Mr Derek Teariki, of Hastings, QSM for services to the Cook Islands community
Derek Teariki is President of the Cook Islands Community Hall Society in Flaxmere. He has steered the Society to gain charitable status and has overseen fundraising efforts to maintain and upgrade the Hall facilities. He is Secretary of PaMeuta Cook Islands Group, a social group for seniors, and was a driving force behind its establishment. He leads PaMeuta’s weekly exercise programme and organises an annual trip out of Hastings for the group. He has organised sports weekends for children in the Cook Islands community. Mr Teariki is an elder in the Cook Island Christian Church in Flaxmere.