Garth George
Garth George, of Rotorua, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to journalism. Mr George has been a journalist for 50 years, working for The New Zealand Herald for many years. He continues to write a weekly column for The New Zealand Herald, The Rotorua Daily Post, and a fortnightly column for The Otago Daily Times and is well known for his forthright views. He was also editor of Challenge Weekly, a Christian newspaper.