Companion (CMG)

• Thomas Frederick Corkill MC MD FRCP – senior obstetrician in Wellington.
• Jack Kent Hunn – permanent head, Ministry of Defence.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Military division

• Rear Admiral Peter Phipps CBE DSC VRD – Royal New Zealand Navy.

• Sir Peter Phipps

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Ian Burman Gow JP – of Bay of Plenty. For services to the dairy industry.
• John Faulks Landreth ChB FRCP – of Christchurch. For services to the medical profession.
• James Hislop Parker MM – of Raumati South. For services to the fruit industry.
• Norman Berridge Spencer – of Auckland. For services in the fields of philanthropy and community welfare.

Military division

• Captain John O'Connell Ross – Royal New Zealand Navy.

• Jim Parker

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Eric Tewsley Dawson MB ChB – lately superintendent of the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board.
• Charles Jackson Garland – of Auckland. For public services.
• Maurice William Grantham JP. For community welfare services, especially as secretary of the Southland Old People's Welfare Council.
• Cyril Geoffrey Edmund Harker – of Waipawa. For public services.
• Hugh Pearson McIntyre MM – of Gore. For services to local government and to farming.
• Matina Makiha – of Whakarewarewa. For services to the Māori people.
• Denis Rogers ED MB ChB – mayor of Hamilton.
• William Henry Gray Russell Sarney JP – of Ashburton. For services to the community and to sport.
• Irene Tolerton – matron-in-chief. Wellington Public Hospital.
• William Simon Wauchop – of Wellington. For services to art, drama and librarianship.
• Hugh Robinson Whitehead – director of the Dairy Research Institute, Massey University College, Palmerston North.

Military division

• Commander Morris Aaron Lawson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Hulbert Glenn Hamilton – Royal New Zealand Engineers (Regular Force).
• Group Captain Kenneth William Trigance DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Hugh Whitehead

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Joseph Allan JP – of Lake Pukaki. For services to local government and to farming.
• Catherine Raincliff Ashton – of Auckland. For services to the community, particularly in the interests of children and the elderly.
• Edmund Peter Cahill – deputy superintendent, Paparua Prison, Christchurch.
• Rebecca Noble-Campbell – of Wairoa. For services to the community, especially in connection with the welfare of women.
• Emily Bessie Cannell – of New Plymouth. For services to education and child welfare.
• The Reverend Robert Lye Challis – minister in New Zealand in charge of the welfare of Pacific Islanders.
• Gertrude Charlotte Dunn JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Walter James Egington – of Motueka. For services to local government.
• The Reverend Archibald Macfarlane Elliffe – superintendent of the Otago Presbyterian Social Services Association.
• Alister Hay Goyder – of Blenheim. For services to local government.
• George Andrew Holmes – superintendent of the Invermay Research Station.
• The Reverend Mutu Paratene Kapa – of Tuakau. For services to the Māori people.
• Clark McConachy – of Auckland. For community and charitable services.
• Margaret Kate McCorkindale. For social welfare services, especially in connection with the Feilding Plunket Society.
• Roland Keith Milne – of Christchurch. For services to the community in educational and welfare fields.
• Albert Edward Naulls BEM. For services to Government House, Wellington.
• James Joseph Hamilton Nisbet JP – of Hikurangi. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Returned Services' Association.
• Kenneth James Strange JP – of Nelson. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Returned Services' Association.
• Michael Joseph Sullivan JP – of Westland. For services to local government and community welfare.
• John Leddra Wallis – chairman of the Otorohanga County Council.

Military division

• Temporary Lieutenant Commander (SP) Allyn Mason Finlayson – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Major William Alexander French ED – New Zealand Scottish Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Major Peter William Frank Joplin – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Henry George Charles Salt – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force).
• Major Lloyd James Sanders – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).
• Squadron Leader Geoffrey Bentley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader James Dermot Hurley – Royal New Zealand Air Force.