Ms Vicky Lassen, of Havelock North, MNZM for services to netball and Life Saving
Ms Vicky Lassen has contributed more than 40 years of voluntary service to netball and Life Saving. She played 15 seasons for Hastings High School Old Girls’ Netball Club and has served as coach, secretary, umpire, sponsorship co-ordinator, and committee member. At Napier Girls' High School, she has coached, umpired and managed teams, and oversaw the netball programme for 30 teams. She has served in various coaching and administration roles for Hawke’s Bay Netball. Ms Lassen has served as an administrator, instructor, and national examiner for the Royal Life Saving Society New Zealand, and received the Bar to Service Cross from the society.