Eight recipients were welcomed to Government House Auckland for their investiture ceremony this afternoon, including Associate Professor Greg Anson, who was awarded an ONZM for his contributions to exercise sciences and human movement neuroscience. Associate Professor Anson has had a life-long career studying the mechanisms and processes by which the brain and body control movement, and is an International Fellow of the American National Academy of Kinesiology.
Also recognised was Mr Tevita Funaki, who is CEO of The Fono Trust – a Pacific community-owned health organisation which began in 1987, and now has over 150 staff offering wrap-around health and social services in Auckland.
More photos can be found here: Thursday 2 May PM photo gallery.
