Gregory Brownless of Tauranga, QSM, for services to the community
Mr Brownless established the Legacy Trust, and gifted his funeral business, valued at $1.5 million, to the Tauranga community in 2007. The Legacy Trust has since distributed over $200,000 per annum to charitable causes. He is patron of the Tauranga Senior Citizens’ Association, the Tauranga Repertory Society, and the Tauranga Special Olympics. He is a former city councillor and Deputy Mayor. Mr Brownless is knowledgeable in disaster management and volunteered in Phuket after the Asian Tsunami, as well as helping to repatriate victims of the Christmas Island tragedy in early 2011.