Companion (CB)

Civil division

• Henry George Lang – of Wellington; Secretary to the Treasury since 1969.

Military division

• Air Marshal Richard Bruce Bolt CBE DFC AFC – Chief of Air Staff.

Knight Commander (KCMG)

• The Honourable John Kenneth McAlpine CMG – of Christchurch. For public services, especially as chairman of the New Zealand Ports Authority since 1969.

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  Sir John McAlpine

Companion (CMG)

• James Samson Campbell – of Wellington. For services to the fishing industry as general manager of the Fishing Industry Board, 1962–75.
• Hugh Alexander Fullarton – of Wellington; chairman of the Local Government Commission since 1967.
• Dorothy Gertrude Winstone – of Auckland. For public services.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• Charles Alexander Fleming OBE FRS – of Wellington. For services to science and conservation.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Cecil Lancelot Stewart Cross OBE – of Wellington. For services to sport as a member of the International Olympic Committee and chairman of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association.
• Keith Wilson Hay OBE – of Auckland. For services to local government and the community.
• William Terance Howie (The Reverend Brother Urban) – of Tuakau. For services to education.
• Beryl Dorrien Ibbotson – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Hugh Drummond Lambie OBE JP – of Auckland. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• John Henry Rutherford – of Kiwitea. For services to the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand.
• Lionel Ralph Sceats – director-general, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, 1970–75.
• Thomas Michael Small – general manager, New Zealand Railways, 1972–76.

Military division

• Commodore Neil Dudley Anderson OBE ADC – deputy Chief of Defence Staff.

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  Hugh Lambie

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• The Reverend Canon Walter Charles Arnold. For services as Wellington City Missioner since 1964.
• Donald Maurice Geddes Beasley – of Whangārei. For services to the New Zealand Society for the Intellectually Handicapped.
• Vivian Percy Blakeley – of Raumati South. For services as general secretary and chairman of New Zealand Port Employers' Association.
• Henry John Knighton Farey – of Wellington. For services to the surf life saving movement.
• Arthur Oswald Michael Gilmour – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• John Waddell Hayward – registrar of the University of Otago, 1948–75.
• Norman Bannerman Holland – of Auckland. For services to horseracing.
• Edward Durning Holt JP – of Hawke's Bay. For services to agriculture and the community.
• Gordon Hezlam Jolly – of Dunedin. For services to bowling.
• Henry Arthur Selwyn Lloyd JP – of Kaukapakapa. For services to farming and the community.
• Donald Conroy McIntyre – of Orpington, Kent, England. For services to opera.
• Elizabeth Jean McLean – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Thomas Christopher Maling – of North Canterbury. For services to the treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics.
• Eruera Riini Manuera MBE JP – of Whakatāne. For services to the Māori people.
• The Honourable John Rae – of Auckland. For public services.
• Clifford Trillo – of Auckland. For service to the community.
• The Reverend David Owen Williams – of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand Methodist Church and community.

Military division

• Commander Ian Scott Monro – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Colonel Ronald Rochfort Harding – Colonels' List, Royal New Zealand Army.
• Group Captain Ian Murray Gillard AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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  Ned Holt
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  Jean McLean
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  John Rae

