1974 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

• Lieutenant General Richard James Holden Webb – Chief of Defence Staff, New Zealand Armed Forces.

  Commander (CBE)

• The Reverend Canon Colin Douglas Charles Caswell – of Auckland; lately director, Selwyn Foundation.
• The Reverend Canon Charles Elliot Fox – of Waipukurau. For humanitarian services, particularly in the Solomon Islands.
• James Henderson Macky – lately Commissioner of Works.
• Joseph de Valley McManemin – of Auckland. For services to sport and the community.
• Douglas Augustine Patterson – of Wellington. For services to aviation.
• Antonio Valli Prendiville – of Dunedin. For services to mining.
• Haratua Rogers – of Rotorua. For services to Māoritanga and the community.
• The Reverend Father Francis Patrick Joseph Wall – of Taranaki. For services to the community.
• Frederick Miles Warren – of Christchurch. For services to architecture.

• Major-General Robin Hugh Ferguson Holloway – Deputy Chief of the General Staff.

  Officer (OBE)

• Robert Leslie Archibald – of Wellington. For services to local government.
• Professor Valentine Jackson Chapman – University of Auckland. For academic and public services.
• Mervyn Miles Nelson Corner – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Alfred Ginsberg – veterinary adviser, New Zealand High Commission in London.
• Lionel Rexford Hetherington – of Waihi. For services to medicine and the community.
• John Patrick Kennedy – of Dunedin. For services to journalism.
• James McDonald – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community
• Thomas Bayne McDonald – of Hawke's Bay. For services to winemaking.
• Charles James Leonard Matheson – of Auckland. For services to youth, particularly Boystown.
• Edward James Briton Matthews – of Raumati South. For services to local government and organisations.
• Robert Frederick Moody – of Auckland. For services to medicine.
• Eru Moka Pou – of Kaikohe. For services to the community, particularly to the Māori people.
• Dorothy Edith Simons – of Auckland. For services to youth and sport.
• Amy Victoria Castle Slack – of Auckland. For services to the Parent Teacher movement.
• Joseph Edward Story – of Taupo. For services to local government.
• Robert Charles Stuart – of Wellington. For services to agriculture and sport.
• The Reverend Te Napi Tute Wehi Wehi Waaka – of Hawera. For services to Māori welfare.

• Lieutenant Colonel John Airth Mace – New Zealand Defence Liaison Staff, New Zealand High Commission, Canberra.
• Wing Commander Colin Morris Hanson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Member (MBE)

• Kathleen Alison – bursar, University of Auckland.
• Ivan George Clement Anderson – mayor of Cromwell.
• Arthur William Boon – of Auckland; lieutenant colonel, Salvation Army.
• Daphne Frances Byrne – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Mark Vincent Comber – of New Plymouth. For services to the community.
• Charles Armistice Corlett – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Nina Kathrine Dallinger – of Cambridge. For services to the community.
• Harry Delamere Barter Dansey – of Auckland. For services to journalism and the community.
• Irene Lucy Firman – of Geraldine. For services to the community.
• Hugh Donald Gillies – of Dunedin. For services to life saving.
• William Richard Hawkey – of Christchurch. For services to music.
• Raymond Joseph Wadman Jacobs – lately chief preparator, Canterbury Museum.
• Rita Mary King – of Wellington. For services to women.
• Eric James Kirk. For services to Wanganui Harbour Board.
• Ronald James McLean – of Invercargill. For services to the community.
• Betty Hamilton McPhail – of Wellington. For services in the field of social welfare.
• Eruera Riini Manuera – of Whakatane. For services to the Māori people.
• David Hamilton Mason – of Dunedin. For services to sport.
• Kitty May Honour Mildenhall – of Lower Hutt. For services to the community.
• Noel Selwyn Murray – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Patrick Joseph O'Regan – of Inangahua Junction. For services to local government.
• Nellie Ina Plunkett – of Christchurch. For services to psychiatric nursing.
• Robert Gordon Robinson – of Christchurch. For services to the potato industry.
• Henry Joseph Rudolph – of Wellington. For services to music and welfare.
• Jon Charles Trimmer – of Wellington. For services to ballet.
• John Cuthbert Wishart – of Kaiara, Chatham Islands. For public services.

• Warrant Marine Engineering Artificer Alexander John Kildare – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Lieutenant Leonard Anthony Mangos – Royal New Zealand Navy.
• Major Allan Olaf Bloomfield – Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
• Warrant Officer First Class Matthew Harawira Edwards – Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps.
• Warrant Officer Second Class Ronald Clifford Spraggs – Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery.
• Major Melva Beatrice Walker – New Zealand Women's Royal Army Corps .
• Squadron Leader Peter Raymond Adamson – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Temporary Flight Lieutenant Brian John Germain – Royal New Zealand Air Force

  Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO)

• Ronald Johnson – supervisor, class III, New Zealand Post Office.

  British Empire Medal (BEM)

• Alfred John Hesketh Allen – of Levin. For services to local government.
• Daphne May Barkman – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Cranleigh Harper Barton – of Christchurch. For his philanthropic services.
• George Joseph Brady – of Christchurch. For services to the trade union movement.
• Lawrence William Brennan – of Opunake. For services to the community.
• Ludlow Ellison Brooker – of Wellington. For services to rowing.
• Miss Beth Isabel Fryer – of Oamaru. For services to the community.
• Daniel Gough – of Auckland. For services to the community.
• Miss Emma Louise Hamel – of Kaiapoi. For services to the community.
• Mrs Catherine May Jones – of Invercargill. For services to music.
• Mrs Constance Lois Kerslake – of Wainuiomata. For services to the community.
• Mrs Eileen Mary Kingston – of Palmerston North. For services to the community.
• Basil George Mellor – of Hamilton. For services to the community.
• Mrs Rangimahora Reihana Mete – of Foxton. For services to Māori culture.
• William John Overton – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Miss Olive Margaret Rayner – of Nelson. For services to the sick.
• Mrs Blanche Rhodes – of Dunedin. For services to the community.
• Adam Russell Ross – of Bluff. For services to medicine and the community.
• Miss Ivy Mearle Shaw – of Hastings. For services to nursing and the community.
• Leonard Archibald Stuart – of Christchurch, For services to rugby league football.
• Percy Trebilcock – of Thames. For services to the community.
• Patrick Francis Ward – of Greytown. For services to the community.

• Temporary Warrant Officer Jennifer Clare O'Donnell – Women's Royal New Zealand Naval Service.
• Staff Sergeant Ernest Mathew Dix – Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
• Flight Sergeant Leslie Harrison – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant Edward Ernest Morton – Royal New Zealand Air Force.
• Flight Sergeant John Francis Walsh – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Royal Red Cross

Member (RRC)

• Matron Ata Tamaki – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.

  Air Force Cross (AFC)

• Flight Lieutenant Graham Robert Lloyd – Royal New Zealand Air Force.

  Queen's Fire Service Medal (QFSM)

• George Mortimer MacGregor – foreman, Richmond Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Eric Merriman Morris – chief fire officer, Balclutha Volunteer Fire Brigade.
• Lloyd Foster Wilson – chief fire officer, Auckland Metropolitan Fire Brigade.

  Queen's Police Medal (QPM)

• Allen David Knight – constable, New Zealand Police.
• James Wilfred McGuire – chief inspector, New Zealand Police.