The1958 Special Honours in New Zealand were twospecial honours lists in which 26 New Zealanders were awarded thePolar Medal. The first list, issued on 22 May 1958, recognised 18 people for their services as members of theCommonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition,^[1][2] while the second list, published on 9 October 1958, gave recognition to a further eight people for their services as members of the New ZealandInternational Geophysical Year party to Antarctica.^[3]

• Harry Herbert Ayres – ofChristchurch.
• DrRonald Walter Balham – ofWellington.
• James Gordon Bates – ofMorrinsville.
• Ernest Selwyn Bucknell – ofDays Bay.
• Roy Albert Carlyon – ofAramoho.
• Squadron LeaderJohn Richard Claydon –Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Christchurch.
• Flying OfficerWilliam Joseph Cranfield – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Christchurch.
• Murray Hamilton Douglas – of Christchurch.
• Murray Roland Ellis – ofDunedin.
• John Edward Gawn – of Wellington.
• Bernard Maurice Gunn – of Christchurch.
• Flight LieutenantGordon Haslop –Royal Air Force; serving in the United Kingdom.
• SirEdmund Percival HillaryKBE – of Auckland.
• Wallace George LoweOBE – ofHastings.
• Joseph Holmes Miller – ofMasterton.
• Chief Radio ElectricianPeter David Mulgrew –Royal New Zealand Navy; ofLower Hutt.
• SergeantLaurence Walter Tarr – Royal New Zealand Air Force; ofThames.
• Guyon Warren – of Christchurch.

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  Sir Edmund Hillary
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  George Lowe
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  Holmes Miller

• DrTrevor HathertonOBE – of Wellington.
• Vernon Bruce Gerard – of Christchurch.
• John Gerard Humphries – of Christchurch.
• Clayton Ernest Ingham – ofPetone.
• Michael William Langevad – of Christchurch.
• William James Peter Macdonald – of Wellington.
• Reginald Herbert Orr – ofWaipukurau.
• Herbert Neil Sandford – of Lower Hutt.

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