Dr Angus (David) Bayvel, QSO, Waikanae.
For services to the State. Dr David Bayvel is the Director of Animal Welfare for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. He has had a major influence on the development of animal welfare policies and laws nationally and internationally. He is the Chair of the World Organisation for Animal Health’s permanent animal welfare working group. He has helped to develop a series of recommendations, including the humane slaughter and transportation of livestock, which have been agreed by 178 countries. He is renowned for his understanding of the complex and sensitive nature of agricultural and food production versus animal welfare. His foresight has meant that the statutory roles of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee were consolidated and expanded and recognised in the ground-breaking Animal Welfare Act 1999. Dr Bayvel received the World Organisation for Animal Health Meritorious Service Award in 2010 and the New Zealand Veterinary Association’s President's Award in 2011.