The 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 14 June 1975.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett – of Maketu. For public services, especially to the Māori people. Frank Wakefield Holmes – of Wellington; professor of money and finance, Victoria University of Wellington. For public services.
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB) Military division Rear Admiral Edward Courtney Thorne – Chief of Naval Staff.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Knight Commander (KCMG) The Honourable Arnold Henry Nordmeyer – of Wellington. For public services.
Companion (CMG) Ronald Keith Davison – of Auckland. For public services. The Honourable William Arthur Fox – of Ōtaki. For public services. Jock Malcolm McEwen – of Heretaunga; lately Secretary of Maori Affairs. Andrew Gordon Robb – of Wellington. For public services.
Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander (KBE) Civil division George Ernest Francis Wood – of Whangārei. For public services, especially as chairman of the Consumer Council since 1959.
Commander (CBE) Civil division George James Brocklehurst – of Auckland. For services as New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, 1972–1975. The Right Reverend John Tristram Holland – currently in England. For services as Bishop of Waikato, 1951–1969, and Bishop of Polynesia, 1969–1975. Michael Rotohiko Jones – of Ōtorohanga. For services to the Māori people. Pérrine Moncrieff – of Wakapuaka. For services to conservation as a naturalist and to the Abel Tasman National Park. Michael James Moriarty – of Wellington. For public services. Michael Bernard Scully – currently Chief Justice of Western Samoa; formerly of Wellington. For services as a stipendiary magistrate.
Military division
Air Commodore Cyril Laurence Siegert – Royal New Zealand Air Force; Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy).
Officer (OBE) Civil division Lewis George Anderson – of Lower Hutt; lately assistant director-general (social work), Department of Social Welfare. Dorothy Beatrice Campbell – of Taupō. For services as founder of the New Zealand Pony Clubs Association Incorporated. Harold Edward Coxhead – of Timaru. For services to the tourist and travel industry, especially as chairman of the Tourist Hotel Corporation. Walter Atcherley Dew – of Dannevirke. For services to local government and the woollen industry. Brenda Gardner – of Whangārei. For services to the community and nursing. Emma Potiki Grooby – of Dunedin. For services to the community and Māori people. William James Henderson – of Wellington; chief fire service officer, New Zealand Fire Service Commission. Iris May, Lady Kitts – of Wellington. For services to the community as mayoress of the City of Wellington, 1956–1974. Clutha Nantes Mackenzie – of Scargill, Christchurch. For services to local government. Juan Matteucci – of Auckland. For services to music. Frederick Walter Gascoyne Miller – of Invercargill. For services to the community and literature. Eric Alderson Missen – of Plimmerton; Secretary for Justice, 1970–1974. John Massy Stacpoole – of Auckland. For services to the preservation of historic buildings. Rewi Tamihana – of Petone. For services to the Māori people. Areginald James Waghorn – of Wellington. For services to education and art. Cyril Charles William White – of Auckland. For services to the blind, especially the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind.
Military division
Colonel Charles Desmond Hall – Colonels' List (Territorial Force), Headquarters Field Force Command, New Zealand Army. Group Captain Arthur Frederick Tucker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.