The Queen’s Service Medal:
AGNEW, Mrs Jennifer (Jenny)
For services to historical research and the Chinese community
Mrs Jenny Agnew was a secondary school teacher for more than 40 years in Darfield, Winton and Christchurch and has contributed previously untold histories of Chinese people in New Zealand, helping correct previously misunderstood accounts of early Chinese settler life.
Together with her husband Trevor, Mrs Agnew has given New Zealand-Chinese history talks throughout the country. This has included schools and libraries in Dunedin, Auckland and Christchurch, Auckland Writers’ and Christchurch Word Festivals, and community groups including University of the Third Age (U3A) and genealogical societies. She contributes to academic discourse on local Chinese people in Dunedin and their long history in New Zealand. She and her husband researched and wrote ‘Merchant, Miner, Mandarin: The Life and Times of the Remarkable Choie Sew Hoy’ (2020), on Jenny’s great-great-grandfather. This contributed to Choie Sew Hoy’s posthumous membership of the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame and the Sew Hoy building in Dunedin being recognised as a category one heritage building. She and her husband have been long-time supporters of the Court Theatre. Mrs Agnew helped to establish the Theatresports team at Hillmorton High School in the 1990s and has continued to encourage Theatresports at the school.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
AGNEW, Mr Trevor Gordon
For services to children's literacy and historical research
Mr Trevor Agnew was a teacher for nearly 40 years and has contributed widely as a freelance writer and reviewer.
While teaching at Hillmorton High School in Christchurch, and Central Southland College in Winton, Mr Agnew regularly wrote articles, book and television reviews for several publications including The Listener, Southland Times, and The Press. He reviews children’s books and writes author interviews for Australian magazine ‘Magpies’. He has written more than 3,000 New Zealand book entries for ‘The Source’, an Australasian website listing available children’s literature for schools and libraries. He has contributed previously untold histories of Chinese people in New Zealand and helped correct misunderstandings of early Chinese settler life. Together with his wife Jenny, they researched and wrote ‘Merchant, Miner, Mandarin: The Life and Times of the Remarkable Choie Sew Hoy’ (2020), about Jenny’s great-great-grandfather. This contributed to Choie Sew Hoy’s posthumous membership of the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame and the Sew Hoy building in Dunedin being recognised as a category one heritage building. He helped found the Christchurch Friends of the Library and was involved for many years with the New Zealand Literacy Association and the School Library Association. Mr Agnew was a judge of the 2010 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, the 2019 and 2021 Mallinson-Rendel Illustrators Award.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
ALATINI, Mrs Nonu 'Unga
For services to the Tongan community and education
Mrs Nonu Alatini has been involved with the Tongan Methodist Church of New Zealand (TMCNZ) since migrating in the 1980s.
Mrs Alatini was Head Sunday School Teacher at Otara Tongan Methodist Church and East Tamaki Tongan Methodist Church for many years and was part of the organising committee that developed the National Sunday School curriculum for the TMCNZ. She is a long serving member of the Tongan Methodist Women’s Fellowship, has been Assistant Secretary to the Church and an Accredited Lay Preacher. In 2004 the Otara Tongan Methodist congregation split into two factions and she, with her husband, was instrumental in supporting the congregation to find a new location in East Tamaki and act as stewards until a new Minister was appointed. With a background in education in Tonga, she taught at Dawson Primary School in Flatbush for more than 15 years and was an Education Advisor to Tongan Early Childhood Centres. She is the current President of the Queen Salote College Alumni for the TMCNZ, which has more than 500 members in Auckland alone, and helped establish the Queen Salote College Alumni scholarships. Mrs Alatini helped establish The Niua Society in the 1990s, where she was Assistant Treasurer, and the Toakase Women's Cultural Group in 2014 of which she is the current Chair.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
BALDWIN, Mrs Robyn
For services to seniors
Mrs Robyn Baldwin has supported and advocated for older people in her role as the Community Coordinator at the Timaru Senior Citizens Association from 1994 until retiring in 2021.
Mrs Baldwin was involved with numerous initiatives, notably coordinating a variety of support services such as gardening, nail trimming and driving. She has organised the provision of life-tubes for households to store medical information for use by emergency service personnel and smoke alarms via Fire and Emergency New Zealand. She established and ran the Timaru Cosy Homes project, donating heaters to households in need. She organised a range of events for older people including annual holiday weeks and a charity concert for the 1999 International Year of the Older Person. She set up and chaired the Aoraki Positive Aged Forum and Active Retirement Expos in Timaru. She has been a member of the Rotary Club of Timaru since 1999, where she has advocated and worked to improve the way it supports older people, and was Secretary from 2001 to 2014. Mrs Baldwin has been a Board or committee member of the South Canterbury Neighbourhood Support, where she helped revitalise the support network, Multiple Sclerosis Canterbury, Victim Support, Timaru Transport Committee and MyWay steering group, and South Canterbury Age Friendly Communities steering committee.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
BRUSSE, Mr Aart
For services to music
Mr Aart Brusse has been contributing to music since 1968 as a teacher, director and musician.
Mr Brusse taught at Tokomairiro High School between 1968 and 1972, conducting the Milton Municipal Brass Band and assisting in local musicals as director. He was a teacher and conductor of Saturday Morning Music Classes since 1968 and is currently the Musical Director. He fulfilled the Ministry of Education Annual reports and Applications for classes and organised staff salaries, purchase of new instruments and funding. He was the Head of Music at Bayfield High School between 1972 and 2009, developing the school orchestra, choir and the jazz band to support the annual Secondary Schools Music Festival. He entered and rehearsed many groups for the Chamber Music New Zealand competition and coordinated regular holiday courses for professional development. He has been the Musical Director for several Opera Company shows between 1973 and 1985. He was the Conductor for the Central Otago Regional Orchestra between 2012 and 2018 and has been teaching cello at Bayfield High School. Upon retirement, Mr Brusse has been tutoring at the University of Otago’s Music Department for five years and has been a member of the medieval group Rare Byrds since 2009.
HONOURS
1990 New Zealand Commemoration Medal
The Queen’s Service Medal:
BULLOCK, Mr David John
For services to bowls administration
Mr David Bullock has volunteered in administrative positions with bowls in Canterbury for more than 40 years.
Mr Bullock has been President of the Canterbury Indoors Bowls Association since 2000. This was an especially difficult position during the four years following the Christchurch earthquakes, due to the extensive damage that the Association suffered. He has been the Chairperson of the Hornby Working Men’s Club Indoor Bowls Section since 2009 and has held a variety of administrative positions for the Ellesmere Bowls Club, including President and Secretary. He has organised two New Zealand Chartered Clubs National Bowls Tournaments and won a variety of local and regional awards as a bowls player throughout Canterbury. He is also a national bowls umpire. Mr Bullock was made a Life Member of the Canterbury Indoor Bowls Association in 2018 and the Ellesmere Bowling Club in 2001.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
BUNTON, Mrs Lynley Ann
For services to education and the community
Mrs Lynley Bunton has been a dedicated volunteer in Dunedin, contributing to the arts, education, fundraising and the community.
