Rex Sellers
Rex Sellers, of Cockle Bay, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to yachting. Mr Sellers has been involved in yachting at a national level as a competitor, administrator and coach for more than 20 years. He won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and a silver medal in the 1988 Olympic Games. He coached nine different yachting classes for more than 15 years. He was a member of the New Zealand America's Cup Team in 1995 and a weather team manager for Oracle Racing in the 2003 America's Cup in Auckland. Mr Sellers coached the Youth Sailing Teams overseas and was a voluntary member of the Yachting New Zealand Olympic Committee for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.