Mr Rod Dixon, of Upper Moutere, ONZM for services to athletics
Mr Rod Dixon represented New Zealand across middle- and long-distance running events and is a four-time Olympian, winning a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games, followed by fourth-place finishes at the 1976 Olympics and the 1974 Commonwealth Games. He achieved a bronze medal at the 1973 and 1982 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won the 1983 New York City Marathon. He remains the only athlete in history to have medalled in the Olympic 1,500 metres and won the New York Marathon. He founded KiDSMARATHON Foundation, an educational running and nutrition programme that has impacted more than 1.5 million students worldwide. Mr Dixon was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and is Patron and inclusion Ambassador for Special Olympics, Leukemia Team in Training and Achilles New Zealand.