Mrs Rhys Bean, of Auckland, QSM for services to the community
Rhys Bean was a funeral celebrant for 29 years. She has volunteered for Heart Kids New Zealand for more than 35 years and was a layperson representative on the Auckland District Health Board’s Heart Registry. She was a standing committee member of the Auckland Anglican Diocese and a supporter of the Bereaved Parents Association. She helped to develop a Friendship House drop-in facility for Manukau City. She has been the driving force behind the ‘Jammies for June’ project at Middlemore Hospital. Mrs Bean was a Meals on Wheels driver and a frequent visitor to Kingseat Hospital’s children’s ward.