Companion (CMG)

• Dr David Ernest Hansen – of Christchurch. For outstanding services in the field of technical education.
• The Reverend Arthur John Seamer – of Hamilton. For outstanding services in connection with mission work among the Māori.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Joseph William Allan Heenan CBE – formerly undersecretary of Internal Affairs, New Zealand.
• James Shelley MA – of Wellington. For outstanding services in the fields of education, broadcasting and drama.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Gordon Herriot Cunningham DSc PhD – of Auckland. For services in the field of plant research and plant diseases in New Zealand.
• James Sawers – formerly general manager, New Zealand Railways.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Voelcker DSO MC – High Commissioner of Western Samoa.

Military division

• Acting Group Captain George Ernest Watt AFC – Royal Air Force.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Miss Margharita Elizabeth Anderson – of Balclutha. For services as matron of the Balclutha Hospital.
• Philip Barling – of Dunedin. For valuable public services.
• John Andrew Dempsey – of Wellington. For valuable services with New Zealand Police Force.
• Miss Elsie Mary Haines – of Wellington. For services in connection with organisation and training of dental nurses.
• Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti – of Bay of Islands. For valuable services to the Māori people.
• William Morrison – of Wanganui, formerly president of the New Zealand Counties Association. For valuable public services.
• Percy Shaw – of Auckland. For valuable public services especially in connection with the establishment of a chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at Auckland University College.
• Riki Te Mairiki Taiaroa – of Leeston. For valuable services to the Māori people.
• Nugent Herrmann Welch – of Wellington. For valuable services in the field of art in New Zealand.

Military division

• Commander Leo Patrick Bourke DSC RD – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) John Dickenson Armstrong – New Zealand Regiment.
• Squadron Leader Alston Leonard Partelow – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Leonard Delabere Bestall – of Napier. For services in the fields of art and music.
• James Davidson Harper – of Wellington. For services in the interests of returned servicemen.
• Theodore Wright Leslie – of Wellington. For long services in the field of sport.
• Mrs Mary Ann McIntyre – of Dunedin. For services in connection with welfare work in Dunedin.
• William Morton – of Auckland. For long services in connection with amateur sport in New Zealand.
• Miss Mary Elizabeth O'Shea – of Ashburton. For services as obstetrical nurse at Granity.
• Mrs Ethel Watkins Taylor Pritchard – of Gisborne. For long services as district nurse and honorary child welfare officer.
• Claude Page Reilly – of Nelson. For long services to the community particularly in the sphere of school committee work.
• Miss Edna Scott – of Wellington. For services in connection with kindergarten work.
• Miss Constance Smedley – of Whangārei. For long service as district nurse and inspector in the North Auckland district.
• Robert Tutaki Panapa Stewart – of Hastings. For services in connection with the organisation of Māori shearers during the war years.
• The Reverend Hadden Kingston Vickery – of Auckland. For services as chaplain to the Flying Angel Missions to Seamen.
• James Edward Weir – of Auckland. For services as secretary to YMCA with HMNZS Philomel.
• Miss Claire Elizabeth Wylie – of Dunedin. For services as head teacher at the Special School at Otekaieke.

Military division

• Acting Lieutenant (E) Thomas George Ernest Hallin – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) James Hutton MA LLB – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Warrant Officer Class I Edward Coleman – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.
• Captain (Quartermaster) Donald William Stewart – New Zealand Regular Force.
• Flight Lieutenant Stanley George Thompson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer John William Moynihan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.