Mr Clive Akers, of Palmerston North, MNZM for services to rugby and historical research
Clive Akers is a leading rugby football archivist and historian. He has contributed in various voluntary roles to the operation of the New Zealand Rugby Museum in Palmerston North. He is Chairman of the museum’s Management Committee, in which role he oversaw the move to the permanent site within Te Manawa Museum. He has curated for the museum and is a Life Member. As an author, he has produced seven major rugby history books. He is the lead author of the annual ‘New Zealand Rugby Almanack’ publication. Mr Akers is a member of the Association of Rugby Historians and Statisticians.