The1937 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by KingGeorge VI tovarious orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1936 and the beginning of 1937. This was the first honours list of George VI's reign, and its announcement was deferred until 1 February 1937.^[1][2][3]

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

• George HarperOBE – chairman of the Metropolitan Relief Committee,Christchurch.
• George Alexander TroupCMG – ofWellington. For public services.

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  Sir George Harper
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  Sir George Troup

• Professor Hugh MackenzieMA – foundation professor of English language and literature,Victoria University College, Wellington.

Civil division

• Joseph William Allan HeenanLLB – of Wellington; under-secretary,Department of Internal Affairs.

Military division

• CaptainLlewellyn Vaughan MorganMVO DSC –Royal Navy; formerly second naval member of the New Zealand Naval Board.

Civil division

• Anna Elizabeth Jerome Spencer – of Omatua,Rissington,Hawke's Bay; founder of theWomen's Institute and the Townswomen's Guild movements in New Zealand. For social-welfare services.
• Eileen May DugganMA – of Wellington. For contributions to literature.

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  Bessie Spencer
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  Eileen Duggan

Civil division

• Richard BrownJP – formerly secretary,Wellington Hospital Board.
• Harold Archibald Sommerville – secretary, Auckland Hospital Board.
• William Shakespear WhartonJP – secretary, North Canterbury Hospital Board, Christchurch.

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• 1937 awards
• 1937 in New Zealand

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