Knight Commander (KCB)

Civil division

• The Right Honourable Brian Edward Talboys CH AC – of Winton. For public services.

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  Sir Brian Talboys

Companion (CB)

Civil division

• Bernard Vincent Galvin – of Wellington. For public services.

Military division

• Major General Bruce Meldrum OBE – Generals' List, New Zealand Army; Chief of General Staff.

Companion (CMG)

• Brigadier John Lindsay Smith CBE – of Wellington; director, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service.

Dame Commander (DBE)

Civil division

• Malvina Lorraine Major OBE – of Ōpunake. For services to opera and the community.

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  Dame Malvina Major

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Thomas Arthur Aldridge – of Auckland. For services to the XIV Commonwealth Games.
• George Samuel Beca DFC – of Auckland. For services to engineering and the community.
• Cecil Albert Blazey OBE ED – of Wellington. For services to sport, especially rugby.
• Graham Mitchell Cowley – of Napier. For services to the legal profession.
• Jocelyn Barbara Fish JP – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Norman Michael Thomas Geary – of Auckland. For services to tourism and the aviation industry.
• The Honourable (Mr Justice) Peter Gordon Hillyer – of Auckland; judge of the High Court.
• Isla Stewart McRae – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Robert Arthur Owens – of Auckland. For services to transport industry, local government and community.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• John Bernard Ede – of Auckland. For services to business management and the community.
• James Roy Eyles – of Nelson. For services to archaeology.
• John Douglas Fraser – of Wellington. For services to wool industry, trade, education and the community.
• Gordon Bruce Gibson – of New Plymouth. For services to farming and the port industry.
• John Waldron Grant – of Upper Hutt; lately director-general, Department of Social Welfare.
• Joseph Walter Thomas Hill – of Nelson. For services to the hop industry and racing.
• Johannes La Grouw Sr – of Rotorua. For services to building and construction industry.
• Bernard Lewis Lyons JP – of Wellington. For public and community services.
• Ronald Cameron Macdonald – of Wellington. For services to business management and the community.
• Alistair James McLachlan – of Wellington. For services to the stock and station industry.
• George McMillan – of Wellington; lately chief executive, Land Corporation Limited.
• Thomas Gordon McNab JP – of Balclutha. For services to the community.
• Dr Maurice Dominic Matich – of Dargaville. For services to medicine and the community.
• Walter Ivan Matthews JP – of Waipukurau. For services to agriculture.
• Emmett Thomas Mitten – assistant commissioner, New Zealand Police.
• Nigel John Dermot (Sam) Neill – of Mosgiel. For services as an actor.
• Peter Fredrick Hodgson Rowley – of Amberley. For services to the aviation industry.
• Eulla Campbell Williamson JP – of Geraldine. For services to local-body and community affairs.

Military division

• Colonel Neil Arthur Bradley – Colonels' List, New Zealand Army.
• Group Captain David William Hill – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

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  Sam Neill

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• George Albert Ian Aston – of Blenheim. For services to sport.
• Robert Aitken Barton – of Palmerston North. For services to the livestock industry.
• Francis Kenneth Stewart Browne – of Cambridge. For services to the racing industry.
• Ronald David Cheatley – of Wanganui. For services to cycling.
• The Reverend Robert Percival Emery – of Te Kūiti. For services to the community.
• John Feltrim Fagan – of Te Kūiti. For services to sheep farming.
• Mary Emma Fahey – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Leonora Elizabeth Grant (Lee Grant) – of Auckland. For services to the theatre.
• Charles John Hill – of Wellington; lately deputy secretary of the Cabinet and deputy clerk of the Executive Council.
• Maxwell Herbert Hindmarsh – of Tauranga; lately superintendent, Auckland Maximum Security Prison, Department of Justice.
• Dr Alan Bernard Howard Howes – of Pukekohe. For services to the community.
• Douglas William Hulton – of Rotorua. For services to the community.
• John Edward Jardine – of Wairoa. For services to conservation.
• John (Hone) Kamariera JP – of Kaitaia. For services to the Māori people and the community.
• Colin Ross Mawson – of Dargaville. For services to education and the community.
• Neil Wilson Monk – of Carterton. For services to local-body and community affairs.
• Basil Graham Prout – of Whangaparāoa. For services to the community.
• Daphne Maureen May Robinson – of Dunedin. For services to sport and the community.
• Cyril Leonard Love Smith – of Christchurch. For services to the community.
• Dr Harvey Caplin Smith – of Christchurch. For services to agricultural science.
• Christine Nancy Taylor – of Auckland. For services to family health.
• Noel Joseph Toomey – of Napier. For services to the Trust Bank organisation and health administration.
• Betty Frances Webb JP – of Christchurch. For services to the aged.
• Sherwood Ivan Young – chief inspector, New Zealand Police.

Military division

• Acting Lieutenant Commander Roger Graeme Macdonald – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Warrant Officer Class One Benjamin Nuele Akari – Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers.

