John Southerwood, Napier, MNZM
For services to Māori. Mr Southerwood is Chairperson of the Waitutu Incorporation management committee and has been involved with the organisation as a trustee for more than 20 years. He has negotiated with various government Ministers and officials to have much of the Incorporation’s land and forests placed into trusts, so these resources can be managed to the benefit of their collective owners.