Bernard Kingsbury, Rangiora, QSM
For services to the New Zealand Fire Service. Mr Kingsbury has been a member of the Cust Volunteer Fire Brigade, and holds the rank of Senior Station Officer. He has served with the Order of St John since 1958 and has been Chairman of the Cust-Oxford committee since 1999. In 2005 he was instrumental in the provision of a new Ambulance First Response Vehicle emergency service for the district. He was also instrumental in establishing the Cust and Districts Historical Records Society in 1988, and has been President and archivist since the opening of its museum in 1990.