Companion (CMG)

• Edwin Joseph Keating – of Silverstream. For public and community services.
• Athol Wilson Mann – of Christchurch. For services to the accountancy profession, the arts and community.
• Anthony Joseph Neary – of Wellington. For services to the trade-union movement.

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• Vivienne Myra Boyd CBE – of Lower Hutt. For public services.

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• The Right Honourable Sir Robin Brunskill Cooke – of Wellington; president of the Court of Appeal.
• Dr Frank William Eden Rutter CBE – of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand Hospital Boards Association and the Auckland Hospital Board.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Dr Henry Rongomau Bennett QSO – of Rotorua. For services to medicine.
• Dr Edith Ruth Black – of Auckland. For public services.
• Stanley James Callahan – of Wellington; lately Secretary for Justice.
• Leonard Ramsay Castle – of Auckland. For services to pottery.
• Professor Patricia Dorothy Coleman (Lady Sayers) – of Dunedin. For services to home science.
• Dr Thomas Allen Monro Curnow – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• Sister Pauline Frances Engel – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Gavin Leonard Jackson – of Wellington; lately Secretary of Labour.

Military division

• Commodore Kelvin John Lewis OBE – Royal New Zealand Navy.

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  Len Castle

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Frank Brugger – of Wellington. For services to industry, export and the community.
• Leslie Haywood Corkery – of Auckland; lately chief executive, Auckland Hospital Board.
• Graham John Davy – of Auckland. For services to sport.
• Lauris Dorothy Edmond – of Wellington. For services to poetry.
• Donald Alec Hutchings – of Helensville. For services to television and the community.
• Alan Raymond Johnston JP – of Wellington. For services to returned servicemen and the disabled.
• Himiona Te Wahu Kahika – of Ōpōtiki. For services to the Māori people.
• The Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Joseph Liddy – of Mosgiel. For services to the Catholic Church and the community.
• John Gordon Rhodes Lister – of Auckland. For services to export.
• Stuart Blair McEwen – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.
• Alan Franklin McLeod JP – of Wellington. For services to trade-union affairs.
• Peter Macquarie Muller – of Invercargill. For services to journalism.
• Emeritus Professor Hugh Noble Parton – of Christchurch. For services to science and education.
• Professor Thomas Paulay – of Christchurch. For services to civil engineering.
• Professor Alexander Lindsay Rae – of Palmerston North. For services to agriculture.
• Desmond Barry Rich – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Basil Peter Farrar Smith – of Auckland. For services to art education.
• Evelyn Margaret Warren – of Christchurch. For services to bowling.

Military division

• Colonel Bruce Meldrum – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.

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  Lauris Edmond
• 
  Al Rae

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Ernest Albert Barry JP – of Lower Hutt. For services to local government.
• Maurice Ronald Buchan – of Hamilton. For services to bowling.
• Allan Saxon Burns – of Auckland. For services to tennis.
• Robin Nelson Carter – of Masterton. For services to the community.
• Jeremy Vernon Coney – of Wellington. For services to cricket.
• Pettine-Ann Croul (Mrs Edwards) – of Auckland. For services to music.
• Geoffrey Bertrand de Lautour – of Wellington. For services to opera and music.
• Eric William Dempster – of Dunedin. For services to the disabled and cricket.
• John Thomas Diamond – of Auckland. For services to archaeology.
• Dr Zoe Petronella During – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Brian Alexander McKay Freeman – of Lower Hutt. For services to the meat export industry.
• Brian Dudley Gargiulo – of Christchurch. For services to horticulture.
• Colin Graham – lately chief inspector, New Zealand Police.
• James Richard Green – of Dunedin. For services to the Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the community.
• John Lawrence Henderson JP – of Auckland. For services to local government.
• Kevin Leslie Jarrett – of Wanganui. For services to brass bands.
• Ngaire Effie Olive Johnston – of Christchurch. For services to Lifeline and the community.
• Christopher John Robert McCorquindale JP – of Auckland. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Elsie Muriel McKay JP – of Greymouth. For services to the community.
• Walter Robert Hugh Martin ED – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Alister Miller – of Christchurch. For services to Highland piping and dancing.
• Alexander Milne – of Whakatāne; chief technologist, Bay of Plenty Hospital Board.
• John Nelson Morris – of Napier. For services to education.
• Harold William Nelson – of Nelson. For services to athletics.
• John Gordon Power – of Christchurch. For services to sport and the community.
• Professor Desmond Branson Sawyer – of Wānaka. For services to mathematics.
• Stuart Keith Spry – of Wellington. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Maurice Fleming Woods – of Taupō. For services to the community.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Michael David Lloyd – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Captain Barry James Knowles – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.
• Major Michael Whitmore Thornton – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force).
• Squadron Leader Kenneth Charles McKenzie Williams – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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  Jeremy Coney
• 
  Jack Diamond
• 
  Harold Nelson
• 
  Keith Spry

