Ms Margaret Kawharu, MNZM, Waimauku.
For services to Māori. Ms Margaret Kawharu has made a significant contribution through her advocacy and work with Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara. She was involved with the Deed of Settlement with the Crown to settle Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara’s historical Treaty of Waitangi claims in 2011. Components of the settlement included commercial and financial redress worth $22.1 million, including the transfer of Woodhill Forest. Cultural redress includes the return of Atuanui/Mount Auckland and eight other significant sites to Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara.