Mr Peter de Blois, of Invercargill, ONZM for services to music
Peter de Blois was a founding member of the Dunedin Youth Choir and a member of the New Zealand Youth Choir before being appointed as its Assistant Musical Director. He sang in the Ely Cathedral Choir and was a Music Examiner with the Trinity College of London Examinations Board. He served as the Director of Music at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, where he established two children’s choirs and scholarships for junior choristers. He has been both a Regional and National Finale adjudicator for The Big Sing competition prior to becoming a Music Teacher and Head of Department at secondary schools in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Now based at Southland Girls’ High School, Mr de Blois directs the all-comers choir Sanguine and co-directs the auditioned choir Femme.