Jessica Phuang
Jessica Phuang, of Auckland, received the Queen’s Service Medal, for services to the community, on 16 April 2008. Ms Phuang, who is pictured after the ceremony with the Governor-General and Mrs Susan Satyanand and friends and family, has built links throughout the Asian community through her work for the New Zealand Police as an Asian Liaison Officer. She established the Asian International Students Crime and Safety Focus Group and is the lead co-ordinator for the Police Ethnic Strategy towards 2010.