For community service

• Edith Nancy Berkeley – of Waikanae.
• John David Otley Ellis – of Auckland.
• Ian Duncan McKinnon – of Windsor, United Kingdom.
• Emarina Manuel MBE – of Wairoa.
• Jean Puketapu – of Wainuiomata.
• Tagaloa Patricia, Lady Rex – of Niue.

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  Ian McKinnon

For public services

• John Lachlan Campbell JP – of Whangamatā.
• The Honourable Manuera Benjamin Rīwai Couch JP – of Masterton.
• Darcy Richard Crone JP – of Inglewood.
• Stanley William Basil Duncan – of Dunedin.
• Dr Murdoch MacRae Herbert TD – of Auckland.
• Sefulu Isaia Ioane – of Auckland.
• Brother Patrick Joseph Lynch – of Auckland.
• John George McArthur – of Clive.
• Alexander Dalrymple McGregor – of Tolaga Bay.
• John Leslie Munro DSO DFC JP – of Te Kūiti.
• The Honourable Robert Leslie Gapper Talbot – of Wellington.

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  Patrick Lynch

For community service

• Walter John Baguley – of Christchurch.
• Ronald Duncan Bird – of Auckland.
• Bertram Chalmers Clausen – of Leeston.
• Colin John Doran – of Ōtorohanga.
• Janet Wilson Ellison – of Waipukurau.
• Jessie Athole Fenwick – of Te Puke.
• Eric Stephen Fernandez – of Auckland.
• Gwendolen Mabel Garrick – of Hamilton.
• Arthur Vivian Gazley – of Wellington.
• Marian Kathleen George – of Auckland.
• Raymond Felix Green – of Lower Hutt.
• Ronald Felix Hanna – of Auckland.
• Raymond Aubrey Ian Harper – of Invercargill.
• John Bruce Harrison – of Opua.
• Audrey Elizabeth Healy – of Auckland.
• Lindsey Keith Holloway – of Te Kūiti.
• Valerie Jean Killery JP – of Whakatāne.
• Frederick Martin Kimbel – of Masterton.
• Donald James Law – of Whangamōmona.
• Peter Charles Leitch – of Auckland.
• Dudley Jack Lyons – of Auckland.
• Alfred Carswell Marett MC – of Christchurch.
• Ellen Emmeline Millington – of Ōhaupō.
• Joyce Edith Osborne – of Palmerston North.
• Bernard Harold Passau – of Paeroa.
• Joseph (John) William Percival – of Auckland.
• Lorraine Gloria Peters – of Christchurch.
• Flora Mei Reiri – of Masterton.
• Valmai Kathleen Robertson – of Otautau.
• Ruruhira Robin – of Hastings.
• Miria Simpson – of Wellington.
• Ian Hunter Steel – of Wellington.
• Barbara Jean Towers – of Waipawa.
• Charles William Vennell – of Cambridge.
• Margaret Mary Whitta – of Auckland.

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  Peter Leitch

For public services

• Alexander Beverley – of Blenheim.
• William Sydney Wiseman Brears – of Matiere.
• Kathleen Butler JP – of Napier.
• Elsie Mavis Cameron – of Christchurch.
• Ethel Joyce Campbell (Sister de Lourdes Campbell) – of Dunedin.
• Patricia Alice Cash – of Marton.
• Lorna Clarke – of Whataroa; principal nurse, Whataroa Hospital.
• Eleanor Joan Gaskell – of Whitianga.
• Terrence Hamilton-Jenkins – of Napier; senior bailiff, District Court, Department of Justice, Napier.
• Florence Frisbie (Johnny) Hebenstreit – of Dunedin.
• Ursula Margaret Helem – of Christchurch.
• The Reverend Catherine Adelaide Hollister-Jones – of Tauranga.
• Joan Marjory Hough – of Waitangi, Chatham Islands.
• Ann Kemble-Welch – of Nelson.
• Phyllis Jean Lash – of Foxton.
• Stanley George Laurenson JP – of Marton.
• Barbara Anne Miller – of Taupiri.
• Lysbeth Noble – of Wanganui.
• Zita Margaret Outtrim – of Wellington.
• Agnes Barbara Patterson – of Hāwera.
• Brian Denys Sharplin – of Whangaparaoa.
• The Reverend Peter Anderson Shields – of Christchurch.
• Allan William Tassell – of Whakatāne.
• Susan Jennifer Rangikawhetu Thorburn – of Paihia.
• Jessie Grace Grinton Tilley – of Auckland.
• Nancy Patricia Tomasi – of Hari Hari.
• Dr Thomas Charles Trott – of Rotorua.
• Errol Hood Tweedy – of Springston.
• James Frederick Wards – of Auckland.
• Lionel Hugh Wilson – of Timaru.
• Brian Barton Yeoman – senior constable, New Zealand Police.

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  Johnny Frisbie