Mrs Anne Farrington, of Auckland, MNZM, for services to women
Mrs Farrington has been involved with Soroptimist International at all levels, from regional to international. She has held a range of leadership positions with her local North Shore club. She has been Regional President of the Upper North Island clubs; Treasurer of the Māori Scholarship Trust; Treasurer and Regional co-Trustee of the Betty Loughhead Soroptimist Scholarship Trust; Treasurer of the Soroptimist International umbrella organisation; and Councillor, Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer of the Federation of Soroptimist International of the South West Pacific. Mrs Farrington was a founding member of the Birkenhead Heritage Society. She has led the Women’s Fellowship of All Saints Anglican Church in Birkenhead and was Parish Auditor.