Dr Geoffrey Robinson, of Lower Hutt, ONZM, for services to medicine
Dr Robinson was the Chief Medical Officer for Capital and Coast DHB. Previously, he was Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine at Kenepuru Hospital and for the DHB’s Alcohol and Drug Services. He was a Clinical Senior Lecturer with the University of Otago and an Adjunct Professor at Victoria University. He sat on the Ministerial Medical and Therapeutic Committee on AIDS and the Expect Advisory Committee on Drugs, and chaired the Board of the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand. He is a Medical Spokesperson for Alcohol Action New Zealand and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, where he was Chair of the Training Committee, a member of the Examination Committee and the Foundation Committee of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine, and President of the New Zealand branch.