Ngaire Guy
Ngaire Guy, of Tauranga received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music. Mrs Guy has been a registered piano teacher in Tauranga for 43 years, having taught hundreds of students in that time, many of whom have gone on to successful musical careers. She has been involved in various organisations in a voluntary capacity. She was a foundation member of the Registered Music Teachers of the Bay of Plenty in 1966, and chaired the organisation for many years. She was President of the Tauranga Young Classical Musicians Society from 1999 to 2006, arranging numerous concerts, and was the Tauranga co-ordinator for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music .