Companion (CMG)

• Ronald Hugh Arbuckle – of Upper Hutt. For services to science and industry.
• The Right Honourable Duncan MacIntyre DSO OBE ED – of Waipukurau. For public services.

• 
  Duncan MacIntyre

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• Rangimārie Hetet CBE – of Te Kūiti. For services to traditional Māori arts and crafts.
• Dr Norma Jean Restieaux – of Dunedin. For services to cardiology.

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Dr William Stewart Alexander – of Wellington. For service to medicine, especially pathology.
• Kenneth Francis Leslie Carter – of Auckland. For services to business management.
• Maurice Rhodes Carter OBE JP – of Christchurch. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Joan Loraine Cockburn JP – of Hastings. For services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society and the community.
• Margaret Isabel Nicholls – of Hamilton. For services to nursing and the community.
• Brian Henry Charles Tyler – of Wellington; lately Controller and Auditor-General.
• John George Walker OBE – of Auckland. For services to athletics.

Military division

• Air Commodore Kenneth Arthur Gayfer AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  John Walker

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Ailsa Bailey JP – of Timaru. For services to gerontological nursing.
• David Joseph Braithwaite – of Hamilton. For services to the Trustbank organisation and the community.
• Christopher Keith Doig – of Wellington. For services to the arts.
• John Barnett Falconer JP – of Gore. For services to farming.
• Denis Clive Hulme – of Te Puke. For services to motor sport.
• Kevin Mark Ireland – of Auckland. For services to literature.
• Dudley Cameron Lane JP – of Hamilton. For services to the dairy industry.
• Anthony Gwynne Lawrence – of Masterton. For services to the wool industry.
• Peter Athol Low – of Invercargill. For services to acclimatisation and the law.
• Professor William David McIntyre – of Christchurch. For services to historical research.
• Barry John Charles Marsh – of New Plymouth. For service to surf lifesaving and the community.
• David John O'Sullivan – of Matamata. For services to Thoroughbred racing.
• Gordon Murray Reeves JP – of Te Puke. For services to farming and the community.
• Ngaire Kirkpatrick Simpson – of Te Puke. For services to nursing.
• Christine Margaret Taylor JP – of Auckland. For services to community mental health.
• Helen Patricia White – of Ōtāne. For services to equestrian sport.
• Keith Budgewell Yealands – of Blenheim. For services to marine farming.

Military division

• Group Captain John Worden MBE – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  Chris Doig
• 
  Denny Hulme
• 
  Kevin Ireland

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Robert Henry Arvidson JP – of Pukekohe. For services to the community.
• Peter Thomas Gubbins Barry – of Rotorua. For services to the wool industry.
• Valerie Margaret Blennerhassett – of Wellington. For services to the family.
• Arthur Frederick Collier – of Taihape. For services to farming and the community.
• Robert Paul Davidson – of Ashburton. For services to harness racing.
• Jennifer Hilda Harvey Familton – of Christchurch. For services to education and the community.
• Garry Alexander John Frew – of Whangārei. For services to sport.
• Rita Clarice Graham – of Auckland. For services to the hearing impaired.
• Phoebe Florence Heather – of Hamilton. For services to marriage guidance counselling.
• Archibald Campbell Houstoun JP – of Timaru. For services to local government.
• James Douglas Howland JP – of Putāruru. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Philip Joseph Jew – of Auckland. For services to horticulture and conservation.
• Betty Lorna Loughhead JP – of Wellington. For services to Soroptimist International and the community.
• Professor John Davidson McCraw – of Hamilton. For services to earth sciences.
• Edwin Mervyn Mathison JP – of Auckland. For services to the Order of St John and the community.
• Charles Tohara Mohi – of Hastings. For services to the community.
• Ngawhata Eliza Page – of Chatham Islands. For services to the community.
• Aroha Carl Pfeifer – of Tauranga. For services to the community.
• Patricia Riley – of Auckland. For services to education.
• Patrick Richard Sale – of Tauranga. For services to horticulture.
• Natalie Phyllis Smith – of Upper Hutt. For services to the community.
• John Andrew Sturgeon – of Runanga. For services to sport, in particular rugby.
• Ivan Mathew Henry Vodanovich – of Wellington. For services to rugby.
• John Alexander Wells – of Auckland. For services to bowls.
• Richard Murray (Rick) Wells – of Auckland. For services as a triathlete.

Military division

• Lieutenant Commander Bruce Pepperell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class 1 (Honorary Lieutenant) Ronald Henry Pledger – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force).
• Warrant Officer Derek Edward Ashurst – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

• 
  John Sturgeon

For community service

• Jessie Margaret, Lady Marshall – of Wellington.
• Dr Lawrence Fergusson Taylor – of Auckland.
• Helen Tennent JP – of Dannevirke.
• Mary Veronica White (Sister Mary Edmund) – of Mount Maunganui.
• Ronald Earl Wilton JP – of Christchurch.
• Ingeborg Woolf – of Wellington.

