Companion (CB)

Military division

• Rear Admiral John Foster McKenzie CBE – Chief of Naval Staff.

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• The Honourable Douglas Julian Carter – of London. For public services, lately as New Zealand high commissioner in the United Kingdom.

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Companion (CMG)

• Lester John Castle – of Wellington; president of the New Zealand Law Society, 1974–1977.
• The Honourable Robert Richmond Rex OBE – Premier of Niue.

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• Dr Cecily Mary Wise Pickerill OBE – of Upper Hutt. For services to medicine, especially in the field of plastic surgery.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Dr Randal Forbes Elliott OBE – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
• The Right Honourable Sir Clifford Parris Richmond – of Wellington; president of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Dr Roger Shepherd Duff FRSNZ – of Christchurch. For services as director of the Canterbury Museum since 1948.
• Ernest Raymond Elliot – of Wellington; commissioner, Salvation Army. For services to the community.
• Harold Philip Fowler OBE – of Invercargill. For services to education.
• Dr Alan Tutton Johns FRSNZ – of Wellington; Director-General of Agriculture since 1968.
• Peter John Luxford – of Wellington. For services as executive director of the New Zealand Employers' Federation.
• Dr William Anderson McGillivray FRSNZ JP – of Palmerston North. For services as director of New Zealand Dairy Research Institute since 1965.
• Maurice Paykel – of Auckland. For services to manufacturing industry and the community.
• Dr Kenneth Edmund Seal – of Auckland. For services to New Zealand aid programme in Indonesia.
• Mark Wallace Sr MBE JP – of Hokitika. For services to local government and farming.
• David Claverly Williams CVO – Official Secretary to the Governor-General since 1960.

Military division

• Air Commodore Harold Gordon Moss AFC – head, New Zealand Defence Liaison Staff, Canberra.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Patricia Maureen Bartlett – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Reginald Seymour Bates – of Waihou. For services to dairy and coalmining industries.
• Lloyd Elsmore JP – of Auckland. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Dr Morgan Francis Fahey – of Christchurch. For services to the community.^{[upper-alpha 1]}
• Lewis William Newlands Fitch – of Upper Hutt. For services to veterinary science.
• Lester Longueville Charles Griffiths JP – of Taradale. For services to the community.
• Brother Francis Patrick Henery – of Dunedin, For services to education and sport.
• Henry Hutchinson – of Greymouth. For services to the community.
• Norman Heyworth Law – of Hamilton. For services as director of the Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand since 1957.
• Ruth Margaret Lilico – of Invercargill. For services to social welfare.
• Dr John Colin Lopdell – of Auckland; medical superintendent, medical social services, Auckland Hospital Board since 1961.
• Te Uira Tuteao Manihera – of Hamilton. For services to Māori people and community.
• Dr Diana Manby Mason – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• Patricia Stella McMinn (Mrs Randrup) – of Auckland. For services to entertainment.
• John William Overton – Assistant Commissioner, New Zealand Police.
• Roy Cyril Stoneham – of Kawerau. For services to the community.
• Catherine Wilhelmina Vautier – of Palmerston North. For services to sport and the community.
• Edwina Diana Patricia Walker – of Auckland. For services to the community and women's affairs.

Military division

• Commander William Stewart Watson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Montrose Gordon – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Colonel Maxwell Tebbutt – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
• Group Captain Reginald Thorpe – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Stanley Nicholas Bakulich – of Dargaville. For services to trade-union affairs.
• William Arthur Black – of Te Anau. For services to search and rescue operations.
• Raymond Stanley Boyce – of Wellington. For services to the arts.
• Ronald Hugh Davis – of Napier. For services to the building industry and community.
• Mary Eileen Gillies (Sister Mary Justine) – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Kenneth Ralph Gillon – of Napier. For services to the community and local-body affairs.
• Otto Gram – of Taumarunui. For services to search and rescue operations.
• Richard Stopford Higginbotham – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Marie Jean Hobbs – of Auckland. For services to women's bowling.
• Grenville Frederick Hughes – of Papakura. For services to horseracing as a jockey.
• Marion Elizabeth Jackman – of Wellington. For services to sport, especially athletics.
• Helene Douglas Love McIver – of Timaru. For services to the community.
• Andrew McNicol – of Auckland. For services to the education and training of intellectually handicapped children.
• Charles Norman Nicholls – of Auckland. For services to horticulture, athletics and the community.
• George Alexander Ronald Petrie – of Invercargill. For services to horticulture.
• Arthur Richard Rackley – of Dunedin. For services to the arts and community.
• Peter Riwaru Ririnui – of Tauranga. For services to the community and trade-union affairs.
• Nellie Elizabeth Robertson – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Colin Desmond Smith – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Victor Gerald Spiller – of Christchurch. For services to local-body and community affairs
• Frederick John Taylor JP – of Eltham. For services to the community.
• Agnes Theodore (Akinihi Tiatoa) JP – of Auckland. For services to the community in Ōtara.
• Thomas Grace Tyrer – of Waikanae Beach. For services to agricultural journalism.
• John Thomas Voyle – of Cambridge. For services to sport.
• Alvin Harry Woolven JP – of Hamilton. For services to the dairy industry.

