Mr Leigh Martin, JP, of Rolleston, KSM for services to brass bands
Mr Leigh Martin has secured numerous regional and national titles playing the Double B-flat Tuba. He has been Musical Director of New Plymouth Brass and the National Secondary Schools’ Brass Band. He co-founded the Christmas at the Bowl Trust, which has become a large community event attracting over 15,000 people. He helped found Rolleston Brass and is a committee member of the Brass Band Association of New Zealand. Mr Martin has played overseas with the National Band of New Zealand and the New Zealand Army Band, competing in the World Music Contest, and performing in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.