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Voluntary service is one of our Fundamental Principles and we deeply appreciate the service of our people.
National award recipients 2024
- John Dyer – Central
- Jennifer Beckett – Midland
- Sarita Love – Southern
- Philippa Robertson – Midland
- Lavina Anderson – Canterbury
- Margaret Church – Northern
- Richard Barfoot – East-West
- Jill Caughley – Northern
- Nathan Findlay – Southern
- Marit Larson – Northern
- Leigh Lehmann – Northern
- Helen Leitch – Northern
- Alan Robinson – Canterbury
- Yvonne Rippon – Northern
- Campbell Paton – Canterbury
- Jeanette Mann – Southern
- Patricia Manning – Canterbury
- Jacob Moller – Southern
- Douglas Winter – Canterbury
- Colin Zachan – East-West
- Janice Zachan – East-West
- Jane Wilson – Southern
- Adrienne Henderson – Southern
- Scott Tambisari – Upper South
- Wendy Lau – Northern
- Alex Pierard – Central
- Lorraine Pringle – Southern
- Fiona Ross – Central
- Suzanne Vowles – Northern
- Jasmine Weston – Southern
Area and service award recipients 2024
- Maud Burke – Northern
- Mike Burke – Northern
- Kelly Campbell – Southern
- Bob Christians – Southern
- Alan Clark – Midland
- Patricia Clark – Southern
- Diane Dean – Midland
- Gilbert Dean – Midland
- Suzi Druce – Northern
- Anita Farmer – Southern
- Fiona Flis – Central
- Teresa Grosvenor – Central
- Judith Kirk – Midland
- Claire Macfarlane – Central
- Jayne McAllister – Southern
- Katrina Meads – Midland
- Shiva Sami – Northern
- Graeme Siddle – East-West
- Lorraine Tremain – East-West
- Jasmin White – Southern
- Sahaab Akbar – Southern
- Anne Attenborough – Canterbury
- Kathleen Anderson – Canterbury
- Liz Anderson – Northern
- Rodney Bamford – Southern
- Jesse Banks – Canterbury
- Carol Barnes – Central
- Gail Barratt – Northern
- Mayce Bates – Canterbury
- Coral Bennett – Northern
- Dianne Bennett – East-West
- Dorothy Blair – Southern
- Leonie Blair – Midland
- Rhonda Bloxham – Canterbury
- Dale Bourke – Southern
- Brendan Brown – Southern
- Josie Brown – Southern
- Penelope Brunker – Southern
- Miguel Buick – Southern
- Judy Burns – Central
- Angela Botting – Southern
- Colleen Byars – Southern
- Laureen Byron – Southern
- Bronwyn Campbell – Southern
- Jan Campbell – Southern
- Kelly Campbell – Southern
- Nicola Carstens – Canterbury
- Chrissy Chapman – Northern
- Fiona Clement – Southern
- Callum Clark – Southern
- Sandra Cooney – Midland
- Emiko Cowell – Southern
- Hilda Chalmers – Southern
- Robert Chalmers – Southern
- Ian Daniels – Southern
- Bron Dean – Northern
- Nichola Dillon – Canterbury
- Dipa Dixit – Northern
- Michael Dooley – Southern
- Malcolm Downey – Midland
- Suzi Druce – Northern
- Verena Duncan – East-West
- Ruth Dunphy – Northern
- Jan Dynes – Canterbury
- Nicky Eady – Northern
- Christabel Earl – Southern
- Helene Edy – Canterbury
- Anne Ellis – Canterbury
- Ewan Emmart – Northern
- David Ereckson – Northern
- Vesna Fahn – Northern
- Garrick Fielding – Canterbury
- Glenys Findlay – Southern
- Dorothy Fitzgerald – Northern
- Julie Fitzgerald-White – East-West
- Aline Fletcher – Midland
- Mary Foley – Southern
- Lewis Forrester – Southern
- Lesley Foster – East-West
- Sandy Fraser – Northern
- Jaye Fuller – Northern
- Hannah Gentile – Southern
- Penelope Gower – Midland
- Diana Grieve – Northern
- Ian Halsted – Midland
- Buddhika Hapuarachchi – Midland
- Kay Hanna – Midland
