– of Auckland. For services in connection with various public and patriotic organisations. Herbert Peachey Desmoulins – of Dunedin. For patriotic services, especially in connection with the Food for Britain campaign. Agnes Marshall Ferguson – of Auckland. For services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Harry Cecil Alderson Fox – of Hāwera. For services to music. Thomas Threader Garland – of Auckland. For services to the community, especially as a conductor of children's choirs. John Guiniven – of Takapuna. For municipal services. Elizabeth Catherine Gunn – of Wellington; a former director of the School of Hygiene, Wellington. For public services. Annie Henry – of Ōhope. For services rendered under the auspices of the Presbyterian Māori Mission to the Māori people. Margaret Jane McKerrow – of Hampden. For services to the community. Stella Murray – of London. For social welfare services on behalf of New Zealanders in the United Kingdom. Alexander James Nicol – of Gisborne. For public and social welfare services. Jane Trotter – of Christchurch; an obstetrical nurse. Ninian George Trotter – of Riverton. For public and social-welfare services. Charles Edward Wheeler – of Wellington; a parliamentary journalist. Mary Frances Wyber – of Balclutha. For services to the community, especially in connection with the Returned Services' Association and charitable organisations at Balclutha. Military division Hiram William Harris – temporary senior commissioned engineer, Royal New Zealand Navy. Captain John Ayto – Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals. Major Jack Sloan Berry – Royal New Zealand Engineers. Warrant Officer First Class Richard Wilson Heaps – Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps. Lieutenant Ellen Marion Pysden – New Zealand Women's Army Corps. Flight-Lieutenant Gordon Alan Lee Webby – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Warrant Officer Mervyn Milton Bentley – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) Percy Roy Angus – of Lower Hutt; lately chief mechanical engineer, Railways Department. British Empire Medal (BEM) Military division Petty Officer Arthur George Cooper – Royal New Zealand Navy. Chief Joiner Edward Ernest Dorrell – Royal New Zealand Navy. Staff Sergeant (temporary Warrant Officer, Second Class) John Allan – New Zealand Regiment, New Zealand Army Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Harris – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Corporal Christopher John Lennox – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Royal Red Cross Associate (ARRC) Charge Sister Phyllis May Aitcheson – New Zealand Army Nursing Service. Air Force Cross (AFC) Flight Lieutenant Donald Miles