Reverend Marie Gilpin, of Papamoa, KSM for services to the community
Reverend Marie Gilpin has been industrial chaplain for Westpac Bank, Gallaghers Group, and Placemakers in Hamilton. She supported staff with the Ministry to Seafarers in Mount Maunganui. She is Chaplain to the Mount Maunganui RSA. She was a member of the Anglican Diocese Discernment Panel, a voluntary social worker for the Department of Social Welfare, and Chaplain for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. She organised seminars on grief for the Cancer Society. She was appointed to Saint Stephen’s Church in Tamahere and as Vicar at Mount Maunganui. With her husband, Reverend Gilpin has organised and led a community choir.