The 1975 Special Honours in New Zealand were two Special Honours Lists, published on 18 April and 26 November 1975, respectively, in which New Zealand's outgoing high commissioner to the United Kingdom and a New Zealand-born scientist received knighthoods.[1][2]
Knight Bachelor
edit- The Honourable Terence Henderson McCombs OBE ED – lately New Zealand high commissioner in the United Kingdom.
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Sir Terry McCombs
Order of the British Empire
editKnight Commander (KBE)
edit- Civil division, honorary
- Dr William Hayward Pickering – of Pasadena, California. For outstanding services to science.
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Bill Pickering
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References
edit- ^ "No. 46549". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 April 1975. p. 5021.
- ^ "Scientist honoured". The Press. Vol. 115, no. 34010. 26 November 1975. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via PapersPast.