1936 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
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
- James Hutchison – of Dunedin. For public services.
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Sir James Hutchison
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.
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Willi Fels -
Cecil Jeffery
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Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander (KBE)
- Civil division
- George Shirtcliffe OBE – of Wellington. For public services.
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Sir George Shirtcliffe
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
- ^ "Seven dominion awards". Evening Post. 2 January 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "No. 34238". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1936. pp. 1–18.