Companion (CMG)

• John Cairney MD FRACS – Director-General of Health and Inspector-General of Hospitals.
• Henry John Wardell – chairman of the New Zealand Wool Board.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Professor John Patrick Walsh MB BS – dean of the University of Otago Dental School.

Military division

• Major-General Cyril Ettrick Weir CB CBE DSO – Generals' List (Regular Force), New Zealand Army.

• Sir Stephen Weir

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Archibald Hugh Bogle – a member of the Survey Board for many years.
• Gerald William Lane – of Dunedin. For services to the manufacturing industry.
• Charles Archibald McFarlane – director-general, Post and Telegraph Department.
• John Hugh Phillipps OBE JP – president of the management committee, Wellington Cricket Association.

Military division

• Brigadier Arthur Beecher Bullen DSO ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Air Commodore Cameron Archer Turner OBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Jack Phillipps

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• James Walter Armstrong – principal, Dunedin Teachers' Training College.
• Henry Oscar Askew – assistant director, Cawthron Institute, Nelson.
• Harry Ernest Brusey – of Wellington. For services to music.
• William John Cartwright – of Christchurch. For services to education.
• Charles Gilmour Stead Ellis – formerly Assistant Director of Education.
• Edward Grace Guy – of Rotorua. For services to journalism.
• Desmond James Hewitt – lecturer and examiner in law at Canterbury University College.
• Frederick Henry McDowall – chief chemist, Dairy Research Institute, Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North.
• John Morris Ranstead – of Waikato. For services to the farming industry.
• Hugh Ritchie JP – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Hokio Tarawhiti – of Huntly. For services to the Māori community.

Military division

• Lieutenant-Colonel David John Aitken – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Lieutenant-Colonel (temporary) Richard Mitchell Scott Orbell – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Wing Commander Henry Christian Salmon – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• John Ranstead

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• The Reverend Leo Vincent Downey – director of the Catholic social services in Auckland City.
• William John Elvy – of Blenheim. For services to the community in local-body affairs.
• Ernest Hector Ferguson – of Wellington. For patriotic services.
• James Robertson Hair – of Gisborne. For services to the community in local-body affairs.
• David Walter Reginald Heatley – resident commissioner, Niue Island.
• Leslie Alfred Higgins JP – of Nelson. For services to the community in local-body administration.
• Edgar John Gordon Hotham. For services in the New Zealand Police.
• Claud William Barkley Huxford JP – of Wellington. For services to the community, especially in the field of education.
• Catherine Agnes McGuire – of Timaru. For services to the community, especially in connection with the South Canterbury Children's Health Camp organisations.
• John Thomas Leslie McPhee – of Runanga. For services to the community, especially as organiser for the Grey District Blood Donors' Association.
• John Dawson Mahaffie – brigadier, Salvation Army (retired).
• Keith Mills – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially in connection with Returned and Home-servicemen's Associations.
• Ruia Mereana Morrison – of Rotorua. For services in the field of sport, especially tennis.
• Rangi Kapo Ratahi – a leader of the Māori people in Taranaki.
• Alice Roberts JP – of Napier. For social welfare services.
• Isabella Enid Roberts – of Levin. For services to the community.
• George Walter Simon JP – secretary, Otago Tribal Executive, and honorary Māori welfare officer.
• Cyril John Benedict Williams JP – of Auckland. For services to the community in the field of sport.

Military division

• Lieutenant-Commander (SD) Edward Herbert Biggs – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Robert Noel Barton ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class John Cameron – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Major Louie Margaret Knights – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force).
• Major (temporary) Grenville Herbert Rush – Royal New Zealand Provost Corps (Territorial Force).
• Flight Lieutenant Robert Fraser Ward – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Edward Sheppard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Ruia Morrison

Associate (ARRC)

• Matron Elsie Margaret Webb – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Regular Force).
• Charge Sister Rona Irene Rich – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Regular Force).