- Christine Hardy – Northern
- Carol Harris – Canterbury
- Christine Harris – Canterbury
- Selena Harris – Midland
- Mervyn Hart – Midland
- Louise Heaphy – Canterbury
- Stephen Harwood – Northern
- Graham Hazleton – Canterbury
- Ruth Hennebry – Midland
- Susan Holden – Upper South
- Iris Hopkins – Midland
- Kiamana Hotere-Broughton – Northern
- Esperidion Inobio – Canterbury
- Elizabeth Jardine – Canterbury
- Elizabeth Jarman – Canterbury
- Matthew Jelicich – Northern
- Janice Jessen – Midland
- Mark Jessen – Midland
- Heather Johnston – Midland
- Phillipa Karn – Northern
- Mary Kermode – Canterbury
- Rhonda Korteweg – Southern
- Louise Kyle – Northen
- Lorraine Liggins – Central
- Susanne Mannall – Canterbury
- Wendy Maxwell – Northern
- Lisa McClelland – Canterbury
- Anna McCormick – Canterbury
- Nicola McDowell – Canterbury
- Elizabeth McHardy – Midland
- Iris McGrath – Canterbury
- Roslyn McNeilly – Upper South
- Lynette McNally – Canterbury
- Lesley Mcrae – Central
- Katrina Meads – Midland
- Snehal Mevasia – Northen
- Andrea Murdoch – Canterbury
- Ainsley Murray
- Helen Murray – Canterbury
- Coleen Osborne – Northern
- Jane O'Connor – East-West
- Geoffrey Olds – Canterbury
- Elaine Pacey – Central
- Nigel Pau'u – Southern
- Susan Pellow – East-West
- Catherine Patterson – Southern
- Rees Petterson – Canterbury
- Maureen Peterken – Central
- Janice Pfeifer – Southern
- Jennifer Pomeroy – Central
- Nola Price – Midland
- Gail Prestidge – East-West
- Wendy Protheroe – Canterbury
- Hanifah Razak – Midland
- Helen Ramsay – Southern
- Jayne Richards – Southern
- Noeleen Robson – Northern
- Steve Ronoh – Northern
- Denis Ryan – Canterbury
- Glyn Saunders – Southern
- Valerie Saxton – Central
- Evelyn Scott – Canterbury
- Christine Shooter – Southern
- Nadia Sharifi – Northern
- Julie Smart – East-West
- Linda Sorensen – Northern
- Joshua Stewart – Southern
- Tracy Strachan – Southern
- Rachael Strang – Southern
- Sally Stuart – Midland
- Alaa Sukkar – Southern
- Harsh Suresh – Midland
- Mona Tavakoli – Southern
- Sarah Taylor – Midland
- Jacqui Thomas – Central
- Ann Tibbs – Central
- Margaret Tomlinson – Northern
- Karin Tommy – Northern
- Lanette Townsend – Canterbury
- Anna Vanderhulst – Canterbury
- Anna Wales – Northern
- 0April Walker – Northern
- Rachel Wallace – Southern
- Maureen Wassell – Southern
- Sue Watene – Northern
- Kerry-Lee Webb – Canterbury
- David Wightman – Southern
- Louise Wightman – Southern
- James Wiles – Midland
- Sandra Williams – Midland
- Logan Wilson – Canterbury
- Deanna Yule – Central
- Ngaire Young – Southern
- Wendy Young – Central
- Brian Abraham – Central
- Maureen Anderson – East-West
- Lyn Avery – Midland
- Linda Bartlett – East-West
- Janet Bibby – East-West
- Darlene Biehler – Northern
- Kathleen Bollen – Midland
- Barbara Brunton – Canterbury
- Robin Bublitz – East-West
- Huia Campbell – Canterbury
- Raylee Clark – Northern
- Moira Conroy – Upper South
- Judy Cowan – Northern
- Allan Cross – Southern
- John Davies – Upper South
- Rosy Devereux – Northern
- Judith Dunn – Canterbury
- Gavin Dunnett – Canterbury
- Dolly Elliott – Northern
- Toni Elliott – Northern
- Katrina Evans – Canterbury
- Debbie Ewen – Central
- Susan Falloon – Central
- Joanne Farquhar – Southern
- Richard Faulkner – Northern
- Lorraine Fell – Midland
- Margaret Fleming – Central
- Hugh Fredericks – Upper South
- Lynne Frost – Canterbury
