Investitures - Tuesday 15 September 2009 (afternoon)

  • <span class="title">Leslie Winslade</span><br/><p> Leslie Winslade, of Taupō, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to the community.  Mr Winslade was involved with Scouting as a group scout master, district commissioner, assistant provincial commissioner, and as a contingent leader to a number of national jamborees for some 20 years until 1965.  He was involved with the Jaycees, where he held a number of offices, including club president and regional governor for the Wellington region, for some 20 years until 1965.  He has been involved with Lions clubs for more than 30 years, where he has held a number of offices.  Mr Winslade is also a member of the Taupō Hospital and Health Society and the Nukuhau &amp; Acacia Bay Traffic Committee. </p>
  • <span class="title">James Wetere</span><br/><p> James Wetere, of Hamilton, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to the community.  Mr Wetere has been involved with the Enderley Park Community Centre and is notable for the development of programmes and services dedicated to youth.  These programmes include breakfast clubs and recreational and sporting programmes that help pre-school and primary school children in the area.  He has also been involved the local rugby club, which was established in 1959.  He has introduced other sports clubs to the area, including a local community multi-sports organisation.  Mr Wetere is the chairperson of Tainui Waka Rugby and deputy chairperson of Te Hiu O Te Ika Rugby. </p>
  • <span class="title">Sandra Maclean</span><br/><p> Sandra Maclean, of Takanini, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to senior citizens and the community.  She is the nurse manager of the Lady Elizabeth Rest Home and Hospital.  Over the years, she has been heavily involved in fundraising for the Manurewa Hospice.  She organises activities for seniors such as social afternoon teas and entertainment for people with Cancer and Alzheimers disease problems and weekly exercise classes for stroke survivors.  She was the organist and choir leader at St Aidan's Presbyterian Church for 20 years and is on the board of managers. She is an organist at Clevedon Anglican Church and recently established a chapel for weekly services at the church's hospital facility.  </p>
  • <span class="title">Pefi Kingi</span><br/><p> Pefi Kingi, of Manukau, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to the Pacific Islands community.  Ms Kingi has been working with the Pacific Island and Niuaen communities, principally in the field of education in Auckland.  She has also been a leader in Pacific mental health and Pacific women and youth development.  She has initiated a number of community groups and is a founding member of the Pacific Islands Women's Health Project, the National Pacific Suicide Prevention Group and the Aoga Niue Language Nest.  She also established the Tialetafa Trust,  the Matakau Vagahau Niue/Niue Language Committee and the Tu Tagaloa Trust.  She has been involved with the Auckland Secondary Schools Pacific Islands and Māori Festival, Polyfest, and has tutored Niue cultural groups at secondary schools.  Ms Kingi also established Vaka Tiale; the International Niue Women's Outrigging Canoe Representative Team. </p>
  • <span class="title">Jim James</span><br/><p> Jim James, of Hamilton, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to orchid growing.    He was a foundation member of the Waikato Orchid Society in 1959, was a member of the Orchid Council of New Zealand in 1978, and a member of the American Orchid Society.  He has an international reputation as a cultivator of orchid hybrids and has attended and lectured at many international events.  Mr James has written The New Zealand Orchid Grower, The New Zealand Orchid Growers Handbook, Growing Orchids in New Zealand, and Orchids, as well as contributing many articles to specialist journals. </p>
  • <span class="title">Laly Haddon</span><br/><p> Laly Haddon, of Wellsford, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to conservation.  Mr Haddon was a founding member of the first marine reserve in New Zealand and served on the committee until it was disbanded in 1990.  He has served on the Auckland Conservation Board for a number of years and was appointed to its Hauraki Gulf Forum.  He was instrumental in helping to form relationships with the Department of Conservation and local tangata whenua over the management of Little Barrier Island.  He has assisted with trapping predators to save the threatened birds in Pakiri and ensuring that department staff have access to Māori land to protect nesting birds.  Mr Haddon has also contributed to the Māori community as chairperson of the Ngatiwai Trust Board. </p>
