Companion (CB)

Military division

• Rear Admiral Keith Michael Saull – Chief of Naval Staff.

Companion (CMG)

• Jack Alexander McLeod Kean – of Wellington; lately Comptroller of Customs.
• Douglas Callum Kirkpatrick JP – of Havelock North. For services as chairman of the Forestry Council and to business management.
• Robert William Stannard – of Wellington. For services to the accountancy profession.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Henare Kohere Ngata OBE JP – of Gisborne. For services to the Māori people.
• Allan Frederick Wright – of Sheffield; president, Federated Farmers of New Zealand, 1977–1981.

• Sir Allan Wright

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Reubina Ann Ballin – of Christchurch. For services to the disabled.
• Dr Alfred Bramwell Cook – of Christchurch. For services to the Salvation Army and the community.
• William Henry Hickson – of Tawa; lately director-general, New Zealand Post Office.
• Professor Ewen Garth McQueen VRD – of Dunedin. For services to pharmacology.
• Walter Stewart Otto – of Auckland. For public services.
• David Alan Thom – of Auckland. For services to engineering and the environment.

Military division

• Brigadier Harry Bowen Honnor MVO – Deputy Chief of Defence Staff.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Donald Frederick Cotter – of Auckland. For services to the Anglican Church and community.
• Brian Ross Davies – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Keith Henry Dockery – of Napier. For services to local government.
• James Healy – of Rotorua. For services to geology and the community.
• Eugen Hirst JP – of Auckland. For services to optometry and the community.
• Ernest Albert James Holdaway DFC JP – of Auckland. For services to local and community affairs.
• Albert Archibald Jelley – of Auckland. For services to athletics.
• John Keith Macdonald – of Christchurch. For services to sport.
• Patrick Eisdell Moore – of Auckland. For services to otolaryngology and the community.
• Jack Drysdale Prestney – of Upper Hutt. For services to sport.
• Harold James Stinson – of Dunedin. For services to returned servicemen.
• Emeritus Professor Richard Horton Beauclerc Toy – of Auckland. For services to architecture.
• William Henry Walden-Mills – of Wellington. For services to music education.
• George Raymond Webby – of Wellington. For services to drama and the theatre.

Military division

• Chaplain Paul Cronin – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Colonel Clyde Cyril Stewart – Royal New Zealand Artillery.
• Group Captain Frederick Martin Kinvig AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Jim Holdaway
• Arch Jelley

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• David Douglas Alderton – of Queenstown. For services to farming and the community.
• Annie Shirley Barrett – of Auckland. For services to the Auckland Hospital Board and the community.
• Graham Neill Caldwell ED – of Auckland. For services to education and the community.
• Florence May Carruthers – of Milton. For services to women's hockey.
• Ernest Albert Edward Cook – of Ōkaihau. For services to the community.
• Ian Albert Dowdle – of Waitara. For services to the dairy industry.
• William Harkness Dunn – of Auckland. For services to aviation.
• The Reverend Leo Reginald Evatt SM – of Silverstream. For services to education.
• Margaret Jane Catherine Fox (Sister Mary Ceslaus) – of Invercargill. For services to music.
• Jack Henry Harvey – of Lower Hutt. For services to the intellectually handicapped.
• Norman Frederick Hubbard – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• John James Jarvis – of Dunedin. For services to scouting.
• April Vye Kerr – of Timaru. For services to the Country Women's Institute and the community.
• Maurice Arthur Le Cren – of Christchurch. For services to bowling.
• Thomas William Henry Lighton – of Gisborne. For services to brass bands.
• Barbara Flora McDonald – of Napier. For services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society and the community.
• Joseph George Pereira – of Wellington; chef de cuisine (Bellamy's), Tourist Hotel Corporation of New Zealand.
• Ralph Strang Rollo – of Richmond. For services to the community.
• Evelyn Beatrice Salmon – of Raumati Beach; senior lecturer, Nursing Studies, Department of Education, Victoria University of Wellington.
• Marie Joyce Samuels – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Dr Jean Anderson Seabrook – of Christchurch. For services to speech therapy.
• Lewis Arthur Turrell – of Invercargill. For services to Highland pipe bands.
• Samuel Malcolm Wallace JP – of Nelson Creek, Westland. For services to farming.
• Vera Isabel Williamson – of Feilding; lieutenant colonel, Salvation Army. For services in India, 1945–1980.
• Peter Tom Wolfenden – of Auckland. For services to trotting.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey John Bourke – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Control Electrical Artificer Geoffrey Stevenson Kelly – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class II Geoffrey John Blackburn – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Class I Kenneth John Carleton – Royal New Zealand Dental Corps (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I Rex William Harris – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Flight Lieutenant Norman Henry Bartholomew BEM – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Brian Glenbourne Morrison Palmer – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Clyde McGregor Simpson DFC – Territorial Air Force.

