Steven (Steve) Price, Auckland, MNZM
For services to rugby league. Mr Price was captain of the New Zealand Warriors from 2005 to 2009, having previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in Australia for 10 years. He took up the captaining following the club’s worst-ever season and helped rebuild it to become one of the league’s best and played a mentoring role to less experienced players. In 2006 he led the team with honesty and integrity while it was investigated by the National Rugby League over salary cap breaches, and in 2007 he was awarded Captain of the Year and Prop of the Year at the Dally M Awards. Mr Price has been described as "the most-loved Australian in New Zealand sporting history."