1936 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

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The 1936 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1935 and the beginning of 1936, and were announced on 1 January 1936.[1][2]

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

Knight Bachelor[]

  • – of Dunedin. For public services.

Order of Saint Michael and Saint George[]

Companion (CMG)[]

  • Willi Fels – of Dunedin. For services to ethnology.
  • Cecil Albert Jeffery – of Wellington; clerk of the Executive Council and secretary to the Cabinet.

Order of the British Empire[]

Knight Commander (KBE)[]

Civil division
  • OBE – of Wellington. For public services.

Commander (CBE)[]

Civil division
  • Charles John McKenzie – of Wellington; engineer-in-chief and under-secretary, Public Works Department.

Officer (OBE)[]

Civil division
  • Maude Elizabeth Parkes – of Auckland. For social and philanthropic services.
  • Ann Gilchrist Strong – of Dunedin; dean of the Home Science Department, University of Otago.

References[]

  1. ^ "Seven dominion awards". Evening Post. 2 January 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ "No. 34238". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1936. pp. 1–18.
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