The1960 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday ofElizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen on the advice of the New Zealand government tovarious orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 11 June 1960.^[1]

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

• George Douglas RobbCMGMDFRCS – a consulting surgeon, ofAuckland.

Military division

• Rear-AdmiralJohn Michael VilliersOBE – lately on loan to theRoyal New Zealand Navy.

• The HonourableEruera Tihema Tirikatene –Minister of Forests, Minister in charge of the Government Printing and Stationery Department, and Associate to theMinister of Maori Affairs.

• 
  Sir Eruera Tirikatene

• George Manning – ofChristchurch. For services to education and local government.
• Robert McKeen – ofOtaki. For services in public affairs as a trade unionist,Member of Parliament (1922–1954), andSpeaker of the House of Representatives (1947–1950).

• 
  George Manning
• 
  Robert McKeen

Civil division

• Samuel Thompson Barnett – Secretary for Justice and Controller-General of Prisons,Department of Justice.
• Michael ConnellyJP – ofDunedin. For services in the field of local government.
• Alfred Hayward – deputy chairman of theDairy Board.
• The HonourableFiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II –prime minister of Western Samoa.

Military division

• Captain Gillespie Hume EdwardsRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve.

• 
  Sam Barnett
• 
  Michael Connelly

Civil division

• Francis Cornelius Allerby – ofLevin. For public services.
• Hugh Richard Jarvis DonaldBM BCh – a medical practitioner, of Christchurch.
• Lewis Edward Harris – ofPuketapu. For philanthropic and social-welfare services, especially in the interests of handicapped children.
• Charles John Hayward – a member of theDunedin City Council.
• Frederick Arthur KitchinghamMBE –Crown solicitor,Greymouth (since 1921).
• Leslie John McDonaldJP – in recognition of his services as director of theNew Zealand Standards Institute (1936–1959), and to education.
• Mamea Matatumua – lately acting Secretary for Samoan Affairs, Western Samoa.
• Bertram Henry Olsson – director of the Naval Research Laboratory, Auckland.
• Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu – ofLower Hutt. For social welfare services toMāori youth.
• Norman Hargrave Taylor – director of theSoil Bureau.
• Harry Hugo Tombs – of Wellington. For services to art and music.

Military division

• Commander David Lennox MillarVRD –Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Denis Lumsden WoodMC ED –Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Wing Commander Ivan Reid MitchellDFC –Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Fred Kitchingham
• 
  Īhāia Puketapu
• 
  Norman Taylor

Civil division

• Robert William Stanley Botting – of Dunedin. For services in local-body affairs and to sport.
• Walter Godfrey Bowen – chief shearing instructor to theNew Zealand Wool Board.
• Margaret Elizabeth Callan – of Auckland. For community services, especially through the Crippled Children's Society.
• The Reverend John Gilman Sharp Dunn – president of the CORSO Council and clerk of the General Assembly of thePresbyterian Church of New Zealand.
• Archer GarsideJP – ofOnehunga. For services to local government.
• Mabel Winifred Gunn – matron of theWhataroa Hospital,South Westland.
• George Alfred Harris – mayor ofTemuka. For municipal and patriotic services.
• Andrew Jacob HaubJP – ofNew Plymouth. For services in connection with New Zealand justices of the peace.
• Lucy Eva Johnston – matron of the Abbotsford Home for Boys and Girls,Waipawa, and matron-in-charge, St Hilda's Home.
• Mabel Elizabeth Jolly – ofCromwell. For services to education, especially through theCorrespondence School Parents' Association.
• Ivy Hazel Fletcher JonesJP – secretary-manager, Auckland Methodist Children's Home and Orphanage.
• David Erskine Sinclair MasonJP – engineer to theSouthland Harbour Board.
• George Miller – of Wellington. For services to the community, especially amongst young people, and in the field of sport.
• Donald George Alfred Munro – of Wellington. For services to music.
• Oscar Gerald Smith – of Wellington. For services rendered under the auspices of theReturned Soldiers' Association.
• Eileen Hannah Spencer – of Palmerston North. For social-welfare services.
• Hōne Te Kāuru Taiapa – ofRotorua. For cultural services to the Māori people, especially in the field ofwood carving.

Military division

• Warrant Officer First Class Neville William Faithful –New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Major Ronald Norman Griggs –Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer Second Class George Tom HoldenMMED – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major (temporary) Douglas Ronald OrangeED – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major (temporary) and Quartermaster Gordon William StanleyED –Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Regular Force).
• Flight Lieutenant William Francis Reece Jackson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Robert Thomas Francis Lewis – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Godfrey Bowen

• Kenneth John Caverhill – lately director of theState Advances Corporation.
• Edward Stephen Gale – lately Comptroller of Customs,Customs Department.

Civil division

• Lawrence Gordon – temporary sergeant,New Zealand Police Force.
• George Innes – sergeant, New Zealand Police Force.

Military division

• Chief Petty Officer Frederick Maurice Glasson – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Chief Petty Officer George Frederick Marshall – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) Gerald Victor Baldwin Martin – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Chief Electrical Artificer Robert Thomas Noble Moffat – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Staff-Sergeant (temporary) John Arthur Baker –Royal New Zealand Dental Corps (Regular Force).
• Sergeant (temporary) Douglas Alexander Branks – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Staff-Sergeant Douglas Donald Hamilton – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Staff Sergeant Johnston Henry Robert LoveEM – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Staff Sergeant Alexander George Metcalfe –Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force).
• Flight Sergeant William Alexander – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Horace Floyd Williams – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Master Signaller James Alfred Easton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Orme Snow Wilson Power – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police Force.

• Flight Lieutenant Colin William Rudd – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Sergeant Engineer Raymond William Tocker – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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