Bill Dunbar, of Cromwell, ONZM, for services to health and the community
Mr Dunbar is Chairman of the Patients Aid Charitable Trust (PACT), an NGO that supports people with health and disability support needs. PACT was created when the Patients and Prisoners Aid Society, of which he was also Chairman, separated the work it did with patients and prisoners. Under his leadership, PACT’s turnover has grown from $100,000 to more than $28 million and it has spread from Otago to Southland, the West Coast and Wellington. PACT now helps people of all ages with physical disabilities and addiction and gambling issues, as well as providing employment and budget services to families and troubled youth. It supports more than 1,500 people and employs more than 450. Mr Dunbar has also held offices with Dunedin and Cromwell Rotary Clubs and Cromwell Probus Club.