Mrs Kathy Allen, QSM, of Gisborne, for services to the community
Mrs Kathy Allen, of Gisborne, for services to the community
Kathy Allen has been involved with Age Concern, the Blind Foundation, the Māori Women’s Welfare League, the Stroke Foundation, the Horticultural Society, Plunket, Emergency Child Care, and the Gisborne Catholic Church. She provides pastoral and personal care to people suffering from ill health, loneliness, mental health problems and disabilities. She is Hospital Chaplain for Gisborne Hospital and fundraises for Red Cross and St Johns. She was President of the Gisborne Floral Festival. Mrs Allen has co-ordinated school holiday programmes at her home and, as a bookbinder, has restored hundreds of books and artefacts for locals.