Robert Briant, Gisborne, MNZM
For services to the community. Mr Briant was an accountant in Gisborne for more than 40 years and has been honoured as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has served as the chair of the Gisborne High School Board of Governors, Eastland Energy, and Tairawhiti Healthcare and played a significant role in the establishment of the Eastland Community Trust. A founder trustee of the HB Williams Memorial Library and the Tairawhiti Museum and Arts Centre, he initiated a project for the publication of a history of the Gisborne and East Coast freezing works in 2004. He also undertook substantial fundraising for an up-dated history of the Gisborne district.