Companion (CMG)

• Henry Tai Mitchell – of Rotorua. For devoted services on the behalf of native races.
• Arthur Tyndall AMICE – under-secretary of the Mines Department and director of Housing Construction, Wellington

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

• William Blaxland Benham DSc MA FRS – emeritus professor of biology, University of Otago.
• Thomas Alexander Hunter MSc MA – professor of philosophy and psychology, Victoria College, University of New Zealand.

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  Sir William Benham
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  Sir Thomas Hunter

Commander (CBE)

Civil division

• Norman Edwin Hutchings – assistant under-secretary, Public Works Department, Wellington.

Officer (OBE)

Civil division

• Jane Rhoda Barr MA – of Wellington; formerly principal of Timaru Girls' High School.
• Mother Mary Gonzaga – matron of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Auckland.
• Colonel William Douthwaite Holgate – of Auckland. For public services.

Military division

• Flight Lieutenant Cyril Eyton Kay – Royal New Zealand Air Force; of Auckland.

Member (MBE)

Civil division

• Teresa Butler – matron of the hospital at Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
• Mary Blythe Law – formerly a teacher at the Institute for the Blind, Auckland.
• Blanche Eleanor Carnachan JP – of Auckland. For social welfare services.
• Frank Reed – of Auckland; formerly chief inspector of mines, Mines Department.

Military division

• Commissioned Engineer Albert John Lee – Royal Navy; of Auckland.
• Captain David Nicol – New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps; district ordnance officer, southern military district, Christchurch.