Mrs Bunton has supported many causes and is respected in Dunedin for her ability to work with different sectors of the community. She served on the Otago Cancer Society Spring Ball Committee for fifteen years and on the Otago Community Hospice fundraising committee from 2003 to 2006. She has been an Advisory Board member of the Dunedin School of Art Foundation since 2011 and a member of the Dunedin Arts Festival Advisory Board for the past seven years. In 2006 she was a member of the organising committee of the Maori Hill School Centennial celebrations. She was an Intermediate school teacher for more than 20 years, initially at Kenmure Intermediate and then as Assistant Principal at Mosgiel Intermediate. She was committed to her students and their wellbeing and made efforts to enable every student to achieve to the best of their ability. She was actively involved in netball coaching in both the Hill Cluster Kiwi netball competition and Intermediate school teams for more than 20 years. Mrs Bunton was Secretary of the Dunedin Music Festival Committee for eight years and contributed as an accompanist for students’ musical performances.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
CACCIA-BIRCH, Mr Peter Powles
For services to the community
Mr Peter Caccia-Birch has been the volunteer manager of the Highfield Garden Reserve since 2002.
Mr Caccia-Birch has maintained the reserve located in Algies Bay/Snells Beach, which attracts more than 10,000 visitors a year. He has been instrumental in enabling visitors to feed a family of donkeys, harvesting from the community orchard and re-vegetating the reserve with native trees. He has been a member of the Highfield Garden Reserve Advisory Committee since 2002 and Highfield Donkeys Incorporated since 2012, who have the formal responsibility for the care of the donkeys. He has liaised with veterinarians and supervises a team who groom the donkeys weekly. He has worked with another team of volunteers on restoring the groves of native trees on the 7.6-hectares of the reserve and liaising with the local council on weed control, pest trapping and tree planting. He takes charge of pruning and mulching the community orchard, which serves the local community and the donkeys with surplus apples. Mr Caccia-Birch oversaw the Goodall-Te Whau Committee in 2009, who began an on-going restoration for a 2.7-hectare strip of land between Goodall Reserve and Dawson's Landing with volunteers helping plant 750 trees.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
CARTER, Mr Keith Raynor
For services to the community
Mr Keith Carter has been contributing to keeping Greerton community safe as a volunteer patroller since 2005.
Mr Carter was a founding member of the Greerton Night Owls (now Tauranga South Community Patrol), liaising between Police and the local community, patrolling night hours. He would coordinate with police to establish local crime hot spots to then arrange patrollers for those areas. With his wife, he attended a Community Patrols National Training Seminar in 2007, securing the first marked patrol car. He took over the local Car Boot Sale which runs every third Saturday since 2009, which is the main form of fundraising for the patrol group. Alongside his wife, he has purchased and supplied all equipment needed including all that is required for a sausage sizzle. Since 2012, he has helped distribute Tamper Resistant Screws throughout community patrols in New Zealand, an initiative with Police that inserts a special screw in registration plates to prevent them being stolen and hosting annual Tamper Screw Events to promote this. He co-chaired the National Training Seminar for Community Patrols held in Tauranga in 2013, with more than 300 patrollers nationwide attending. Mr Carter has been a member of the South City Bowling Club since 2008 and was President of Greerton Indoor Bowling Club between 2018 and 2020.AWARDSCommunity Patrol New Zealand, Outstanding Service Award, 2020Community Patrol New Zealand, Life Membership, 2020
The Queen’s Service Medal:
CHAFFEY-AUPOURI, Mrs Gina Blaize
For services to Māori
Mrs Gina Chaffey-Aupouri has been an advocate for Ngati Porou through health education as a nurse and empowerment for whānau, hapu and iwi through community development.
Mrs Chaffey-Aupouri focuses on Māori health education, engaging with schools in the Tairāwhiti area to promote Health Education topics such as Puberty Education, applying her understanding of tikanga. She was the New Zealand Nurses Organisation delegate for Ngati Porou Hauora from 1994, representing her iwi and addressing Māori inequity. She has volunteered for Comet Swimming Club since 2000, refereeing and timekeeping at regional and national levels. She coached children from ages four to eighteen with Ruatōria Swimming Club, contributing to the Life Tairāwhiti Project which focuses on teaching tamariki water skills for life. Her understanding of the language, culture and spirituality of Ngati Porou is reflected through her commitments to various community events such as organising and supportingkapa haka groups and travelling with the elders to support the kaupapa. She was instrumental in leading more than 200 families to gather for the first Puna Reo in Ngati Porou to continue the learnings of the iwi and organising Ngati Porou inter-Marae sports. Mrs Chaffey-Aupouri was Treasurer then Vice President of Ngati Uepohatu Māori Women’s Welfare League from 2002 and was made a Life Member in 2021.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
COCKING, Mr John Lawrence
For services to theatre and the community
Mr John Cocking has promoted the history of Napier through theatre for more than 30 years.
Mr Cocking has been official Art Deco Ambassador for Napier through his alter ego ‘Clarence Bertram St John Fitz Montague’, better known as ‘Bertie’, since 1993, featuring in publications nationally and internationally. ‘Bertie’ educates and entertains children in schools on the history of the 1931 earthquake and Napier’s renown as Art Deco City. He was councillor for Napier City Council for three terms, representing the council at National Tourism and Industry events. He wrote ‘Maillot Jaune’ in 1987 which won Shell’s Play Writing Award for best New Zealand play. He was a committee member of the Art Deco Trust Festival Events from 1994 to 2016. He played a key role in attracting the 5th World Art Deco Congress to be held in Napier in 1999. For more than 20 years, he has written an annual play for the Festival that involves the audience and actors of the community, with his 2021 play commemorating 90 years since the 1931 earthquake. Mr Cocking wrote ‘Snap Time’ in 2014, based on his father’s mining experiences in England, being awarded Best New Zealand Play, Best Playwright and Best Male actor at the One Act Play Festival.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
COCKROFT, Mr Glenn Graeme
For services to traffic safety
Mr Glenn Cockroft has been advocating for traffic safety in his community and nationally for more than 30 years.
Mr Cockroft was a Ministry of Transport Traffic Sergeant from 1989 before becoming Sergeant with New Zealand Police in 1992. Until retiring from the Police in 1997, he implemented and campaigned for national child safety programmes travelling from North Cape to Bluff, showcasing a mobile showroom promoting the importance of the safety of children. He visited Lion’s Club members’ homes, communities and schools for the campaign, on a voluntary basis to allow the funding to have the best possible reach for children nationally. Following the completion of the programme, he received a commendation from the Minister of Transport and Minister for Police for his contributions to child safety education. He was involved with national campaigns such as for cycle helmets in 1987, ‘Are they in your hands’ 1989, and Lions for Life in 1992. Since retiring, he opened a museum dedicated to preserving New Zealand Traffic history, located on his property, holding scale model patrol cars and motorbikes and other equipment, touring groups from schools and communities. His museum was named New Zealand Garden Magazine’s ‘Shed of the Year’ in 2018. Mr Cockroft helped establish and run the Cycle Bike Park Safety Training Centre in Invercargill.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
EYES, Mrs Claire Annette
For services to midwifery
Mrs Claire Eyes is a practicing community midwife in Franklin, who was a key player in preventing closure of the Pukekohe Maternity Unit in the 1990s.
Mrs Eyes was elected spokesperson of the working party opposing moves to close the Unit over five years. Pukekohe is now one of the strongest primary units nationally and has been used as the research base for local and international data on the safety of waterbirths. She secured funding to start the Pukekohe Maternity Resource Centre, which has supported women and whānau for 12 years, and she has assisted others endeavouring to emulate this centre at other hospital facilities. She was President of the Franklin Branch of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation in the 1980s and 1990s. She was involved with negotiations for pay parity for nurses and midwives in the 1980s and assisted the Ministry of Health to set up a new structure for midwives providing Lead Maternity Care in New Zealand. She was NZNO representative to the New Zealand Council of Women for 10 years. Through Rotary, she led three teams of Pacific midwives and health workers to attend leadership courses in Australia between 2016 and 2018. Mrs Eyes led fundraising for 35 foetal dopplers for those attending the course to take back to their workplaces.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
GEORGANTIS, Mrs Hazel Beatrice
For services to the community
Mrs Hazel Georgantis has supported community organisations in Taupo since her retirement in 1991.
