Mr Ed Cooke and Mrs Juliet Cooke, KSM of Greytown, for services to music
Mr Ed Cooke and Mrs Juliet Cooke founded the Greytown Music Group in 1977. They have brought a range of musical events to the area, including orchestral, instrumental, choral, small-scale operas and children’s concerts. Since the 1990s, they have focused on a regular series of chamber music concerts. They designed and constructed a house specifically to accommodate performances, and all proceeds have gone to the performers themselves. Mr and Mrs Cooke have given administrative support to the South Wairarapa Singers and St Luke’s Church choir and have personally played with the Masterton Amateur Theatre Society.