Margaret Rex-Benner, Tauranga, QSM
For services to the community. Ms Rex-Benner was a member of Federated Farmers for more than 40 years and has also been a volunteer for the New Zealand Red Cross for more than 50 years. She has been a member of the Bay of Plenty Hospital Board, the Bay of Plenty Area Health Board, the Plunket Society, Probus, Diabetes New Zealand, and the Pongakawa School Committee. One of Ms Rex-Benner’s greatest achievements was the development of a rural numbering system to make dwellings easier to locate. She worked for two years to get the system running, and it is now used nationally. Ms Rex-Benner is also a Justice of the Peace and an active Police volunteer.