Principal Companion (PCNZM)

• Professor Paul Terence Callaghan – of Wellington. For services to science.

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  Paul Callaghan

Distinguished Companion (DCNZM)

• Emeritus Professor Judith Mary Caroline Binney CNZM – of Auckland. For services to historical research.
• David Rendel Kingston Gascoigne CBE – of Wellington. For services to the arts and business.
• Ralph James Norris – of Sydney, Australia. For services to business.
• The Right Honourable Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping – of Wellington. For services as a judge of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

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  David Gascoigne

Companion (CNZM)

• Professor Atholl John Anderson – of Picton. For services to anthropology and archaeology.
• Michael Shane Campbell ONZM – of Porirua City. For services to golf.
• The Most Reverend Peter James Cullinane – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Thomas George Goddard – of Wellington. For services to the Employment Court.
• Dr Ruth Elizabeth Harley OBE – of Wellington. For services to the New Zealand film industry.
• Mabel June Hinekahukura Mariu QSM JP – of Waitakere (West Auckland). For services to Māori and the community.
• Jonathan Irving Mayson – of Mount Maunganui. For services to the shipping industry and to export.
• Jennifer Ann Morel – of Wellington. For services to business.
• Bruce Craig Munro – of North Shore City. For services to the wool industry and science innovation.
• Professor Edward David Penny – of Palmerston North. For services to science.
• Robert James Robinson – of Wellington, lately Commissioner of Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Melwyn Purefoy Smith – of Raumati Beach. For public services, lately as an ombudsman.
• Associate Professor Clifford Tasman-Jones – of Auckland. For services to public health.

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  Atholl Anderson
• 
  Michael Campbell
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  Ruth Harley
• 
  June Mariu
• 
  David Penny

Officer (ONZM)

• Dr Christopher John Baker – of Feilding. For services to agriculture.
• Dr Robert Beaglehole – of Vesancy, France. For services to medicine.
• Dr Ruth Bonita Beaglehole – of Vesancy, France. For services to medicine.
• Emeritus Professor Arthur Neil Bruḕre – of Palmerston North. For services to veterinary science.
• Bruce George Cameron – of North Shore City. For services to sport.
• Dr Roger David John Collins – of Dunedin. For services to art history.
• Dr Carrick Erskine Devine – of Hamilton. For services to meat science.
• Emeritus Professor Robin Fraser – of Christchurch. For services to medical research.
• Clive Andre Jermy – of Otago. For services to the deer industry.
• Stacey William Jones – of Auckland. For services to rugby league.
• Dr Anne Kolbe – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• Dr Matthew Balmano Marshall – of Whangārei. For services to sports medicine.
• Alan Douglas Martin – of Wellington. For services to business.
• Dr Pamela Susan Melding – of North Shore City. For services to the psychiatry profession.
• Professor Anthony Christopher Bernard Molteno – of Dunedin. For services to ophthalmology and people with glaucoma.
• James Harray Richards DSC – of North Shore City. For services to publishing.
• Elspeth Somerville Sandys – of Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom. For services to literature.
• Thomas Joseph Scott – of Wellington. For services as a writer, journalist and illustrator.
• The Reverend Harry Ivan Shaw – of Hamilton. For services to the Boys' Brigade of New Zealand and the community.
• Ellen Adrienne, Lady Stewart QSM – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Professor Joyce Mary Waters (Lady Waters) – of Auckland. For services to chemistry.

Additional

• Lieutenant Colonel Philip John Morrison – The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Major Charmaine Puteruha Pene – Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. For Asian tsunami relief operations.

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  Neil Bruere
• 
  Tom Scott
• 
  Adrienne Stewart
• 
  Joyce Waters

Member (MNZM)

