Companion (CMG)

• Walter Horrobin – of Waikanae. For services to farming, especially as chairman of the New Zealand Wool Board.

Knight Commander (KCVO)

• Arthur Grant Harper CVO CBE. For services in connection with royal visits to New Zealand.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Geoffrey Sylvester Peren CBE – of Palmerston North. For services to agriculture, especially as principal of Massey Agricultural College.

• Sir Geoffrey Peren

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Dr Muriel Emma Bell (Mrs Hefford) MD – of Dunedin; nutritionist to the Department of Health and supervisor of the Nutrition Research Department of the Medical Research Council.
• Malcolm McRae Burns – of Lincoln; director of the Canterbury Agricultural College.
• Ira James Cunningham – of Upper Hutt; superintendent of the Animal Research Station, Wallaceville.
• Robert Brown Tennent – of Auckland; Director of Agriculture.

Military division

• Brigadier James Thomas Burrows DSO ED – Colonels' List (Regular Force), New Zealand Army.

• Malcolm Burns
• Jim Burrows
• Ira Cunningham

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• George Frederick Briggs – of Wellington; national secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of New Zealand.
• Robert Donald Cowie JP – of Auckland; president of the Auckland Returned Services' Association.
• Oliver Duff – of Christchurch. For services to literature and journalism.
• Herbert Stanley Feast JP – town clerk, Christchurch.
• Campbell Larnach MacDiarmid – of Hamilton. For services to social-welfare bodies.
• Herbert Alfred Newall – of Dunedin. For services to social welfare organisations.
• Arthur Montague Ongley – Crown prosecutor, Palmerston North.
• Francis Brian Shorland – of Wellington; director of the Fats Research Laboratory.
• Hetekia Te Gani Te Ua – of Puha. For services to the Māori people.

Military division

• Commander Allister Barclay Gilfillan VRD – Royal New Zealand Navy (Retired).
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sinclair Banks Wallace – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force).
• Wing Commander Albert Clement Anderson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Aileen Mary Andersen – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Stanley Robert Banyard – of Auckland; welfare officer, Auckland Prison, 1948–1957; a member of the Auckland City Mission of the Church of England Men's Society.
• Nina Agatha Rosamond Barrer – of Masterton. For services to the community in the field of education and in women's activities.
• Lawrence Drake Bridge – of Wellington. For services to the Federated Mountains Clubs Search and Rescue Organisation.
• Edith Campion – of Wellington. For services to drama, especially in the establishment of the New Zealand Players Theatrical Society.
• Jean Evelyn Castle – of Auckland. For services to wives and families of naval personnel.
• Clarence Coxall – of Reefton. For services to local government, especially as chairman of the Inangahua County Council.
• The Reverend John Harold Datson – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Henry Francis Louis Delamar JP – of Ohakune; in recognition of services as mayor of Ohakune and district coroner.
• Matthew Thomas Franich – of Dargaville. For services to the community in North Auckland.
• Hoki Waiheke Hui – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people.
• Alex Sylvester Lindsay – of Pāuatahanui. For services to music, especially orchestral work.
• Helen Sydney Butler Lusk – of Titirangi. For services to nursing.
• Mary Cecile MacCormick – of Auckland. For services to the Red Cross Society, especially as secretary of the Auckland branch.
• Hannah Martin – of Wellington. For services to the Young Women's Christian Association.
• John Patterson – of Waitangi; formerly resident commissioner, Chatham Islands.
• Lorna Ina Ranby – of Waitoa. For services in the interests of intellectually handicapped children.
• Ivy Beatrice Ritchie – town clerk, Arrowtown.

Military division

• Warrant Officer First Class Leslie John Auty – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Major Henry Herbert Bunckenburg ED – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major Richard Herbert Dyson ED – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Ronald Walter Hicks EM – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
• Major Bryan Henry Palmer ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Flight Lieutenant Henry Maitland Eccersall – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Thomas Francis Fountaine – Royal New Zealand Air Force.