Mrs Georgantis has provided pastoral support to parishioners as a vicar’s wife since the 1950s and has been involved with St Andrews Anglican Church in Taupo, organising garden walks, parish dinners and fundraising. She has volunteered as a hospital chaplain at Taupo Hospital since 2005, stepping in while there was no permanent paid chaplain, supporting patients and whānau during difficult circumstances. She continues to support the new paid chaplain and provides cover on a voluntary basis. She has been a committee member of Creative Clay Group Taupo since 1992 and is a Life Member. She was Chair for several years and helped grow club membership and drive Club activities. She was on the committee that organised and ran the National Potters Convention in Taupo, as well as numerous pottery exhibitions. She is a registered potter and has exhibited her works regularly. She has mentored and helped teach new potters, both adults and children, including people with disabilities. She is a Life Member of Active Arts Taupo. Mrs Georgantis has volunteered one day a week at Taupo Interchurch Welfare Opportunity Shop for 30 years and was a member of the funding allocation committee for 10 years.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
HANSEN, Mrs Ina Mary
For services to rugby and education
Mrs Ina Hansen has been involved with local and school rugby in many different voluntary roles since the 1970s.
Mrs Hansen began her involvement in 1973 as coach of her eight-year-old son’s team and more recently has been Vice President of Wellington Rugby Football Union since 2017. She was a member of the Wellington Rugby Football Union Junior Management Committee from 1988 and was ‘Master’ in charge of Rugby at Tawa College from 1976 to 1990. She was the first woman to chair the Wellington Secondary Schools Rugby Union from 1991. She was the first woman appointed to the Wellington Centurions Rugby Football Club in 1999, recognising 10 years representing Wellington Secondary Schools Rugby at Wellington Rugby Union Football level. She was on the Marist St Patrick's Rugby Football Club Management Committee from 2008 to 2009 as Assistant Secretary and Retail Clothing Operations Manager. She was a teacher at Tawa College from 1970 to 2008, holding several roles including Dean for two decades, the pastoral care role of Guidance Teacher, and as Assistant Principal from 1997. Mrs Hansen is noted as having had a lasting impact on the lives of a number of students through her pastoral care.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
HARRIS, Mr William Mervyn (Bill)
For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Bill Harris is employed as a general contractor in Clinton, covering many parts of South Otago and Southland, and has volunteered his time and use of his machinery to several local projects.
Mr Harris has undertaken projects for the local school, golf club, childcare centre and Lions Club initiatives. He is a regular supporter of the Lions Club’s annual Brassica Competition Fundraisers and sponsors the Clinton Senior Citizens bus service. He was the Chief Fire Officer of the Clinton Volunteer Fire Brigade for a number of years and continues an operational firefighter and Treasurer. He was on the committee to establish the Clinton First Responders Unit, is an active First Responder, and Treasurer and Chairman of the First Responder Trust. He has been involved with the Fire Service since 1990, attaining his Station Officer's qualification in 1998. He has mentored several of his employees to start their own businesses. Mr Harris provided a loan at a discounted rate to ensure a fuel outlet could be available in Clinton, following closure of the local garage/fuel station in 2011. This bolstered fundraising from the local community and allowed the project to establish a fuel outlet, with retail grocery and vet supplies depot, with close to 50 percent of the loan having been repaid to date.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
HAYES, Mrs Brenda Mary
For services to theatre
Mrs Brenda Hayes has been involved with Christchurch amateur theatre for nearly 50 years.
Mrs Hayes joined Canterbury Repertory Theatre Society in 1972 as part of the properties department, creating props and sourcing items needed for the performances. She has been Stage Director since 1985, organising crews, sound and lighting and stage managing, as well as graphic designing posters and programmes for shows. She has also played a key role in mentoring newcomers in stage skills and training several stage and properties managers. The Society hosts three to four performances per year, creating shows with literary and artistic merit, attracting audiences from all over Canterbury. She is Chief Archivist working to preserve the Society’s historical play programmes, photographs, posters and flyers, dating as far back as the 1920s. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, she enhanced the Society’s social media presence utilising these archived photographs and flyers. She was instrumental in securing a warehouse for the Society, following the Christchurch 2010 and 2011 earthquakes causing the loss of the Repertory’s Kilmore Street theatre. Mrs Hayes has been the longest serving member of the Repertory Committee having served for 35 years and received Theatre New Zealand’s Meritorious Award in 2017 for her services to theatre.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
HINMAN, Mr David Dennis (Dave)
For services to tramways and heritage
Mr Dave Hinman retired in 2019 following 50 years with Christchurch City Council.
Mr Hinman was instrumental in the planning and construction of the City Tourist Tramway in Christchurch, acting as Project Manager from 1993 to 1994. The tramway has almost doubled the original 1995 route length from his efforts in engaging with Christchurch City Council, Heritage Tramways Trust and Christchurch Tramway Limited. He recently retired as Secretary of Tramway Historical Society (THS), having held positions on the Management Committee since 1966, and been President from 1972 to 1979. He was THS delegate on the Council of Tramway Museums of Australasia, an Executive member from 1986 and was Chairman until recently. He was Canterbury Branch Chairman of New Zealand Historic Places Trust from 1994 to 2002. He was instrumental in working with Christchurch Council and Christchurch Tramway Limited to reopen the tracks in 2013, following their destruction due to the 2011 earthquake. He was employed to be part of the Christchurch Council’s Heritage Response Team, which focused on retaining Heritage and Character buildings in the central city. He is former Trustee of the Ferrymead Trust, having played a key role in the planning and development of the Ferrymead museum complex. Mr Hinman is a past President of the New Zealand Planning Institute and a current Fellow.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
HOWARD, Mr Thomas Edward (Ted)
For services to conservation, particularly wildlife conservation
Mr Ted Howard has been member of Kaikōura Forest and Bird since 2002 and has chaired Hutton’s Shearwater Trust since 2008.
Mr Howard and his wife Ailsa regularly monitor Hutton’s shearwater at the Kaikoūra Peninsula nesting site and banded dotterel nests at South Bay, working to increase protection measures. In 2017 they designed nesting cages for the banded dotterel, with spaced bars to allow the birds in while protecting them from predators. Combined with ongoing trapping, this improved nesting outcomes with every caged nest resulting in at least one successful fledgling in 2018. They set up a system of local guardians for the South Bay to advise visitors on avoiding the nesting areas. He was founding member and Treasurer of Te Korowai o te Tai ō Marokura for a consensus approach to protection of the marine environment. He was a founding member of the Kaikōura Marine Guardians, appointed in 2015, and following the 2016 earthquake was representative to the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery to help ensure the coastal environment was adequately considered. Mr Howard has been involved with local government as a past District Councillor, and variously member and chair of committees concerning water management, works and services, and biosecurity.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
KISSELL, Mr Alan Wayne
For services to the community
Mr Alan Kissell helped establish and has been Coordinator of MenzShed Waimea, a collective of men from Tasman and Nelson districts helping their community with projects.
