1981 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours

none September 2018 September 2018 thumb|right|The Queen with the Cabinet during her visit to New Zealand in 1981 The 1981 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours were appointments by Elizabeth II to the Royal Victorian Order, to mark her visit to New Zealand in October that year. The honours were announced between 15 October and 20 October 1981.48801 20 November 1981 14783https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/queen-elizabeth-jubilee/royal-tours Royal tours 11 July 2014 New Zealand History Ministry for Culture and Heritage 27 September 2018https://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1981/131.pdf Royal Visit honours list 5 November 1981 New Zealand Gazette 3047 28 October 2025 The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. Royal Victorian Order Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) Sir David Stuart Beattie NZL GCMG – governor-general of New Zealand Member, fourth class (MVO) Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Betton Bath NZL MBE – of Wellington Richard Butler NZL MVO – of Tawa Superintendent Ian Lindsay Mills – New Zealand Police; of Lower Hutt In 1984, Members of the Royal Victorian Order, fourth class, were redesignated as Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO).https://www.centralchancery.org.uk/orders-of-chivalry/the-royal-victorian-order/ The Royal Victorian Order Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood 12 March 2024 Member, fifth class (MVO) Flight Lieutenant John Henry Staples Hamilton – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wigram Raymond George Hawthorn NZL RVM – of Wellington Genevieve Margaret Jordan – of Wellington Royal Victorian Medal Silver (RVM) Robert Hotson Francis Sisson-Stretch – of Wellington References Category:1981 awards Royal Visit Honours Category:Monarchy of New Zealand