Lorraine Isaacs
From L to R: Betsy Marshall QSO, Melanie Ellis, Lady Susan Satyanand, The Governor-General, Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, Lorraine Isaacs QSO, Stephen Isaacs, Susan Isaacs.
Lorraine Isaacs, of Dunedin, received the Insignia of a Companion of The Queen's Service Order for services to television, education and women. Miss Isaacs has been involved in television, education and women’s organisations for more than 30 years. Her career at Television New Zealand, included being the executive producer of Play School, Beauty and the Beast and University Challenge. During this time, she produced the Otago/Southland Telethon and was the first woman television manager in Dunedin. She has been a member of the Television, Theatre, and Radio Advisory Committee at Aoraki Polytechnic for 15 years, and involved with the New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women for 30 years. She wrote Crack in a Glass Ceiling: New Zealand Women 1975-2004. Miss Isaacs is a Trustee of the University of Otago Foundation, the Chair of the University’s Human Ethics Committee and a Member of the Board of the Fortune Theatre.