Running great John Walker knighted

Clive Bibby, Tolaga Bay

For services to the community

William Alan Boniface, Warkworth

For services to the community

Robyn Boswell, Whangarei

For services to education

Michael Edward Brooke, New Plymouth

For services to sport and the community

Mervyn Burdge Brown, Masterton

For services to the community

Murray Carey, Whitianga

For services to brass bands and football

Shirley May Gwynneth Caspari, Hamilton

For services to the community

Ian Brackenbury Channell (The Wizard of New Zealand), Christchurch

For services to the community

John Hugh Clayton JP, Ikamatua

For services to local body affairs and the community

Keith Richard Crate, Taupo

For services to cycling

Elisabeth May Cunningham, Dunedin

For services to the community

Graeme Edwin Dabb JP, Auckland

For services to the Filipino community

Nguyen Phu Dang JP, Manukau

For services to the Vietnamese community

Valerie Myrtle Dell, Napier

For services to women and the community

Kindra Velvet Douglas, Nelson

For services to the community

John Dallin Dunlop, Napier

For services to astronomy and the community

Dr Lorna Christine Te Aroha Dyall, Auckland

For services to Maori health