Mrs Maureen Wood, of Auckland, MNZM for services to people with disabilities
Maureen Wood joined IHC in West Auckland in 1961, following the birth of her daughter, who has Down syndrome and autism. She was Branch President and is now Association Chair. She was a member of the IHC New Zealand Council and helped to develop the family-led Key Points monitoring system. She was Chair of the Waitakere Health Link and campaigned for improvements to Waitakere Hospital. She was a community representative for the Health West Primary Health Organisation. She lobbied for psychiatric and psychopaedic institutions to be closed in the 1980s and 1990s. Mrs Wood has helped to establish several services for people with disabilities in West Auckland.