Dame Companion (DNZM)

• Janet Elaine Paul – of Wellington. For services to publishing, writing and painting.

Knight Companion (KNZM)

• Robert Arthur Owens CBE – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
• The Honourable John Hamilton Wallace QC – of Auckland; lately a judge of the High Court.

Companion (CNZM)

• The Most Reverend Brian Newton Davis – of Wellington. For services to the Anglican Church and the community.
• Austin John Forbes QC – of Christchurch. For services to the legal profession.
• Professor Peter David Gluckman – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• Dr Margaret Winn Guthrie – of Wellington. For services to gerontology.
• Nancy Wai-Lan Kwok-Goddard – of Wellington. For services to the community.
• John Leslie Munro DSO QSO DFC JP – of Te Kūiti. For services to local government and the community.
• Commodore David William Palmer – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Hinetara Potaka OBE – of Te Puke. For services to the community.
• Dr Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie QSO JP – of Whanganui. For services to the community.

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  Austin Forbes
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  Peter Gluckman

Officer (ONZM)

• Graham Murray Bryant JP – of Awakino. For services to sheep breeding.
• Peter Standish Burke – of New Plymouth. For services to rugby.
• Group Captain Brian Carruthers AFC – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Morris David Chandler – of Auckland. For services to motorsport.
• Anthony John Farrington – of Wellington. For services to business and the community.
• Emeritus Professor Eric Desmond Fielden – of Palmerston North. For services to veterinary science.
• Leonard Bruce Gibbs – of Whakatāne. For services to mission work and the community.
• John Bernard Hart – of Auckland. For services to rugby.
• Denese Letitia Henare – of Auckland. For services to the Māori people.
• Dr John Clarence Hinchcliff – of Pukekohe. For services to education.
• Professor Linda Jane Holloway – of Wellington. For services to medicine.
• Ronald (Jock) MacGregor Irvine – of Auckland. For services to the legal profession.
• Dr John Blackburn Jillett – of Dunedin. For services to marine biology.
• James Bassett Macaulay – of Auckland. For services to banking and the community.
• Dr Ian Callum McGibbon – of Wellington. For services to historical research.
• Jennifer (Jenny) Helen McLeod – of Pukerua Bay. For services to music.
• Ivan Mercep – of Auckland. For services to architecture.
• Professor Raymond Francis Meyer – of Auckland. For services to education and engineering.
• Dr Brian Peter John Molloy – of Christchurch. For services to conservation.
• Milan Mrkusich – of Auckland. For services to painting.
• Peter Peryer – of Auckland. For services to photography.
• Dr Catherine Helen Barnard Smith – of Hamilton. For services to the veterinary profession.
• Dr William Ronald James Sutton – of Rotorua. For services to forestry.
• David Patterson Synnott – of Wellington. For service to athletics.
• Stephen Robert Tindall – of Auckland. For services to business and the community.
• Professor Alison Ann Trotter – of Dunedin. For services to historical research.
• Dr Ronald Valentine Trubuhovich – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• Professor Christine Coe Winterbourn – of Christchurch. For services to medical research.

Additional

• Commander Paul David Gilkison – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Colonel Steven Guy Ransley – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.

Honorary

• Professor Claudia De Vita Scott – of Wellington. For services to public administration and the community.

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  Ian McGibbon
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  Jenny McLeod
• 
  Brian Molloy
• 
  Stephen Tindall
• 
  Christine Coe Winterbourn

Member (MNZM)

• Rex Albert Anderson – of Christchurch. For services to sports administration and the community.
• Hilary Claire Atchinson – of Waiuku. For services to the community.
• The Honourable Margaret Elizabeth Austin – of Christchurch. For public services.
• Major Robert Philip Barlin, New Zealand Army (Ret.) – of Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. For services to humanitarian concerns.
• Gordon Joseph Blake JP – of Tīrau. For services to local government.
• Maurice Leicester Chatfield JP – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Dr Una Vivienne Cooper – of Hamilton. For services to marine biology.
• Margaret Cross JP – of Warkworth. For services to the community
• Robert Anthony Crowder – of Lincoln. For services to organic husbandry.
• Dr Stewart James Edward JP – of Rotorua. For services to dentistry and the community.
• Betty Maureen Fitzmaurice – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Kerry-Anne Gilberd – of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. For services to ballet.
• The Reverend Father Issac Joseph Gupwell SM – of Whanganui. For services to Māori education.
• Hugh Edward Staples Hamilton – of Waipukurau. For services to local-body and community affairs.^{[upper-alpha 1]}
• Barry James Harcourt – of Invercargill. For services to photography.
• Ian le Clerc Harvey – of Whangaparāoa. For services to music.
• Margaret Edith Harvey – of London, United Kingdom. For services to New Zealand wine exports.
• Flying Officer Sarah Lee Hodges – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Lieutenant Commander Richard John Howland – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Florinda Louisa Lambert – of Inglewood. For services to the community.
• The Honourable Graeme Ernest Lee JP – of Auckland. For public services.
• Seong Bang Lee – of Christchurch. For services to business and the community.
• Katie Mason-Moses JP – of Blenheim. For services to the community.
• Carol Anne Moffatt – of Oxford. For services to education.
• Wing Commander Michael George Pobog-Jaworowski – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Warrant Officer Gary Maurice Portas – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Keith Quinn – of Lower Hutt. For services to sports journalism.
• Rererangi Rangihika – of Auckland; superintendent, New Zealand Police.
• Murray Craig Reid – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community.
• Ian Ewart Searle – of Whakatāne. For services to physiotherapy.
• Kenneth George Smith – of Victoria, Australia. For services to music.
• William Farquhar Smith JP – of Auckland. For services to agriculture.
• Mary Forbes Symmans JP – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Erica Judith Tenquist JP – of Featherston. For services to the community.
• Raymond Benjamin Topia – of Whangārei; deputy chief fire officer, Kamo Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Warrant Officer Class I Keith Douglas Walker – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Warrant Officer Control Electrical Artificer Colin Dennis White – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Frederick David Wilson – of Whanganui. For services to the community.

