Mr Douglas Hutchinson, of Hawera, QSM for services to conservation and the community
Douglas Hutchinson has been the driving force of the Nowells Lake Development project, obtaining support and financial backing and coordinating community group activity. He has been inaugural Secretary/Treasurer of the Nowells Lake Walkway Charitable Trust. He volunteered as caretaker at Hawera Christian School for three years. He is Secretary/Treasurer of the Ethel Gray Charitable Trust of New Zealand, formed to promote immunisation, particularly against polio. He helped publish a collection of stories from Taranaki polio sufferers. Mr Hutchinson is currently Deputy Chairman of Trinity Home and Hospital in Hawera and held several leadership positions with the Hawera Rotary Club.