Companion (CB)

Military division

• Rear Admiral Cedric John Steward – Royal New Zealand Navy.

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• The Right Honourable Lancelot Raymond Adams-Schneider – of Washington, D.C., United States. For public services, lately as New Zealand ambassador to the United States of America.

• Sir Lance Adams-Schneider

Companion (CMG)

• Charles James Freeman – of Auckland. For public and community services.
• Arthur John Healy – of Wellington; Secretary for Transport.
• David Hamilton Tudhope DFC – of Wellington. For services to the development of energy resources.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• The Right Reverend Edward Kinsella Norman DSO MC – of Wellington; Anglican Bishop of Wellington since 1973.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Hugh Reginald Atkinson – of Christchurch; lately director, National Radiation Laboratory, Department of Health, Christchurch.
• Dr Carolyn Waugh Burns (Mrs Hubbard) – of Dunedin. For services to conservation.
• Thomas Stuart Dickson Hayton JP – of New Plymouth. For services to Taranaki Harbour Board and the community.
• Rangimārie Tūheka Hetet MBE – of Te Kūiti. For services to traditional Māori arts and crafts.
• Dr Malcolm John Nicolson – of Wellington. For services to the Wellington Hospital Board and the community.
• Hugh Lancelot Marshall Peirse – of Lower Hutt. For services to the wool industry and the community.

Military division

• Brigadier Thomas Geoffrey Leighs ED ADC – Brigadiers' List, New Zealand Army (Territorial Force).

• Carolyn Burns

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Eileen Rewa Begg – of Waikanae. For services to commercial education.
• Eric Wilfred Benton – of Wellington. For services to journalism.
• John Bruce Chrystall – of Ongaonga. For services to the wool industry.
• Roland Henry Clark – of Diamond Harbour. For services to agriculture.
• George Hopeful Gower – of Tokirima. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Geoffrey Philip Howarth MBE – of Tauranga. For services to cricket.
• Thomas Michael Raeburn Maskew – of Christchurch. For services to agriculture.
• Alfred George Morgan-Coakle – of Auckland. For services to legal aid.
• Dr Francis John Newhook – of Auckland; professor emeritus of plant pathology, Department of Botany, University of Auckland.
• James Joseph O'Connor JP – of Hastings. For services to local government, sport and the community.
• William Horace Phillips JP – of Hāwera. For services to farming and the community.
• Dr Humphrey Barton Rainey – of Upper Hutt. For services to medicine and the community.
• Dr Mutyala Satyanand – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• John Hutchison Saunders – of Lower Hutt. For services to orthopaedics.
• Charles Herbert Speight – of Wellington; general manager, Shipping Corporation of New Zealand.
• Dr Charles Swanston – of Auckland. For services to ophthalmology.
• Thomas Victor Thomson – superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Major Ross Tylden JP – of Mataraua, Northland. For services to farming.
• Clifford Ernest Wiseley JP – of Morrinsville. For services to education and local government.

Military division

• Captain Eric David Deane – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Malcolm John Ross – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
• Group Captain Allan Tennant Dickie – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• James Charles Bellwood – of Auckland. For services to athletics.
• Jack Compton Blakeley JP – of Raumati South. For services to the surf lifesaving movement.
• Wilfred Edward Bown – of Blenheim. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Maida Elizabeth Claire Bryant JP – of Hokitika. For services to the community.
• James Maurice Maitland Caffin – of Christchurch. For services to the New Zealand Antarctic Society and journalism.
• Lionel Graham Christiansen – of Cambridge. For services to the dairy industry.
• Joan Ethel Derbidge – of Christchurch. For services to physiotherapy and welfare organisations.
• Captain Emmet Peter Marcus Dowd – of Auckland. For services to aviation.
• Stanley Alexander Gurnell – of Whangārei. For services to pre-school education and the community.
• James Herbert Henderson – of Auckland. For services to literature and broadcasting.
• Dr Donald William McKenzie – of Havelock North; pomologist and senior scientist, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research orchard, Havelock North.
• Anne Kohi Martin – of Papakura. For services to social welfare.
• Elsie Elizabeth Neil – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Phyllis May Persen – of Palmerston North; lately chief nursing officer, Palmerston North Hospital Board.
• Caroline Audrey Prowse – of Waiuku. For services to the community.
• Miriam Florence Redwood (Miriam McGregor) – of Waipawa. For services to literature.
• Joan Nancy Roscoe – of Auckland. For services to the Girls' Brigade.
• Andrew Gwillym Summers – of Lower Hutt; deputy Secretary of Energy, Corporate Services, Ministry of Energy.
• William Alexander Sutherland JP – of Gisborne. For services to the Cook Hospital Board.
• Roger Robertson Sutton – of Invercargill. For services to conservation.
• Hugh Barre Mewburn Walker JP – of Auckland. For services to the Auckland Waterside Workers' Union.
• Louis Lester Wintle – of Mangawhai. For services to the preservation of local history.
• Samuel Philip Wrightson – of Auckland; senior specialist, neurosurgery, Auckland Hospital.

