George Vickers
George Vickers, of Te Kauwhata, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the community. He is a member of the Lions Club of Huntly, where he has held many offices, including Chairman of the New Zealand and Pacific Islands Council of District Governors. He has been a member of the Whiritoa Surf Life Saving Club, IHC Waikato, the Cancer Society, and the Te Kauwhata and Districts Information and Support Centre. He was a member of the Health Advisory Group for Huntly/Te Kauwhata, the New Zealand Council for Health Care Standards, the Traffic Accident Research Foundation, and was Co-Chair of the Te Kauwhata Health and Awareness Centre. He has been a Trustee of the Waikato Heart Trust for some 25 years. Mr Vickers is a Waikato District Councillor and was instrumental in the establishment of the Aparangi Retirement Village.