A total of 182 people have received King's Birthday Honours for their service to the community or as recognition of their achievements.

Areas of contribution include arts and media, business and the economy, community, voluntary and local services, education, health, science and technology, services to the state, and sport and recreation.

Former prime minister Jacinda Ardern has been made a Dame Grand Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit.

Six New Zealanders have been appointed knights and dames: Dame Jo Brosnahan, Dame Teuila Percival and Dame Helene Quilter, Sir Stephen Kós, Sir Selwyn Parata and Sir Wayne Smith.

Below is the full list of King's Birthday Honours for 2023.

Additional member of The Order of New Zealand

• Her Majesty Queen Camilla - For services to New Zealand

GNZM: To be Dame Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• The Right Honourable Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern - For services to the State

DNZM: To be Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• Jo Anne Brosnahan, QSO - For services to governance and business
• Dr Teuila Mary Percival, QSO - For services to health and the Pacific community
• Helene Elizabeth Quilter, QSO - For services to the public service and the arts

KNZM - To be Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• The Honourable John Stephen Kós, KC - For services to the judiciary and legal education
• Selwyn Tanetoa Parata - For services to Māori
• Wayne Ross Smith, CNZM - For services to rugby

CNZM: To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• Rodney Keith Bracefield - For services to Search and Rescue and aviation
• Emeritus Professor Alison Marion Cree - For services to herpetology, particularly tuatara
• The Honourable Lianne Audrey Dalziel - For services to local government and as a Member of Parliament
• Distinguished Professor Nigel Peter French - For services to epidemiology
• Deborah Kennedy Gilbertson - For services to business, science and technology
• Karen Lesley Grylls, ONZM - For services to choral music
• Colin Charles James - For services to journalism and public policy
• Murray Gordon McPhail - For services to horticulture
• Samuel Kevin Prime, ONZM, MBE - For services to Māori, the environment and health
• Professor Ralph Ernest Harper Sims - For services to sustainable energy research
• Dr Ruth Lilian Spearing - For services to haematology
• Dr Brian Walter Wickham - For services to the dairy industry and statistical genetics
• Dr Richard Brice Wong She - For services to burn care

ONZM: To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• Michael John Absolum - For services to education
• Associate Professor Catherine Mary Andrew - For services to nursing education
• Rodney David Baxter - For services to youth
• Nicholas Robert Billowes - For services to education
• Owen Patrick Bosson - For services to thoroughbred racing
• Karl Jason Chitham - For services to the arts, particularly Māori art
• Philip Maurice Clarke - For services to arts governance
• Professor Rochelle Lee Constantine - For services to wildlife conservation and marine biology
• Dr Florence Joyce Cowan - For services to midwifery
• Ria Lorraine Earp - For services to health
• Dr William John Werahiko Edwards - For services to Māori health
• Dr Peter Flanagan - For services to blood transfusion
• Nicolas Alfred Hager - For services to investigative journalism
• Douglas Henry Hood - For services to the music industry
• Colin Tindall Jones - For services to the dairy industry
• Shirley Jean Jülich - For services to restorative justice and survivors of sexual abuse
• Dr Michael Frederick Klaassen - For services to plastic and reconstructive surgery
• Matekino Lawless, QSM - For services to Māori art
• Andrew Roy Leslie, MNZM - For services to sport and the community
• Christopher Whitcombe Maclean - For services to conservation and publishing
• Materoa Vicki-Leigh Mar - For services to Māori and Pacific health
• Sandra Marie Morris - For services as an illustrator and to education
• Sunita Devi Narayan - For services to language education and the Indian community
• Wayne Stephen Bayne Norrie - For services to business and governance
• Deborah Anne Panckhurst - For services to foreign affairs and Māori
• Professor Emeritus Alison Mary Rich - For services to oral pathology
• Jack Michael Rikihana - For services to Māori, health governance and the community
• Shae Maria Ronald - For services to youth
• Bruce Ronald Russell - For services to the New Zealand Police and the community
• James Schuster - For services to Māori arts and heritage preservation
• Nua Silipa (Nua Semuā Silipa) - For services to Pacific education
• Suzanne Findlay Sutherland - For services to library and information services
• John Frederic Taylor - For services to disabled people
• Peter John Morgan Taylor - For services to business
• Professor Lynette Joy Tippett - For services to neuropsychology and people with dementia
• Emeritus Professor David Robert Towns - For services to conservation
• Dr Christopher Howard Wearing - For services to entomology and the fruit and orchard industries
• Te Maari Anahera Whare - For services to Māori language education
• Emeritus Professor Paul Worthing Williams - For services to geoscience and environmental science
• Steven Wyn-Harris - For services to the farming industry and rural communities

