Leslie Lunny
Leslie Lunny, of Wanganui, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to touch rugby. He was the founder of the Wanganui Touch Association in 1987 and served as vice president and president for 10 years. He was the coach and a selector for the Wanganui Touch Association Men's Team and in 1997 he formed the King Country Touch Association. He was an organiser of the Touch NZ National Tournament held in Wanganui in 1989. He organised the touch rugby component of the New Zealand Masters Games and has organised two touch tournaments in Wanganui for the Australian and New Zealand Police Games. He also served as a Touch NZ selector and tour manger for the national team and tour manager for the Touch NZ National Secondary School Tour. Mr Lunny has been the president of Touch NZ since 2001.