Mrs Deirdre Jolly, QSO of Alexandra, for services to the community.
As Chair of the Alexandra Council of Social Services, Mrs Jolly has seen the organisation grow its membership to 50 allied organisations. She oversaw the establishment of the Citizens Advice Bureau, the Dunstan Work Trust, relationship services, Age Awareness Week and a Social Services Centre. She has been involved in the Victim Support and Budgeting Service Management Committees and the Alexandra Community House inaugural Committee and Trust. She is part of the Alexandra Community Advice Network. She held positions on the New Zealand Association of Citizens’ Advice Bureaux and regional CAB committees. She was a Councillor on the Alexandra Borough Council and helped establish a local branch of the National Council of Women. She is a member of the Catholic Women’s League and the Alexandra Blossom Festival Committee.