Marette Taylor, QSM, Christchurch
For services to the community. Mrs Marette Taylor sat on the Board of the Civic Trust in Christchurch for 21 years. In 2010 she was made a life member of the trust for her long service. She has organised many community events associated with the work of the trust. One of her earlier achievements was establishing a trust that eventually purchased and established Mount Vernon Park. She is patron of the Opawa St Martins Garden Club. She was a Heathcote County Council member in the 1970s and 1980s. Mrs Taylor was a Justice of the Peace from 1992 to 2008.