Ms Judith Hamilton, of Cambridge, ONZM for services to rowing
Ms Judith Hamilton rowed successfully with Rowing New Zealand in the 1990s before becoming a coach. She was Lead Coach of the New Zealand Junior Rowing Team and attended the world championships in Poland, becoming Rowing New Zealand’s first female coach at an elite level. She was a Regional Coach at Bay of Plenty Rowing, providing opportunities for junior rowers and focusing on coach development and talent identification. She was the first female High-Performance Director at Rowing New Zealand, launching the three-year Career Coach development programme and ensuring that the programme was able to accommodate athletes who took time out to become parents. Under Ms Hamilton’s leadership, the Tokyo Olympic Games were Rowing New Zealand's most successful Olympics ever, with New Zealand becoming the top-ranking rowing nation in the world.