Mr Alan Gilmore, of Lake Tekapo, MNZM for services to astronomy
Alan Gilmore was Resident Superintendent of Mt John Observatory for the University of Canterbury. He and his wife, Ms Pamela Kilmartin, hosted thousands of schoolchildren and other visitors to Mt John as part of their public outreach and education. They undertook a voluntary research programme on astronomy during their employment and have co-discovered 41 asteroids and a comet. They continue their voluntary research in retirement, making observations and sending data to the Minor Planet Center funded by NASA. Mr Gilmore was elected to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and currently serves on two IAU Commissions. He has twice been the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand President.