  • <span class="title">Lex Forrest</span><br/><p> Lex Forrest, of Auckland, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to the community.  Mr Forrest has been an active member of the board of the YMCA Auckland for more than 25 years, where he has held the office of Treasurer.  He has spent countless voluntary hours guiding the organisation's financial direction locally and nationally and was a member of the National YMCA Board.  He was also a trustee at St Kentigern School and Auckland Grammar School and was a member, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Auckland Rugby Referees' Association and the Gladstone Tennis Club.  Mr Forrest has also been involved with the University St Heliers Cricket Club and has organised conventions for the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. </p>
  • <span class="title">Keith Crate</span><br/><p> Keith Crate, of Taupō, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to cycling.  Mr Crate has been the event director of the Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge for 15 years and heads a team of volunteers dedicated to providing a safe and well organised event.  Under his leadership, the event has become the largest in New Zealand with more than 12,000 entrants.  In 2007, the event was granted membership to the International Cycling Union's Golden Bike series comprising the world's nine quality events.  Most recently, he established Taupō Cyclemania.  He has also organised walking and running events both on and off-road, which have attracted thousands of participants.  He is a member of the Bike Taupo Advocacy Team and the Lake Taupō Advisory Board.  Mr Crate is a International Cycling Union Commissaire and the Director of Ironman New Zealand. </p>
  • <span class="title">Shirley Caspari</span><br/><p> Shirley Caspari, of Hamilton, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to the community. Mrs Caspari has been a volunteer in the Hamilton community for many years.  She has been extensively involved as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity for the Central North Island.  She has been a construction volunteer, volunteer coordinator, and was the painting section leader in the Community Blitz Build Programme.  She helped organise the first women's build of a home for Habitat Waikato.  She was a member of the Partner Family Selection Committee for many years and was a partner family nurturer and a house inspector.  </p>
  • <span class="title">John Askew </span><br/><p> John Askew, of Omapere, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to the community.  Mr Askew has worked as both a volunteer and an employee with St John Ambulance for 25 years.  He initiated the establishment of the Omapere First Response Unit and was a member of the Omapere Volunteer Fire Brigade, was a foundation trustee of the Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust and is a trustee of the South Hokianga Community Support Trust.  He was involved in the establishment of the Opononi Swimming Club and the Hokianga Branch of the Youth Hostel Association.  Mr Askew is a lay preacher for the Methodist Church and served as chairman of the South Hokianga Co-operating Parish. </p>
  • <span class="title">Jill Worrall</span><br/><p> Jill Worrall, of North Shore, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to social work.  Mrs Worrall  has had an extensive career in social work and is widely published in the field of child welfare and also speaks to community organisations and professional bodies.  She worked as a foster care social worker for the Methodist Central Mission and the Anglican Trust and is a member of the New Zealand Family Foster Care Federation. In 2001, she established the Banardos Foster Care Programme in Auckland.  She was a senior lecturer and thesis examiner at Massey University and has been a guest lecturer at universities around New Zealand.  Mrs Worrall is a member of the board of trustees for the Youth Horizons Trust and the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust. </p>
  • <span class="title">Paula Ryan</span><br/><p> Paula Ryan, of Auckland, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to fashion.  She is the co-founder of Fashion Quarterly; a popular New Zealand fashion magazine that promotes New Zealand fashion labels nationally and internationally.  She also established the Simply You and Simply You Living magazines targeted to women 25 years and older.  She has her own fashion label, &quot;Paula Ryan&quot;, which creates garments locally made from New Zealand merino wool.  Ms Ryan is also a sponsor at fundraising events and organises seminars and road shows around New Zealand promoting fashion tips for everyday New Zealand women. </p>
  • <span class="title">Puahaere Rutene</span><br/><p> Puahaere Rutene, of Huntly, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and netball.  She is a recognised expert in Māori culture, Waiata, Tainui Māori protocol and Kapa Haka, in which she performed competitively for more than 20 years.  She has been a member of the Taniwharau Kapa Haka Group.  She is the private secretary to Kingi Tuheitia, and served as the private secretary to Dame Te Atairangikaahu for 16 years.  She has been involved with netball and has held a number of offices of the Riverlands Netball Club and the Tainui Waka Netball Association.  Mrs Rutene also held a number of positions with the Lower Waikato Netball Association and has been associated with Aotearoa Māori Netball Healthy Lifestyle, where she has served as secretary. </p>
