Ms Deborah Manning, of Dunedin, ONZM for services to the community and the environment
Deborah Manning founded the charity KiwiHarvest, which has collected and donated 12 million kilograms of food to more than 220 charitable organisations across 12 years. KiwiHarvest is now located in Dunedin, Auckland, North Shore, Queenstown and Invercargill, and has distributed food equivalent to more than 27 million meals, diverted from landfills to those in need. This diversion creates less greenhouse gases, avoiding the creation and release of nearly 33 million kilograms of carbon dioxide into the environment. She founded a sister charity, the New Zealand Food Network, to address the need for a national overarching food distribution company. The network distributes food to more than 65 food hubs nationally, assisting more than 655,000 people each month. Ms Manning is a panel member of the New Zealand Food Waste Champions.