• Neil Carmichael Anderson – of Fairlie. For services to local-body affairs and the community.
• Emeritus Professor Josu Arrillaga – of Christchurch. For services to electrical engineering.
• Mohammed Daud Azimullah – of Auckland. For services to the Muslim community.
• Walter Francis Bayliss – of Te Puke. For services to the kiwifruit industry.
• Grant Richard Beck – of North Shore City. For services to yachting and board sailing.
• Judith Lesley Berryman – of Wellington. For services to choral music.
• Barbara Whirimako Black – of North Shore City. For services to Māori music.
• Ian Bell Blair – of Otago. For services to ploughing.
• Kenneth John Bowen – of Palmerston North. For services to the environment.
• Gael Patricia Brooks – of Auckland. For services to child safety.
• Patrick Gerard Brosnan JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Raymond Wilton Burrell – of Wellington. For services to mountain safety.
• Roger George Carson – of North Shore City, superintendent of New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Gordon Dennis Chesterman – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Dr Grant Watson Christie – of Auckland. For services to astronomy.
• Beverley Janice Cooper – of Papakura. For services to roller skating.
• Matthew James Andrew Cooper – of Hamilton. For services to rugby and sports administration.
• Audrey Frances Cox – of Wanganui. For services to the community.
• Emily Cecilia Drumm – of Auckland. For services to women's cricket.
• Dr Roderick Boyd Ellis-Pegler – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• Helen Elizabeth Eskett – of Christchurch. For services to family planning.
• Joan Elizabeth Fear – of Hamilton. For services to the arts.
• Leslie Arthur Gilmore – of the West Coast. For services to the community.
• Jennifer Ann Hair – of Blenheim. For services to hockey.
• Judith Rangimarie Hawkin – of Hastings. For services to horticulture and the community.
• Patricia Rongomaitara (Ramai) Hayward – of Auckland. For services to film and television.
• Carole Hicks – of Porirua City. For services to archery.
• John David Jordan – of Inglewood. For services to search and rescue.
• Meri Eileen Leask – of Bluff. For services to the fishing industry.
• Barbara Louisa Isabel Lim – of Te Awamutu. For services to the Chinese community.
• Keith Douglas (Midge) Marsden – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Peter Alexander McNeill – of Te Horo. For services to civil aviation.
• Andrew Philip Mehrtens – of Richmond, United Kingdom (lately of Christchurch). For services to rugby.
• Annabel Claire Norman – of Nelson. For services to the arts and tourism.
• Rangitane Will (Tane) Norton – of Christchurch. For services to rugby.
• Briolette Kah Bic Runga – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Eric John Tupai Ruru – of Gisborne. For services to forestry.
• Marilyn Claire Sainty – of Auckland. For services to the fashion industry.
• Raylene Pamela Sommervile – of Tokoroa. For services to international student exchange and the community.
• Matthew John Te Pou MBE BEM – of Whakatāne. For services to rugby.
• Graeme William Thomson – of Eastbourne. For services to broadcasting.
• Rodney James Titcombe JP – of Feilding. For services to local-body affairs.
• Paul John Van Den Munckhof – of Auckland. For services to sport.
• Robert Geoffrey Veale – of Wellington, inspector of New Zealand Police. For services to the New Zealand Police.
• Peter Northe Wells – of Auckland. For services to literature and film.
• Colin Willis – of Christchurch. For services to sport.
• Lieutenant Commander John William Butcher – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Colonel Terry John Kinloch – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Lieutenant Colonel Robert William Bradford Mackie – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Wing Commander Andrew Jack Woods – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

Additional

• Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Carl Allnutt – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Major David Michael Boyd – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Michael Dennis Bush – of Bangkok, Thailand, detective inspector, New Zealand Police. For Asian tsunami relief operations.
• Major Roger Earp – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Captain Andrew James Fortune – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Warrant Officer Mark MacDonald Harwood BEM – Royal New Zealand Air Force, Waitakere City. For Asian tsunami relief operations.
• Major Jeremy David Holmes – New Zealand Intelligence Corps.
• Corporal Gabrielle Anne Knight – Royal New Zealand Air Force, Waitakere City. For Asian tsunami relief operations.
• Private Kueni (Sole) Matautia – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Captain Georgina Rangiauraki Angela Parata-Turvey – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, Palmerston North. For Asian tsunami relief operations.
• Major Mark William Taylor – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals.
• Major Richard John Weston – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment, Palmerston North. For Asian tsunami relief operations.
• Michael James Wright – of Napier, senior sergeant, New Zealand Police. For Asian tsunami relief operations.

Honorary

• Sonia Sooknyu Hong – of Seoul, Republic of Korea. For services to tourism.
• Seiichi Kinoshita – of Kakogawa-shi, Japan. For services to New Zealand–Japan relations.

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  Bic Runga
• 
  Peter Wells
• 
  Mike Bush

For community service

• Harish Kumar Bajaj JP – of Auckland.
• Rosemary Ann Carruthers – of Timaru.
• Dr Joan Chappell-Mathias – of Tauranga.
• Diana Ramsay Fenwick – of Auckland.
• Dr John Maxwell Raeburn – of North Shore City.

For public services

• John Duncan Andrew Hercus – of Christchurch.
• Dr Lance Cordner Jennings – of Christchurch.
• Dail Michael John Jones – of North Shore City.
• Peter William Ernest Nicholl – of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Colonel Andrew Peter Renton-Green – of Wellington.
• Stuart Rothwell Strachan – of Dunedin.
• Ian Tulloch JP – of Southland.
• Catherine Ceinwen Wallace – of Wellington.
• Ian Andrew Wilson – of Palmerston North.