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Edmund Peter Allen – of New Plymouth. For services to medicine and the community.
• Sydney Charles Ashton – of Timaru. For services to sport, especially boxing.
• Albert Noel Boag – of Papatoetoe. For services to the blind.
• Sidney St David Edwards – of Wellington; lately principal engineering officer, Broadcasting Council of New Zealand.
• Nancy Margaret Fleming – of Eastbourne. For services to badminton.
• Archibald Walter Gibb – of Oamaru. For services to the New Zealand Automobile Association.
• John Ross Gillespie – of Christchurch. For services to hockey.
• Sidney Milton Going – of North Auckland. For services to rugby.
• William Hawthorn JP – of Whangārei. For services to the community.
• Francis Henry Holz – of Pukekohe. For services to sport and the community.
• Gladys Margaret Hope – of Taupō. For services to the community, especially the New Zealand Red Cross Society.
• Bernard William Joseph Hoult – of Wellington, lately assistant secretary (finance), Ministry of Defence.
• Sybil Alexandra Jackson – of Wanganui. For services to women's affairs and community.
• Royden Hugh Johnston – of Pukerua Bay. For services to the community.
• Stuart Gwyn Jones – of Hastings. For services to golf.
• Captain Philip Francis Alexander William Herbert Le Couteur – of Auckland; lately chief pilot, Air New Zealand.
• Desmond Patrick Lynskey – of Blenheim. For services to the aviation industry.
• Hazel Maude Ellen McLeod – of Gisborne. For services to netball, the life saving movement and community.
• Cecilia Evelyn Manson – of Eastbourne. For services to literature.
• Margaret Kahurangi Matangi – of Auckland. For services to the education and training of mentally handicapped children.
• Frank Mogridge JP – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• James Leslie Herbert Savage – of Kawerau. For services to paraplegics and sport.
• William Burns Souter – of Auckland. For services to local-body affairs.
• Eruera Kawhia Whakatane Stirling – of Auckland. For services to Māori affairs.
• William Laird Thomson JP – of Piha. For services to the arts.
• Anita Charlotte Webster – of Auckland. For services to the performing arts.
• Norma Mary Williams – of Auckland. For services to swimming.
• Benjamin Robert Alty – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Richard Donald McBurney – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class Two John Hamilton Baird – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Chaplain Class III Francis Raymond Scott – Royal New Zealand Chaplains Department.
• Warrant Officer Class One Barry Stewart – Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.
• Warrant Officer Class Two Edward Tataurangi – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer Ian David Cochrane – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Gilbert Arthur Dampier – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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  Sid Going

For community service

• Charles William Halliwell – of Wellington.
• The Reverend Gwendolen Gertrude Meyer – of Auckland.
• Trevor Steele Robinson JP – of Hamilton.
• Selwyn Featherston Toogood – of Upper Hutt.

For public services

• Charles Erskine Bowmar – of Southland.
• James Bruce Collett – of Lyttelton.
• Louis Brassell Harder – superintendent, Department of Justice, Waikeria Youth Centre.
• Russell Atkinson Hutchinson JP – of Te Awamutu.
• Maurice Joel ED – of Dunedin.
• Alton Clive Johns JP – of Auckland.
• Rodger Norman Kerr – of Wellington; lately director, Marine Division, Ministry of Transport.
• The Honourable Norman James King – of Auckland. Member of Parliament, 1954–75; Minister of the Crown, 1972–75.
• Charles Graham Riley – of Christchurch.
• Richard William Sharp – of Wellington.

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  Norman King
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  Selwyn Toogood

For community service

• The Reverend (Miss) Lorna Elizabeth Aberley – of Hawera.
• Violet Caroline Amy Clarkson – of Dannevirke.
• Ada Coleman – of Nelson.
• Gwendoline Mary Culverwell – of Auckland.
• Alice Maud Deans – of Hastings.
• Thomas Dennis – of Gisborne.
• Olive Rita Furley – of Auckland.
• Betty Esme Goulden – of Christchurch.
• James Edward Craies Graham – of Invercargill.
• Moana Margaret Pringle Harley JP – of Auckland.
• Alfred Joan Walters Hodder JP – of Wanganui.
• Daphne Horton – of Oamaru.
• Evelyn Amy Jackson – of Dargaville.
• Charles Frederick Jenkins – of Auckland.
• John Harper Langdale JP – of Lower Hutt.
• Donald McAllister – of Dunedin.
• Frederick McComish – of Wellington.
• Ada Alexandra McDowall – of Christchurch.
• Eleanor Gwendoline Milne – of Gore.
• Evelyn May Robertson – of Otago.
• Cushla Margarete Ryan – of Christchurch.
• Joyce Helen Ussher JP – of Martinborough.
• Charles Reginald Williams – of Auckland.

For public services

• Ena Gertrude Avenell – district probation officer, Department of Justice, Auckland.
• Hazel May Blake JP – of Ōtaki.
• Betty Bourke JP – of Patea.
• William Robert Edward Heenan JP – of Southland.
• William Hudson – of Gisborne.
• David Caliel Nimaytallah Khouri – senior investigating officer, Customs Department, Auckland.
• Michael Ivan Russell Kidd – of Hamilton.
• Leslie John Maloney – constable, New Zealand Police.
• William Herbert Prichard – transmission line engineer, New Zealand Electricity Department, Palmerston North.
• Brian Mowlem Sinclair – of São Paulo, Brazil.
• Rhondda Ellen Wishart – of Shannon.
• Emily Alice Wylie JP – of Auckland.
• Lionel Arthur Young – of Auckland.

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  Alice Wylie