Military division

• Warrant Officer Richard Keith Berge – Royal New Zealand Navy
• Lieutenant Commander Victor William Fifield – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class II Allan Harold Blackler – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Class II Edwin Te Runa Chadwick – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps.
• Temporary Major and Quartermaster Clifford Raymond Parker – Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Henry Pilling – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Squadron Leader Donald Bruce Dalzell – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader William Henry Hillman – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Squadron Leader Gordon Thompson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

For community service

• Ulva Lynn Belsham – of Riverton.
• James Garfield Johnson – of Auckland.
• Hilma Bjarn Moen – of Whakatāne,
• John Donald Murray SM – Magistrate's Chambers, Magistrate's Court, Dunedin.
• Baden Nolan Norris – of Christchurch.
• Esme Irene Tombleson – of Gisborne.

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For public services

• Joyce Isobel Crowley – of New Plymouth.
• Dr Irwin Bruce Faris – of Auckland.
• Cecil William Franks MBE – of Wellington; lately Assistant to the Director-General of Agriculture.
• John Kennedy-Good JP – mayor of the City of Lower Hutt.
• Leon Abraham Manning JP – mayor of Onehunga.
• Charles Kenroy Munro JP – of Whangārei.
• Walter Ian Munro JP – of Taihape.
• Jack Rogers – of Auckland; superintendent, Mount Eden Prison, Department of Justice.

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For community service

• Eileen Lucy Barry – of Tauranga.
• Ronald Edward George Cameron – of Christchurch.
• Francis Herbert Cramer – of Inglewood.
• Elaine Roma Delicate – of Plimmerton.
• Henry John Bowling – of Hamilton.
• Catherine Ellen Hancox – of Whangārei.
• Ruth Heagney – of Blenheim.
• Hyacinth Jordan Jenkins – of Masterton.
• James Claude Percival Kirkland – of Invercargill.
• William Henry Ross Kydd JP – of Taumarunui.
• Myrtle Rita McElwain JP – of Papatoetoe.
• Rose McLaughlin – of Leeston.
• Foufouhetogia Marion McQuoid – of Auckland.
• Gordon John Alexander Nicholls – of Auckland.
• Barbara Mary Procter – of Auckland.
• Henry Coffield Bucknall Scott – of Stratford.
• Ivan Fletcher Somerville – of Balclutha.
• Ivan Stanicich – of Christchurch.
• Ahenata Taiapa – of Porirua.
• Maraea Anne Te Kawa JP – of Ruatoria.
• Violet Mary Tuanui – of Chatham Islands.
• Henry Arthur Wilkinson – of Upper Hutt.
• Kenneth Ernest Young – of Taupō.

For public services

• Nora Jean Bourke JP – of Auckland.
• Edith Isabel Charteris – of Wellington; associate to the Chief Justice.
• Victor James Crimp JP – of Dunedin.
• Patricia Ellen Curtis – of Whangārei.
• John Williamson Dryden Hall JP – of Orewa.
• Leslie Robertson Hercus – of Dunedin.
• Cyril George Imrie – of Foxton Beach; lately Works Supervisor, Ministry of Works and Development, RNZAF Base Ohakea.
• Albert Melbourne Latta JP – of Ngāruawāhia.
• Taylor Samuel Mihaere JP – of Palmerston North.
• Leith Fennor Miles – senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Veronica Denise Sexton – of Wellington; supervising shorthand typist, Department of Justice.
• Douglas Gilbert Simes – of Christchurch; transmission superintendent (Canterbury), New Zealand Electricity Department, Islington.