Ms Jacqui Knight, of Auckland, MNZM, for services to Lepidoptera conservation and the community
Jacqui Knight established the Monarch Butterfly New Zealand Trust, now the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust. She has promoted the importance of butterflies and moths to New Zealand’s biodiversity, environment and economy. A former resident of Russell, she led the Kiwi Recovery Programme on the Russell Peninsula, initiated the Russell Environmental Expo, launched the Russell Lights community newspaper and established the Enterprise Russell economic trust. She set up a Habitat for Humanity project for a Waikare family who lost their home in a fire. Ms Knight helped raise $10,000 to support UNICEF’s response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.