Companion (CB)

Military division

• Air Vice-Marshal Patrick Neville OBE AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force; Chief of Air Staff.

Dame Commander (DCMG)

• The Honourable (Margaret) Ann Hercus – of Christchurch. For public services.

• Dame Ann Hercus

Companion (CMG)

• Charles Frederick Sutton Caldwell – of Christchurch. For services to education and the community.
• John William Harris Clark – of Wainuiomata; Secretary of Trade and Industry.
• John Thomas Kneebone – of Tīrau. For public services and services to agriculture.

• John Kneebone

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Professor Philip John Scott – of Auckland. For services to medicine.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• The Honourable John Philip Cook OBE ED – of Christchurch; lately a judge of the High Court.
• Emeritus Professor Lloyd George Geering – of Wellington. For services to religious studies.
• Anne Therese Nightingale – of Auckland. For services to nursing.
• Professor John Derek Kingsley North – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• John Hayward Oakley – of Lower Hutt. For services to cricket.
• William Leslie Renwick – of Wellington; Director-General of Education.
• Bernadette Mary Richardson – of Christchurch. For services to the community.

Military division

• Major-General Kenneth Montrose Gordon OBE – Generals' List, New Zealand Army.

• Lloyd Geering

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Anthony Gordon Benfell – of Auckland. For services to singing.
• Ian Barry Brickell – of Coromandel. For services to pottery and ceramics.
• Beatrice Mary Joye Evans – of Palmerston North. For services to the Girl Guide movement.
• Edward Max Friedlander – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Dr James Ritchie Gilmour – of Auckland. For services to obstetrics and the community.
• George Winiata Henare – of Auckland. For services to the performing arts.
• John Anderson Jamieson – Deputy Commissioner, New Zealand Police.
• Professor Leslie Kay – of Russell. For services to electrical and electronic engineering.
• Fiona Judith Kidman – of Wellington. For services to literature.
• Dr Michael King – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• Bernard Keith Knowles – of Wellington. For services to the dairy and wool industries.
• Elsie Ngahuia McInnes – of Havelock North. For services to the community.
• Stanley Walter Alexander Ralston – of Wellington; Valuer-General, Department of Valuation. For public service.
• Gordon William Robert Sharrock – of Wanganui. For services to cycling.
• Alfred Edward Tarrant – of Wellington. For services to manufacturing.
• Robert John Todd JP – of Christchurch. For services to trade union affairs and the community.
• Alan John Young – of Mount Maunganui. For services to the education of the deaf.

Military division

• Lieutenant-Colonel James Roland McGregor – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Group Captain Peter James Hughan – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Group Captain Donald William Pawson AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• George Henare
• Fiona Kidman

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Ralph Thomas Adams – of Trentham; lately director of the New Zealand Wildlife Service.
• Byron Buick-Constable – of Wellington. For services to the disabled.
• Robert Norman Byrne JP – of Whakatāne. For services to the community.
• Eric Alexander Craies – of Auckland. For services to rowing.
• Peter McElwain Faulkner ED – superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Josephine Lynette Hartley – of Kawerau. For services to the community.
• George Stanley Derek Heather – of Hamilton. For services to local government.
• Marie Alice Hopkins – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Edward Patrick Hoult – of Lower Hutt. For services to education.
• George Bendigo Hurst – of Tākaka. For services to dairy industry and the community.
• Dr David Edward Kirk – of Oxford, England. For services to rugby.
• Stanley Arthur Lay – of New Plymouth. For services to sport.
• Christopher Paul MacDonald – of Auckland. For services to canoeing.
• Ngaire MacLean – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Lawrence Albert Mahoney – of Christchurch. For services to rugby.
• Heather Jean Matthews – of Auckland. For services to athletics.
• Elizabeth Carolyn Miller – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Thomas Parsonage – of Huntly. For services to sport and the community.
• Peter Anderson Smith – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Dr Raymond Harry Spitz – of Auckland. For services to the Hebrew community.
• Victor Michael Sunde – of Auckland. For services to the fruit growing industry.
• John Henry Thorby JP – of Tūrangi. For services to local government and the community.
• Grant Leonard Ridgway Tilly – of Wellington. For services to the theatre.
• Leslie Dawson Wright – of Martinborough. For services to local government.

Military division

• Warrant Officer Kenneth William Last-Harris – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Jessie Muriel Mary Gunn – Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport.
• Warrant Officer Class I Denis John King – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Cedric Crosse Shatter – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• Stan Lay

For community service

• Margaret Dunmore – of Auckland.
• The Very Reverend Kenape Faletoese – of Wellington.
• Beverley Jean Morris – of Wellington.
• Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa – of Te Kūiti.
• Brian William Woodward – of Nelson.

