Companion (CMG)

• Frederick Raymond Macken – commissioner of Inland Revenue.
• Major Neill Aylmer Rattray MBE JP – of South Canterbury. For public services, particularly as president of the New Zealand Counties Association.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Andrew Linton CBE – chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Production and Marketing Board.
• The Honourable Sir Alfred Kingsley North QC – president of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.

• Andrew Linton

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• The Reverend George Irvine Laurenson – general superintendent of Home and Māori Missions in the Methodist Church.
• Herbert Leslie Longbottom – of Dunedin. For services to industry and education.
• William Henry Nankervis JP – of Wellington. For services to local government.
• Ivor Prichard – chief judge of the Māori Land Court.

Military division

• Brigadier Allan Huia Andrews OBE – adjutant-general, New Zealand Army.

• Harry Nankervis

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Harry Heaton Barker – mayor of Gisborne.
• Arthur Walter Christmas – of Auckland. For services in the administration of company law.
• Frederick William Coombs – president of the Palmerston North Returned Services' Association.
• Allan Thomson Aorangi Fisher. For services to the community and education, particularly as chairman of the Southland Education Board.
• Charles Alexander Fleming – of Wellington. senior principal scientific officer, Geological Survey, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
• Rupert Selwyn Australia Graham MB FRCSEd – of Hamilton. For services to medicine.
• Gilbert Alexander Lawrence JP – of Wellington. For services to science.
• Te Rangiataahua Kiniwe Royal MC – of Rotorua. For services to the Māori people.
• Edith Lamb Wilson JP – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Ivon Vernon Wilson. For services to the community, particularly as president of the Southland Progress League.

Military division

• Commander Cecil Francis Cutts – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Arthur Pearce MBE – New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force).
• Wing Commander John Percival Conyers-Brown – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Norman Leon Bensemann JP – of Tākaka. For services to local government.
• Mavis Elizabeth Byres – of Marton. For services to nursing.
• Kathleen Emily Duxfield – of Horotiu. For services to the community, especially in connection with the New Zealand Red Cross Society.
• Alice Annie Greenslade – of Dunedin. For philanthropic services.
• Maata Te Hui Huinga Hirini – of Hastings. For services to the community, particularly as Dominion president of the Māori Women's Welfare League.
• William Robert Hopcroft JP – of Palmerston North. For services to local government.
• Arthur James Hartley Kirkham JP – of Gisborne. For services to local government.
• Leonard Francis Walter Lovell JP – of New Plymouth. For services to the community and local government.
• Joan Stewart MacCormick. For services to the community, particularly as President of the Auckland Red Cross Society.
• Maurice Henry McGlashen – of Nelson. For services to the community and local government
• Mona Christina McIntyre – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Isaac Grundy Mack – mayor of Papakura.
• Roy Gordon Murdoch JP. For services to local government, especially as chairman of the North Auckland Electric Power Board.
• Ernest Ormrod – of Wellington. For services in the field of music, especially as president of the New Zealand Brass Bands Association.
• Christobel Elizabeth Robinson – of Christchurch. For services to the community, especially as secretary of the Canterbury Sheltered Workshop Association.
• Violet Augusta Roche – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially in connection with Dr Barnado's Homes.
• Nellie Winifred Bernice Schroder – of Marlborough. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Women's Division of Federated Farmers.

Military division

• Lieutenant Harry Lewis Douglas Anthony Gee – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class I John William Benge – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Regular Force).
• Major Jack Harvey – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force).
• Major (temporary) Edward Gale Latter – Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force).
• Major Erl Travice Pleasants ED – New Zealand Territorial Force (Retired List).
• Flight Lieutenant Rodney Greville Williams DFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer James Arthur Moulynox – Royal New Zealand Air Force.