- Tim Ford – Northern
- Ray Gauden-Ing – Upper South
- Robyn Gouman – Southern
- Rosemary Grace – East-West
- Matthew Gibson – Northern
- Casey Glover – Canterbury
- Mary Griffiths – Upper South
- Linda Hayes – Northern
- Nancy Hardner – Midland
- Sandra Harnett – Canterbury
- Diane Harper – East-West
- Stephen Harwood – Northern
- Susan Hay – Central
- Lyn Hellyer – Southern
- Kelvin Hendra – Midland
- Donald Hindmarsh – Midland
- Donna Hitchcox – Canterbury
- Dorothy Hodgson – Midland
- Suzanne Howie – Upper South
- Jim Howie – Upper South
- Isabel Hutcheon – Midland
- Rosalyn Ingram – Northern
- Midge Janssen – East-West
- Elizabeth Johnston – Southern
- Wendy Johnson – Northern
- Judy Jones – Northern
- Tui Jones – Midland
- Rene Kalkoof – Northern
- Margaret Keall – Canterbury
- Leah Kermode – Northern
- Jean-Paul Le Roux – Northern
- Ann Letheran – Midland
- Doreen Lim – Northern
- Marie Lindaya ONZM – Upper South
- Shirley Lucas – Canterbury
- Sarita Love – Southern
- Rosemary Maley – Southern
- Marilyn Matthews – Northern
- Mike Matthews – Northern 1
- Max Maxwell – Northern
- Judith McDonald – Midland
- Noeline McCready – East-West
- Noeline McCready – East-West
- Dennie Meduna – Northern
- Colin Milmine – Midland
- Valerie Milmine – Midland
- Dexter Morgan – Midland
- Nola Morland – Midland
- Kathryn Nicholls – Upper South
- Claire Nichols – Upper South
- Katie Noble – Northern
- Coral Old – Midland
- Raewyn Parker – Upper South
- Minaxi Parbhu – Midland
- Lynn Perry – East-West
- Roselyne Pirani – East-West
- Kaye Rae – Canterbury
- Wayne Robson – Northern
- Kathy Ross – Canterbury
- Shiva Sami – Northern
- John Saran – Northern
- Scott Savage – Southern
- Jill Southon – Upper South
- Claire Speedy – Southern
- Frances Stenzel – Northern
- Ngaire Stevens – Central
- Margaret Stretton – Northern
- Radha Talwar – Upper South
- Michael Templeton – Southern
- Peter Todd – Upper South
- Trea Trafford – Midland
- Margaret Turner – Southern
- Betty Twose – Upper South
- Anau Uhatafe – Northern
- Grace Vaate – Upper South
- Der Van – East-West
- Marie Van der Bank – East-West
- Laurie Wells – Midland
- Lorna Whitehead – Upper South
- John Whitehead – Upper South
- Daniel Wilden – Southern
- Timothy William – Northern
- Adel Williams – Canterbury
- Anita Wright – Upper South
- Nora Young – Northern
- Anne Babbage – East-West
- Brendon Baddiley – Canterbury
- Anne Bichan – Southern
- Lois Blackmore – East-West
- Allan Blaikie – Canterbury
- Mary Blaikie – Canterbury
- Michael Boyd – Midland
- Glenis Brown – Southern
- Patricia Brownlie – Northern
- Shirley Campbell – Southern
- Gypsy Chant – East-West
- Judy Dysart – Northern
- Donald Elliott – Northern
- Robert Ennion – Midland
- Terence Final
- Karen Finlayson – Northern
- Trish Fox – Northern
- David Fuller – Canterbury
- Anne Grieve – Southern
- Sue Hawkins – Northern
- Terry Holloway – Northern
- Shirley Hodge – East-West
- Hendrika Homan – Southern
- Rick Hopcroft – Midland
- Sandie Horne – Upper South
- Susan Hunt – East-West
- Allan Jones – East-West
- Mary Jones – East-West
- Sylvia Jones – East-West
- Wee Khoo-Dargaville – Northern
- Unga Koloamatangi – Northern
- Maureen Lancaster – Northern
- Marit Larson – Northern
- Marilyn Lovegrove – Midland
- Lesley Martin – Southern
- Catherine Maton – Southern
- Jayne McAllister – Southern
- Gaynor McGowan – Northern
