Dave Currie

Dave Currie, of Raglan, received the Insignia of a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit at an investiture ceremony on 2 April 2009 for services to sports administration.  Mr Currie has been involved with motivational leadership and managing elite athletes for many years.  He is the chef de mission for the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth teams and has managed all the Olympic and Commonwealth Games teams since 2000.  He was the Executive Director for The Halberg Trust and was the Chairman and chef de mission of Paralympics New Zealand for many years.  Mr Currie was the race director for the New Zealand Ironman Triathlon and a panellist for New Zealand's Top 100 Sports History Makers.