Mrs Bonnie Dobson, of Whakatane, QSM for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community
Bonnie Dobson is a volunteer operational support senior firefighter with the Matata Volunteer Fire Brigade and an Ambulance Officer with St John Whakatane. Following the 2005 Matata Floods, she helped establish a recording system to account for every person in the township. She also helped organise the collection of donated gear and food for the neighbouring brigades that assisted Matata. Mrs Dobson has been a member and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Matata Primary School, has worked with the Matata Village Volunteer Book Exchange, and fundraised for new clubrooms for the Matata Rugby and Sports Club.