For public services

• Brian Kevin Arnold – of Dunedin.
• Dr The Honourable Michael Edward Rainton Bassett – of Auckland.
• The Honourable William Alex Fraser – of Dunedin.
• Ann Philippa Grigg – of Ashburton.
• Stuart Alisdair Macaskill JP – of Upper Hutt.
• The Honourable Allan McCready – of Waikanae.
• Donald Wallace Middleton JP – of Taumarunui.
• Yvonne Telford Shadbolt – of Auckland.

• 
  Brian Arnold
• 
  Michael Bassett
• 
  Bill Fraser
• 
  Allan McCready

For community service

• Colin Charles Addison – of Wellington.
• Marion Elizabeth Barnes – of Wellington.
• Keith Lawley Brown JP – of Wellington.
• Alfred Donald Dalbeth – of Dargaville.
• Elaine Jean Dawson – of Pukekohe.
• Colin Richard Dorsey – of Oamaru.
• Phyllis Annie Dromgoole – of Auckland.
• Ian Kelvin Dunbar – of Amberley.
• Eva Esther Gilmore – of Christchurch.
• Winifred Jean Hamilton – of Gore.
• Douglas Gordon Holmes – of Hamilton.
• Claire Marie Horrell – of Gore.
• Edward Hughes – of Christchurch.
• Marjorie Joyce Jenden – of Paraparaumu Beach.
• Freda Jessie Keith – of Auckland.
• Eliza Malia Kerrigan – of Auckland.
• Piri Takakino Mamaeroa Kutia – of Tolaga Bay.
• Frank Larking – of Auckland.
• Gerald Andrew Provo McKissock – of Timaru.
• Ivy Lily May Morris – of Heriot.
• Margaret Frances Mulholland – of Wedderburn.
• Jessie Margaret Ovenden – of Auckland.
• David William Robinson – of Hāwera.
• Lieutenant Colonel Percy Lionel Smith – of Wellington.
• Dorothy Spiers – of Murchison.
• Michael David Studholme JP – of Waimate.
• John Wilson Sutherland – of Oamaru.
• Timothy Birmingham Te Maiharoa – of Moeraki.
• William Robert Vickery – of Masterton.
• Patricia Kathleen Walker – of Hunterville.
• Kathleen Margaret Walter – of Westport.
• Annie Campbell Watt – of Pukekohe.
• Keith Ian Williamson – of Palmerston North.

For public services

• Olive Bernadette Blomfield – of Russell.
• Richard Eustace Edward Blomfield – of Russell.
• Alan Brabender – of Woodville.
• Burnett Hereward Love (Jack) Bull – of Greytown.
• Kenneth James Burrows – sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Ernest Colin Carr – of Ranfurly.
• Frederick Desmond Coe – of Rotorua.
• Wynne Colgan – of Auckland.
• Brian Kenhardt Crawshaw JP – of Gisborne.
• Patrick Eamon Dempsey JP – of Auckland.
• Shirley Elizabeth Fairey – of New Plymouth.
• Gladys Mary Goodall JP – of Christchurch.
• William Leslie Griffin JP – of Paraparaumu Beach.
• Barbara Doris Hall – of Christchurch.
• Neil Frederick Harris – of Christchurch.
• Margaret Jane Hislop – of Kaikōura.
• Adrian Stanley Hodgson – senior constable, New Zealand Police (retired).
• Marion Claire Kelly – of Ōhope.
• Trevor Wesley King – of Christchurch.
• Roland William George Kingston – of Dunedin.
• Gilbert Leslie Laurenson – of Ōkaihau.
• Mary Morison McLaren – of Auckland.
• Gordon Wilfred Michie – of Auckland.
• Joan Mary O'Sullivan – of Waiuku.
• Arthur Leslie Patterson JP – of Te Awamutu.
• Elsie Daphne Porter JP – of Auckland.
• Stanley Morphena Rule – of Christchurch.
• Lieutenant Colonel Adam Gibson Scott – of Dunedin.
• Myra Elizabeth Walker – of Christchurch.
• Valerie Daisy Wallace – of Ōpunake.
• Thomas William Weir JP – of Akaroa.
• Willian Percy Wellington – of Dunedin.
• Mere Margaret Whakatope – of Wairoa.
• Barbara Phyllis White – of Hampshire, United Kingdom (formerly of Nelson).

Member (RRC)

• Lieutenant Colonel Jan Marjorie Grant – colonel commandant, Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Territorial Force).