Ms Carole Gordon, MNZM, for services to seniors
Carole Gordon is a social scientist specialising in social gerontology. She established and is National Convenor of SUPA-NZ, a voluntary organisation that demonstrates the positive opportunity aspects of increasing longevity and population-ageing. She has contributed to education, health and local government initiatives. She influenced the establishment of an Elders Forum at Wellington and Tauranga City Councils, working with Tauranga City Council to achieve New Zealand's first Age-Friendly City. She collaborated with Massey University on elder research. She was involved in the setup phase of SmartGrowth and was instrumental in setting up the Population-ageing Technical Advisory Group. Ms Gordon was a founding trustee and board member of Socialink Tauranga Moana.