To be Honorary Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• Meleane Pau'uvale - For services to the Tongan community and education
• Dr Maysoon Subhi Salama - For services to the Muslim community and education

MNZM: To be Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• Mary Puatuki Aue - For services to education, technology and Pacific and Māori communities
• Ronald Tuakana Baker - For services to Māori mental health
• Shanelle Kay Barrett - For services to triathlon
• Victoria Jane Blood - For services to the entertainment industry
• Yvonne Annette Browning - For services to education and youth
• Simon Alexander Challies - For services to people with neurological conditions
• Kendal Judee Collins - For services to youth
• John Ido De Bernardo - For services to the plumbing and gas industries
• Devon Ruahei Demant - For services to rugby
• Dr Ofanaite Ana Dewes - For services to health and the Pacific community
• Bryce Robert Dinneen - For services to disabled people
• Ann Violet Dunphy - For services to youth and education
• Joy Dunsheath, JP - For services to human rights, women and education
• Gerald Peter Dwyer - For services to rowing
• Fa'atili Iosua Esera - For services to Pacific education
• Margaret Mary Eyre - For services to business and the community
• Toalele Len Faneva - For services to Māori
• Dr Siale Alokihakau Foliaki - For services to mental health and the Pacific community
• Loloma Foster - For services to race walking
• David Alexander Haig - For services to woodworking
• Jeanette Sherilyn Hall - For services to highland dancing
• Gerard Anthony Hanning - For services to education and the community
• Michelle Louise Hooper - For services to sports
• Warren Graham Jack - For services to the community
• Ian Leslie James - For services to the community
• Peter John Kaiser - For services to education
• Sergeant Walter Wallace Kopae - For services to the New Zealand Police and the community
• Gwendolyn Audrey Alexis LewGo - For services to ethnic communities
• Charlotte Anne Lockhart - For services to business and philanthropy
• Qiane May Matata-Sipu - For services to the arts
• Stacey Victoria Mendonca - For services to the arts
• Lynette Evelyn Milne - For services to the arts
• Tara Lai-Ianne Moala - For services to the community and environment
• Keni Upokotea Moeroa, JP - For services to the Cook Islands community
• Superintendent Rakesh Sharanund Naidoo - For services to the New Zealand Police and ethnic communities
• Andrea Kate Nelson - For services to sport
• Malcolm Charles Nicolson - For services to local government and the community
• Barry Thomas Pickering - For services to football
• Victor Lewys Pirihi - For services to golf and Māori
• Reverend Thomas Tamati Hemi Poata - For services to Māori and the community
• Helen Teiarere Rawiri - For services to Māori language education
• Christine Margaret Richardson - For services to Special Olympics and the community
• Anna Victoria Rogers - For services to literature
• Nicola Ann Saker (Lady O'Regan) - For services to heritage preservation and the arts
• Amy Ella Satterthwaite - For services to cricket
• Derek Monty Shaw - For services to the environment, local government and athletics
• Kennedy Wailer Simon - For services to rugby
• John Edward Sims - For services to karate
• Dr Susan (Huhana) Margaret Smith - For services to the environment
• Franklin Manu Solomon - For services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education
• Judith Anne Solomon - For services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education
• Arthur Graham Sutherland - For services to outdoor education
• Awerangi Lorraine Tamihere - For services to Māori health
• Tofilau Talalelei Senetenari Taufale - For services to Pacific health
• Dr Semisi Pouvalu Taumoepeau - For services to education and tourism
• Dr Rangituatahi Te Kanawa - For services to Māori art and heritage preservation
• Robert John Tucker - For services to photography and the community
• Murray Robert Warrington - For services to brass bands
• David John White - For services to the prevention of family violence
• Dean Douglas Whiting - For services to Māori arts
• Jacqueline Lesly Williams - For services to Scouting
• June Lynette Williamson (Linn Lorkin) - For services to music
• Kenneth James Wilson - For services to education, research and the economy
• Kathryn Anne Wood - For services to youth and outdoor education