Military division

• Warrant Officer Yeoman of Signals Noel George Carter – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Commander Peter William Monk – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Control Electrical Artificer Samuel Popata – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major David Roland Abbott – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Captain John Gifford Sinton – Royal New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Class I Mel Wilson Webb – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Owen John Cunliffe – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Harvey Reynolds Howard – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

For community service

• Joyce Horton Andrews – of Mangakino.
• Henry Tahawai Bird – of Murupara.
• Hector Jack Clark BEM – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Canon Wi Te Tau Huata MC – of Hastings.

For public services

• Leonard John Braddock – of Thames.
• The Honourable Michael Aynsley Connelly MP – of Christchurch.
• Albert Bakewell Fear – of Lower Hutt; director-general of housing, Housing Corporation of New Zealand, and general manager, Rural Banking and Finance Corporation.
• Leonard Manson Harvey – of Ōpunake.
• Ralph Henry Matthews JP – of Waipukurau.
• Joyce Motley – of Hamilton; principal nurse, Waikato Hospital.
• Alfred Preece JP – of Chatham Islands.
• Robert Geoffrey Ramshaw – of Frankton.
• Mangus Kenneth de Chazal Spence JP – of Te Karaka.
• Henry Philip Whitlock – of Gisborne.

For community service

• Harold Raymond Ashworth – of New Plymouth.
• Pattie Helen Collins – of Murupara.
• Bertram Cornthwaite – of Auckland.
• Nancy Eleanor Cresswell – of Blenheim.
• Winifred Charlotte Cuming – of Taupō.
• Alice Maud des Forges – of Taupiri.
• David Spencer Funnell – of Palmerston North.
• Trevor Charles Gottermeyer – of Christchurch.
• Cecily Gregory – of Levin.
• Elsie Helen Hill – of Mataura.
• Adeline Pearl Hobbs – of Lower Hutt.
• Evelyn Doris Hodder – of Thames.
• Charles Thomas Ross Knew – of Whangārei.
• Charles Earle William Levin – of Sanson.
• Douglas Ian McKerras – of Palmerston North.
• Poai (Jim) Manahi – of Woodend.
• Mary Elizabeth (Moira) O'Brien – of Auckland.
• Keriana Bessie Olson – of Wainuiomata.
• Gladys May Philips – of Paihia.
• John Cotterell Purdue – of Invercargill.
• Margaret Cecelia Read – of Wellington.
• Edith Frances Smith – of Wanganui.
• Cicely Louise Snoxell – of Longburn.
• Frederick Ernest Williamson – of Invercargill.
• Mirinda Annie Zwimpfer – of Timaru.

For public services

• Dr Donald Young Allen – of Waipawa.
• Mary Anstruther JP – of Tūrangi.
• Brian Douglas Bell – of Wellington; assistant director (protected fauna), Wildlife Service, Department of Internal Affairs.
• Violet Patricia Darraugh – of Te Awamutu.
• Ailsa Maureen Fletcher – of Rotorua.
• Edna Abigail Free – of Hāwera.
• Thomas Charles Stewart Keith Gilbertson – of Ōtāne.
• Iris May Hambleton – of Greymouth.
• John Conroy Henderson – of Richmond.
• Thomas Holdom – of Ōakura.
• Marie Menary King – of Russell.
• John Hugh McFarlane – of Gisborne.
• Clifford Geeveston McIntosh – of Kaikohe.
• Robert Buchanan McNaughton – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Kate Alison Mickelson – of Ōpunake.
• Agnes Kathleen Muir JP – of Hamilton.
• John Taseki Osikai – of Auckland.
• Bruce Josiah Perigo – detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Robert James Tarbotton – of Ashburton.
• Jeanette Annie Vickerman JP – of Auckland.