Ms Hazel Barnes, of Te Awamutu, QSM for services to local government and the community
Hazel Barnes is a Waipa District Councillor. She established a committee of volunteers dedicated to reviving Kihikihi, a low socio-economic Waikato town. She was a founding member of the Waikato Asthma Society, the Waikato Counterstroke organisation, and the Waikato Equestrian Centre. She drove the establishment of the Kihikihi Domain. She has worked as a nurse and social worker. She was an executive member of the Hamilton Rehabilitation Association, a Trustee of the Trust Bank Waikato Community Trust Board, and a marriage celebrant. Ms Barnes is a Justice of the Peace and President of her local Grey Power organisation.