Mr Stephen Canny, MNZM of Invercargill, for services to the community, governance and cycling
Mr Canny is General Manager of Strategic and Business Projects at Venture Southland. He led the Whole of Community Broadband initiative; the Aeromag survey, which provides mineral and water data for the region; Crops for Southland; Topoclimate analysis; and Radio Science and Earth Observation projects. He helped establish Te Anau Medical Trust, the Waiau Medical Trust, the Hump Ridge Walking Track, the Locator Beacon Trust, the Otatara Community Centre, Southland Youth Adventure Trust, Borland Lodge Adventure and Education Trust, the Southland Velodrome, and property and heritage preservation projects. He has been a Trustee of the Southland Viaducts Trust and an office holder with Cycling Southland and Cycling New Zealand.