Mr Shannel Courtney, of Tākaka, KSM for services to conservation and choral music
Shannel Courtney worked at the Department of Conservation and its predecessors for almost 40 years. He helped to establish an herbarium for the top of the South Island, and worked with Wakatū Incorporation to establish a library of plants indigenous to the rohe of its iwi. He has collaborated on published papers, discovered several new species of native flora, and overseen many key books written on indigenous biodiversity. He is co-founder and an active committee member of the Nelson Botanical Society. Mr Courtney led the Mosaic World Choir, organising community choir events, workshops and performances.