Companion (CB)

Military division

• Rear Admiral Neil Dudley Anderson CBE – Chief of Naval Staff.

Companion (CMG)

• William Milton Douglas Bremner – of Auckland. For public services and services to the textile industry.
• Raymond Douglas Jamieson – of Wellington, lately chief judge of the Arbitration Court.

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• Miriam Patricia Dell CBE JP – of Wellington; president of the International Council of Women. For services to women.

• Dame Miriam Dell

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Dr John Malfroy Staveley OBE MC – of Taupō. For services to New Zealand blood transfusion services.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Philip William Blakeley – lately Deputy Secretary of Energy, Electricity Division, Ministry of Energy (general manager, New Zealand Electricity Department 1972–78).
• Ronald Victor Giorgi OBE JP – of Hastings. For services to the community.
• Sydney James Guppy MBE JP – of Nelson. For services to sport.
• The Honourable Eric Henry Halstead ED – lately New Zealand ambassador to Italy.
• Thomas Michael Hunt – of Wellington; lately Commissioner of Inland Revenue.
• Phillip Keith McCliskie MC – of Nelson. For services to the fruitgrowing industry.
• Bruce Edward George Mason – of Wellington. For services to literature and the arts.
• John Sutherland – of Wellington. For services to the community.

Military division

• Brigadier John Lindsay Smith MBE – Brigadiers' List, New Zealand Army.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Frederick Joseph Burnard Beattie JP – of Wairoa. For services to the community.
• Keith Spencer Calder JP – of Rotorua. For services to local affairs.
• Alford Dornan – of Wellington. For services to the Boys' Brigade.
• Dr Lloyd Allister Drake – of Papatoetoe. For services to sports medicine.
• Minnie Maria Dronke – of Lower Hutt. For services to the performing arts.
• Robert Duthie – of Auckland. For services to the library profession.
• William Douglas Goodfellow – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Henry James Hopkins DFC – of Christchurch; lately professor and head of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Canterbury.
• Constance Violet Kirkcaldie – of Wellington. For services to the arts and community.
• William Donald McKenzie – of Invercargill. For services to the farming industry.
• Dr Stanley William Paterson Mirams – of Wellington, lately director of Mental Health Division, Department of Health.
• Mona Joy Reid – of Invercargill. For services to the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children (Plunket).
• Angus Ross MC ED – of Dunedin. For services to historical research and education.
• Douglas Marshall Shirley JP. For services to the city of Dunedin.
• Leo John Sullivan JP – of Orewa. For services to local government.
• Russell William Thomas – of Christchurch. For services to sport and community.
• Edwyn Peter Wilding – of Ohai. For services to local and community affairs.
• Edna May Wills – of Hāwera. For services to sport and the community.

Military division

• Commander Iain Malcolm McGibbon – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Brigadier Alfred Connel Hamilton – Brigadiers' List, New Zealand Army.
• Group Captain John Jeremy Gordon – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Amy Mona Anderson – of Canterbury. For services to literature.
• Bruce Cooper Bell – of Auckland. For services to bridge.
• Ronald Graeme Dellow – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Isobel Cookson Miriam Doel – of Northland. For services to the community.
• Molly Ngaire Dorne – of Horowhenua. For services to sport.
• Mary Josephine Drayton – of Tauranga. For services to education and the community.
• Cyril Leonard Fitzgerald – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Daisy Pearl Ann Griggs – of Palmerston North. For services to bowling.
• Pirihana Te Tama Ihurangi Kotua – of Nelson. For services to Māori people.
• Hugh Thomas Augustus McGahan – of Matamata. For services to local affairs.
• Ashley George McHugh – of Gisborne. For services to sport and community.
• Joseph Alexander Maich ED – of Manurewa. For services to education and community.
• Lorimer Jean Marshall – of Ashburton. For services to speech and drama teaching.
• William Robert Francis Naylor – of Oamaru. For services to community.
• Dulcie Ruth Newman – of Christchurch; lately chief nursing officer, North Canterbury Hospital Board.
• Eunice Constance Patterson – of Whangārei. For services to community.
• Rebecca Vivian Mary Perrott – of Wellington. For services to swimming.
• Alfred Andrew Henry Pinkerton – of South Canterbury. For services to the community.
• Hilda Catherine Ramsay – of Auckland. For services to the intellectually handicapped.
• Trevor James Smith – of Cromwell. For services to aviation.
• Rehutai Florence Somerville – of Maramarua. For services to the community.
• Frank William Terry – of Blenheim. For services to opera.
• Harold Wilson Upton – of Ngāruawāhia. For services to the wool industry.
• Dr Robert Tannahill Watson – of Inglewood. For services to the community.
• Noel Maud Wells – of North Canterbury. For services to Women's Division of Federated Farmers.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Charles Thomas Money Raven – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major John Brunswick Bell – Royal New Zealand Engineers (Territorial Force).
• Major Derek Graye Shattky – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Class I Raymond Owen Wills – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Squadron Leader Graeme Yuill Gemmell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Ronald Bruce Wooller – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