Mr Kissell commits 50 to 60 hours a week to MenzShed and has held various positions with the National MenzShed organisation from 2009 including Secretary for two years and Regional Representative for two years, helping to organise the national hui in 2012. As Coordinator he acts in an advisory capacity to develop MenzShed in the top of the South Island region and has provided a meaningful and inclusive venue for men of all backgrounds to lend a hand in their community. MenzShed Waimea has supported many community projects including building ramps for the Hospice, planter boxes and seats for various schools and community facilities, and toys and games for play centres and kindergartens. He established a weekly class for individuals with intellectual disabilities, as well as for Richmond and Brightwater Scouts. The Waimea MenzShed was awarded the Trustpower Nelson Tasman Community Award in 2012 and the Supreme Age Connect Community Award in 2019. Mr Kissell’s project leadership and the Waimea MenzShed are vital to the Mitre10 New Zealand’s Nationwide Helping Hands Community Programme in the Tasman and Nelson areas.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
KNIGHT, Mrs Catherine Mary (Cathy), JP
For services to the community
Mrs Cathy Knight has been involved with a range of community organisations in Nelson for 30 years.
Mrs Knight has held several offices with the Nelson Tasman Justices of the Peace Association since 2004, including President from 2012 to 2014. She has been a Judicial JP since 2005 and was appointed Judicial Trainer for Nelson Tasman in 2019. She has been Regional Naval Officer for Nelson since 1993, undertaking liaison work for ship visits and organisations such as City Council, port authorities, RSA and New Zealand Cadet Force Units. She was a key organiser for the Trafalgar bicentenary commemoration event in 2005, involving 10 ships in Nelson Harbour. She has been Nelson Branch Manager of the New Zealand Law Society for almost 30 years. She was instrumental in establishing the Nelson branch of the Association of Administrative Professionals in 1991 and continues as Patron. She has been a Trustee of the City of Nelson Civic Trust for 12 years. She was on the team that organised the relocation of the Nelson Provincial Museum to a central city site in 2000. Mrs Knight was a Trustee of what is now the Nelson School of Musical Arts during a challenging period involving a rebuild due to earthquake risk.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
KREFFT, Mrs Jacinta Maria
For services to youth
Mrs Jacinta Krefft has been helping troubled youth and their families since 2002 as coordinator of the programme ‘Challenge for Change’ (C4C).
Mrs Krefft recognised at risk youth were needing extra support and created C4C, an early intervention programme for youths aged 9 to 13 with moderate to high needs including depression, low academic results and low self-esteem, who are matched with trained mentors who provide guidance, friendship and support. The C4C programme is implemented through Wellington Boys and Girls Institute, reaching schools and community organisations in the Greater Wellington Region who can refer youth for the programme. Alongside C4C is the Te Awhi Parenting Programme that supports the parents of young people in the C4C programme, with parents required to attend for their child to be part of C4C. She published ‘Feather on the Water’ and ‘The Journey Journal’ in 2005 and ‘Song from the Rubble’ in 2014, resources for schools and organisations to develop similar mentoring programmes. Across 18 years the programme has benefitted more than 400 young people and their parents. Mrs Krefft was awarded the Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Award in 2014 by Wellington City.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
LORD, Mrs Jillian Meryl
For services to genealogy
Mrs Jillian Lord has been a member of The Family History Society of New Zealand for more than 45 years, contributing to genealogy.
Mrs Lord has been a member of the Society’s Committee since 1972, holding all positions on the Executive, including as President twice in 1983 and 2006, Treasurer and Secretary. She supports members and people nationally and internationally with inquiries around family history, helping form family trees and has written articles for the Society’s magazine ‘The Family Tree’. She and her husband have provided the Society with two rooms in their home for research and library purposes for more than 25 years. She runs courses on genealogy, contributing to local and regional University of the Third Age Groups, and is considered a ‘go to’ person on genealogy in the Canterbury region. She has represented the Society on behalf of New Zealand at international genealogy conferences and has been Patron since 2018. She has been Librarian for the Society since 2009, responsible for the purchasing, cataloguing, labelling and shelving of books. She has been a Friend of the Court Theatre for more than 20 years, and Chair of the Association of Anglican Women Merivale. Mrs Lord helped research Kate Sheppard’s United Kingdom Family for inclusion in a new book to be published 2021.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MACDONALD, Mrs Coral Ann
For services to floristry
Mrs Coral Macdonald has been a florist for more than 60 years and has volunteered thousands of hours to mentor floristry students.
Mrs Macdonald has helped prepare students for examinations, been an examiner, and helped organise examinations for the New Zealand Professional Florists Society. She has been recognised with Master Florist Status by the New Zealand Professional Florist Society and has been made a Life Member. She has provided her floristry services to government and various embassies in Wellington over many years. Since 1987 she has provided formal wreaths and chaplets for New Zealand government, military and commemorative events, such as Armsitice Day, ANZAC Day and to be laid by New Zealand officials overseas. Mrs Macdonald is well regarded for her knowledge, attention to detail and cultural appropriateness when preparing formal floral arrangements.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MACDOUGALL, Mr Alistair Donald
For services to the community
Mr Alistair MacDougall has been a long-term supporter of the Pahiatua community through a range of organisations and contributions.
Mr MacDougall has worked tirelessly for many community organisations including the Mangatainoka Rugby Club, domain board from 1960 to 2009, and hall board, and the Pahiatua Rotary Club, where he served as President for a time, the Pahiatua Community Board in the 1990s and Borough Council between 1986 and 1989, including time as Deputy Mayor, and the Tararua District Council. As an accomplished engineer and small business owner, he has used his skills to benefit his community, lending his expertise when decisions were needed on programmes related to areas like water and waste, and helping out whenever a hands-on approach was needed for things like fixing broken school playground equipment. Mr MacDougall has played and coached Mangatainoka Rugby teams, served on school committees, assisted in Jubilee committees, and has been Chairman of the 50 year Polish reunion.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MANOA, Mrs Vaisamoa
For services to the Tuvalu community
Mrs Vaisamoa Manoa has been active with the Tuvalu community in New Zealand since the 1990s.
Mrs Manoa was a founder in 1995 of the Tuvalu Christian Church, the first Tuvalu church in New Zealand. Within the church, she has led the women's fellowship to support decision making within the church. She created Sunday school groups to support Tuvalu children and supported an initiative to establish a youth group. She has helped maintain the Tuvalu language in the community. She helped found several Funafuti Tuvalu women’s committees to uphold the Tuvalu traditions and customs. She played a key role in establishing networks for Tuvalu women and men to promote and maintain their culture and practices, and helped new families settle to life in New Zealand. She also teaches songs and dances to Funafuti Tuvalu, passing down traditional knowledge. She has been a member of Te Uluniu Tuvalu Taumatua Trust since 2003, which provides services to the Tuvalu communities in Auckland. She has taught and shared traditional Tuvalu weaving and taught needle work to young people. Mrs Manoa has appropriated materials available in New Zealand to create traditional items, adapting and modifying Tuvalu cultural practices.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MARTIN, Mr Wayne Calven
For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Mr Wayne Martin has been a member of Kawakawa Volunteer Fire Brigade since 1992 and Chief Fire Officer since 2006.