For community service

• Ashley Kingsford Booth – of Hamilton.
• Charles Stanley Butcher – of Lower Hutt.
• Rewa Yolande Crawley – of Blenheim.
• Alwynne Irene Crowsen – of Waitakere City.
• Eric Gilbert – of Waihi.
• Leslie John Hall – of Wellington.
• Sabina Hardiman (Sister Mary Chanel) – of Dunedin.
• Lindsay Rangi Makawe Henare – of Wellington.
• Anthony James Hughes – of Waitakere City.
• Vivian Hutchinson – of New Plymouth.
• Ian William Jones – of Canterbury.
• Patricia Joan Leckie – of Levin.
• Douglas John Lovell – of Dunedin.
• Katherine Faith (Willow) Macky – of Auckland.
• Dean Joe Marsters JP – of Manukau City.
• Francis Joseph Martin – of Wairoa.
• Therese Monica Maxwell JP – of Waitakere City.
• Violet Jessie McCowatt – of Papakura.
• Elizabeth Clayton Morgan JP – of Whangārei.
• Roy Lloyd Munn – of Greymouth.
• Barry John O'Neill JP – of South Canterbury.
• William Gerald Overton – of Dunedin.
• Tai Woon (Lynda) Park – of Auckland.
• Josephine Parsons – of Christchurch.
• The Reverend Makere Rangitere Paul-Hoetawa – of Napier.
• James Craig Peterson – of Dunedin.
• Robert John Pollock – of Cambridge.
• Wallace Craig Pollock – of Cambridge.
• Michael Bernard Pope – of Ashburton.
• Gerald Ernest Robert Rangi – of Motueka.
• Maxine Waiti Rennie – of Rotorua.
• Josephine Thora Roberts JP – of Auckland.
• Marion Eleanor Smith – of Paeroa.
• Sylvia Stewart – of Hamilton.
• Susau Etika Jane Strickland – of Auckland.
• Bernice Irene Tainui JP – of Christchurch.
• Joseph Hilton Taylor – of Masterton.
• Rakauoteora Donald Te Maipi – of Raumati South.
• Jane Ngarupa Topi-Burke – of Christchurch.
• Dorothy Ann Tortell – of Paekākāriki.
• Robin Dale Waghorn – of Akaroa.
• The Reverend Kura Kakerangi Walker – of Gisborne.
• Howard Walter Williams – of Westport.

Honorary

• Eelco Boswijk – of Nelson.

For public services

• Epafala Auimatagi JP – of Waitakere City.
• Allen Bruford – of Washington, D.C., United States of America.
• Gordon Prothero Talbot Cooksley – of Raumati.
• Erle Fraser Dale – of Invercargill.
• Roy William Dench – of Ōhaupō.
• Jacqueline Ellen Dromgool – of Wellington.
• Gilbert Alexander Glausiuss – of Christchurch.
• Paul Montague Green – of Tūrangi.
• Richmond James Harding – of Wanganui.
• David Clark Harre – of Waitakere City.
• Murray James Haxton – of Te Puke.
• Huia Mere Arihi Henere JP – of Wanganui.
• Terence Houghton – of Kaitaia, chief fire officer, Kaitaia Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Brian Leslie Hunter – of Matamata, chief fire officer, Matamata Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• David John Hyde – of Greymouth, Volunteer Support Officer, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Alan Lester Jermaine ED – of North Shore City.
• David Rhydderch Jone – of Ruakākā.
• Song Lam – of Auckland.
• Mary Lean – of Rotorua.
• Norman Malcolm McKelvey – of Waitakere City.
• Richard Noel McMillan JP – of Huntly.
• John Douglas Murdoch – of Christchurch.
• Eileen O'Callaghan – of Wainuiomata.
• Norma Te Aohau Ordish – of New Plymouth.
• Allen Ernest Pidwel – of New Plymouth, lately chief fire officer, New Plymouth Fire District, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Dr Shane Raymond Reti – of Whangārei.
• Anne-Marie Reynolds – of Christchurch.
• Aorere (Awi) Riddell JP – of Auckland.
• Margaret Gwendoline Robins – of Levin.
• William Don Ross – of Christchurch.
• Graham George Sampson – of North Shore City.
• Owen Francis Spotswood – of Waipukurau, Deputy chief fire officer, Waipukurau Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Leo James Steel – of Christchurch.
• Squadron Leader Sandra Lee Stonell – of Rotorua.
• Donald Ford Waugh – of Balclutha.
• Peter Francis Williams – of Napier.
• Colin Thomas McCord Winter JP – of Invercargill.
• Brian Elvin Wright – of Tauranga.

Additional, for Asian tsunami relief operations

• Douglas Fua Alo – of Bangkok, Thailand, New Zealand Customs Service.
• Peter Gregory Summerfield – of Christchurch, sergeant of the New Zealand Police.

Honorary

• Robert Lateef Khan – of Palmerston North.