Additional

• Lieutenant Commander John Fergus Campbell – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Petty Officer Torpedo and Anti Submarine Instructor Miles James Singe – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Ainsley Warren Leadley Watson – Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment.

Honorary

• Takashige Katsuno – of Fukuoka-shi, Japan. For services to New Zealand interests in Japan.

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  Margaret Austin
• 
  Graeme Lee
• 
  Keith Quinn

For community service

• Myra Margaret Barry – of Christchurch.
• Daphne Elizabeth Bluett – of Matamata.
• Shirley Annette Ellis – of Nelson.
• Robert Derek Haddoc – of Auckland.
• Mary Hope Meade (Sister Dorothea) – of Whanganui.
• Constance Betty Owen – of Tauranga.
• Heather Munro Russell – of Whanganui.
• Lurleen Grace Straith – of Invercargill.

For public services

• Francis John Cameron – of Lower Hutt.
• Claude Augustine Edwards – of Ōpōtiki.
• Dr Douglas William Girvan JP – of Dunedin.
• Ian Munro Mackay – of Wellington.
• Dorothy Brett Moon – of Ashburton.
• Fergus Gordon Paterson – of Picton.
• Ewing Robertson JP – of Havelock North.
• Malcolm James Campbell Templeton – of Wellington.

For community service

• Angela Dorothy Holden Antony – of North Shore City.
• Amelia Batistich – of Auckland.
• Charles Tamati Bluett ED – of Whakatāne.
• Frances Robyn Bridgman – of Auckland.
• Darrell Le Marchant Carey ED – of Huntly.
• Eric James Clarke – of Paraparaumu Beach.
• Patricia Mavis Coope – of Great Barrier Island.
• Kathleen Rees Dalziel – of Ōtorohanga.
• William John Dalziel – of Ōtorohanga.
• Yvonne June Davison – of Greymouth.
• Mary Lilian Dobbie – of Auckland.
• George Maitland Duncan – of Gore.
• Shirley Diana (Billie) Galloway – of Auckland.
• William Kenneth Galloway – of Auckland.
• Gloria Elizabeth Hammond – of Greymouth.
• Bruce Henry Howell – of Te Kūiti.
• Miss Isla Irvine Hunter – of Christchurch.
• Ernest John Knox – of Wainuiomata.
• Mary Edith Ann Mackay – of Levin.
• Major David Thomas Millar – of Auckland.
• Ngaire Patricia Ockwell – of Mosgiel.
• Dawn Persson JP – of Auckland
• Robert Bruce Pulman – of Auckland.
• Valda Scott – of Auckland.
• Denis John Sheehan – of Rangiora.
• Agnes Jane (Nancy) Sibley – of Gisborne.
• Rita Mavis Simmonds – of Napier.
• Philip Walter d'Arcy Stewart – of Amberley.
• Brian Douglas Sutton – of Levin.
• James George Tate – of Ashburton.
• Sally Mary Thompson – of Christchurch.
• Hape Nuia Waikari JP – of Upper Hutt.
• Pirihira Priscilla Mei Wakefield – of Napier.
• Eleanor Ward – of Tokoroa.
• Lillie Watson JP – of Waitakere (West Auckland).
• Poppy Watts – of Lower Hutt.
• Allister Edmund Williamson – of Raglan.
• Melphie Josephine Wilson – of Featherston.
• Claud James Wintle – of Mangawhai.
• Isla Vivienne Woodham – of Hokitika.
• Shirley Lorraine Wright JP – of Kawerau.
• Donald McNearnie Frank Yeates – of Levin.
• Niborom Young – of Wellington.
• Wilfred Campbell Young JP – of Renwick.

For public services

• Robert Henry Bell JP – of Ashburton.
• John William Blackwood – of Palmerston North.
• Lawrence William Blakemore – of Pleasant Point.
• Isabel Margaret Buist – of Eastbourne.
• Margaret Constance Cantwell – of Tauranga.
• Christopher Stanis Diamond – of Kaikohe.
• Laurance Douglas Fleming – of Thames; lately chief fire officer, Thames Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Bennett Eden Foster – of Waihi.
• Darren William Gamble – of Invercargill.
• Ian George Granger – of Napier.
• Catherine Violet Harris – of Orewa.
• Charles Laurence John Inder – of Ranfurly.
• Allan William Jupp JP – of Huntly.
• Elizabeth Jean Lockington – of Nelson.
• Shirley Joan Maihi – of Manukau City.
• Peter John Mitford-Burgess – of Bombay; detective senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Jean Margaret Montague – of Auckland.
• Ngawini Toka Puru – of Auckland.
• Sara Bernardine Shand – of Dipton.
• Barry Alan Shepherd – of Taupō; senior constable, New Zealand Police.
• John Hubert Skilton – of Nelson.
• Philip Parnell Spackman – of Rotorua; senior sergeant, New Zealand Police.
• Harold George Henry Thomas JP – of Waikanae.
• Leanne Sharon Wheeler – of Te Kūiti.
• Robert Hutchinson White JP – of Springfield; chief fire officer, Springfield Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Fire Service.
• Nancy Isobel Winter – of Raetihi.
• Albert Edward Woolf JP – of Petone.
• Garrick Stanton Workman JP – of Ohakune.
• Raymond Robert Wright JP – of Wellington.