For public services

• Bruce Craig Beetham – of Marton.
• Geoffrey John Geering JP – of Ashburton.
• Warren Neil Hawkey – of Lower Hutt; lately Director-General and Surveyor-General, Department of Survey and Land Information.
• Dinah Holman – of Auckland.
• Daniel Mearns Holmes JP – of Ōpunake.
• Edward Emanuel Isbey – of Auckland.
• Trevor Percival Kelly – of Auckland.
• Daniel Joseph Moran – of Kemang, Indonesia.
• Maxwell Keith Mynott Taylor – of Gisborne.

• Bruce Beetham

For community service

• Antony Aylwin Baker – of Cape Jackson.
• Betty Baker – of Cape Jackson.
• Elva Lilian Bett – of Wellington.
• Richard George (Peter) Campbell – of Auckland.
• Bruce Edward Dawe – of Christchurch.
• Tiramate Frankie Dennis – of Auckland.
• Euan Evan Dunlop – of Christchurch.
• Margaret Rose Gadson – of Auckland.
• Kathleen Ruby Harris – of Nelson.
• Teripowai Pauline Higgins – of Wainuiomata.
• Philippa Sylvia Howden – of Masterton.
• Marion Rodger Gilchrist Kendrick – of Whakatāne.
• John Frederick George Lawson – of Christchurch.
• Pauline Patricia Leathem – of Christchurch.
• Elsie Maud Lloyd – of Raumati Beach.
• Christina McAnulty (Sister Christina) – of Christchurch.
• Margaret Clemance McEwen – of Timaru.
• Doreen Veronica McMahon – of Christchurch.
• Elizabeth June Meade – of Gisborne.
• Frank Ernest Leslie Mitchell – of Christchurch.
• Gertrude Harete (Kahu) Morrison – of Rotorua.
• Herbert David Mullon – of New Plymouth.
• Joyce Ellen Nicholson – of Levin.
• Robert Michael Bertram Oliver – of Wellington.
• Ramesh Unka Patel – of Auckland.
• Reginald John Perkins – of Plimmerton.
• Paekiomeka Joy Ruha – of Wellington.
• Clifford Smith – of Auckland.
• Leslie Andrews Strong – of Christchurch.
• Elia Taukifaga Tinielu – of Porirua.
• The Reverend Sampson Ngatiterauwawe Toia JP – of Dargaville.
• Ray (Rade) Vuksich – of Auckland.
• Colin Vernon Wheeler – of Oamaru.
• Jeanie Wilson – of Wanganui.

For public services

• Alister Scott Abernethy JP – of Lower Hutt.
• Ann Herangi Barham JP – of Te Awamutu.
• Gordon David Bell – of Christchurch; deputy station rescue fire officer, Ministry of Transport.
• Myra Ringa Urunga Berghan – of Awanui.
• Selina Emily Burrage – of Christchurch.
• Jean Myrtle Caird – of Timaru.
• Jack Critchley – of Wellington; lately chief engineer surveyor and surveyor of ships, Ministry of Transport.
• Stanley Petrie Dawson – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Dorothy Millicent Dutton – of Auckland; clinical specialist, Middlemore Hospital.
• Maurice Christopher Eathorne – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Nell Elizabeth Ehau – of Auckland.
• The Reverend Lawrence Albert Grosse – of Auckland.
• Geoffrey Robert Hammond – of Whangaparaoa.
• William Alfred Hart JP – of Ashburton.
• Beryl Ena Kelly – of Auckland.
• James Alistair Lindsay – of Mosgiel.
• Frederick Mangnall – of Auckland.
• Brian Ignatius Maybury – of Auckland; head chauffeur, Public Service Garage, NZ Post Ltd, Auckland.
• Annie May Meadowcroft JP – of Christchurch.
• Kathleen May Munro – of Port Chalmers.
• Moeroa O Daniela Iti (Rangi) Oberg JP – of Christchurch.
• Amusia Patea – of Atafu, Tokelau.
• Lyndsay John Proctor – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Ngaire Winifred Quennell – of Dunedin.
• Professor Emeritus Ernest Johnstone Searle ED – of Whangaparaoa.
• Terence Henry Small – of Manurewa.
• Robert William Stanic JP – of Whangaparaoa.
• Archie Cooper Taylor JP – of Oamaru.
• William MacDonald Taylor – of Waimamaku.
• Basil Phillip Vertongen – of Foxton.
• John Patrick Wilson – of Marton.
• Helen Mary Wily – of Christchurch.

• Alister Abernethy