Companion (CMG)

• Margaret Rita Nolan – of Porirua. For public and community services.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Thomas Edward Skinner JP – of Auckland. For services to the trade union movement and the community.
• Henry Rodolph Wigley CBE – of Christchurch. For services to the tourist, travel and aviation industries.

• Sir Tom Skinner

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Henry Charles Blazey – of Christchurch. For services to sport.
• Edith Margaret Dalziel – pro-vice chancellor and professor of English, University of Otago. For services to education and literature.
• Ernest George Davey – of Lower Hutt. Secretary of Labour 1970–75.
• Thomas Durrant DSO MBE JP – of Rotorua. For services to conservation, horticulture and education.
• Dr John Joseph Enwright OBE – of Auckland. For humanitarian services.
• Keith Gillies – of Wellington. Controller and Auditor-General 1970–75.
• Ivan Edgar Reddish MBE – of Wellington. For services to the trade union movement.
• David Alexander Stevens – of Paraparaumu. Commissioner of Inland Revenue 1967–75.
• Gilbert Henry Stringer – of Wellington. For services to the arts, television and broadcasting.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Dr Norman Thomas Barnett – medical officer of health at Auckland since 1967.
• John Benjamin Brazier – of Christchurch. For services to the aviation industry.
• Francis Coll (Brother Stephen) – of Auckland. For services to education.
• James Thomas Currie – of Tokoroa. For services to the community.
• Dr Randal Forbes Elliott – of Wellington. For services to medicine, especially ophthalmology.
• Dr Norman Frank Greenslade – of Christchurch. For services to medicine and the community.
• The Reverend Herepo Ruawhe Harawira – of Whangārei. For services to the Māori people.
• Patrick Anthony Lawlor – of Wellington. For services to literature and the community.
• Muriel Wallace May – of Dunedin. For services to education and literature.
• Douglas William Meldrum JP – of Oamaru. For services to education.
• Howard Leslie Morrison – of Ohinemutu. For services to entertainment.
• Basil Watson Potter MBE – principal, Wellington Polytechnic 1962–1975.
• Rita Frances Snowden – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• John George Walker – of Auckland. For services to athletics, especially as the first person to run the mile in less than 3 minutes 50 seconds.
• The Reverend Ian Bendall Wilson – of Christchurch. For services to hospital chaplaincy.
• Dr Kazimierz Antoni z Granowa Wodzicki – of Wellington. For services to science and public services to the people of Niue and the Tokelau Islands.
• Gideon Tait – lately assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.

Military division

• Commander Colin George Ashbridge – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Captain Thomas Andreas Cooper VRD – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve.
• Lieutenant Colonel John O'Bryen Horsford – Royal New Zealand Artillery.

• Pat Lawlor
• John Walker
• Kazimierz Wodzicki

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Richard Dean Batt – professor of biochemistry, Massey University. For services to scientific research.
• Alexander Brunt DSC – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Ellen Ada Carroll (Sister Mary Bertrand) – of Dunedin. For services to nursing.
• William John Crighton – of Levin. For services to youth.
• Margaret Dorothy Louise Daniels (Mrs Bezzant) – of Raumati Beach. For services to ballet.
• Ernest Robert Field-Dodgson – of Christchurch. For services to the Royal Christchurch Musical Society.
• Grace Darling Du Faur – of Tauranga. For services to education and the community.
• Leslie Charles Fulford JP – of Christchurch. For services to the printing industry.
• John Crysell Hepburn – of Hamilton. For services to education and the New Zealand Red Cross Society.
• David Peter Joseph – of Auckland. For services to the deaf.
• Lawrence John Krammer – of Motueka. For services to local government.
• Ivan Gerald Mauger – of Christchurch. For services to speedway riding.
• Neta Doris Neale – of Christchurch. For services to the Canterbury Children's Theatre.
• Philip Lloyd Page JP – of Havelock North; general manager, Hawke's Bay Education Board since 1950.
• Francis Edward Graham Poore – of Auckland. For services to music and opera.
• Jeffrey Ellis Robson – of Auckland. For services to tennis and badminton.
• Thomas Godfrey Santon ED JP – of Tāneatua. For local-body and community services.
• Helen Merrilees Thompson – of Middlemarch. For services to the community.
• John Nicolls Thomson ED – of Auckland. For services to speech and drama teaching.
• Elsie Phyllis May Varney – brigadier, Salvation Army, of Wellington. For welfare services.
• Bernard Rolleston Walker – of Christchurch. For services to rowing.
• Albert Thomas Walsh – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• George Ellis Stanley Kelly – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.

