Garrick Murfitt
Garrick Murfitt, of Pahiatua, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to local body affairs, agriculture and the community. Mr Murfitt has contributed to local body affairs, agriculture, and the Pahiatua community for 40 years. He was a Pahiatua County councillor, where he played a key role in the transition of the council into the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council. He has been the Chairman of the Horizons Regional Council since 2004. He was President of the Pahiatua Branch of Federated Farmers and was the Provincial President. He set up a trust fund for farmer’s relief after flooding in the early 1990s and instigated the Tararua Rural Support Trust. Mr Murfitt has been a member of the Makuri School Parent Teachers Association, the Makuri Golf Club, the Taratahi Farm Board and the Mt Bruce Trust.