Kit Wong, Auckland, MNZM
For services to business and the community. Mr Wong initiated the Somerville Multicultural Business Centre in Howick in 1992 to help migrants to establish businesses in Auckland. He is a senior member of the Property Institute of New Zealand and was instrumental in the establishment of a number of community organisations, including the Rotary Club of Somerville, the City of Manukau Education Trust and the South Manukau Education Trust. He is involved with the Chinese New Settler Trust and the Asian Community Advisory Group for the Manukau Institute of Technology. Mr Wong was inducted as a member of the Manukau City Council Hall of Fame in 2008.