Mr Burton Shipley, of Russell, ONZM, for services to basketball
Burton Shipley chaired the New Zealand National Basketball League and the New Zealand Breakers. He was a Board member of Basketball New Zealand, including time as Deputy Chair.
He is President of the Oceania Basketball Board, having first joined as an advisor. He led the development of the Oceania basketball strategy to raise the profile and build the capacity and capability of basketball in 22 Pacific nations.
He is the only New Zealander to sit on the International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA) Executive Committee. He has been Vice Chair of the International Basketball Foundation, which uses basketball as a vehicle for social change around the world.
Mr Shipley chaired the 2019 Basketball World Cup tournament hosted by China, and was subsequently appointed Vice President of FIBA.