Roy Tankersley, Palmerston North, MNZM
For services to music. Mr Tankersley has served as an organist and choirmaster in major churches throughout New Zealand and overseas. He has taught music throughout New Zealand as well as rehearsing, directing and promoting concerts for people of all ages. Since 2003, when he retired from the last of his many teaching positions, he has continued to contribute in a variety of ways. He is convenor of the Manawatu Organ Group, and was made a Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Organists in 2007.