  • <span class="title">Peter Harris</span><br/><p> Peter Harris, of Huntly, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to local body affairs and rugby.  Mr Harris has been the Mayor of Waikato District Council for seven years and was previously a councillor for some 10 years, where he was involved in many significant council initiatives.  He has also been involved in rugby in Huntly since 1960.  He was a member of the Lower Waikato Representative Rugby Team and was a senior referee for many years.  He was President of the Waikato Rugby Union's Referees' Association and was President of the Huntly Rugby Union Club.  Mr Harris also coached the senior team and was the captain of the local grazier's team. </p>
  • <span class="title">George Clark</span><br/><p> Professor George Clark, of Auckland, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to biochemistry.  He has served as head of the Department of Chemistry and as associate dean for Human Resources in the Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland.  He was a member of the Environmental Risk Management Authority, where he served as deputy chair.  He was the chair of Hazardous Substances Standing Committee and the Transfer of Substances Standing Committee, which was instrumental in the implementation of the group standards framework for the management of chemical products in New Zealand.  He also oversaw the transfer of more than 100,000 hazardous substances from former legislation into the new Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.  </p>
  • <span class="title">Jacqui Hughes</span><br/><p> Jacqui Hughes, of Whakatane, received the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the community.  She has established many playcentres in Auckland and the Bay of Plenty.  She served on the South Auckland Education Board Early Childhood Education Advisory Committee and the New Zealand Playcentre Federation's Education and Publications Committees.  She has been involved with development of correspondence courses on child development.  She also established the Whakatane Community Arts Council, where she started the Summer Arts Festival.  Mrs Hughes was also the Chief Executive of the Rural Education Activities Programme Eastern Bay, where she was instrumental in expanding the educational services in the region. </p>
  • <span class="title">Murray Deaker</span><br/><p> Murray Deaker, of North Shore, received the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to broadcasting.  His radio sports programme is syndicated to more than 40 radio stations and he is the front person of two long-running television programmes; Deaker Profiles and Deaker on Sport.  He has written three books; including The Man in the Glass.  He was instrumental in establishing the Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education and was a founding member of the Life Education Trust.  He actively mentors sports men and women with an emphasis on drug, alcohol, and health issues.  Mr Deaker has also been involved in the North Shore community, including the Hibiscus Coast Youth Council, and the North Shore Schoolboys Cricket Club and was the deputy headmaster of Takapuna Grammar School. </p>
  • <span class="title">Peter Harrison</span><br/><p> Peter Harrison, of Auckland, received the Insignia of a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for services to education.  He was chair of the board of King's School for 20 years and chair of Independent Schools of New Zealand  since its inception in 1992.  In 2001, he was appointed as the commissioner of the Endeavour Scholarship Programme which offers scholarships to disadvantaged children.  He was chair of the Living Values Trust and trustee and treasurer of the Anglican Schools Board.  Mr Harrison was also instrumental in the establishment of the Motutapu Restoration Trust; a learning centre for sustainability for Auckland students involving the use of Motutapu Island, and is the chair of its funding arm; the Motutapu Foundation. </p>
  • <span class="title">Hana Romana Murray</span><br/><p> Hana Romana Murray, of Kaiataia, received the Insignia of a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and the community.  Since being awarded the QSM in 1976, Mrs Romana Murray has been a leader in the recognition of the whanau to the hapu of Ngāti Kuri, the research pertaining to the mana of Ngāti Kuri, and the recognition of their tupuna.  She has also been involved in Māori education, in particular supporting kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa.  She has been involved with Treaty of Waitangi issues.  She has also worked in partnership with the Department of Conservation on mana whenua issues.  As a kuia, she participated in the land hikoi that promoted the preservation of tino rangatiratana and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.  She has supported the development of Māori radio, television and archives tribal knowledge and histories.  </p>

The Governor-General, Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, and Lady Satyanand, hosted an investiture ceremony at Government House Auckland in the afternoon of 15 September 2009.