Mr Gary Trail, MNZM, of Whangārei, for services to martial arts, particularly Jiu Jitsu
Gary Trail trained in judo and jiu-jitsu at the New Zealand Judo College in Auckland, graduating with his 1st Dan black belt in 1971, and took over management of the College, renamed the ‘New Zealand Budo College’. He and two other instructors amalgamated their clubs to re-establish the functions of the ailing New Zealand Jiu Jitsu Association Inc, and he served as its President. He published ‘The History of Jiu Jitsu and its Counterparts’. He established the Bream Bay Jiu Jitsu Kai and Far North Jiu Jitsu Kai. In 2020 he was awarded ninth degree (Ku-Dan) in jiu-jitsu. Mr Trail’s teaching has produced more than 35 jiu-jitsu black belts.