1954 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• John Moody Albert Ilott – of Wellington. For public and philanthropic services.

  Order of Saint Michael and Saint George

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• The Honourable Harold Eric Barrowclough – Chief Justice.

  Companion (CMG)

• George Edwin Lisle Alderton – high commissioner for New Zealand in the Commonwealth of Australia.
• Guy Richardson Powles – high commissioner of Western Samoa.

  Order of the British Empire

Commander (CBE)

• Thomas Abram Barrow – lately Air Secretary.
• George Lyttelton Laurenson – Commissioner of Transport.
• The Right Reverend Wiremu Netana Panapa – Bishop of Aotearoa.
• William Riddet – professor of agriculture at Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North.

• Brigadier James Russell Page – New Zealand Army.

  Officer (OBE)

• William Arthur Anderson – of Queenstown. For services to the community.
• Marjorie Fulton Barnett – deputy director of the nursing division, Health Department.
• John Blacklock Carruthers – of Eketāhuna. For services to local government.
• Harold Fisher Guy – mayor of Kaikohe. For services to education and local government.
• Walter Alexander Lee – president of the New Zealand Counties Association.
• Wallace George Lowe – of Hastings; a member of the Mount Everest Expedition, 1953.
• Norman Harold Moss – mayor of Stratford.
• The Honourable William James Rogers – formerly a member of the Legislative Council, mayor of Wanganui.
• John Brown Sim – of Pukekohe. For services to education.
• William Alfred Stevenson – of Auckland. For services to the community.

• The Reverend Henry Gordon Taylor – chaplain, Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar William Aked – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Wing Commander Stanley Gilbert Quill – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Carrie Sarah McDiarmid Adnams – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
• George Frederick Allen – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Walter Edward Barber – of Foxton. For services to the community.
• Catherine Jane Campbell – matron of the Presbyterian children's home, Timaru
• John Corder – of Nelson. For services to local government.
• Lily Ann Donohue – of Christchurch. For services to nursing.
• Helen May Hunter – of Waipukurau. For services in the interests of returned servicemen.
• Ellen Isabella Maider – of Dunedin. For social welfare services.
• The Reverend Wharetini Rangi – a Church of England minister, of Ruatoki North, Bay of Plenty. For services to the Māori people.
• Walter George Rutherford – secretary of the Palmerston North branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association.
• Donald William Rutledge – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Norma Leonie Shelton – of Gisborne. For social welfare services.
• Kenneth George Leslie Smith – conductor of the New Zealand National Band during its 1953 tour overseas.
• Walter Frederick Sturman – of Invercargill. For services to local government.
• Mairatea Tahiwi – vice-president of the Māori Women's Welfare League.
• Leyden Josephine Tingey – superintendent of the Dunedin Hospital district nursing service.
• Herbert Frederick Wood – a prominent singer of Wellington. For services to the community.

• Senior Commissioned Mechanician William Robert Paul – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Ronald Roydhouse – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major Geoffrey Lawrence Falck – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Warrant Officer First Class Benjamin Keith Gilmer – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Major Frank Rennie – New Zealand Regiment.
• Flight Lieutenant William Robert Duncan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Cedric Rex Carter – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Alice Hollis – caretaker, Government House, Wellington.
• Charles Stanley Yates – fuel officer in charge, Naval Dockyard, Auckland.

• Chief Petty Officer Charles Ivan Francis Brewis – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer George Gerald Dessurne – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Donald Edgar George Nichols – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lance-Corporal John Samuel Moyle – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Flight Sergeant Victor James Braggins – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Gerald Mason Batchelor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Royal Red Cross

Associate (ARRC)

• Matron Rachel Mary Simpson – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
• Matron Lucille Emily Souness – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Squadron Leader John Ronald Day – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Robert Duncan McVicker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Cyril Lawrence Siegert – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air

• Flight Lieutenant Keith Cecil Noble-Campbell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.