Stuart Devenie
Stuart Devenie, of Auckland, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to entertainment. He has directed and performed in many plays for the Auckland Theatre Company, including The God Boy and The Talented Mr Ripley. He has appeared in a number of New Zealand television dramas including Street Legal and Mercy Peak. He has been the artistic director of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North, Associate Director of The Court Theatre, and was a senior tutor at the New Zealand Drama School and Northland Polytechnic for some 10 years. He established Playfair Theatre Company in Whangārei and was a founding councillor of Circa Theatre.