Christine Hartstone, of Raglan, MNZM for services to equestrian sport
Christine Hartstone has been Secretary/Treasurer of the Te Uku branch of the Pony Club in Raglan, Treasurer and District Commissioner of the Hamilton Pony Club, and Treasurer of the Waikato Area Pony Clubs. She has been involved with Equestrian Sport New Zealand in the dressage and eventing disciplines. Since the mid-1980s, she has scored the New Zealand Pony Clubs Association’s National Dressage, Horse Trials Championships and Timberlands team event. She is Event Secretary for the Kihikihi International Horse Trials and for Dressage New Zealand. Mrs Hartstone coordinates resources for the volunteer group and competitors for the dressage section of the annual Horse of the Year show.