Running great John Walker knighted

Dr Annabel Kirsten Finucane, Auckland

For services to medicine, in particular paediatric heart surgery

Gurshon Fisher, Auckland

For services to philanthropy

Associate Professor John Henley, Auckland

For services to medicine

Jacqueline Mary Hughes, Whakatane

For services to the community

Robin Austin Judkins, Christchurch

For services to sports administration

Stephen Peter Kearney, Victoria, Australia

For services to rugby league

Professor Stephen Irving Levine, Wellington

For services to education and the Jewish community

Roger John Moses, Wellington

For services to education

Robert Duncan Murdoch, Wellington

For services to manufacturing and the community

Dr Graham James Sharpe, Wellington

For services to anaesthesia

Jefferie James Tippen, Christchurch

For services to tourism

Professor Michael Mathew Walker, Auckland

For services to science

Frank Ivan Yukich, Manukau

For services to wine industry

MNZM (Members of the Order):

Errol Douglas Baldwin, Hamilton

For services to the community