Mrs Rowena Tana, of Whangārei, QSM, for services to the Māori community
Rowena Tana (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manu, Te Kapotai, Ngāti Kawa, Te Orewai, Ngāti Te Ara, Ngāpuhi) chairs the Ngāti Hine Health Trust Board, which delivers health and disability, social, educational, youth, housing and broadcasting services from Kawakawa, Whangārei and throughout the North of New Zealand. She presented to the Waitangi Tribunal and the Minister of Treaty Negotiations on behalf of Ngāti Hine. She coordinates the Ngāti Hine Kaumatua Roopu. She is involved in the re-conservation of historic sites and the Taumarere river catchment clean-up. Mrs Tana is a Justice of the Peace and sits on the Oranga Marae Committee.