John Maihi, MNZM, Wanganui.
For services to Māori. Mr John Maihi is the Chair of the Kaiwhaiki Land Trust and kaumātua for the Otoko Marae in Wanganui. He is Chair of Ngā Tai o Te Awa, which is a broker for Māori Health Services. He has been a member of the Wanganui River Māori Trust Board since 1988 and is currently Vice Chair. He is the past Chair of the Wanganui Māori Sports Association. He has had an on-going advisory role to the Chief Executive Officer of the Wanganui District Council and has been a member of the Safer Communities Group. He is a cultural advisor to the Wanganui District Health Board, the Wanganui Regional Museum and Wanganui Corrections/Prison Service. He was one of nine people selected by the Ministry of Education to represent Māori at the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference. Mr Maihi is an acknowledged leader and rangatira of Wanganui.