Avis Rishworth, of Lawrence, ONZM, for services to women
Avis Rishworth served as President, Secretary, Treasurer and National Conference Delegate of the Tuapeka Mouth Women’s Institute. She held several positions at the South Otago Federation Women’s Institute, including South Otago Federation President. She was elected to the New Zealand Women’s Institute National Executive Committee, where she chaired the Education Committee. She was Vice President of the National Executive and elected as the National President. She was a member of the centennial committee for NZFWI. She has chaired the Barbara Wood Trust and is a Life Trustee of the Mealing Estate Trusts. She was the Women’s Institute Representative to the National Council of Women. Mrs Rishworth was a Trustee of the Otago Rural Support Trust and the Secretary of the Century Farms New Zealand Organising Committee.