Dame Cindy and Mrs Vanessa Taylor, of Lower Hutt, QSM for services to bowls and the community
Vanessa Taylor is Secretary of Stokes Valley Bowling Club and has been instrumental in securing business sponsorship, making the club more accessible, and promoting it through social media. She has worked as a teacher aide with special needs students for many years. She was a driving force behind the establishment of the Stokes Valley Community Childcare Centre, serving as inaugural Chair and later as Secretary and Treasurer. She was pivotal in finding and establishing new premises at Tui Glen School. Under Mrs Taylor’s guidance, funding was secured and the Centre’s mortgage was paid off in three years.