The 1975 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 1974 and the beginning of 1975, and were announced on 1 January 1975.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.
Knight Bachelor
William Norman Gough Dunlop – of Christchurch. For services to the farming industry. Leonard Albert Hadley – of Wellington. For services to the trade union movement.
Order of the Bath
Companion (CB) Civil division Ian Gordon Lythgoe – chairman of the State Services Commission, 1970–1974.
Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
Companion (CMG) Arthur Ernest Bockett – commissioner of the Waterfront Industry Commission. John Patrick McVeagh – of Lower Hutt; Chief Parliamentary Counsel.
Order of the British Empire
Dame Commander (DBE) Civil division Lucy Ruth Kirk – widow of the Right Honourable Norman Eric Kirk , late Prime Minister of New Zealand. For public services.
Knight Commander (KBE) Civil division Peter Tait – of Napier. For services to local government.
Commander (CBE) Civil division Laurence Alfred Cameron – of Lower Hutt. For services to commerce and the community. Miriam Patricia Dell – of Wellington. For public services. Robert James MacLachlan – Director-General of Lands, 1962–1974. Stanley William Wilford Tong – of Auckland. For services to the legal profession and civic affairs. Pearce Melvin Eddy Williams – of Kaikohe. For services to the community.
Military division
Brigadier Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett – Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy).
Officer (OBE) Civil division John Dunstan Atkinson – of Auckland. For services to scientific research. Gordon Alexander Brown – of Palmerston North. For services to the community. The Reverend Father Leo St John Close – of Dunedin. For services to the paraplegic movement. Bevan Ernest Congdon – of Dunedin. For services to cricket. James Francis Duncan – professor of inorganic and theoretical chemistry, Victoria University of Wellington. Maurice Francis Tancred Holmes – of Christchurch. For services to New Zealand trotting. Sheila Betty Holt – of Auckland. For services to the community. Donald Ross Hunter – of Dunedin, For services to the Otago Council and the community. The Reverend George Alfred Jeffreys – of Auckland. For services to youth and the community. Reginald David Lumsden – of Wellington. For services to the Industrial Court. Norman Alfred Nash – of Palmerston North. For services to the newspaper and printing industry and community. Eunice Olive Nieukerke – of Auckland. For services to education and the community. John Goodlet Pryde – of Wellington. For services to the farming industry. John Russell Ritchie – of Dunedin. For services to medicine. James Malcolm Ross – of Lower Hutt. For services to sport, especially smallbore rifle shooting. The Reverend Ernest James Salisbury – of Shaba, Zaire. For humanitarian services.
Military division
Surgeon Commander Thomas Shailer Weston – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. Lieutenant Colonel Robert McLeod Dickie – Royal New Zealand Engineers (Regular Force). Lieutenant Colonel Neville Alan Wallace – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force). Group Captain Morris Charles Pollard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.