Companion (CB)

Military division

• Rear-Admiral Frank Arthur Ballance DSO – Chief of Naval Staff, Royal New Zealand Navy.

Companion (CMG)

• Richard Mitchelson Campbell – formerly of Wellington; chairman of the Public Service Commission.
• Philip Stanley Foster MB FRCS – of Christchurch, a prominent surgeon.
• The Honourable Robert Masters – of Stratford. For public services.

• Robert Masters

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Francis Gordon Bell MC MD FRCS – of Dunedin; formerly professor of surgery, University of Otago.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Andrew Linton – of Greytown; a member of the Dairy Board for many years.
• John Thomas Martin – of Wellington. For public services, especially in the field of commerce.
• Oswald Chettle Mazengarb – of Wellington. For charitable and public services, especially in the field of law.
• Kenneth Mathison Sleight – of Lower Hutt; chief private secretary to the prime minister.
• Harvey Turner – of Auckland; chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board.

Military division

• Group Captain George Henry Procter – Royal Air Force.

• Andrew Linton
• Ossie Mazengarb

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• George Bruce Bolt – of Auckland. For services to aviation.
• Arthur James Dickson – of Auckland; city engineer, Auckland, and chairman of the Auckland Metropolitan Planning Committee.
• Alfred Hildus Hansen – of Te Rehunga. For services to local government.
• Joseph Auty Harley – of Nelson; mayor of Nelson.
• Noeline Mary Knight – of Wellington; matron-in-chief, Wellington Hospital.
• William Thomas Lester JP – of Lyttelton. For services to local government.
• Melville Edwin Lyons – of Christchurch. For services to local government and agriculture.
• Charles James Parlane – of Hamilton. For services to the dairy industry and farming.
• Frederick Martyn Renner JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to education.
• Helena, Lady Sidey – of Dunedin. For social welfare services, especially in connection with women's organisations.
• Charles James Strongman JP – of Greymouth. For services to the coal-mining industry.
• Frederick Ernest Sutton JP – of Lyttelton. For services to local government.
• Henry Te Reiwhati Vercoe DSO DCM – of Rotorua; chairman of the Arawa Trust Board.
• Francis William Ward – of Paraparaumu; chief commissioner, St John Ambulance Brigade.

Military division

• Commander Peter John Knowling – Royal Navy (on loan to the Royal New Zealand Navy); of Auckland.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander William Huntly Borrie MC – New Zealand Territorial Force; of Dunedin.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Reid – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps; of Lower Hutt.
• Squadron Leader Thomas Gerald Harpur – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Wellington.

• George Bolt
• Melville Lyons

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• George Richard Ashbridge JP – of Wellington; secretary, New Zealand Educational Institute.
• Alfred Ernest Bedford JP – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Albert Raymond Blank – of Christchurch. For services to primary education.
• Frederick Ernest Bognuda – of Wellington. For services to the community in the field of public transport.
• Margaret Ann Selena Brown – of Invercargill. For social welfare services.
• Whina Cooper – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people.
• Alan Percival Day – Pukekohe. For services to Franklin County Council and to patriotic movements.
• Eric Charles Day – Hamilton. For services in promoting rehabilitation activities in the South Auckland area.
• Sidney Ensor JP – of Thames; mayor of Thames.
• Thelma Ruth Faulconbridge – of Takapuna; matron of the Wilson Home for Crippled Children, Auckland.
• Stewart William Gaspar – of Upper Hutt; a member of the Rehabilitation Board.
• John Septimus Hawkes – of Christchurch; secretary, Canterbury Automobile Association.
• Paul Joseph Hintz – of Auckland. For public services.
• Stanley Clarence Hyndman – of Blenheim. For services to the community, especially in connection with education.
• Amy Kasper JP – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
• Jessie Elizabeth Mackay JP – of Christchurch, a prominent social welfare worker and a member of the North Canterbury Hospital Board.
• The Reverend Alexander McNeur – a Presbyterian minister, of Waiau.
• William James O'Connell – of Napier; clerk of the Hawkes Bay County Council.
• Geoffrey Buckland Orbell MB ChB – of Invercargill. For scientific work.
• Emilie Mary Gladys Ormond – of Hawkes Bay. For social welfare services.
• Mark Edwin Perreau JP – of Foxton. For services to local government.
• Albert Eden Russell JP – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Henry Piet Drury van Asch – of Havelock North. For services to civil aviation, especially in connection with aerial survey.
• Florence Webb – of Cromwell. For social welfare services.
• Elizabeth Maria Wilkinson – of Browns Bay. For social welfare services, especially in connection with the Returned Soldiers' Association.

Military division

• Warrant Officer First Class Robert John Barr Allan – New Zealand Regiment; of Dunedin.
• Captain (Temporary Major) Geoffrey James Austin – New Zealand Territorial Force; of Auckland.
• Flight Lieutenant Alfred Charles Gordon Baldwin – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Taieri.
• Major Clifford Allen Borman – New Zealand Territorial Force; of Upper Hutt.
• Major Denis Alfred Caughley – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps; of Waiouru.
• Warrant Officer Victor Leonard Vivian Crawshay – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Auckland.
• Flight Lieutenant Francis Maitland Bissett George – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Auckland.
• Warrant Officer Claude Francis Halkett – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Blenheim.
• Second-Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Joseph Robb Harrison – New Zealand Territorial Force; of Oamaru.
• Captain Stephen Peter Llewellyn – Headquarters New Zealand K-Force, Royal New Zealand Infantry; serving in Japan.
• Major William Arthur Morgan – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps; now serving in Malaya.

• Whina Cooper

Member (RRC)

• Matron Christina McDonald ARRC – New Zealand Army Nursing Service, attached the Royal New Zealand Naval Hospital, Auckland.

Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross

• Commander George Raymond Davis-Goff DSC – Royal New Zealand Navy, HMNZS Hawea.

Order of the British Empire

Military Cross (MC)

• Captain (Temporary Major) Vincent George Skilton – 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Mentioned in despatches

• Ordnance Artificer (2) John Findlay Gray – Royal New Zealand Navy, HMNZS Rotoiti.
• Captain Brian Poananga – headquarters, 1st Commonwealth Division, New Zealand Regiment.
• Corporal (Temporary Sergeant) John Mason Spiers – New Zealand Regiment 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.
• Gunner James Francis Reid – 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Gunner Colin Edward Ryan – 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.