For community service

• Mary Katrine Brown MBE JP – of Christchurch.
• Mary Ena Burgess – of Whangārei.
• The Reverend Leslie Colin Clements – of Auckland.
• lain Watson Gallaway MBE – of Dunedin.
• Christine Blair Staniforth – of Christchurch.
• Elsie Kathleen May Walker – of Whakatāne.

For public services

• Marion Edna Bruce – of Porirua.
• Kenneth Harold James Headifen – of Nelson; lately District Court judge.
• Dr James Vincent Hodge – of Auckland; director, Medical Research Council of New Zealand.
• Fanaura Kimiora Kingstone – of Tokoroa.
• Vincent Patrick McGlone – of Wellington; chairman, Special Public Service Appeal Board.
• Professor John Edward Morton – of Auckland.

For community service

• Geoffrey Ralph Bonallack – of Wellington.
• Lyn Cassidy – of Wellington.
• James Cullen – of Auckland.
• Edwin Robert John Daniel JP – of Wellington.
• Margaret Corsie Flighty – of Lower Hutt.
• Janet Mary Flood-Smith – of Waimate.
• Marjorie Gillian Hall – of Kaiapoi.
• Patricia Clapin, Lady Harris – of Waikanae.
• Witarina Te Miriarangi Parewahaika Harris – of Rotorua.
• Carole Ada Hendry JP – of Dunedin.
• Thomas Stanley Johnson – of Upper Hutt.
• Osborne Idwell Jones – of Auckland.
• Russell Ian Kerr – of Christchurch.
• Lyndsey Alison Leask – of Christchurch.
• Joan Margaret Mattingley JP – of Wellington.
• Jean Almond Maynard – of Palmerston North.
• James Ronald Millar – of Christchurch.
• Patrick Michael Mulcahy – of Christchurch.
• Ronald Ng-Waishing – of Pukekohe.
• Captain Edward Parsons – of Auckland.
• Hoana Rapatini – of Kaikohe.
• Hugh Beynon Redgrove – of Auckland.
• Bathie Stuart – of Laguna Beach, California, United States.
• Tokorua Barney Te Kani – of Gisborne.
• Alan Frank Thomas – of Nelson.
• Tanuyasa James Alfred Yandall – of Auckland.

For public services

• Walter Bright Ashford JP – of Ashburton.
• Hugh Aiton Aitken Baird – of Hastings.
• Phyllis May Brown – of Wanganui.
• Raymond Martin Carter – lately senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Tala Cleverley JP – of Wellington.
• Anthony Paul Laing Cunningham – senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• Glynn Douglas Cuthbert – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Francis Joseph Fee – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Marion Murray (Peg) Fellowes JP – of Auckland.
• David Boyd Foote JP – of Tokoroa.
• John Frederick Howard Grylls – of Te Awamutu.
• Ross Talbot Harris – of Wellington.
• Peter Arthur Hoskins – of Christchurch.
• Witi Tame Ihimaera Smiler – of New York, United States.
• Owen Trevor Jones – of Wellington.
• Faafua Savelina Laban – of Auckland.
• Ewen Sneddon (Snow) Lupton – of Waverley.
• Margaret Ruth McNeur – of Dunedin; lately supervising nurse, paediatric services, Dunedin Hospital, Otago Hospital Board.
• John Little Meney – of Hamilton.
• Teupokoina (Poko) Morgan – of Tokoroa.
• Ronald Angus Proctor – of Christchurch.
• Powell Montagu Robinson – of Napier.
• Gilbert Simpson – of Christchurch.
• Robert Henry Stott – of Wellington.
• John Russell Francis Von Tunzelman – of Te Anau.
• Lubo Joseph Yelavich JP – of Auckland.

• 
  Tala Cleverley
• 
  Witi Ihimaera

Associate (ARRC)

• Major Ellen Verdon Wallace – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.