Mrs Yvonne Boyes, QSM, of Ohope, for services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment
Mrs Yvonne Boyes, of Ohope, for services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment
Yvonne Boyes was an oncology nurse, Director of Nursing at Waipuna Hospice, and Ngati Awa Health Clinical Lead. She was Deputy Chair of the Project Hope Fundraising committee, overseeing the completion of the Project Hope Cancer Treatment Centre building. She served on the Cancer Control Council and was a Primary Nurse Educator for the Eastern Bay Primary Health Alliance. She helped develop the Rural Health lnterprofessional Programme in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and is the Academic Coordinator. Mrs Boyes fundraised for the Renal Centre in Tauranga and is a member of the Bay of Plenty Child Health Trust.