For community service

• Morris Leonard Coutts – of Christchurch.
• Owen George Davis – of Invercargill.
• Kathleen Gabrielle Gibbs (Sister Mary Crescentia) – of Greenmeadows.
• Ruby Jones JP – of Karoro.
• Thomas Clive Smith JP – of Whakatāne.

For public services

• Edgar Stanley James Crutchley JP – of Lower Hutt.
• Kenneth Clarence Durrant – of Upper Hutt; deputy director-general of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Albert Eric Gibson – of Rotorua; lately superintendent of land development, Department of Lands and Survey.
• Charles Russell Hervey – of Timaru.
• Noel Cameron Kelly JP – of Upper Hutt; lately Public Trustee.
• Mabel Mahinarangi Kewene MBE JP – of Auckland; lately principal nurse, Waiapu Hospital Board.
• Cyril Ashton Lovell – of Whangārei.
• Nita Marie McMaster – of Wellington; lately principal, Wellington East Girls' College.
• Robert Howard White JP – of Papatoetoe; mayor of Papatoetoe.
• Terence Leslie Carlton Williams JP – of Gisborne.
• Dong Willie Lee Young JP – of Papatoetoe.

For community service

• Ngapera Taahu Black – of Whakatāne.
• Gwendolene Annie Blott – of Auckland.
• Frederick Robert Brown – of Temuka.
• Jean Winifred Brown – of Auckland.
• Alexander Loyal Caie – of Pōkeno.
• Shirley Joan Coates – of Hamilton.
• Jean Elizabeth Donnelly – of Te Kuiti.
• Cyril Terence Drummond – of Motueka.
• Alan Herbert Haskell – of Auckland.
• Lorna Beryl Hendry – of Auckland.
• Royden James Howell – of Palmerston North.
• Ivan Charles Edwin Lovelock – of Hamilton.
• Edith Mary McRoberts Luker – of Auckland.
• Marie Mahoney – of Invercargill.
• Myrtle Kathleen Old – of Putāruru.
• Eileen Maud Kimbell-Owen – of Auckland.
• Lucilla Mary Katherine Quin – of Rotorua.
• Eileen May Reed – of Whangārei.
• Florence Hilda Robertson – of Auckland.
• Eunice Myrtle Robinson – of Auckland.
• Toni Joan Savage – of Auckland.
• Lily Allan Stevens – of Dunedin.
• Te Wairakau Paia Waipara – of Gisborne.
• Claire Wallis – of Cambridge.
• Elvy Florence Wills – of Christchurch.
• Barry Graham Wynks – of Palmerston North.

For public services

• Ruby Alice Aberhart – of Upper Moutere.
• Albert George Braddick JP – of Fairlie.
• Maisie Constance Brown – of Stratford.
• Rita Cartwright – of Invercargill.
• Oliver John Chappell – of Auckland.
• Ian John Crawford JP – of Patea.
• Harold Robert Crossman – of Christchurch.
• Howard Wilberforce Duncumb JP – of Auckland.
• Bo Benn (Margaret) Easther – of Wellington.
• Teea-atua Sarah Goodwin JP – of Auckland.
• John Gow Irving – of Timaru; supervising livestock officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Muriel Jean Lilburn – of Hunterville.
• Peter Samuel McCormack – of Franz Josef Glacier.
• Valerie Elizabeth Maxted Miller JP – of Christchurch.
• Norman Alfred Morris – of Middlesex, England; lately New Zealand High Commission, London.
• Grace Pehunga Nicholls – of Upper Hutt.
• Ada Mabel Gwen Parnwell – of Tauranga.
• The Reverend Ned Eric Ripley – of Auckland.
• Sydney Maxwell John Smith – of Twizel; project engineer, Ministry of Works and Development, Twizel.
• Nancy Nicolas Strang – of Balclutha.
• Thomas Ross Vallentine – of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; lately accountant and administration officer, New Zealand Consulate-General, Sydney.
• Keitha Margaret Weir – of Auckland.
• Janet Buchanan Williams – of London, England; lately social secretary, New Zealand High Commission, London.
• Isabel Elizabeth Young JP – of Timaru.
• Terence Noel French – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Patariki Paani Wihongi – sergeant, New Zealand Police.

Associate (ARRC)

• Warrant Officer Class II Raymond Roy Alexander – Royal New Zealand Medical Corps (Territorial Force).