Companion (CMG)

• Robert Alexander Falla – director of the Dominion Museum.
• The Reverend Hubert James Ryburn – master of Knox College, Dunedin, and chancellor of the University of Otago.

• Robert Falla
• Hubert Ryburn

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Charles Andrew Cotton – emeritus professor of geology at Victoria University College, Wellington.

• Sir Charles Cotton

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Christopher Robert John Atkin – controller and auditor-general, Audit Department.
• Walter Verran Dyer OBE JP – chairman of Massey College Council. For services to education.
• Alan Thomas Gandell – general manager of the New Zealand Railways.
• John Oubridge Mercer MB ChB – pathologist and deputy superintendent-in-chief of the Wellington Public Hospital.

Military division

• Captain John Neat Allan VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Kenneth McKenzie Black JP – president of the New Zealand Federation of Justices' Association.
• Charles Foster Browne – organist and master of choristers, Christchurch Cathedral.
• Frances Lillian Burdett – lately lady superintendent of the Alexandra Home, Wellington. For services to nursing.
• Percival Douglas Cameron MD – of Wellington. For services to radiology in New Zealand.
• Henry Alexis Charles – of Napier. For philanthropic services.
• Hubert Maxwell Christie JP – of Wellington. For public services.
• Whampoa Fraser JP – principal of the Technical College, Hamilton.
• Francis Albert Garry – principal of Northcote High and Intermediate School, and a member of the New Zealand Educational Institute.
• Rangi Mawhete – of Palmerston North. For services to the Māori people.
• George Ronald Colin Muston – of Lower Hutt. For services to architecture.
• Laurence William Nelson – of Northland. For municipal and philanthropic services.
• Ronald Erle White – mayor of Timaru.

Military division

• Commander John Ernie Washbourn – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Ian Thomas Galloway ED – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Territorial Force).
• Wing Commander William Clemens Thomas – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Max Christie
• Rangi Mawhete

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• George William Adair – of Auckland. For services to the community under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association.
• William Hamilton Barry – of Napier. For services in local-body and community affairs.
• Annie Mona Burgin – of Auckland. For services to the girl guide movement.
• Sydney Thomas Carter JP – of Auckland; organizing secretary of the Returned Services' Association.
• George Robert Elliott Day – of Rotorua. For social welfare services.
• Frederick Fraser JP – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Archibald Kirk Greves JP – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially on school committees.
• George Claude Hamilton – of Gore. For services to local government.
• Arthur Stanley Helm – secretary of the Antarctic Society, Wellington.
• John William Huggins JP – of Christchurch. For social welfare services.
• Isabella Macandrew Jamieson – of Hamilton. For services to education.
• Isaac Pretorius Mathieson – superintendent of Wi Tako Prison, Heretaunga.
• Lucy Beatrice Moore – a senior botanist in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
• Margaret Constance Robertson – of Westport. For services to the community.
• Ariki Marehua Takarangi – of Wanganui. For services to the Māori people.
• Norman Edward Tate – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
• Sydney Turnbull JP – of Woodville. For services in local-body affairs.

Military division

• Lieutenant-Commander (S.D.) Frederick William Ralph – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major William McGregor Cunningham – Royal New Zealand Dental Corps (Regular Force).
• Major Ian Richard Diggle – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer Class II Edward James Gilfillan – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I James Joseph Page – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Flight Lieutenant Paul Arthur Brodie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer William Henry Rush – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Lucy Moore