Mr Mike Bush, CNZM, for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Mike Bush has had a career with the New Zealand Police since 1978 and was Commissioner of Police from 2014 until April 2020. He oversaw the launch of a strategy supporting how Police work with ethnic communities and has driven work to improve female representation at all levels of Police. He worked on the Prevention First operating model, which contributed to a 20 percent drop in crime, while lifting New Zealander’s confidence in Police. He has promoted strategies to address Māori overrepresentation in the justice system. He has led the Police response to major natural disasters and to the Christchurch mosque shootings. Mr Bush has collaborated with other Chiefs of Police within the Pacific to share knowledge and taken the lead with Asian nations on joint trans-national crime investigations.