Audrey Bevege, Te Kuiti, QSM
For services to the community. Mrs Bevege has spent more than 50 years teaching children to ride horses, as the guiding figure behind the Te Kuiti and Districts and Mairoa-Piopio Pony Clubs. She has been active in numerous other North King Country community organisations including the Piopio Domain Board, Te Kuiti A&P Show, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Each year since 1969, she has opened her home to a week-long camp for up to 60 horse enthusiasts.