Companion (CB)

Military division

• Rear Admiral Lincoln John Tempero – Royal New Zealand Navy; Chief of Naval Staff.

Companion (CMG)

• Adam Miller Begg – of Stirling; chairman, New Zealand Meat Producers Board.

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• Dr Marie Mildred Clay – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Dorothy Rita Fraser QSO JP – of Dunedin. For services to the Otago Hospital Board and the community.

• 
  Dame Dorothy Fraser

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Richard Gray Collins – of Wellington. For public services.
• Dr Daniel Marcus Davin MBE – of Oxford, England. For services to literature.
• Dr Richard Henry Lindo Ferguson JP – of Auckland. For services to medicine, education, local government and the community.
• Alison Margaret Holst QSM – of Wellington. For services to home science.
• Jocelyn Margaret Keith – of Wellington. For services to nursing.
• Ernest John Neilson – of Christchurch. For services to marketing, export and the community.
• The Honourable Evan Murray Prichard – of Auckland; lately judge of the High Court.
• Kenneth Owen Thompson LVO QPM – Commissioner of Police, New Zealand Police.
• Mavis Ada Tiller OBE – of Wellington. For services to the community.

Military division

• Brigadier Geoffrey Andrew Hitchings MBE – Brigadiers' List, New Zealand Forces South East Asia (now retired).

• 
  Alison Holst

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Eric Albert Cammell JP – of Auckland. For services to the meat industry and local-body affairs.
• Graham Thorne Dowling – of Christchurch. For services to cricket.
• Roland Woodroffe Earp – of Tauranga. For services to the kiwifruit industry.
• James Lennon Fahy JP – of Auckland; managing director, Accident Compensation Corporation, 1981–1985.
• Duncan Kenneth Hamilton – of Auckland. For services to the tourist industry.
• Terence John Harris – of Pukekohe. For public services.
• Louis Albert Johnson – of Wellington. For services to literature.
• James Richard Joyce – of Napier. For services to local-body and trade-union affairs.
• Duncan Maclean – of Auckland. For services to local-body affairs.
• Dr John Forman Mann JP – of Christchurch. For services to education and the community.
• William Harold Martin – of Whangārei. For services to the fishing industry.
• John Rowdon Milne – of Auckland. For services to the tourist industry and the community.
• Evelyn Margaret Page – of Wellington. For services to art.
• Dr William James Pryor – of Christchurch. For services to anaesthetics and the medical profession.
• William James Robertson – of Dunedin. For services to education.
• Lionel Martin Stevens – chief superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Noel Bruce Ullrich – of Christchurch. For services to sport.
• Valerie Isobel Margaret Young – of Christchurch. For services to athletics.

Military division

• Commander Kenneth James Robertson – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonel) David McGregor ED – Territorial Force, New Zealand Army.
• Group Captain William Ross Donaldson MBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Valerie Young

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Maureen Evelyn Bamford – of Balclutha. For services to education.
• Graham Neil Bartlett – of Auckland. For services to entertainment.
• Lucy Miriam Brook – of Gisborne. For services to music.
• Francis James Cameron – of Dunedin. For services to cricket.
• Terry Magaoa Chapman – of Alofi, Niue; secretary to the Government of Niue.
• The Reverend Dr Maru George Check JP – of Blenheim. For services to education and the community.
• Dr Agnes Elizabeth Coates-Earl (Mrs Armstrong) – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Hana Lyola Cotter – of Napier. For services to the community.
• Frank Leslie Coutts JP – of Napier. For services to the trade-union movement and the community.
• Jean Aleen Mae Dougall – chief inspector, New Zealand Police.
• Vera Irene Dowie JP – of Auckland. For services to women.
• Dr Dennis Joseph Janus – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• The Reverend Dr Matthew Alexander McDowell – of Waikanae. For services to the community.
• Jean Isobel McInnes – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
• John David McNab – of Waikane; lately director (special duties), Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
• Ernest Philip Markham – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Robert Grant Moffat – of Wainuiomata. For services to local government.
• Lesley Jean Murdoch – of Christchurch. For services to hockey and cricket.
• Dr John Shirley Phillips – of Waikanae; lately director of Clinical Services Division, Department of Health.
• Norman Arthur Reynolds JP – of Orewa. For services to the Baptist Church and the community.
• Ian Stuart Russell – of New Plymouth. For services to swimming and the community.
• Rosalie Hearn Somerville – of Dunedin. For services to adult education.
• Ewen Martin Wainscott JP – of Auckland. For services to the architectural profession.
• Joseph Williams JP – of Hokianga. For services to the community.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Colin Leslie Campbell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Jeffrey Raymond Bright – Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Warrant Officer Class I Busby Otene – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Squadron Leader Malcolm John Turnbull – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Gray Bartlett
• 
  Lesley Murdoch

For community service

• Roger Leighton Hall – of Dunedin.
• Judith Leicester, Lady Hay – of Christchurch.
• The Reverend Father Peter Gwyn McCormack – of Palmerston North.
• Miss Edith Mayall (Sister Mary Catherine) – of Papatoetoe.
• Peter Amos Walden – of Papatoetoe.