Mr Martin is a member of Northland’s Chief Fire Officer Leadership Group, mentoring newly appointed CFOs and officers. He has played a major part in positive change management, having held senior roles with the Brigade through three restructures. He was instrumental in the establishment of a Cadets Unit within the Kawakawa Brigade. His ‘whānau’ approach within the Brigade has seen initiatives such as local kuia caring for Brigade members’ tamariki while attending incidents, and a proactive team delivering fire safety education in homes and the community. He introduced a tikanga Māori approach at fatal incidents, now a common practice across the region. He was employed as iwi liaison officer with Fire and Emergency New Zealand (then New Zealand Fire Service) from 2007 to 2018. In this role he built networks through collaboration with the New Zealand Police Iwi Liaison team. He is now a Group Manager within Northland and has been incident controller for a number of significant wild fire incidents in the region. Mr Martin is coach of Ngati Hine Kawakawa/Moerewa Rugby team and has coached at the representative level.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MCGILVARY, Ms Ailsa Diane (Ailsa McGilvary-Howard)
For services to conservation, particularly wildlife conservation
Mrs Ailsa McGilvary-Howard has been a member of the Kaikōura branch of Forest and Bird since 1999 and Chair since 2009, and a Trustee of Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust since 2015.
Mrs McGilvary-Howard has been motivated by a concern that the local Banded Dotterel population might be declining due to unsuccessful breeding. She began voluntarily researching the nesting of Banded Dotterel at South Bay Kaikōura from 2015. She has produced a detailed longitudinal data set that shows the Kaikoura Banded dotterel is critically endangered from the South to the North of the Kaikōura area, and outlines the specific threats causing its decline. She continues to advocate for the species both locally and nationally, including educating and working for change in all arenas, while highlighting the most challenging and dangerous threat of the predation of nests and adults by domestic, stray and feral cats. She has presented research at The Australasian Shorebird Conference in 2016, to the BRAID annual symposium in 2019, and Wader Quest in the United Kingdom, as well as to many community groups in Kaikōura and elsewhere. She takes an active part in several environmental initiatives including Braided River Aid and the East Coast Protection group. Mrs McGilvary-Howard was a founding member of the Kaikōura Youth Trust and was Chair from 2000 to 2009.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MCHUTCHON, Mrs Gloria Elaine
For services to the community
Mrs Gloria McHutchon has been involved in the West Otago community for more than 40 years.
Mrs McHutchon has been voluntarily teaching English to speakers of other languages since 2006 as a qualified ESOL Teacher, in response to growth in farmers from other nations in the region. She is part of a group from the local church who provide ‘Welcome Boxes’ consisting of necessities and baking to welcome the many farm workers to the region. She is former Director of International Students at Blue Mountain College in Tapanui, which hosted international students and taught them English and about New Zealand culture. She is a funeral celebrant and oral historian working with a group to interview those over the age of 85 to record their stories. She is founding member of Step Sisters Leisure Marching Team and organises the annual Heriot School Craft Week, coordinating local women to organise craft projects including baking, woodwork, and sewing for 80 children. She is vice Chairperson of Moa Flat Rural Women. She organised the Armistice Day centenary celebrations for West Otago and chairs the annual ANZAC services at Heriot and Dunedin. Mrs McHutchon has been a member for more than 40 years of Heriot Plunket Society and is a past Chairperson and Life Member.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MEYER, Mr Ernest Ryburn
For services to the community and education
Mr Ernest Meyer has been a member of the Onehunga Rotary Club since 1971, holding a number of portfolios and leading a number of projects locally.
Mr Meyer led the Onehunga Rotary Club Millennium Project to construct the Onehunga High School Adult Learning Centre. He has led the partnership between Rotary, Habitat for Humanity, and Onehunga High School in which students have built one Habitat for Humanity house each year between 2013 and 2016. He has been project manager and on-site builder for the four Habitat for Humanity houses and has continued the initiative with Onehunga High School, working towards the completion of a seventh house in 2019 with a class of Year 12 and 13 students. He was an Onehunga Borough Councillor from 1980 to 1986 and was the Borough Council representative on the Onehunga High School Board of Governors from 1980 to 1986. He has been a Trustee on a number of local trusts since the 1990s including the Alan Haskell Memorial Trust and the McKeever Trust. Mr Meyer was involved in the construction of the Onehunga Senior Citizens’ Club hall.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MEYER, Mrs Maureen Stuart
For services to the community
Mrs Maureen Meyer joined the Onehunga Citizens Advice Bureau in 1979 and retired in December 2020.
Mrs Meyer was a Bureau Interviewer and has held a number of other roles over the years. She was a member of the Management Committee and served as Secretary. She has assisted the Branch Manager with interviews and evaluating volunteer applications. She has mentored new volunteers, assisted with the preparation and distribution of the bureau newsletter, spoken to community groups on the bureau’s services, and prepared stalls and displays at community events and sites. She has represented Onehunga CAB at meetings with Tamaki Local Board, Work and Income New Zealand, women’s fellowships and local business associations. She has served on the school committees of Royal Oak Primary School and Manukau Intermediate School. She has been an Elder of the Epsom Presbyterian Church and been a member of the Church Finance Committee. She has assisted with the Mainly Music church outreach programme for pre-schoolers for 15 years. Mrs Meyer has helped refugees at the Mangere Refugee Reception Centre settle into the community and has taught adult English as a second language classes.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MORRELL, Reverend Canon Ihipera Waikare (Bella)
For services to the Māori language and community
Reverend Canon Bella Morrell has supported the Dunedin community for more than 60 years and advocated for the use of Te Reo Māori for several generations of whānau.
Reverend Morrell was one of the founding members of Ārai Te Uru Marae and Culture Club in Dunedin in the 1960s and has supported the welcoming and integration of migrant communities through Dunedin City Council events held at the marae. She has been a member of the New Zealand Māori Anglican Church for many decades, most recently serving as Reverend Canon since 2016 and delivering activities grounded in tikanga and spirituality for the community. She helped establish the Ōtākou Māori Women’s Welfare League branch and has been a Life Member since 1968 after serving as branch president. She established the Pani Club, an all-European female Kapa Haka group in 1970. She has provided learning opportunities through the Mana Wāhine and Mana Tāne programmes, teaching whānau about whakapapa as well as waiata, karakia, and Te Reo Māori. She has been a kuia, youth mentor, and governance member for Te Hau Ora Whānau Services, leading mentoring and cultural safety training for Te Waka o Māui based at Wakari Hospital. Reverend Morrell has been a kuia and leader for many community groups including Otago Playcentre Federation and Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaaki.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
MOSLEY, Mrs Irene Edith
For services to the community
Mrs Irene Mosley has been supporting Otago and Southland communities for more than 40 years through advisory, project management and strategic planning roles.
Mrs Mosley has given thousands of voluntary hours to projects across health, church, musical theatre, agriculture, and the wider community. She has held positions in Rural Women New Zealand at local and regional level and been a Branch Member for 34 years. She represented rural families on the Queen Mary Maternity Services Advisory Committee from 1993 to 1998 and has been a Board member of Shelter Box NZ, Chair Chat Bus Otago, and was a major driver of Positively Clutha Women in the 1990s. She is a Life Member of both Balclutha Toy Library and the Toy Library Federation of New Zealand. She is a director of Mosgiel Rotary Club. As Community Development Co-ordinator of Clutha District Council, she supported community groups to achieve their goals, including the building of the Clutha Recreation Centre. She led the Otago Southland Chair in Neurosurgery campaign and drove the fundraising for the redevelopment of the Dunedin Hospital Children’s/Neonatal wards. As Chair of the Taieri Community Facilities Trust since 2015, Mrs Mosley has worked to ensure the Mosgiel Community Pool facility meets community needs.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
OAKLEY, Mrs Janet Elinor (Jennie)
For services to the community and the arts
Mrs Jennie Oakley has been a member of the Cathedral Council of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell since 2008.