To be Honorary Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit

• Fa'amoana Ioane Luafutu - For services to arts and the Pacific community
• Fumiyuki Saijo - For services to New Zealand-Japan relations

QSM: The Queen's Service Medal

• Heniaka August - For services to Māori and the community
• Peggy Ann Barriball, JP - For services to the community
• Dianne Joy Buchan, JP - For services to the community and environment
• Colleen Helen Carr - For services to the community
• Stella Frances Cattle - For services to the community and seniors
• Venus Mary Cherrington - For services to health and the community
• Derek Boyd Collier, JP - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
• Ralph John Correa, JP - For services to the Indian community
• Lynne Cousins - For services to social welfare
• Joseph Davis - For services to the Fijian community
• Dr Handunnethi Kolitha De Silva - For services to health
• Brian Leslie Doughty - For services to rural communities and outdoor recreation
• Richard Harold Dunkerton - For services to swimming
• Dr Mary Angela Eastham - For services to interfaith communities
• Anthony Louis Fortune, JP - For services to the community
• Catriona McDonald Foster - For services to nursing
• Peggy Joyce Frew - For services to the community
• Shirley Douglas Gillard, JP - For services to the community
• Rodney James Graham - For services to the community
• Kate Lorraine Hargraves - For services to the community
• James Donald Hazlett - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
• Peter Thomas Housiaux - For services to surf lifesaving and canoe polo
• Robin Ethnye Jackson - For services to swimming
• Karen Desiree Knudson - For services to choral music
• Reverend Alofa Ta'ase Lale - For services to the community
• Richard Hunter Lemon - For services to the agriculture and pastoral industry
• Bernice Monica Lepper - For services to the community and education
• Ngaio Patricia Lewis - For services to charitable fundraising
• Diane Frances Martin, JP - For services to the community
• Geoffrey William Mayall - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
• Karen Ann McClintock - For services to the community
• Miraka Cynthia Norgate - For services to the community
• Teremoana O Ma Hodges (Teremoana Maua-Hodges) - For services to sport and culture
• Antony Mark Pettinger - For services to outdoor recreation
• Kane Kahora Rangitonga - For services to social work and the community
• Susan Reardon - For services to nursing
• Neil Alexander Robbie - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
• Glenys Anne Scandrett - For services to dance
• Kirsty Jean Sharpe, JP - For services to the community
• Stephen Garry Shaw - For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and hockey
• Reverend Margaret (Penny) Ruth Sinnamon - For services to the community
• Ronald George Smith - For services to the community and Search and Rescue
• Sylvia Mary Smith - For services to netball
• Dr Sivagnanaratanam SriRamaratnam - For services to the Tamil community
• Marcia Rei Te Au-Thomson, JP - For services to seniors, Māori and health
• Raana Amelia Thelma Tuuta - For services to Māori and the community
• Putiani Upoko - For services to the Pacific community
• Robyn Ann van Reenen - For services to the arts
• Jillian Helen Vincent - For services to pipe bands
• Patricia Mavis Wyatt - For services to netball

DSD: The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration

• Group Captain Glenn Gowthorpe - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
• Squadron Leader George Samuel McInnes - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force
• Lieutenant Colonel Vanessa Maria Ropitini - For services to the New Zealand Defence Force