Patrick Waite, Wellington, QSM, for services to the community
Mr Patrick Waite has been involved in a broad range of business and community organisations. He has been a volunteer with a wide range of groups, providing financial oversight and governance skills as well as practical help. These organisations include the Mary Potter Foundation, Skylight Trust, the Board of Administration of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, Capital Theatre Productions and Rotary International. He was also involved with improving business and particularly business standards, encouraging practitioners to become professionally qualified. He participated and held office in a number of business organisations, including the Board of Financial Services of Australasia and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, of which he was President in 2003. Mr Waite is a Justice of the Peace.