Valda Peacock, Waipukurau, QSM, for services to theatre
Mrs Valda Peacock has been involved in local theatre productions in Hawke's Bay for more than 50 years. She is well known in New Zealand for her productions of musicals, comedies and dramas, and has directed for the Napier Operatic Society, Theatre Hawke's Bay in Hastings, the Waipawa Musical and Dramatic Society and the Little Theatre in Waipukurau. Her involvement includes television work on 'The Governor' in 1973. Mrs Peacock has fundraised for many local service groups in Central Hawke’s Bay, including the Red Cross and Country Women’s Institute. In 1997 she received the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council Civic Award.