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Topic: Honoured by King and Queen the early years
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Rotorua People honoured for public and community service 1918 - 1969
| 2nd. Lieutentant Leonard Poulter LEARY. | 1918 | MC see also CMG 1973 |
| Miss Robina Thomson CAMERON. District Health Nurse | 1938 | MBE |
| Henry Tai MITCHELL. For services on behalf of the Native Races | 1939 | CBE |
| Thomas DURRANT. | 1939 | MBE, DSO, TD, JP see also CBE 1976 |
| Commander Ronald H. DEWHURST | 1940 | DSO & 2 BARS |
| Dr Cyril J AUSTIN. | 1942 | OBE see also CBE 1954 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Donald G. STEELE. | 1942 | OBE |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Moihi BENNETT. | 1943 | DSO see also KBE 1975 |
| Martin Te Takahe McRAE | 1943 | MBE see also 1944 DCO |
| Wing Commander Reginald James GIBBS, JP | 1944 | OBE |
| Air Commander Theodore Jasper MacLean DE LANGE | 1944 | DFC see also 1965 CBE |
| Tuoro TANGO Esq. For services in connection with Maori patriotic activities at Rotorua | 1945 | CBE |
| Mrs Mary Karaka WAITOTI. For Patriotic and Social Welfare services | 1945 | MBE |
| Mrs Beryl Inez ELLIS | 1946 | MBE |
| Raharuhi PURURU Esq. For services to Maori | 1947 | OBE |
| Edith Ngaio MARSH. For services in connection with Drama and Literature in New Zealand | 1948 | OBE -- also awarded DBE in 1966 |
| Wilfred Stanley WALLIS Esq. M.B., Ch. B. For services to Returned Servicemen | 1948 | OBE |
| Miss Marie Louise Dansey ILES. Dominion Secretary to NZ Guides Assn. | 1948 | MBE -- see also OBE 1971 |
| Dr Eric Hattaway BRIDGMAN. Superintendant of Rotorua Hospital | 1949 | OBE |
| Flt Lt Stanley George THOMPSON | 1949 | MBE (Mil) |
| Mr Harold Galt DICKIE. For Public & Local Government Services | 1952 | OBE |
| William Langston NEWNHAM | 1952 | CBE |
| Squadron Leader Trevelyan W. TREMAYNE | 1952 | MBE |
| Mr Henry Te Reiwhaiti VERCOE, DSO, DCM. Chairman of the Arawa Trust Board 1951-1954 | 1953 | OBE |
| Mrs Rangitiaria DENNAN (Guide Rangi). Prominent Guide in the Rotorua district and for services to the Tourist Movement | 1956 | OBE see also 1953 Queen's Coronation Medal |
| Mr Karauria Tiweka (Claude) ANARU | 1957 | OBE, see also 1953 Queen's Coronation Medal and 1998 DCNZM. |
| Dr Archie Turner McLeod BLAIR. Medical Practitioner at Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 1957 | OBE |
| Lt. Col. Raymond F. SMITH | 1958 | OBE (Mil), ED 1957 |
| Mr Edward Grace GUY. For services to Journalism | 1959 | OBE |
| Mrs Ruia Mereana DAVY. (nee Morrison) For services to Sport especially Tennis | 1959 | OBE |
| Neil Buchanan HUNT. Chairman of Rotorua County Council | 1960 | MBE see also Queen's Coronation Medal 1953. |
| Hone Te Kauru TAIAPA Esq. For Cultural Services to Maori esp. in the field of Wood Carving | 1960 | OBE |
| Walter Godfrey BOWEN Esq. Chief Shearing Instructor to the NZ Wool Board. | 1960 | OBE |
| Rev. Father Leo DOWNEY. | 1960 | OBE |
| Squadron Leader O. STAPLE AFC | 1960 | OBE |
| Helen DOWNER. For services to the Kindergarten Movement. | 1961 | MBE |
| Constance Egmont TULLOCH. For services to Social Welfare. | 1961 | MBE see also OBE 1971 |
| The Reverend Pakake Heketoro LEONARD, of Rotorua. For services to the Maori people. | 1961 | MBE |
| The Honorable Sir Frank Leon Aroha GOTZ | 1963 | KCVO |
| Te Rangiatahua Kiniwe ROYAL. For services to Maori | 1963 | OBE |
| Mr Oswald Henry COLEMAN. Member of the Rotorua Borough Council. | 1963 | OBE |
| Air Commander Arthur Percy GAINSFORD, DSO, DFC, AFC | 1963 | OBE see also DFC 1942, DSO 1945, AFC 1944 and 1953 Queen's Coronation Medal |
| Mr Ivor PRICHARD. JP, LLB, Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court | 1964 | CBE |
| Matina MAKIHA Esq. for service to Maori | 1964 | OBE |
| Mr Alister Murray LINTON. Mayor of Rotorua | 1965 | CBE |
| Air Commodore Theodore J. MacLEAN DE LANGE | 1966 | CBE, see also DFC 1944, Queens Coronation Medal 1953 |
| Mrs Audrey Alice Hastings ALEXANDER | 1966 | OBE |
| Mr Raniera Te Tawhiti (Dan) KINGI. For services to the Maori people, particularly as Secretary of the Arawa Trust Board. | 1966 | OBE |
| Elizabeth B. ORBELL. For services to Nursing. | 1966 | CBE |
| Rev. William W. GREENSLADE. For Community services especially in connection with the Methodist Church of NZ | 1967 | MBE |
| Dr Allan NORTH. M.B. Ch.B. For services to medicine and Maori. | 1967 | MBE |
| Peter Wilfred TAPSELL. For service to Medicine and Maori. | 1968 | MBE see also KNZM 1996 |
| Neil Francis PACHOUD. For services to local Youth Organisations. | 1968 | BEM |
| Mrs Jean Caroline LODGE. For services to the Community and Sport especially Basketball (Kurungaituku Tournament 1933-1980) | 1969 | MBE |
| Mr David KENNEDY. Conservator of Forests, New Zealand Forestry Service | 1969 | ISO |
| Robert Steele MARTIN, JP. County Engineer of Rotorua. | 1969 | MBE |
| Mr Eric Priar NISBET. For services as a Sporting Coach, especially Swimming | 1969 | BEM |
| Mr William Harold SHARP. Assistant Commissioner of Police. NZ Police. | 1969 | QPM see also KBE 1974 |
Information above is verified in the London Gazette
