Mrs Jeremy Drummond, of Auckland, ONZM, for services to early childhood education
Jeremy Drummond has served on the Board of the Auckland Kindergarten Association for almost twenty years and has sat on the Board of Kindergarten New Zealand for 16 years. She has been President and Vice-President of the Association and provided her legal skills pro bono. She was actively involved as a school parent volunteer at Victoria Avenue School for eight years and as a Board of Trustee member for six years. She has worked in both voluntary and paid roles for SPELD NZ, a not-for-profit organisation that aims to reduce individual underachievement by students with dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities. As a committee member of the United Swimming Club in Auckland, she helped the Club to expand and provided logistical support.