Mr Ray Annamalai, of Auckland, QSM, for services to the community and Tamil culture
Ray Annamalai is an active member of the North Shore community. He is involved with the Rotary Club, is a Justice of the Peace, and is President of the North Shore Multicultural Council. He led the development of the Sri Ganesh Temple in Papakura, New Zealand’s first Tamil temple, and served as chairperson. He is Patron of the Muth Tamil Sangam community group for Tamil-speaking people, which he helped establish. He devoted his energies to establishing Hamilton’s Sri Balaji Temple, where he is a Trustee and Vice Chairman. He supported the Culture Reading 4 U community programme for adult migrants.