For community service

• Cyril Robertson Bradwell JP – of Wellington.
• Joan Pomeroy Dunne (The Reverend Mother Mary Philippine) – of Wellington.
• Edward Alexander McKay – of Ngāruawāhia.
• Hubert Edgar Millar – of Auckland.
• Mabel Lillian Ross – of Invercargill.

For public services

• Peter Stanhope Beath JP – of Dunedin.
• Alan Trevor Bell JP – of Auckland.
• James Bruce Crompton – of Northland.
• Ian Douglas Dick – of Tawa; lately Deputy Secretary of Energy (Planning), Ministry of Energy (Secretary of Mines, Mines Department 1967–78).
• Michael Ernest Groome – of Hastings.
• Reginald Alfred Keeling – of Auckland.
• Dr Harry Tawn Nemaia JP – Director of Health, Niue.

• Reginald Keeling

For community service

• Gladys Annie Armstrong – of Hāwera.
• Maxwell Stewart Bartholomew JP – of Levin.
• Edith Annie Brennan – of Auckland.
• Violet Ada Briffault – of Whakatāne.
• Reta Elizabeth Chapman – of Martinborough.
• Alexander Edward Hope Clow – of Auckland.
• Molly Davis Cook – of Wellington.
• Violet May Cruden – of Ōpunake.
• June Catherine Davey – of Timaru.
• Bertha Lillian Gates – of Northland.
• Myrtle Muriel Godfery – of Auckland.
• Mary Anne Gough – of Henderson.
• Pauline Dawn Grainger – of Te Kūiti.
• Leo Damien Greenwood – of Wellington.
• Francis Hardman – of Palmerston North.
• Rewa Mary Henderson – of Auckland.
• Florence Myrtle Keene – of Whangārei.
• Muriel Joan Leggatt – of Matamata.
• Roseanna Gillespie Mardon – of Napier.
• Bronislaw Nawrocki – of Lower Hutt.
• Gladys Ngaere Phillips – of Ōtorohanga.
• Janet Annabelle Prescott JP – of Ōtorohanga.
• Hilary Fay Reid – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Roger Frederick Norton Thompson – of Christchurch.
• Edith Kathleen Werry – of Waipukurau.
• Ray Evelyn Lilian Whale JP – of Auckland.

For public services

• Enid Laura Annan – of Clyde.
• Constance Joyce Barns – of Wellington.
• Eric George Boggs – of Auckland.
• Russell Mclndoe Chant – constable, New Zealand Police.
• Heapera Matekino Collier – of Tokomaru Bay.
• Walter Graham Douglas – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Douglas George Francis – of Lower Hutt; lately Director (Mapping), Department of Lands and Survey.
• Herbert Angus Graham – head chauffeur, Public Service Garage, New Zealand Post Office (Auckland).
• Betty Ileene Holmes – secretary–typist, Ministry of Civil Defence, Palmerston North.
• Ronald James Iremonger – of Raumati Beach; lately head chauffeur, Public Service Garage, New Zealand Post Office (Wellington).
• Ann Kerse – of Dunedin; lately chief nursing officer, Southland Hospital Board.
• Clement Leicester Steele Paterson – of Christchurch.
• Lesley Richard Payne – of Paraparaumu; gardener, Government House, Wellington, 1936–79.
• James Thomas Francis Rowe – of Kaitangata.
• Gerald Sanders Tamati – constable, New Zealand Police.
• Joseph William Henry Trickey – of South Auckland.
• Dr Ying Kay Tseung – of Auckland.
• Albert Burnie Towle White – senior inspector (engineering), HM New Zealand Dockyard, Auckland.
• Thomas Harold Edward Wilton – of Northland.

Associate (ARRC)

• Major Jessie Eveline Grant – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.