The following species of cephalopods are recorded from New Zealand for the first time:—Vampyroteuthis infernalis Chun, Iridioteuthis maoria n.sp., Enoploteuth's neozelanica n.sp., Gonatus fabricii (Lichtenstein), Mastigobeuthis flammea Chun and Megalocranchia richardsoni n.sp. Additional distributional records are given for Sepioloidea pacifica (Kirk) and Eledonella pygmaea Verrill.