The 2009 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. They were announced on 31 December 2008.^[1]

The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.

• Jennifer Marion Broom – of Auckland. For services to the refugee community.
• Thomas Edward (Ward) Clarke – of Christchurch. For services to education.
• Jessie Muriel Mary Gunn MBE – of Wellington. For services to veterans' affairs.
• Barbara Holland – of Greymouth. For services to health.
• Murray Roger Hosking – of Lower Hutt. For services to conservation.
• Professor Philippa Lynne Howden-Chapman – of Wellington. For services to public health.
• Elspeth Cantlie Kennedy MBE – of Nelson. For services to the community.
• Gavin Alistair McFadyen – of Wellington; lately assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Kay Therese McKelvie – of Auckland. For services to business and health.
• Gwendolyn Anne Nagel – of Kaukapakapa. For services to special education.
• The Honourable Clement Rudolph Simich – of Auckland. For services as a member of parliament.
• The Honourable Paul Desmond Swain – of Upper Hutt. For services as a member of parliament.
• Lester Gordon Taylor JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to education.
• Major Hone Hikitia Te Rangi Waititi (retired) JP – of Ōpōtiki. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Charles Tansey Waldegrave – of Lower Hutt. For services to social policy.

• Philippa Howden-Chapman
• Elspeth Kennedy
• Kay McKelvie
• Gwen Nagel
• Clem Simich
• Paul Swain

• Teina Akavi – of Waitakere. For services to the Cook Islands community.
• Allan Royce Anderson JP – of Wanganui. For services to conservation and the community.
• Christine Ann Anderson – of Ōtaki. For services to the community.
• Stephen William Baggs – of Waitakere. For services to the New Zealand Customs Service.
• Wikitoria Suvia Baker – of Temuka. For services to Māori, music and the community.
• Robert Ames Bettison – of Waiuku. For services to the community.
• Jeanette Lesley Blackadder JP – of Christchurch. For services to country music.
• Donald Gilmour Brash – of Ōakura. For services to the community.
• Ereti Taetuha Brown – of Waitakere. For services to Māori and youth.
• Judith Anne Bruce – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Squadron Leader Wayne Leslie Buckingham – of Paekākāriki; New Zealand Cadet Forces. For services to the New Zealand Cadet Forces.
• Laurel Beatrice Burdett ED – of Taupō. For services to the community.
• Monica Teresa Burns – of Invercargill. For services to netball.
• Mary Elizabeth Busch JP – of Wellington. For services to education and the community.
• Dr Eleanor Margaret Carmichael – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Dennis Paul Clarke – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Joseph Cochrane – of Upper Hutt. For services to the community.
• Glenn William Cockburn – of Rolleston; chief fire officer, Rolleston Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• The Reverend David Allan Connor – of Auckland. For services to prisoner welfare.
• Ashley Ralph Day JP – of Dunedin. For services to education.
• Irwin Lloyd Esler – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Dr Michael John Seaborn Floate – of Cromwell. For services to conservation and mountaineering.
• Patricia Ellen Flynn – of Featherston. For services to the community.
• Robin John Frederick Frahm JP – of Oxford. For services to the community.
• Gina Garcia – of Kerikeri. For services to music.
• Professor Russell Garcia – of Kerikeri. For services to music.
• Kalwant Singh Gill – of Palmerston North. For services to ethnic communities.
• Benjamin Wallace Goddard – of Ohakune; chief fire officer, Ohakune Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Bruce Leonard Good – of Auckland; detective inspector, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Bridget Margaret Graham – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Anthony James Haggerty JP – of Waitakere. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Malia Toa Filimoe'unga Hamani – of Auckland. For services to the Pacific Islands community and senior citizens.
• Frederick Robert Hamer – of Wellington. For services to the railways.
• Dr Brahmavar Ramanna Sadananda Hegde – of Lower Hutt. For services to community medicine.
• Athol John Herbert JP – of Papamoa. For services to the community.
• Susan Sui Wei Hou – of Dunedin. For services to the Chinese community.
• The Reverend Dorothy Howard – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Marie Elizabeth May Hull-Brown – of North Shore. For services to the Mental Health Foundation.
• James Brian Hulton – of Kaiapoi. For services to soccer.
• Noel Alfred Jones – of Whakatāne. For services to sport.
• Brian Desmond Joyce JP – of Papakura. For services to Māori and the community.
• Dr Frank Yet Keong Liaw – of Tūrangi. For services to community medicine and the community.
• Heather Elizabeth Lindauer JP – of Russell. For services to the community.
• Thangaratnam Mahasivam – of Auckland. For services to the Tamil community.
• Lindsay Mitchell Malcolm – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
• Anna Marshall – of Whangārei. For services to the Pacific Islands community and the community.
• Pamela Yvonne Marama Marshall JP – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Albert Martin – of New Plymouth. For services to Māori.
• Lyneve Constance Maxwell – of Paeroa. For services to music.
• Gordon Douglas McDowell – of Taupō. For services to returned services personnel.
• Samuel Peter Moeke – of Hastings. For services to Māori.
• Kevin Ronald Moseley – of Blenheim. For services to brass bands.
• Janet Patricia Paku – of Napier. For services to the Department of Corrections.
• Nellie Waimatatini Paratene – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• Dr Kantilal Naranji Patel – of Manukau. For services to community medicine and the Indian community.
• Ranjna Patel JP – of Manukau. For services to the Indian community.
• Lynne Renwick – of Te Aroha. For services to theatre and youth.
• Fraser Bell Ross – of Timaru. For services to conservation.
• Ernest Thomas Rouse – of Napier. For services to entertainment.
• John Richard Edward Ryan JP – of Cambridge. For services to Māori and the community.
• Taime Pareanga Samuel – of Hastings. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Mary Ann Selwyn – of Manukau. For services to Māori and the community.
• Gary Ross Severinsen JP – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Granby Ray Siakimotu – of Manukau. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Maureen Smith – of Motueka. For services to the community.
• Dr Margaret Rose Southwick – of Porirua. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Kevin James Stewart – of Napier; sergeant, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Homer Geoffrey Stubbs JP – of Waihi. For services to the community.
• Graeme Stuart Tait – of Huntly. For services to the community.
• Tupou Here Tamata-Manapori – of Manukau. For services to the Pacific Islands community.
• Archdeacon Richard Rangi Wallace – of Hokitika. For services to Māori.
• John Howard Ward BEM – of Porirua; constable, New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Rodney Dean Waterhouse – of Te Puke; senior firefighter, Maketu Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service. For services to the New Zealand Fire Service.
• Kenneth Ivan Williamson JP – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Gerald Joe Wong – of Palmerston North. For services to the Chinese community.
• Mary Woods – of Christchurch. For services to volunteering.
• Susan Valerie Wright – of Coromandel. For services to the community.

• Russell Garcia
• Albie Martin
• Ranjna Patel
• Tupou Tamata‑Manapori
• Richard Wallace

• Gunner Phillip John Manning – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Stores Accountant Neil Andrew Roberts – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel George Sean Trengrove MVO – Colonels' list, New Zealand Army (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Class Two John Francis Weel – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.