Companion (CB)

Civil division

• Ian Gordon Lythgoe – chairman of the State Services Commission, 1970–1974.

Companion (CMG)

• Arthur Ernest Bockett OBE – commissioner of the Waterfront Industry Commission.
• John Patrick McVeagh – of Lower Hutt; Chief Parliamentary Counsel.

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• Lucy Ruth Kirk – widow of the Right Honourable Norman Eric Kirk MP, late Prime Minister of New Zealand. For public services.

• Dame Ruth Kirk

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Peter Tait OBE JP – of Napier. For services to local government.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Laurence Alfred Cameron JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to commerce and the community.
• Miriam Patricia Dell – of Wellington. For public services.
• Robert James MacLachlan – Director-General of Lands, 1962–1974.
• Stanley William Wilford Tong – of Auckland. For services to the legal profession and civic affairs.
• Pearce Melvin Eddy Williams OBE JP – of Kaikohe. For services to the community.

Military division

• Brigadier Ronald Douglas Patrick Hassett MBE – Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Policy).

• Miriam Dell

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• John Dunstan Atkinson – of Auckland. For services to scientific research.
• Gordon Alexander Brown JP – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Father Leo St John Close – of Dunedin. For services to the paraplegic movement.
• Bevan Ernest Congdon – of Dunedin. For services to cricket.
• James Francis Duncan – professor of inorganic and theoretical chemistry, Victoria University of Wellington.
• Maurice Francis Tancred Holmes – of Christchurch. For services to New Zealand trotting.
• Sheila Betty Holt JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Donald Ross Hunter – of Dunedin, For services to the Otago Council and the community.
• The Reverend George Alfred Jeffreys – of Auckland. For services to youth and the community.
• Reginald David Lumsden – of Wellington. For services to the Industrial Court.
• Norman Alfred Nash – of Palmerston North. For services to the newspaper and printing industry and community.
• Eunice Olive Nieukerke – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.
• John Goodlet Pryde – of Wellington. For services to the farming industry.
• John Russell Ritchie – of Dunedin. For services to medicine.
• James Malcolm Ross – of Lower Hutt. For services to sport, especially smallbore rifle shooting.
• The Reverend Ernest James Salisbury – of Shaba, Zaire. For humanitarian services.

Military division

• Surgeon Commander Thomas Shailer Weston VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant Colonel Robert McLeod Dickie – Royal New Zealand Engineers (Regular Force).
• Lieutenant Colonel Neville Alan Wallace – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Group Captain Morris Charles Pollard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Torchy Atkinson

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Muriel Barron (Sister Mary Gabriel) – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Desmond Terence Crowe – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• William Wallis Day JP – of Palmerston North. For services to local government.
• Patrick Ballance Desmond – of Palmerston North. For services to the dairy industry.
• Pieter Johannes De Vries – of Karamea. For exemplary devotion to duty as a patrolman on the Heaphy Track.
• Mary Frances English – of Auckland. For services to Guiding.
• Binda Mary Goldsbrough – of Christchurch. For services to physically handicapped children.
• Frances Eva Boronia Gregory – of Gisborne. For services to the community and local government.
• Councillor Leonard Robert George Harlen QFSM – of Hastings. For services to the Fire Brigade.
• Hugh Wilson Hayward JP – of Ngatea. For services to the community and local government.
• James Frederick Higgins JP – of Tokoroa. For services to local government and the community.
• Florence Caroline Emily Howland – of Pukerua Bay. For services to social welfare.
• Lewis Evan Lewis – of South Auckland. For services to education.
• Bruce McHattie – of Auckland. For services to the deaf.
• Rona Una McKenzie – of Auckland. For services to women's cricket.
• Norma Mangos – of Nelson. For services to the New Zealand Marching Association.
• John Patrick Murphy – of Marlborough. For services to the community.
• Beverley Pentland – of Petone. For services to the community especially fireworks safety.
• Marjorie Ellen Rae JP – of Christchurch. For services to nursing and the community.
• George Skipworth JP – of Invercargill. For services to the community
• John Rickard Waigth JP – of Roxburgh. For services to the community and local government.
• Neil Apanui Watene JP – of Petone. For services to the Māori community.
• William Frederick Wise – of Hamilton. For public services particularly with the construction of the New Zealand Chancery in Canberra.
• Clifford John Bell – lately superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Keith Vincent – superintendent, New Zealand Police.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander David Trevor Ingram – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Marine Engineering Artificer Terence Richard Martin – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Stewart Thomas Foster ED – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer First Class Lance Repington Reeves – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force).

• Rona McKenzie