Four chief fire officers honoured
Four Chief Fire Officers were awarded the Queen's Service Medal for services to the New Zealand Fire Service. Pictured after the ceremony were (from left): Chief Fire Officer Mervyn George of Whitianga; Chief Fire Officer Alvan Wakeford of Havelock North; Ian Pickard, Arapawa Fire Region Manager from the New Zealand Fire Service; Governor-General, Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand; Chief Fire Officer Lindsay Walker, of Levin; and Chief Fire Officer Wayne Sarjeant, of Paraparaumu.