Connie Kum, Auckland, MNZM
For services to the Chinese community. Mrs Kum was Secretary and Treasurer of the Auckland Chinese Club and the Chinese Sports Association during the 1960s. In the 1980s she was Fundraising Operations Manager for the food fairs associated with the Auckland Chinese Community Centre and the Dragon Boat Festival. She is an executive committee member and Treasurer of the New Zealand Chinese Association Auckland and the Auckland Chinese Community Centre. Mrs Kum has been a teacher for more than 40 years and in 2005 she established the innovative ‘Learning Cantonese Through Music' school.