The 1952 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by King George VI on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1951 and the beginning of 1952, and were announced on 1 January 1952. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Knight Bachelor Vincent Robert Sissons Meredith – of Auckland. For public services, particularly as Crown Prosecutor. Order of the British Empire Knight Commander (KBE) Civil division David Alexander Ewen – of Lower Hutt. For public services. Commander (CBE) Civil division Henry Ernest Blyde – of Lepperton, Taranaki. For services to agriculture. Arthur Paul Harper – of Wellington. For services to the community. William Langston Newnham – chairman of the Soil Conservation and River Control Council. Albert Hamilton Tocker – of Christchurch. For services to education. Military division Group Captain George Carter – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Officer (OBE) Civil division John Leonard Coakley – of Auckland. For services to local government. Muriel Helen Deem – of Dunedin; medical adviser to the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children (Plunket Society). Trevor Morrin Geddis – of Napier. For services to local government and journalism. Harry Samuel James Goodman – of Christchurch. For services to the boy scout movement and in the field of sport. Hazel Hamilton – matron of St Helen's Hospital, Wellington, and the senior midwifery matron in New Zealand. James Hogg – of Dunedin. For services to the community. John Edwin Hunt – of Wellington. For services to the community. James Melling – of Auckland. For services to local government. George Alexander Monk – of Waikanae. For services to local government. Michael Joseph Moodabe – of Auckland. For philanthropic and patriotic services. Stanley Oliver – of Lower Hutt. For services to music. Henry Walter Shove. For services in connection with the activities of the New Zealand Young Men's Christian Association. Military division Honorary Captain Victor Gordon Webb – Royal New Zealand Naval Reserve. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Scoltock Playle – New Zealand Territorial Force. Squadron Leader Ernest Charles Gartrell – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Member (MBE) Civil division Helen McKenzie Black – of Dunedin. For social welfare services. Elizabeth Harriet Bowie – of Milton. For services to the community. George Edward Brasell – of Lyttelton.