Ms Marnie Barrell, of Christchurch, MNZM, for services as a hymn writer
Marnie Barrell is a music teacher, a lay preacher and musician at St Mary’s Anglican Church in Christchurch. She has written many hymns, which have been published in songbooks and reached Canada, Australia, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Her work is featured in the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology in the United Kingdom, on the United States-based Oremus Hymnal website, and on Hymnary.org. She is a board member of the New Zealand Hymnbook Trust. Ms Barrell’s music and writing is represented in the National Library of New Zealand and New Zealand Choirs have recorded her music to be played on Radio New Zealand’s Concert channel.