Mr Lindsay Tisch, of Matamata, QSO, for services as a Member of Parliament
Lindsay Tisch was first elected as MP for Karapiro and retained the seat when it was renamed Piako (now the Waikato electorate). He has been a Presiding Officer of Parliament, including Assistant Speaker and Deputy Speaker, a member of several Parliamentary Select Committees, and Junior and Senior Whip for the National Party. He was National Party President and the Party’s Campaign Manager for the first Mixed-Member Proportional election. He was a director of Land Corporation Ltd and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors, the New Zealand Institute of Property Management, and the New Zealand Institute of Valuers. He is a Trustee and Chairman of the Matamata-based Pohlen Hospital Foundation, a member of the Matamata Lions Club and a Justice of the Peace.