1970 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

The 1970 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand that year. The Queen was accompanied by the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and Princess Anne on the tour, and attended celebrations connected with the bicentenary of Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand. The honours were announced on 21 and 26 March 1970.^[1][2][3]

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

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Grand Cross (GCVO)

• Sir Arthur Espie Porritt Bt GCMG KCVO CBE – governor-general of New Zealand

• 
  Lord Porritt

Commander (CVO)

• Patrick Jerad O'Dea MVO – of Lower Hutt
• Commissioner George Colin Urquhart BEM QPM – of Wellington
• David Claverly Williams – of Wellington

Member, fourth class (MVO)

• Bryan David Crompton – of Days Bay
• Colonel Henry Noel Hoare – of Wellington
• Eric Mark Horan – of Lower Hutt
• Douglas Alexander Johnston MVO – of Wellington
• Peter John Hope Purvis MVO BEM – of York Bay
• Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wallingford AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wellington

In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).^[4]

Member, fifth class (MVO)

• Chief Superintendent George Claridge – New Zealand Police; of Wellington
• Squadron Leader Daniel John Cotton AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Raumati Beach
• Desmond James Cummings – of Wellington
• Walter James Wynn Williams – of Upper Hutt
• Francis Eamonn Wilson – of Lower Hutt

Royal Victorian Medal

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

• Harold Eugene Symonds RVM – of Lower Hutt

Silver (RVM)

• Detective Senior Sergeant Bruce Fergus Scott – of Auckland

References

1. "No. 45110". The London Gazette. 29 May 1970. pp. 6039–6040.
2. "Royal visit honours list" (PDF). New Zealand Gazette. 4 June 1970. p. 985.
3. "Royal tours". New Zealand History. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
4. "The Royal Victorian Order". Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood. Retrieved 12 March 2024.