Companion (CMG)

• William Hollis Cocker – of Auckland. For outstanding services in the fields of university administration and adult education.
• Eric Howard Manley Luke MB ChB – of Wellington; a surgeon at the Wellington Public Hospital for over 25 years and chairman of the Council, British Medical Association (New Zealand branch).

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• John Robert McKenzie – of Christchurch. For public and philanthropic services.

Military division

• Air Vice-Marshal Arthur de Terrotte Nevill CB CBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Sir John McKenzie
• Sir Arthur Nevill

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• James Cummings – of Wellington; Commissioner of Police.
• Mary Isabel Lambie OBE – of Wellington; director, Nursing Division, Department of Health for the past 18 years.
• Frederick George Soper PhD DSc FRIC – of Dunedin; professor of chemistry, University of Otago. For public services.

• Mary Lambie
• Frederick Soper

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Harold Edward Annett DSc – of Hamilton. For valuable services in connexion with agricultural and scientific research in New Zealand.
• Clifford Oswald Bell – of Wellington; Dominion vice president of the Returned Services Association.
• John Bitchener – of Waimate. For municipal and public services.
• Helen McDonald Findlay – of Christchurch; matron in charge of the Templeton Home for Backward Children, Christchurch.
• Robert Searson Rodney Francis MB ChB – of Hastings. For services to the community in connexion with the treatment of tuberculosis.
• Herbert Hill – of Christchurch. For valuable services during the war years as organiser and controller of the wool appraisal system.
• Wharemaihi Hotu – of Hangatiki. For services to the Māori people as an elder of the Maniapoto tribe.
• The Reverend John James North DD – of Auckland. For services to the Baptist organisation in New Zealand.
• Sydney Bach Smith – of Dunedin; chairman, Dunedin branch, Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League, since 1931.

Military division

• Commander Richard Everley Washbourn DSO – Royal Navy.
• Brigadier William George Gentry DSO OBE – adjutant-general, New Zealand Military Forces, and second military member of the Army Board.
• Wing Commander William Glanville Woodward – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• John Bitchener
• Richard Washbourn

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Sybil Mary Beresford – of Lawrence; matron in charge of Tuapeka Public Hospital for the past 25 years.
• Maud Booth Bowyer – of Honikiwi. For patriotic services.
• David Hazeel Cockburn – of Queenstown. For services in connexion with local-body affairs for many years.
• Wilfred John Davies – of Oamaru. For services to the St John's Ambulance Brigade during the past 43 years.
• Winefride Mary Dive JP – of Wellington; secretary, Society for the Protection of Women and Children.
• Ethel Mary Le Lievre – of Akaroa. For social welfare services in the Akaroa district.
• Thomas McGhie – of Ngakawau. For services as superintendent of the Buller State Mines and in connexion with the establishment of the community centre movement for miners.
• Margaret Vivien Miller – of Nelson. For services in connexion with voluntary relief work in the Nelson district during the past 30 years.
• Elsie Mitchell – of Lower Hutt. For services to the Red Cross, children's health camps, and patriotic bodies.
• Irene Grace Owen – of Hastings; matron in charge of the maternity annex at the Memorial Hospital, Hastings, for 20 years.
• Ihakara Rapana – of Hastings. For social-welfare services rendered to the Māori people, particularly in the Church of England sphere.
• Seymour Percy Spiller – of Napier. For social-welfare services.
• Albert James Stratford JP – of Auckland. For services in connexion with the Justices of the Peace Association since 1918.
• Ina Coralie Wilks ARRC – of Auckland; matron in charge of St Dunstan's Hospital, Auckland.

Military division

• Lieutenant (S) Thomas Lewis Luckman – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Stanley Austin Higgs – senior commissioned wardmaster, Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Honorary Captain Cecil Herbert Hoskin – New Zealand Territorial Force.
• Warrant Officer 1st Class William Sampson Valentine – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.
• Flight Lieutenant Sidney Maxwell Hope – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Richard Hermann Simpson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Associate (ARRC)

• Charge Sister Phyllis Irene Johnston – New Zealand Army Nursing Service.