Alan Abel ONZM, Christchurch
For services to business and the community. Mr Abel has contributed to business and the community in Tauranga and the wider Bay of Plenty for more than 40 years. He is the Patron of the Waipuna Hospice Tauranga, has been involved in Tauranga Musical Theatre, was a member of the Whakatane High School Board of Trustees, the Whakatane Rotary Club and the Whakatane Rowing Club. He operated a number of supermarkets in the Bay of Plenty and was an active member of a number of business organisations, including as Chairperson of the National Association of Retail Grocers, a board member of Supermarkets of New Zealand and was the first Vice-President of the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce.