Mr Colin Gibbs, QSM, of Nelson, for services to agriculture and the community
Mr Colin Gibbs, of Nelson, for services to agriculture and the community
Colin Gibbs was Provincial Chairman of Federated Farmers for Nelson and Tasman. He helped set up the Top of the South Rural Support Trust. He has been President and Secretary of the Waimea and Tapawera Dog Trial Clubs. He was President of the Nelson A&P Association, Chief Steward for the Show’s Shearing and Wool-handling section, and the Nelson Marlborough Shearing and Wool-handling Committee’s national delegate. He is currently a Wakefield Community Council Trustee and helped develop the Wakefield Area Civil Defence Response Plan. Mr Gibbs is the farming representative on the Tasman District Council’s Dry Weather Task Force.