Companion (CB)

Military division

• Air Vice Marshal Douglas Fitzclarence St George CBE DFC AFC – Chief of Air Staff.

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• The Honourable Robert Mafeking Macfarlane CMG. For long and valuable services in Parliament and to the City of Christchurch.

• Sir Robert Macfarlane

Companion (CMG)

• Ormond Hutchinson – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Lewis Nathan Ross – of Auckland. For services to commerce.
• Kenneth Leslie Sandford – chairman of the Accident Compensation Commission.
• Professor Emeritus Frederick Lloyd Whitfeld Wood. For services to scholarship and Victoria University of Wellington.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• The Honourable Albert Royle Henry – Premier of the Cook Islands.^{[upper-alpha 1]}
• William Harold Angus Sharp QPM – Commissioner of Police, New Zealand Police.

Military division

• Lieutenant General Richard James Holden Webb CB CBE – Chief of Defence Staff, New Zealand Armed Forces.

• Albert Henry

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• The Reverend Canon Colin Douglas Charles Caswell OBE – of Auckland; lately director, Selwyn Foundation.
• The Reverend Canon Charles Elliot Fox MBE – of Waipukurau. For humanitarian services, particularly in the Solomon Islands.
• James Henderson Macky – lately Commissioner of Works.
• Joseph de Valley McManemin JP – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community.
• Douglas Augustine Patterson MBE – of Wellington. For services to aviation.
• Antonio Valli Prendiville – of Dunedin. For services to mining.
• Haratua Rogers – of Rotorua. For services to Māoritanga and the community.
• The Reverend Father Francis Patrick Joseph Wall – of Taranaki. For services to the community.
• Frederick Miles Warren – of Christchurch. For services to architecture.

Military division

• Major-General Robin Hugh Ferguson Holloway OBE – Deputy Chief of the General Staff.

• Miles Warren

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Robert Leslie Archibald – of Wellington. For services to local government.
• Professor Valentine Jackson Chapman – University of Auckland. For academic and public services.
• Mervyn Miles Nelson Corner MC JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Alfred Ginsberg – veterinary adviser, New Zealand High Commission in London.
• Lionel Rexford Hetherington – of Waihi. For services to medicine and the community.
• John Patrick Kennedy – of Dunedin. For services to journalism.
• James McDonald JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community
• Thomas Bayne McDonald JP – of Hawke's Bay. For services to winemaking.
• Charles James Leonard Matheson – of Auckland. For services to youth, particularly Boystown.
• Edward James Briton Matthews JP – of Raumati South. For services to local government and organisations.
• Robert Frederick Moody MBE – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• Eru Moka Pou – of Kaikohe. For services to the community, particularly to the Māori people.
• Dorothy Edith Simons – of Auckland. For services to youth and sport.
• Amy Victoria Castle Slack – of Auckland. For services to the Parent Teacher movement.
• Joseph Edward Story – of Taupō. For services to local government.
• Robert Charles Stuart – of Wellington. For services to agriculture and sport.
• The Reverend Te Napi Tute Wehi Wehi Waaka – of Hāwera. For services to Māori welfare.

Military division

• Lieutenant Colonel John Airth Mace MBE – New Zealand Defence Liaison Staff, New Zealand High Commission, Canberra.
• Wing Commander Colin Morris Hanson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Bob Archibald
• Val Chapman
• Merv Corner
• Bob Stuart

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Kathleen Alison – bursar, University of Auckland.
• Ivan George Clement Anderson – mayor of Cromwell.
• Arthur William Boon – of Auckland; lieutenant colonel, Salvation Army.
• Daphne Frances Byrne – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Mark Vincent Comber – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Charles Armistice Corlett – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Nina Kathrine Dallinger JP – of Cambridge. For services to the community.
• Harry Delamere Barter Dansey – of Auckland. For services to journalism and the community.
• Irene Lucy Firman JP – of Geraldine. For services to the community.
• Hugh Donald Gillies – of Dunedin. For services to life saving.
• William Richard Hawkey – of Christchurch. For services to music.
• Raymond Joseph Wadman Jacobs – lately chief preparator, Canterbury Museum.
• Rita Mary King – of Wellington. For services to women.
• Eric James Kirk. For services to Wanganui Harbour Board.
• Ronald James McLean JP – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Betty Hamilton McPhail – of Wellington. For services in the field of social welfare.
• Eruera Riini Manuera JP – of Whakatāne. For services to the Māori people.
• David Hamilton Mason – of Dunedin. For services to sport.
• Kitty May Honour Mildenhall JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Noel Selwyn Murray JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Patrick Joseph O'Regan – of Inangahua Junction. For services to local government.
• Nellie Ina Plunkett (Sister Oliver) – of Christchurch. For services to psychiatric nursing.
• Robert Gordon Robinson – of Christchurch. For services to the potato industry.
• Henry Joseph Rudolph – of Wellington. For services to music and welfare.
• Jon Charles Trimmer – of Wellington. For services to ballet.
• John Cuthbert Wishart JP – of Kaiara, Chatham Islands. For public services.

Military division

• Warrant Marine Engineering Artificer Alexander John Kildare – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Leonard Anthony Mangos – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Allan Olaf Bloomfield ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Matthew Harawira Edwards – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps (Regular Force).
• Warrant Officer Second Class Ronald Clifford Spraggs – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
• Major Melva Beatrice Walker – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps (Regular Force) (now retired).
• Squadron Leader (now temporary Wing Commander) Peter Raymond Adamson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Temporary Flight Lieutenant Brian John Germain – Royal New Zealand Air Force

• Jon Trimmer

Member (RRC)

• Matron Ata Tamaki – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.