Mrs Oakley’s service has included being a Cathedral guide/welcome, lay worship leader at services, volunteering in the office, and regularly cooking meals for the Cathedral’s meal ministry for those in need. She was an Executive Committee member of the University of Auckland Alumni from 2007 to 2019 and was involved in hosting international students, helping them adjust to life in New Zealand, and the Vice Chancellor’s Student Support Fund, allowing students to represent the University overseas. She became known as ‘Granny Graduate’ in 2010, as the oldest capped graduate to walk down Queen Street, then aged 72. She completed her Masters while Secretary of the University’s Staff Common Room and working as a library assistant. She has been a volunteer guide at the Auckland Museum since 2018 and Pah Homestead Gallery since 2019. She is a member of the Committee of the Decorative Fine Arts Society (DFAS) Auckland branch, where she helps organise lectures throughout the year. She has been a committee member of the Friends of the Auckland Philharmonia since 2007. Mrs Oakley has volunteered for Meals on Wheels and provided transport for appointments when needed.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
O'DOWD, Mrs Yvonne Margaret
For services to the community
Mrs Yvonne O’Dowd has supported several organisations in the Carterton and wider Wairarapa communities.
Mrs O’Dowd has been a volunteer and Parishioner with St David’s Church Carterton, helping organise ‘Sing Alongs’ with residents of local rest homes. She has helped prepare and deliver food for those going on operations locally with Search and Rescue. She has been a volunteer with the Carterton Foodbank since 2013, serving as President from 2016 to 2021. As President, she focused on improving the availability of the organisation by increasing the number of days open from three to five, and liaised with three other foodbanks in the Wairarapa region to facilitate sharing of resources and stock to ensure the provision of parcels. She is an active promoter of the foodbank with her connections around the community, helping increase the number of volunteers to 30 and positioning the organisation financially to not need to seek funding for at least 15 months. Mrs O’Dowd has organised a working bee to make a home wheelchair accessible, liaised with the local fire brigade to install smoke alarms in a family’s home, and provided regular food and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic to seasonal workers from Fiji who had minimal resources.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
OLIVER, Mrs Taulapu, JP
For services to the Pacific community
Mrs Taulapu Oliver has supported the Marlborough Pacific community since the 1990s.
Mrs Oliver helped new Pacific migrant workers and their families to settle into the region, assisting with translation services on how to apply for key documents and services such as drivers' licences, bank accounts, and citizenship applications. She established a weekly Sunday gathering for the Pacific community at Pollard Park, helping individuals and families settle into life in the region. She supported Kalia Trust to launch the first Marlborough Polyfest in 2019. She has helped families enrol children at schools and with General Practitioners. She represented the Samoan community on the Board of Marlborough REAP from 2011 to 2016. She has been on the Board of Community Law Marlborough since 2000. She has supported Pacific individuals in trouble with the law, recognising a lack of awareness of laws and customs, and has worked with Police and other agencies to provide education for migrants on the “dos and don'ts” of life in New Zealand. She was one of the founding members of EFKS Aoga Amata Blenheim playgroup from 2014 to 2018 and a Board member of Marlborough Pacific Trust since 2016. Mrs Oliver has been on the Parish Council and finance committee of St Andrews Presbyterian Church since 1999.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
OXENHAM, Ms Glorious Marie (Glo)
For services to the Melanesian community
Ms Glo Oxenham has been promoting Solomon Islands and Melanesian culture, language and values for more than 25 years.
Ms Oxenham has been President for Lower North Island Wantok Association since 2011, holding the positions of Vice President and Secretary, helping organise numerous activities, fundraising and community celebrations. She was President of the Wellington Solomon Islands Community Group on three occasions over 25 years. She provides support for students studying in Wellington from the Solomon Islands, ensuring they find relevant employment and can help support their family back home. She has been a language and cultural advisor working with local and regional councils and was Project Leader of the Melanesian Independence Day celebrations from inception in 2014 until 2019. She co-founded and has chaired the Wellington Melanesia Women and Friends Group since 2018. She has utilised New Zealand flax to recreate the Solomon Islands weaving technique, working with Porirua’s Pataka Museum to host the ‘Woven Bags of Melanesia’ 2014 exhibit. She collaborated with the museum’s female leaders of Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea to host a ‘Melanesia Day’. Ms Oxenham has taught Pidgin English to New Zealand Police and NZDF personnel before deployment as part of the Regional Assistance Mission and provided language and cultural training and New Zealand Diplomats to the Solomon Islands.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
PAINTER, Mrs Jane
For services to the community
Mrs Jane Painter has contributed to astronomy and the Kamo community for more than 30 years.
As Head of the English Department at Kamo High school, Mrs Painter produced the school magazine and newspapers with her journalism classes. She edited ‘English in Aotearoa’ for the New Zealand Association for the Teaching of English. She is a member of the Northland Astronomical Society Whangarei, leading a group responsible for building a planetarium at a site in Heritage Park from 2009 until 2012. She led the fundraising to purchase the Zeiss ZKP1 projector from Carter Observatory for the planetarium, which showcases celestial bodies visible from the Southern Hemisphere. She is a Tutor and Presenter at the planetarium, which sees 2,000 visitors each year. It is well regarded as an engaging educational experience for the public, schools and club groups. She edited two books, ‘True Tales of Kamo’ and ‘More True Tales of Kamo and Whau Valley’, consisting of anecdotes and stories from more than 100 contributors. She is a former member of a group from Kamo Community Incorporated working to enhance the Kamo community by having murals painted on buildings. Mrs Painter set up guides for two Kamo heritage trails and identified and assisted with the placement of heritage signage in Kamo.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
PERRIN, Mr Nicholas David (Nick)
For services to historical research
Mr Nick Perrin has researched detailed records of deaths and burials in Wellington from the first 50 years of colonial settlement on a voluntary basis.
Mr Perrin has been a volunteer member of the Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery for almost 40 years. He is a current member of the management committee, a committee member since 1989, President from 1990 to 1999 and was newsletter editor from 1992 to 2006. As a volunteer researcher, he led the creation and development of a database of detailed historical records, providing 8,500 names, death and burial records to Wellington City Council (WCC) in 1997. Over the past 25 years he has continued to verify names and details and helping hundreds of people with ancestral information enquiries. He created a detailed map plotting the original graves in the Cemetery and recorded information on the 3,700 people whose remains had to be moved for the construction of Wellington’s urban motorway in the 1960s. He has continued to update a database of 8,700 names on the Friends’ website and is working with WCC to prepare a GPS-based database. Mr Perrin is past National President and Honorary Life Member of the Cactus & Succulent Society of New Zealand, with almost 50 years involvement, and is currently President of the Wellington-Hutt Valley Branch.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
PERRY, Mr Nigel Ernest
For services to tennis and table tennis
Mr Nigel Perry has been involved with tennis for 70 years and table tennis for more than 50 years in Marlborough.