• 
  Roger Hall

For public services

• John Campbell Cator Bird – of Nelson.
• Wesley Raymond Cameron – of Wellington.
• John Edward Keaney – of Rotorua.
• Percy Hylton Craig Lucas – of Wellington; lately Director-General of Lands.
• Graydon Brian Nelson – of Wellington; private secretary to minister of the Crown.
• Dr Eric Mervyn Ojala – of Havelock North.
• Dr Charles Plummer Powles – of Waikanae Beach.
• Dr Anthony Trevelyan Rogers – of Hamilton.
• Joan Velvin – of Hastings.

• 
  Eric Ojala

For community service

• Jean Matekitewhawhai Andrews – of Paekākāriki.
• Jean Myra Armstrong – of Whakatāne.
• Valda Margaret Bedingfield – of Wellington.
• Jean Beryl Bennett – of Wellington.
• Marie Grace Burman – of Auckland.
• Eileen Catherine Joyce Campbell (Joyce Cain) – of Auckland.
• Man Chung (James) Chiu – of Wellington.
• Betty Climo – of Napier.
• Margaret Joan Fage – of Hamilton.
• Edith Isabella Fitzpatrick – of Auckland.
• Charles Gaiger – of Wellington.
• Joyce Beryl Gaiger – of Wellington.
• Leslie William Graham JP – of Waihi.
• Lilly Valentine Joyce Gunn – of Palmerston North.
• Eugene Thomas Haddock – of Belfast.
• James Jeffrey Harley – of Whakatāne.
• Claude Karauria Hawea JP – of Te Hauke.
• Arnold John Heine – of Lower Hutt.
• Duncan Philip Heinz – of Nelson.
• John Lloyd – of Christchurch.
• Beryl Victoria Montgomerie – of Wanganui.
• Gordon Edward Munro – of Christchurch.
• Leo Frank James Shalders – of Christchurch.
• The Reverend Lagi Fatatoa Sipeli – of Wellington.
• William Harold Straw – of Christchurch.
• Ephraim Te Paa – of Ahipara.
• Barry Cecil Joh Turpin – of Christchurch.
• Taniwharau Te Hoemanuka Sonny Waru – of Rahotu.
• William Albert Whitehead – of Christchurch.
• Audrey Jean Willing – of Foxton.
• Dorothy Lena Louise Yarrall JP – of Hamilton.

For public services

• Elma Vivian Aitken JP – of Auckland.
• William Allan Apes – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Gavin Charles Apperley – of Auckland; constructive manager, HMNZ Dockyard, Ministry of Defence, Auckland.
• Rex Bennett JP – of Auckland.
• Colin Berquist – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Robert Gordon Brown – of Auckland.
• John Conway Butterfield – of Christchurch; traffic superintendent, Ministry of Transport, Christchurch.
• Henry Neil Chalklen – of Christchurch.
• Frederick Charles Chandler JP – of Auckland.
• Edric Theodore Cheer – of Woodville.
• Ruth Allison Coom JP – of Auckland.
• Wilhelmina Cruickshank – of Masterton.
• Kathleen Hemi – of Blenheim.
• Timothy Leigh Henderson – constable, New Zealand Police.
• Hylton Oliver Hensman – of Queenstown.
• Witchell Narsay Jaram – of Whakatāne; lately director, Department of Maori Affairs, Rotorua.
• Gerald Charles Leathem – of Auckland.
• Wilfred Ernest Lineham JP – of Karamea; chief fire officer, Karamea Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Lloyd Neil Matheson – senior constable, New Zealand Police
• Tini Milo Sio Meleisea – of Porirua.
• Mara Niumata JP – of Auckland.
• Andrew Grahame Paine JP – of Dunedin.
• George Pickering – of Dunedin.
• Margaret Evelyn Powell – of Omaio.
• Ronald Guy Powell – of Taumarunui.
• Fredreck Andrew George Rakich – of Auckland.
• Captain John Anthony Reedman – of Orewa.
• Muriel Stephens – of Dunedin.
• Patrick Francis Lloyd Stephenson JP – of Hamilton.
• Leo George Trott – of Auckland.
• Alice Elizabeth Van Gaalen JP – of Wainuiomata.
• Trevor Steadman Wilson – of Wellington.
• Arthur Lancelot (Joe) Wolfe – of Auckland.