Running great John Walker knighted

Mary Tiki Balzer, Hamilton

For services to Maori health

Brigit Diana Blair, Christchurch

For services to business

Detective Superintendent Malcolm James Burgess, Christchurch

For services to the New Zealand Police

Norma Ellen Campbell, Christchurch

For services to women's health, in particular midwifery

Yvonne Joyce Cave, Wanganui

For services to photography and horticulture

Belinda Jane Charteris, Christchurch

For services to netball

Professor George Raymond Clark, Auckland

For services to biochemistry

Professor Terence John Crooks, Dunedin

For services to education

Madeline Mary East, Manukau

For services to education

Emeritus Professor David George Elms, Christchurch

For services to civil engineering

Dr Francis Patrick Joseph Farry, Queenstown

For services to rural medicine

Lester Campbell Flockton JP, Dunedin

For services to education and pipe bands

Margaret Mary Anne Foster, Christchurch

For services to sport, in particular netball

Che Fu, Auckland

For services to music

John William Gilks, Wanaka

For services to business and the community

Frank Derrington Godbert, Kerikeri

For services to yachting