13 recipients were honoured at this afternoon’s investiture ceremony, including Dame Karen Poutasi, who has been Director General for the Ministry of Health (1995-2006) and Chief Executive of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (2006-2020).
Mr Dickson and Mrs Jillian Jardine both received MNZMs for services to philanthropy and conservation. The Queenstown couple gifted their four-hectare Station property in the Remarkables to Otago University so the area could be used for research. They also gifted a further nine hectares of land to the QEII Trust to be held in perpetuity for conservation.
