The1954 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments byElizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government tovarious orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1953 and the beginning of 1954, and were announced on 1 January 1954.^[1]

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

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

• The HonourableHarold Eric BarrowcloughCB DSO MC ED –Chief Justice.

• 
  Sir Harold Barrowclough

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

Civil division

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

Military division

• BrigadierJames Russell PageDSO –New Zealand Army.

• 
  Wiremu Panapa
• 
  William Riddet
• 
  Rusty Page

Civil division

• William Arthur AndersonMB ChB JP – ofQueenstown. For services to the community.
• Marjorie Fulton Barnett – deputy director of the nursing division,Health Department.
• John Blacklock Carruthers – ofEketāhuna. For services to local government.
• Harold Fisher Guy – mayor ofKaikohe. For services to education and local government.
• Walter Alexander Lee – president of the New Zealand Counties Association.
• Wallace George Lowe – ofHastings; a member of theMount Everest Expedition, 1953.
• Norman Harold Moss – mayor ofStratford.
• The HonourableWilliam James Rogers – formerly a member of theLegislative Council,mayor of Wanganui.
• John Brown SimJP – ofPukekohe. For services to education.
• William Alfred Stevenson – ofAuckland. For services to the community.

Military division

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

• 
  George Lowe
• 
  Bill Rogers

Civil division

• Carrie Sarah McDiarmid Adnams – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
• George Frederick Allen – ofChristchurch. For services to the community.
• Walter Edward Barber – ofFoxton. For services to the community.
• Catherine Jane Campbell – matron of the Presbyterian children's home,Timaru
• John CorderJP – ofNelson. For services to local government.
• Lily Ann Donohue – of Christchurch. For services to nursing.
• Helen May Hunter – ofWaipukurau. For services in the interests of returned servicemen.
• Ellen Isabella Maider – ofDunedin. For social welfare services.
• The Reverend Wharetini Rangi – a Church of England minister, ofRuatoki North, Bay of Plenty. For services to theMāori people.
• Walter George Rutherford – secretary of the Palmerston North branch of theReturned Soldiers' Association.
• Donald William RutledgeJP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Norma Leonie Shelton – ofGisborne. 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 theMāori Women's Welfare League.
• Leyden Josephine Tingey – superintendent of the Dunedin Hospital district nursing service.
• Herbert Frederick WoodJP – a prominent singer of Wellington. For services to the community.

Military division

• Senior Commissioned Mechanician William Robert Paul – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Commander (S) Thomas Ronald Roydhouse –Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major Geoffrey Lawrence FalckED – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Warrant Officer First Class Benjamin Keith Gilmer –Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Major (temporary) 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.

• 
  Donald Rutledge

Civil division

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

Military division

• 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.

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

• Squadron Leader John Ronald DayMBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Robert Duncan McVicker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron LeaderCyril Laurence SiegertDFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Larry Siegert

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

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