Mr Ralph Pitcher, of Whangamatā, KSM for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Mr Ralph Pitcher has mentored generations of firefighters at the Whangamatā Fire Brigade. He is President of the Moana House retirement home, and helped complete the Wilson Wing Hospital and five low-cost pensioner cottages. He has been President of the Whangamatā Lions Club, Trustee of Lions Investment Golf Club, and committee member of the Williamson Golf Club. He was a volunteer ambulance officer, and Chair of St John’s Whangamatā Ambulance Service. He was a committee member of the Whangamatā Club and President of the Whangamatā Sports Centre and Squash Club. Mr Pitcher volunteers as a Meals on Wheels driver.