- Pauline McKenzie – Central
- William McKenzie – Central – Southern
- Gay Meyer – Central
- Marie Morrison – Southern
- Pauline Oliver – Central
- Shirley Page – Canterbury
- Juliette Parsons – Southern
- Lorraine Pringle – Southern
- Bernard Rhodes – Northern
- Yachiyo Rhodes – Northern
- Steffan Rolfe – Southern
- Denise Shirley – Southern
- Susan Thomson – Southern
- Geoffrey Tompkins – Southern
- Raymond Tucker – East-West
- Jane Tylee – East-West
- Bon Yam – Canterbury
- Judith Berry – Midland
- Jane Black – Canterbury
- Barbara Braid – Southern
- Julia Broadbridge – Upper South
- Margaret Church – Northern
- Margaret Cone – Canterbury
- Marion Corbett – Southern
- Susan Dickson – Canterbury
- Joan Dolan – Canterbury
- Priscilla Drake – Northern
- Colleen Fagan – Northern
- Andrea Forrest – Upper South
- Philip Gabriel – Northern
- Sandra Greenfield – Northern
- Nicky Hedley – Upper South
- Mary-Jane Jarvis – Southern
- Susan Landels – Southern
- Lyn Lester – Northern
- Stephanie Maitland – Northern
- Carol Manson – Central
- Linda McDermott – Northern
- Katherine McDowall – Upper South
- Rex Montgomery – Northern
- Bruce Morriss – Canterbury
- Judy Nathan – Northern
- Judy Nathan – Northern
- Rosemary Paterson – Upper South
- Annabel Perkins – Canterbury
- Maree Philp – Upper South
- Ellen Sayer – Central
- Janine Sharp – Southern
- Lee Smith – Midland
- Judith Stewart – Northern
- Radha Talwar – Upper South
- Leah Tottey – Northern
- Angela Aitken – Northern
- Olwen Anderson – Midland
- Tracey Cuthbertson – Southern
- Heather Hollings – Central
- Audrey Hunter – Southern
- Ian Matthews – Northern
- Stu Petrie – Northern
- Anu Rao – Northern
- Lana Read – Southern
- Norma Renfree – Southern
- Jeanette Sherer – Southern
- Kaye Smith – Southern
- Helen Trainor – Southern
- Eunice White – Southern
- Dorothy Allison – Midland
- Lavina Anderson – Canterbury
- Delma Bramwell – East-West
- Beverly Fowler – Central
- Jennifer Harkness – Northern
- Laurice Harris – Northern
- Marilyn Kinvig – Central
- Brigitte Koetsier – Northern
- Jenny Leighton – Central
- Vaine-Oro-Makatea Nicholson – Midland
- Doris Rawsthorn – Central
- Linda Rackham – Midland
- Alan Robinson – Canterbury
- Malcolm Stanley – Auckland
- Lynette Forster – Canterbury
- Jenny Cameron – Southern
- Daphne Lamb – Southern
- Jill Thomas – Central
- Sheryl Wells – Northern
- Jan Baker – Northern
- Margaret Church – Northern
- Mark Connell – Canterbury 1
- Pauline Conroy – East-West
- Judy Finn – Midland
- Joan Hewitson – Canterbury
- Carol Keoghan – Upper South
- Vivienne Lamb – Canterbury
- Zella McGirr – Canterbury
- Jennifer McMahon ONZM, MBE – Southern
- Fay Patterson – Northern
- Pamela Smith – Midland
Jeanette Mann – Southern
- Jocelyn Jones – Canterbury
- Elaine Utting – Northern
Find out more
You can find out more about our awards and how to nominate someone. The deadline for nominations is 1 July each year.
Read about our 2024 recipients
19 December 2024
Development scholarship awarded to Dunedin archaeologist
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19 December 2024
Dedicated to Red Cross values
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19 December 2024
Going above and beyond delivering Meals on Wheels
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19 December 2024
Three decades of service recognised
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