The 1974 Special Honours in New Zealand were two Special Honours List, published on 3 May and 4 October 1974, in which four judges and a former prime minister received knighthoods.^[1][2]

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 DSC – judge of the Court of Appeal.

• 
  Sir Owen Woodhouse

Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross (GBE)

Civil division

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

• 
  Sir Jack Marshall

Knight Commander (KBE)

Civil division

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