Mrs Norma-Jean Van De Rheede, of Melbourne, Australia, KSM for services to the community
Mrs Norma-Jean Van De Rheede established Masada Community Trust in Pakuranga, offering respite care for children with disabilities, holiday programs, vocational training for young adults with special needs, community laughter yoga classes, a dance studio, employment for new immigrants and volunteers, and counselling for domestic violence victims. She launched Joy’nt Venture, an after-school program for Work and Income New Zealand families, and has fostered children for Oranga Tamariki. Mrs Van De Rheede is a Justice of the Peace and volunteers as a social worker and counsellor with Counties Manukau Whānau Ora’s South Auckland Family Violence Prevention Network.