John Jackets, of Kerikeri, QSM for services to music
John Jackets is Musical Director of the Bay of Islands Singers and directs an annual community carols event at the Turner Centre. He is Director of the Kerikeri International Piano Competition, which he has taken from a national to an international biennial event. He has overseen the competition’s development in all aspects, including website expansion, programming, master classes, public performances, and engaging the judges. He is a member and former Chair of the Church Council at St James Anglican Church Kerikeri, where he also trains and conducts the choir. Mr Jackets headed fundraising drives for the re-roofing of the church.