Francis Gibbs
Sister Francis Gibbs, of Wellington, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to the community. Sister Frances has provided support to the sick and isolated in Wellington for more than 30 years. She has been a parish assistant at St Mary of the Angels Parish in Wellington for all this time and is an ‘onsite’ sister. She makes pastoral visits six days a week to those in the inner city that are unwell or isolated. She was also involved in the Faith & Light Movement, which caters for people with intellectual disabilities, and was instrumental in organising the St Mary of the Angels Conference of the St Vincent de Paul Society. She was also a long-time blood donor and plasma donor and made some 180 blood donations until she reached the maximum age for making donations.