Rea Geoffrey Wikaira ONZM
Rea Geoffrey Wikaira, of Auckland, received the Insignia of an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health administration. Mr Wikaira has been involved in health administration in Auckland and Waikato since 2003. Between 2003 and 2008, as Chief Executive Officer of the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust, he turned the Trust from being on the verge of collapse to being regarded as the highest-quality rescue helicopter service in Australasia. He worked at Health Waikato and South Auckland Health, seeking improvements in better outcomes for Māori health.