Elspeth Mount, Auckland, QSM
For services to the community. Mrs Mount was a founding member of the Greater East Tamaki Business Association Inc and has been an active committee member since 1994. The Association had a voluntary membership of 640 before becoming a Business Improvement District in 2009, when its membership increased to almost 4000 businesses and property owners. As Chair she led a three-year pilot project with the Ministry of Justice to promote and encourage crime prevention through environmental design. The resources from this project have been made freely available to other commercial and industrial business areas. Mrs Mount has also led and participated in several projects with the Manukau City Council, including the development of an economic strategy and initiatives for youth and computer education.