1974 Special Honours (New Zealand)

Knight Bachelor

• The Honourable Mr Justice Alec Leslie Haslam – senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court.
• The Honourable Mr Justice Ian Hannay Macarthur – puisne judge of the Supreme Court.
• The Honourable Mr Justice Arthur Owen Woodhouse – judge of the Court of Appeal.

  Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross (GBE)

• The Right Honourable John Ross Marshall – lately Leader of the Opposition.

  Knight Commander (KBE)

• The Right Honourable Sir Thaddeus Pearcey McCarthy – president of the Court of Appeal.