trotter {{post-nominals|list=MD CM}} – of [[Riverton, New Zealand|Riverton]]. For public and social-welfare services.
* Charles Edward Wheeler – of Wellington; a parliamentary journalist.
* Mary Frances Wyber – of [[Balclutha, New Zealand|Balclutha]]. For services to the community, especially in connection with the [[Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association|Returned Services' Association]] and charitable organisations at Balclutha.

;Military division
* Hiram William Harris – temporary senior commissioned engineer, [[Royal New Zealand Navy]].
* Captain John Ayto – [[Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals]].
* Major Jack Sloan Berry – [[Royal New Zealand Engineers]].
* Warrant Officer First Class Richard Wilson Heaps – Royal [[New Zealand Army Service Corps]].
* Lieutenant Ellen Marion Pysden – New Zealand Women's Army Corps.
* Flight-Lieutenant Gordon Alan Lee Webby {{post-nominals|country=NZL|DFC}} – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Warrant Officer Mervyn Milton Bentley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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==Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)==
* Percy Roy Angus {{post-nominals|list=AMIMechE MNZIE}} – of [[Lower Hutt]]; lately chief mechanical engineer, [[New Zealand Railways Department|Railways Department]].

==British Empire Medal (BEM)==
;Military division
* Petty Officer Arthur George Cooper – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Chief Joiner Edward Ernest Dorrell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
* Staff Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer, Second Class) John Allan – [[New Zealand Regiment]], New Zealand Army
* Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Harris – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
* Corporal Christopher John Lennox – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

==Royal Red Cross==

===Associate (ARRC)===
* Charge Sister Phyllis May Aitcheson – New Zealand Army Nursing Service.

==Air Force Cross (AFC)==
* Flight Lieutenant Donald Miles Hutton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

==References==
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