Ms Barbara Hay, of Lower Hutt, QSM for services to the community and education
Barbara Hay was Principal of Stokes Valley School and Koraunui School. She created programmes and events to engage children from a diversity of backgrounds. She played a key role in organising Huttfest (formerly Polyfest), a large-scale event for Hutt Valley students to celebrate their cultures through performance, and established the Huttfest Trust. She is a Board Member for Arohanui Strings-Sistema. She sits on the Hutt City Council Northern Ward Funding Panel. Ms Hay leads environmental work to restore Mawaihakona stream in Silverstream, is a supporter of Friends of Horoeka Reserve, and volunteers weekly at the Stokes Valley foodbank.