Ms Allison Ferguson, of Auckland, ONZM, for services to netball
Allison Ferguson was a director and then Chair of the Netball New Zealand Board. She oversaw investment in player pathways to ensure continuity of netball’s high-performance programmes, while introducing greater player numbers at the elite level. She was Board Chair of Auckland Netball Centre, where she drove the establishment of a 56-court venue at Stonefields. A commercial litigation lawyer, she applied her legal expertise on a pro bono basis for the establishment of Auckland Netball at Stonefields, near central Auckland.
She joined the Diamonds Netball franchise Board and was appointed to the New Zealand working committee for development of a new Trans-Tasman netball competition, which became known as the ANZ Championship.
Ms Ferguson secured a sizeable donation that enabled the construction of Canterbury’s first indoor venue for netball.