The 1966 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 1965 and the beginning of 1966, and were announced on 1 January 1966.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
Francis Joseph Kitts. For outstanding services as mayor of Wellington.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG) Arnold Everitt Campbell – director, Department of Education. Thomas Wilfred Perry – of Christchurch. For valuable services to business, finance and the footwear manufacturing industry.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander (KBE) Civil division Jack Richard Butland – of Auckland. For community and philanthropic services.
Commander (CBE) Civil division Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes – of Auckland. For services to medicine. Jack Ian King – of Wellington. For services to architecture and to the Standards Institute. Matthew Garnet Latta. For services in the field of electrical engineering in New Zealand. Henry James Thompson – of Wellington. For services as a stipendiary magistrate.
Military division
Brigadier Stanley Frederick Catchpole – New Zealand Brigadiers' List, Territorial Force.
Officer (OBE) Civil division Louis Amos Bennett . For services to the community, especially as a member of the North Canterbury Hospital Board. Albert Oliver Dare – high commissioner for New Zealand in the Cook Islands. The Reverend John Gilman Sharp Dunn – of Wellington. For services to the community. William George Hilliker – general manager of the Dunedin Savings Bank. Cyril Spottiswoode Moy Hopkirk – of Palmerston North. For services in the field of veterinary science. Hallyburton Johnstone – of Hamilton. For services to farming and in political life. Henare Tiakiriri Keepa – of Whangārei. For services to the Māori people. Alexander Arthur MacFarlane – of Rotherham. For services to local government. Tasman Joseph McKee – of Nelson. For services to industry, particularly to mineral development. Herbert John Morgan – chief judge of the Land Court, Cook Islands. Roland Maunsell Perry – of Masterton. For services to farming, particularly as a leading sheep breeder. The Reverend Douglas Milne Riddle. For services with the Presbyterian overseas missions, especially in Ambala District, Punjab East, India. Alex Gatonby Stead – of Hastings. For public services, particularly in connection with the Sheep Dog Trial Association of New Zealand.
Military division
Commander George William Shotter – Royal New Zealand Navy. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Harden Lyndale Maxwell – Royal New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force) Wing Commander John Maxwell Carr – Royal New Zealand Air Force.