Katherina Rean, QSM, Auckland
For services to the community. Mrs Katherina Rean is the Regional Strategies Representative for North region roopu within the New Zealand Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. She is acknowledged as one of the Northern region’s kuia. She was responsible for developing and introducing the Northern region roopu’s draft constitution and membership agreement. She also wrote the Citizens Advice Bureau Te Roopu Training Module, which was adopted nationally, and developed the Roopu Training Plan. She has been a volunteer interviewer for many years at the Panmure Bureau and, as part of the Sylvia Park Bureau, continues to be a rostered volunteer. She is the secretary/treasurer of Takahiwai Marae Trustees. Mrs Rean is a Justice of the Peace and often acts as a mentor for newly enrolled Justices of the Peace.