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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.

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable Terence Henderson McCombs OBE ED – lately New Zealand high commissioner in the United Kingdom.

• Sir Terry McCombs

Order of the British Empire

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division, honorary

• Dr William Hayward Pickering – of Pasadena, California. For outstanding services to science.

• Bill Pickering

References

1. "No. 46549". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 April 1975. p. 5021.
2. "Scientist honoured". The Press. Vol. 115, no. 34010. 26 November 1975. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via PapersPast.

• 1975 in New Zealand
• 1975 awards