Mr Perry has held President, Secretary and Chairperson positions for many clubs in the Marlborough region over several decades. He has held almost all positions with the Executive Committee of the Marlborough Table Tennis Association since 1946. He was President of the association in 1964 with 360 players across 14 clubs and again as President in 1966. He was one of the instigators of the South Island Table Tennis Tournament, hosting it three times with the competition continuing until the present. He managed and played for Marlborough teams at national championships, winning the Marlborough Closed Singles Title in 1958 and several doubles titles into the mid-1990s. He was the Marlborough delegate to the National AGM Body meetings and has been the Marlborough Tennis Association’s official photographer at tournaments and fixtures until the present. He is a Life Member and Patron of the Marlborough Tennis Association, the Marlborough Veterans Tennis Club and Marlborough Table Tennis Association. He has been an accredited New Zealand Table Tennis Umpire and Tennis Umpire for 60 years and acted as tournament referee. Mr Perry was presented with the Marlborough Medal in 2017 for his services to the region.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
RUTLEDGE, Mrs Jan Maree
For services to transitional housing
Mrs Jan Rutledge has worked in the emergency housing and social services sector for 15 years.
Mrs Rutledge has been General Manager of De Paul House since 2014, providing essential housing and support services for vulnerable people on the North Shore, particularly families with dependent children. As General Manager she has overseen an expansion of De Paul House’s services from 11 apartments to more than 50 properties. She played a key role in De Paul House becoming registered as a Community Housing Provider. She is active with a number of networks including the Housing External Focus Group for the Ministry of Social Development, the Auckland District Council of Social Services’ housing subcommittee, Auckland Catholic Housing network, Housing Connections network, and New Zealand Council of Christian Social Service Impacts of Policy and Exclusion Policy Group. Mrs Rutledge has been a Board member of Auckland North Community and Development since 2016.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
SPIER, Mrs Sandra Maree
For services to health and the community
Mrs Sandra Spier has been contributing to the Taihape community for more than 40 years.
Mrs Spier was employed by the Whanganui District Health Board from 1983 to 1985 as an Ambulance Officer, before training with St John to become an Intermediate Care Paramedic Officer from 1986 to 2001. She worked for MediTrain First Aid Training Limited in 2003 as a first-aid tutor, before becoming independent from 2003 onwards. She provides access to first aid and first aid training for remote and rural areas and free basic first aid training for school children and new mothers through several community centres including Waiouru Community Centre. She covers the areas from Taupo, Taumarunui, Whanganui Awa, national park regions, Jerusalem, Pipiriki and farming stations in Gentle Annie and Rangitikei Awa. She provides first aid training to at-risk youth entering employment with little to no employment history and she visits 12 rural schools annually to deliver free basic first aid training. She has worked with Nga Iwi O Mokai Patea Services to train their staff to become fully qualified first aiders since 2004. Mrs Spier has been involved with fundraisers for the new St John Taihape ambulance station in 2019 and in conjunction with the Taihape Motorcycle Riders in 2020.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
STANES, Mrs Alison Rosemary
For services to the environment
Mrs Alison Stanes has contributed to several environmental organisations in the Auckland and Northland region for more than 20 years.
Mrs Stanes was a founding committee member of Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary Society Incorporated (TOSSI) since 2002, the editor and main contributor of the newsletters between 2002 and 2017 and has chaired the committee since 2017. She was involved with the fundraiser ‘Art in the Woolshed’ between 2004 and 2012 that raised a total of $145,000 for TOSSI, contributing towards a predator free fence and nursery buildings, which has grown more than 200,000 trees to date. She has closely monitored New Zealand endangered dotterels in Tāwaharanui for nearly 15 years for their protection. She is a Life Member of the Miranda Shorebird Centre and was the founder and Chair of Friends of Rangikapiti Society between 2006 and 2018. With the Friends of Rangikapiti Society, she contributed countless hours to eradicate weeds, fundraised $100,000 and liaised with the local iwi for projects. She established Wilderness Walks, which over 14 years has introduced hundreds to walk safely in all parts of New Zealand with an emphasis on the environment. Mrs Stanes curated an educational trailer in 2019 stationed at Anchor Bay in the summer, to educate visitors on birdlife and walks in the park.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
TAYLOR, Mr Garry Manson
For services to the community and philanthropy
Mr Garry Taylor and his twin brother Kevin Taylor established Taylor Bros Transport Ltd in 1966, which has grown over more than 50 years into a fleet of more than 50 trucks.
The Taylor brothers have supported numerous non-for-profit organisations in Katikati and the wider district, both financially and with goods and services. Their sponsorships and donations have supported arts and culture, heritage, sport and education organisations and initiatives. They have sponsored Bay of Plenty Rescue Helicopter, Katikati Open Air Art, surf lifesaving, Tauranga Arts Festival, schools, churches, Scouts and Guides groups, Katikati Volunteer Fire Brigade, and Life Education among others. Some notable examples of works completed free of charge include the earthmoving for the Dave Hume Pool in 1973, the construction and extension of the Katikati Medical Centre in 1982 and 1997 respectively, and site works for the St Johns Centre Development Project in 2017. They have received recognition from local service clubs and both served periods as President of the Lions Club of Katikati in the 1970s. The Taylor brothers have supported the Lions Club to carry out numerous community activities and projects.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
TAYLOR, Mr Kevin Manson
For services to the community and philanthropy
Mr Kevin Taylor and his twin brother Garry Taylor established Taylor Bros Transport Ltd in 1966, which has grown over more than 50 years into a fleet of more than 50 trucks.
The Taylor brothers have supported numerous non-for-profit organisations in Katikati and the wider district, both financially and with goods and services. Their sponsorships and donations have supported arts and culture, heritage, sport and education organisations and initiatives. They have sponsored Bay of Plenty Rescue Helicopter, Katikati Open Air Art, surf lifesaving, Tauranga Arts Festival, schools, churches, Scouts and Guides groups, Katikati Volunteer Fire Brigade, and Life Education among others. Some notable examples of works completed free of charge include the earthmoving for the Dave Hume Pool in 1973, the construction and extension of the Katikati Medical Centre in 1982 and 1997 respectively, and site works for the St Johns Centre Development Project in 2017. They have received recognition from local service clubs and both served periods as President of the Lions Club of Katikati in the 1970s. The Taylor brothers have supported the Lions Club to carry out numerous community activities and projects.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
TUSINI-REX, Mrs Ingi Kulesa Sale
For services to the Niue community
Mrs Ingi Tusini-Rex has contributed immensely to the Niuean community through her mentorship within Tangaroa College.
Mrs Tusini-Rex has been a member of the Tangaroa Niue Group and the Niue community for decades, sharing her knowledge and ensuring the Niuean culture is embraced and maintained. Alongside her family, she established the Tangaroa College Niue Group in 1984, a cultural group focussed on culture, language and youth development, and take turns tutoring the group. She has been a Judge and Advisor for the Niue Stage at Polynesian Festival for several years. In 2007, she gained her Community Support Worker certification and worked with Kids First as a Community Support Worker, helping support those that are disadvantaged. She has been a valued member of Pacificwin Pacific, the Pacific focal point in global and regional migration. Her family received a 30-Year Service Award from Tangaroa College and received an award from ASB Bank at the Polynesian Festival in 2014, for their services to the Niue community. She has contributed to Niue song, dance and traditions, teaching communities in Auckland, particularly Otara and has represented Niuean values and aspects through arts and crafts, music and food. Mrs Tusini-Rex and her family received acknowledgement for their popular Niuean song ‘Sipaio’ in 2020 by Creative New Zealand and New Zealand On Air.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
VINCENT, Mr Brian William
For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Brian Vincent has been a member of the Opunake Volunteer Fire Brigade since 1960 and remains active in a Brigade Support role.
