For services to yachting. Euphemia Duncan Cornfoot – of Halcombe. For social welfare services. May Constance Gordon Hadfield – president of the Kindergarten Union of New Zealand. Mere Haana Hall – of Rotorua. For services to the Māori people. Dorothy Anstruther Hennessy – of Morven, Canterbury. For services to the New Zealand Red Cross Society. The Reverend Harry Alexander Johnson – of Auckland. For social welfare services. The Reverend Canon Wiremu Hone Keretene – of Otiria, North Auckland. For services to the Māori people. William Richard Lawrence – a medical practitioner of Te Aroha. Inez Violet Lindesay – of Auckland. For social welfare services. Susie McGill – of Dunedin. For social welfare services. Michael Millar – of Invercargill. For services to the community. George Duncan Pedley – inspector of engine fitters, Naval Dockyard, Auckland. Basil Watson Potter. For services in connection with the activities of the New Zealand Young Men's Christian Association. Alexander David Ross – of Hastings. For services to the community. John Maurice Simson – of Howick. For public services. James Stonehouse – of Lower Hutt. For services to education. Julie Annie Tomlinson – of Nelson. For patriotic and social welfare services. Cora Hilda Wilding – of Kaikoura. For social welfare services. Military division Lieutenant-Commander Ian Clendon Howard – Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. George Reginald Wooding – temporary senior commissioned boatswain, Royal New Zealand Navy. Captain and Quartermaster Joseph William Beaumont – New Zealand Regiment. Warrant Officer 1st Class Ivan Joseph Doak – Royal New Zealand Artillery. Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert John Maitland Loughnan – New Zealand Territorial Force. Squadron Leader John Walter Charles Love – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Flying Officer James McGuffie Costley – Royal New Zealand Air Force. British Empire Medal (BEM) Military division Acting Petty Officer Hilton Edward Bravener Fowler – Royal New Zealand Navy. Chief Petty Officer Cook (S) Henry William Hansen – Royal New Zealand Navy. Chief Petty Officer Charles Duncan Holmstrom – Royal New Zealand Navy. Chief Radio Electrician Gordon Woods – Royal New Zealand Navy. Gunner Max Bluett – New Zealand Emergency Force. Flight Sergeant Douglas Robert Miller – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Sergeant Christopher Michael Richmond – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Corporal Jack Donald Bennett Gray – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Leading Aircraftman Thomas O'Regan – Royal New Zealand Air Force. Air Force Cross (AFC) Flight Lieutenant Ronald Charles Cecil Nairn –