Companion (CB)

Military division

• Air Vice-Marshal Cyril Eyton Kay CBE DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Companion (CMG)

• Donald Dixon McKenzie MB ChB – senior surgeon, Auckland Public Hospital.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• The Honourable Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson – of Wellington; president of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• John Peter Douglas Johnsen – of Wellington; formerly comptroller of Customs.
• The Honourable John Thomas Paul JP – of Wellington; formerly a member of the Legislative Council. For services in the fields of journalism and government.
• Ernest Dawson Wilkinson – of Papatoetoe; a public accountant.

Military division

• Captain George Raymond Davis-Goff DSC – Royal New Zealand Navy.

• Tom Paul

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Doreen Annie Grace Bray JP – of Papatoetoe. For social welfare services.
• Ralph Searle Chadwick – of Hastings. For services to local government and in the fields also of social, civic and sporting activities.
• William James Gaudin – of Paekākāriki. For services to local government in Wellington.
• William Percy Glue – a member of the Christchurch City Council.
• Leila Hunt – of Cambridge. For philanthropic services to patriotic movements.
• Captain David Norman McLeish – of Wellington. For services to the Merchant Navy.
• Robert Matthew Strang JP – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Harold Douglas Tait – headmaster of the Hamilton High School and the Boys' High School, Hamilton.
• Te Hana Taua Tamaka – of Hāwera. For services to the Māori people, particularly as chairman of the Taranaki Māori Trust Board.
• Austin George Wilson – of Auckland. For public and social welfare services.
• Philip Randal Woodhouse DSO MC VD MB ChB – of St Andrews; president of the New Zealand Catchment Boards' Association.

• William Gaudin
• Bill Glue

Military division

• Captain Leonard Stanley Stanners – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Commander Robert Lindsay Laurenson VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Clifton Johansen ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry (Territorial Force).
• Squadron Leader Eric Desmond McCabe – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Ivy Alma Aldridge. For services to the community, especially in connection with the kindergarten movement in Invercargill.
• Albert Charles Buist JP. For services in connection with the Young Farmers' Club movement, and as chairman of the Feilding High School board of managers.
• William Havilah Down – of Christchurch. For services in the field of sport, especially hockey.
• Janet Cunningham Evans – of Timaru. For services to the Women's Division of the Federated Farmers in South Canterbury.
• William Richardson Fee – of Auckland; president of the Auckland Cricket Association.
• Norman Basil Fippard JP – of Hastings. For services to the community in the fields of accountancy and education.
• Albert Edward Greig – of Picton. For services to the community.
• Samuel Lawn – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Ronald McCaw. For services to the community in Hamilton.
• Frank Parsons – of Whenuakura; chairman of the National Dairy Association.
• Adelaide Rose – of Christchurch. For social welfare services.
• William John Schollum JP – of Puhoi. For services to local government.
• Reginald William Sparrow JP – of Upper Tākaka. For services to the Takaka County Council and the Golden Bay County Council.
• Rumatiki Wright – of Raetihi. For services to the Māori people, especially as senior lady Māori welfare officer at Taumarunui.

Military division

• Second Officer Mary Vernon Morten – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
• Warrant Officer Class I Ian Frederick Forsyth – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I Lewis Albert Ims – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major William Douglas Leuchars – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major John Francis Spring – Royal New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Squadron Leader Frederick Lancelot Pearson – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.
• Squadron Leader Jack Brusso Spencer – Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve.

Associate (ARRC)

• Matron Edna Judith Lepper – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Territorial Force).