Brendon Fraher
Colonel Brendon Fraher, of Wanaka, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the New Zealand Defence Force. Col Fraher was Commander of the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan from October 2007 to April 2008. He is pictured after the ceremony with Lt General Jerry Mateparae, Chief of Defence, right, and Major General Lou Gardiner, Chief of Army, left.