Mr Vincent attained the rank of Senior Firefighter and was representative on the Taranaki Provincial Fire Brigade Association and UFBA delegate. His involvement with the Opunake water scheme, from laying pipes to maintaining them, has made his knowledge an asset to the Brigade. He has been involved with Opunake RSA for many years and is currently President. He was an elected member of Egmont Plains Community Board from 2007 to 2019 and continues as an advisor. He is a member of the coastal community transport group since 2015, volunteering his time to transport people to hospital and other appointments in New Plymouth 50 kilometres away. He has been a member of the Opunake Lions Club since 1989, helping with numerous community projects. He is a member of the Opunake Civil Defence committee. He works with the Department of Corrections to coordinate and oversee tasks for community service workers. He has been on the committee of the community-owned and operated cinema, involved in fundraising for refurbishment and volunteering in front-of-house roles. Mr Vincent volunteers with the Cape Egmont Lighthouse and Museum as a guide for visitors.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
WATSON, Mrs Noeline Ann
For services to the community
Mrs Noeline Watson has contributed to the Cromwell community for more than 20 years.
Mrs Watson was a founding member and Secretary of Abbeyfield Wakatipu Incorporated, providing purpose built, affordable housing for older people in Wakatipu, promoting independence, companionship, community support and involvement. She has been an active member of Old Cromwell Incorporated, which has promoted restoration and use of Historic buildings in the Historic Precinct since 1990. She has been a member of the Cromwell Community Welfare Trust since 2009, which funds and organises the Cromwell Food Bank and Care and Friendship days. She has been the sole organiser of Care and Friendship days for several years, which are run fortnightly with 20 sessions, organising the venue, volunteers, meals, entertainment, and more for the elderly living in the Cromwell community. She has been managing and rostering the drivers for Meals on Wheels for 12 years. She has been the Secretary and licensed lay preacher with St Andrew’s Church Cromwell. In 2011, Mrs Watson was elected People’s Warden for the Upper Clutha Anglican Parish, holding the position since.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
WILKINS, Mr Paul Henry
For services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Paul Wilkins has contributed to his community through Search and Rescue, Scouts and Fire and Emergency New Zealand for 35 years.
Mr Wilkins became a volunteer with the Murchison Fire Brigade in 1983, later becoming Deputy Chief Fire Officer in 1999. He became the Chief of Murchison Fire Brigade in 2004 until retirement in 2017. As Chief, he organised and gathered volunteers to attend callouts between Nelson and Christchurch. He has been a Scout Leader and a member of Search and Rescue and Civil Defence for several years. He has helped with the local ambulance and trained to be a first responder for St John. He organises working bees through his church, for projects around the community including to stop the flooding of the local river. He is the first aider for the local rugby clubs and has dressed up as Santa Claus for several organisations including play centre and the Christmas Street Gala. He is a Life Member of Murchison Fire Brigade and of Gold Star Association. Mr Wilkins received a Gold Star for his long service and was recipient of the Community Award in 2014 for his service to the community.
The Queen’s Service Medal:
WILLIAMSON, Mr John David Thomas
For services to the community
Mr John Williamson has contributed to the Northland community through business and as mentor for 40 years.
Mr Williamson joined Jaycees in 1972, a not-for-profit organisation focussed on building local communities and training future leaders. Through Jaycees, he helped in the construction of community playgrounds, the upgrading of the Whangarei Riding for Disabled facilities and long-term fundraising with proceeds to help the Whangarei community. He was a Trustee and Chairman of Northland Business Development Trust between 1989 and 2012, providing business training, mentoring, and advice for those starting their own small businesses. As Chairman, he established Business North Magazine, a monthly magazine delivered to 1,900 local businesses to continue providing ongoing work for Northlanders. He became a business mentor for The Papermill, an organisation to employ those with intellectual disabilities and served as committee member and President of the Northland Chamber of Commerce between 1982 and 1991. He was a founding councillor of the Northland District Automobile Association in 1997 and has been a Chairman and Trustee of Northland Road Safety Trust since 2002. He has served three terms as a District Councillor of Whangarei District Council between 2004 and 2017. Mr Williamson has been the Chairman of Whangarei Museum and Heritage Trust since 2017.
Honorary Queen’s Service Medal:
BUDDENDIJK, Ms Jessica Wim Geertje
For services to the aged care sector
Ms Jessica Buddendijk has provided support and advice to aged care facilities since 1984 and founded Jelica Limited in 1997, an aged care advisory service and education organisation.
Ms Buddendijk has provided aged care facilities with training, support and information including changes to regulations, legislation and audit requirements. She developed a quality assurance programme for facilities to continue achieving a high standard of care and continues to provide updates when changes occur. Since 2011 she has provided a monthly newsletter with advice and updates for 1,900 recipients within the health sector. She developed a food plan which assists aged care facilities to comply with food safety regulations as set by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Since 1990 she has been Chair of Care Association New Zealand, previously Association for Residential Care Homes, and on behalf of its members she represents their concerns to higher levels such as District Health Boards and the Ministry of Health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she distributed preparedness information to assist and support aged care facilities around New Zealand. She was appointed to the P1834 Health and Disability Service Standard Committee in 2020. More broadly, Ms Buddendijk is a Life Member of Cancer Society Auckland and volunteers with the Breast Cancer Association.
Honorary Queen’s Service Medal:
DAUREWA, Mr Tito
For services to the Pacific community and Pacific rugby
Mr Tito Daurewa has been contributing to the Fijian and Pacific community in Auckland since migrating to New Zealand in 1982.
Mr Daurewa was involved with the Fiji international rugby team between 1970 and 1980, representing Fiji against the All Blacks in 1979. He continued his contribution to rugby in New Zealand as a player and coach for Marist Rugby between 1989 and 1992. He has represented Auckland Rugby and the Auckland Pacific Island Rugby, touring Samoa and Tonga. He has been on the Pacific Island’s Sports Advisory Board as an Executive Member since 1990, advocating for education of pacific youth through sports programmes and helping secure sponsorship to fund the programmes. He has been the Coach of the New Zealand Fijian Rugby since 1988, travelling to Fiji to work with the Fijian Rugby Union and selecting players to participate in rugby trials. He was on the Interim Committee as the Fijian Delegate on the Moana Pacific Rugby Championship in 2020, working with former All Blacks players to promote the Moana Pacific Super Rugby competition. Mr Daurewa has been the Chairman of the Fijian Catholic Church in Auckland, maintaining social cohesion, family and connectedness particularly for new migrants.
Honorary Queen’s Service Medal:
HAFOKA, Mrs Falanisesi Fusitu'a
For services to the Tongan community
Mrs Falanisesi Hafoka has been a leader and Minister in the Tongan community since 2012.
Mrs Hafoka is an ordained Deacon of the Methodist Church New Zealand – Te Haahi Wetereiana O Aotearoa. She is a Minister for the Tongan elderly and disabled community groups, visiting homes to stay connected and support their needs. She has been a chaplain for schools under the Church Education Commission Life Walk, providing guidance for children since 2012, providing spiritual guidance and education to members of the community, and acting as a cultural bridge for them to understand Tongan culture, language and heritage. She has been providing support to visa applicants and overstayers by providing guidance with resumes and opportunities for work and has been assisting the community with the Glen Innes Advice Bureau since 2018. She has been a teacher in New Zealand and in Tonga and has worked with various South Auckland schools. She founded the elderly Tongan group, which focused on social engagement, wellbeing, and social enterprise and to provide a platform for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs Hafoka is a Lay Preacher and Sunday School teacher with her Tongan Methodist Church.