Mrs Alison Crawford, of Gisborne, QSM, for services to the community
Alison Crawford has been Treasurer, Secretary and President of the Puha Women’s Institute (WI). She is President of the Poverty Bay Wairoa Federation. She served on the National Executive of the New Zealand WI. She has supported the Alzheimers Society Gisborne and the Poverty Bay A&P Show and been on the organising committee of the Relay for Life for Cancer event. She has fundraised for cancer research, Gisborne Women’s Refuge and Hato Hone St John. She has provided baking to seniors and has organised meals for organisations and events. Mrs Crawford is a Trustee of Tairawhiti Positive Aging.