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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of the University of Waikato · 2006
- Order of New Zealand · 1987
- honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington · 1970
- Patron’s Medal · 1958
- Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations · 1955
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- Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu · 1953
- 1939–45 Star
- Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Livingstone Medal
- New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
- Order of the Garter
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Vibhushan
- Polar Medal
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal



