Companion (CMG)

• Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Wharton Fraser OBE ED – Dominion president of the New Zealand Returned Services' Association.
• Foss Shanahan – deputy secretary of External Affairs and deputy head of the Prime Minister's Department.

• Foss Shanahan

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Alfred Thomas Carroll OBE – of Wairoa. For services to the Māori people.

• Sir Turi Carroll

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Hermione Ruth Herrick OBE – of Christchurch. For outstanding service to the girl guide movement in New Zealand for over 30 years.
• Stanley Dixon Reeves – of Gisborne. For services to farming.
• Douglas Ogilvie Whyte – of Wellington. For services to industry and commerce.

Military division

• Group Captain Anthony Howard Marsh QHP MB ChB – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Ernest Alfred Adams – of Christchurch. For services to the community, especially in social-welfare work.
• Frederick Cameron MB ChB – lately medical superintendent to the Levin Hospital and Training School.
• William Thompson Churchward. For services as Crown solicitor at Blenheim for many years.
• John Alexander Colquhoun – of Palmerston North. For services to education and to local government.
• James Joseph Maher JP – of Trentham. For services to the community.
• Hugh Morison – of Mangatainoka. For services to farming and local government.
• Ronald Macgregor Hutton-Potts – of Invercargill. For services to journalism and broadcasting.
• Hone Heke Rankin JP – of Kaikohe. For services among the Māori people, especially in the North.
• John Richard Reid – of Lower Hutt. For services to sport, especially cricket.
• The Reverend James David Salmond – of Dunedin. For services to the community, especially in connection with youth work and Christian education for the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

Military division

• Commander John Foster McKenzie – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm John Mason MC ED – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Territorial Force).
• Wing Commander Francis Eugene Fennessy – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• John Reid

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Maurice Ballantine Baker – Director of Agriculture, Cook Islands.
• Evelyn Love Dowling – of New Plymouth. For services to music.
• Frank Charles Eyles – of Whangārei. For services to the community in local government and social welfare.
• Michael Christian Gudex – of Hamilton. For services to education and horticulture.
• Charles William Henderson – of Johnsonville. For services to the community, especially to blind children.
• Norah Mary Hudson – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially to crippled children.
• Kassie Bowring McCreanor – of Christchurch. For services to education.
• Thomas McCristell – of Balclutha. For services to the community, especially to farming and education.
• Ethel McQuilkin JP – of Timwald. For social welfare services.
• Winifred Lascelles Jenner Mellsop JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• David Norman Perry – of Ōpōtiki. For services to the Māori people.
• Eric Gordon Smith – of Rangiora. For services to farming.
• Peter George Snell – of Auckland. For services in the field of athletics.
• James Edward Francis Stokes JP – of Greymouth. For services to the community, especially in local-government affairs.
• James Leece Sutton JP – of Invercargill. For services to the community, especially as president of the Southland Crippled Children's Association.
• Mete Kingi Takarangi – of Putiki. For services to the Māori people, especially among the Wanganui tribes.
• Albert Wheeler – of Dunedin. For services to Scottish cultural activities.
• Harold Egmont Young JP – of Raumati Beach. For services to the community.

Military division

• Lieutenant-Commander (Sp.) Robert Stewart Fleming – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major Bernard Wellesley Jermyn Brown ED – New Zealand Cadet Corps.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Duncan Garner MacPherson – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major Brian Matauru Poananga – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Major Garth Turon Seccombe DCM – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
• Flight Lieutenant Patrick Emmett Hugh Duffin – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Gordon Ernest Tynan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Peter Snell