Susan Page, QSM, Hawke’s Bay
For services to the community. Mrs Susan Page was a board member of the Napier Art Deco Trust from 1999, and served for six years as Chair, helping to establish the Art Deco Festival as a major event in Hawke’s Bay. She was Chair of the New Zealand National Singing School for six years, was an active member of the Napier Operatic Society for 30 years and has served in various positions on the executive committee. She has been wardrobe manager for many productions and has managed the society’s wardrobe hire department in a voluntary capacity for the last 16 years. She is a longstanding member of the Rotary Club of Ahuriri, was President in 1998 and 1999 and then Assistant Governor of the Hawke’s Bay district. Through her Rotary activities, Mrs Page made a significant contribution to the organisation of the construction of a network of walking and cycle paths around Hawke’s Bay.