The Very Reverend Pamela Tankersley, of Palmerston North, MNZM for services to the Presbyterian Church and the community
Pamela Tankersley has been involved in the leadership of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, including as Moderator of the General Assembly and Moderator of the Council for World Mission. She has been Parish Minister in three parishes and was the Church’s Global Mission Coordinator. She was a member of the General Committee of the Christian Conference of Asia. She represented the New Zealand Association of Presbyterian Women at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. In Palmerston North, she helped establish budget cooking classes and a children’s playroom and has organised children’s activities. Reverend Tankersley has personally taken in and supported young women escaping violent relationships.