Military division

• Warrant Officer Writer Leon Graham Mudford – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Francis Noel Griffin ED – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Temporary Major and Quartermaster Barry Hugh Munro – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Lawrence Robert Sincock – Royal New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer David Meynard Puckett – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Ronald Taylor – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Ivan Mauger

For community service

• Douglas Dalton – of Napier.
• Allen Augustine Dingwall – of Christchurch.
• Stanley Roy Key – of Palmerston North.
• Nancy Whanganui Riwaka JP – of Picton.
• Ernest Alfred Soper JP – of New Plymouth.
• Ernestine Hire Taria Tipene JP – of Pōrangahau.
• Max Lewis Younger – of Auckland.

For public services

• Moreen Dorothy Abercrombie – of Whangārei.
• The Honourable Percy Benjamin Allen – of Whakatāne. Member of Parliament 1957–75, Minister of the Crown 1963–72.
• Walter Sydney Davison JP – of Auckland.
• Norman Vazey Douglas MP – of Auckland. Member of Parliament 1960–75.
• James Eckley Etheredge – of Reefton.
• Greita Earle Clifford-Jones – of Gisborne.
• Ethel Emma McMillan JP – of Dunedin. Member of Parliament 1953–75.
• Eric Alwyn Roussell – of Lower Hutt. Clerk of the House of Representatives 1971–75.
• Allan Priestley Thomson – Director-General of Forests 1971–74.

• Percy Allen
• Norman Douglas
• Ethel McMillan

For community service

• Alberta Aileen Anderson – of Cromwell.
• Nona Fiducia Campbell (Sister Mary Juliana) – of Christchurch.
• Eileen Marion George – of Wellington.
• Alfred William Holdsworth – of Auckland.
• George Alexander Hornsey – of Timaru.
• Joseph William Isbister – of Auckland.
• Doris Joy Ellen Kohn – of Inglewood.
• Hana Romona Murray – of Auckland.
• Peter Travis Norman – of Wellington.
• Runa Avis Parry – of Auckland.
• George Roal Phiskie – of Waipu.
• Reta Rennie – of Wanganui.
• Anne Tia JP – of Auckland.
• Louise Magdalene Te Owaina Wallscott JP – of Dunedin.
• The Venerable Archdeacon Robert John Witty – of Christchurch.

• Hana Murray

For public services

• Stanley John Brown – constable, New Zealand Police.
• Sidney Hamilton Burdett JP – of Ruatoria.
• Sam Chesney – of Lower Hutt.
• Anthony James Clarkson – lately industrial superintendent, Ministry of Works and Development, Tūrangi.
• Florence Ruby Jane Clemett JP – of Kaiapoi.
• Eva Mary Hall – of Napier.
• Lilian Rose Hartley – of Christchurch.
• Isabella Howe – of Lumsden.
• George Joseph Jones – lately civil engineering officer, Ministry of Works and Development, Dunedin.
• Colin William James Lawrie – of Pukekohe.
• Nora Matewai McMillan JP – of Levin.
• Christopher Mountford – of Manurewa.
• Bertie Lee Stanley – of Auckland.
• Colin Walter Stewart – lately tradesman's assistant, New Zealand Railways, Otahuhu.
• Robert Gill Young JP – of Hamilton.