31 MARCH

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
Captain (temp. Major) Michael Alexander Cowan is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Army Ordnance Corps, in the rank of Major with effect from 1 February 1977.

Captain Grant William Blackburn: the notice published in the Gazette, 3 February 1977, No. 11, p. 173, is cancelled and the following substituted: "Captain Grant William Blackburn is posted to the Retired List with effect from 3 January 1977".

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Captain (temp. Major) A. C. Ward to be Major with seniority and effect from 14 December 1976.

ROYAL N.Z. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT
Chaplain 3rd Class Francis Harrison (Anglican) is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, Royal N.Z. Chaplains' Department, with effect from 1 February 1977.

N.Z. ARMY PAY CORPS
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) A. S. Day to be Captain with seniority and effect from 25 September 1976.

N.Z. ARMY LEGAL SERVICE
Captain C. J. McGuire, LL.B., to be temp. Major with effect from 8 December 1976.

Captain (temp. Major) Christopher John McGuire, LL.B., is transferred to the Territorial Force with effect from 29 January 1977.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY EDUCATION CORPS
Major H. Duncan, DIP.TCHG., is transferred to the Supernumerary List on reaching retiring age for rank with effect from 12 February 1977, and his engagement is extended until 11 February 1979.

ROYAL N.Z. NURSING CORPS
Captain (temp. Major) D. M. Shaw to be Major with seniority and effect from 14 January 1977.

Lieutenant M. A. MacLeod to be Captain with seniority and effect from 31 January 1977.

TERRITORIAL FORCE
ROYAL N.Z. INFANTRY REGIMENT
2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) RNZIR
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) S. M. D. Palmer is confirmed with effect from 7 August 1975.

6th Battalion (Hauraki), RNZIR
Lieutenant A. J. Lawson: with reference to the notice published in the Gazette, 21 October 1976, No. 109, p. 2408, for the words "with seniority and effect from 1 May 1975", substitute "with seniority from 1 May 1975 and effect from 30 July 1976".

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC
Lieutenant (temp. Captain) Ian David Stephens, M.B., CH.B., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Field Ambulance, RNZAMC, in his present rank and seniority with effect from 14 January 1977.

1st Field Hospital, RNZAMC
Captain Roger Bernard Apperley, DIP.OPT., is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, Regimental List, 1st Field Hospital, RNZAMC, in his present rank and seniority with effect from 1 December 1976.

ROYAL N.Z. ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
1st Composite Ordnance Company, RNZAOC
Captain Alastair Wakelin Jones is transferred from the Reserve of Officers Regimental List, 1st Composite Ordnance Company, RNZAOC, in his present rank and seniority with effect from 18 January 1977.

THE CORPS OF ROYAL N.Z. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
1st General Troops Workshop, RNZEME
Captain David Milton Greenslade is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, the Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in the rank of Captain with effect from 10 February 1977.

1st Infantry Workshop, RNZEME
Lieutenant John Gavin Hinton is transferred to the Reserve of Officers, General List, the Corps of Royal N.Z. Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in the rank of Lieutenant with effect from 21 December 1976.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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EXTRA REGIMENTAL EMPLOYMENT
Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade Group
The commission of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) S. N. Gedge is confirmed with effect from 27 March 1975.

N.Z. WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS
Therese Kathleen Randall is appointed to a commission in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant (on prob.) with effect from 1 February 1977.

RESERVE OF OFFICERS
Regimental List
7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay) RNZIR
Lieutenant John Martin Dawson is posted to the Retired List with effect from 20 January 1977.

General List
The following officers are posted to the Retired List with effect from the dates shown:
Royal N.Z. Infantry Regiment
Captain Derrell Shelly Stuttard, 2 February 1977.

Royal N.Z. Army Medical Corps
Captain Russell Warwick Reid, M.B., CH.B., 31 January 1977.

Captain Kenneth Gordon Couper, M.B., CHB., 8 February 1977.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of March 1977.
ALLAN McCREADY, Minister of Defence.

Appointment of Maori Wardens under the Maori Welfare Act 1962
Pursuant to subsection (1) of section 7 of the Maori Welfare Act 1962, as substituted by section 14 of the Maori Purposes Act 1975, the Minister of Maori Affairs hereby appoints for a term of 3 years, the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be Maori Wardens for the areas of the Maori Associations set opposite the name of each such person in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE
Name
Maori Association
Tau Warren Terei
Waiariki District Maori Council
Harry Moses
Waiariki District Maori Council

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of March 1977.
DUNCAN MacINTYRE, Minister of Maori Affairs.
(M.A. 36/4/4, 36/4/10)

Member of the Nursing Council of New Zealand Appointed
Pursuant to section 4 of the Nurses Act 1971, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint Harry Edwin Hutchings, F.N.Z.I.M.L.T., R.MED.T. as a member of the Nursing Council of New Zealand with effect from the 1st day of April 1977.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of March 1977.
FRANK GILL, Minister of Health.

Appointment of Waterfront Industry Commission
Pursuant to the Waterfront Industry Act 1976, His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint: Thomas Michael Small to be the Chairman of the Waterfront Industry Commission; and
David Ingram Binnie,
Ronald Edgar Dawson,
Scott Pearce Ritchie, and
Melvyn Ewell Foster

To be members of the Commission for a term of 1 year commencing on the 1st day of April 1977.
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of March 1977.
J. B. GORDON, Minister of Labour.