Mr Edward Evans, ONZM, Warkworth.
For services to the community. Mr Edward Evans has chaired the Rodney North Harbour Health Trust for 24 years and has been Chair for six. The trust is one of the largest non-governmental providers of health services anywhere in New Zealand. He was a major player in negotiating with the Kaipara District Council to donate, at a peppercorn rate, land for the trust to construct houses for the elderly and disabled. He has assisted the Windy Ridge Boys Farm, which offers farm training and outdoor activities to at-risk young people. For 30 years Mr Evans has been on the board of the Les Ramsay Youth Trust, a Rotary project providing uniforms, books and sporting equipment to children. He has been a member of the Warkworth Rotary Club for 36 years, including serving as President, and is a life member. He has also been a board member of the Warkworth Visitor Centre and a volunteer for 14 years. Mr Evans is a Justice of the Peace and in 1999 received the insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.