Mr Miles Shelley, QSM of Ngatea, for services to the New Zealand Fire Service and the community.
Mr Shelley is Chief Fire Officer of the Ngatea Volunteer Fire Brigade, having previously served as Treasurer, Training Officer, and Station Officer. He assisted the struggling Turua Volunteer Fire Brigade by organising joint training sessions and mentoring of potential leaders, and he later became that brigade’s Chief Fire Officer. He is a First Responder with Hauraki Plains St John Ambulance and organised a quad-bike system for retrieving patients who could not be reached by ambulance. Mr Shelley has been a member of the Parent Teacher Association and Board of Trustees of Ngatea Primary School and served as Treasurer.