Dame Cindy and Mrs Sonia Edwards, of Opotiki, QSM for services to historical research and the community
Sonia Edwards researched records of every Opotiki and Eastern Bay of Plenty man who served in World War One and published the book ‘In Eternal Memory’ about those who died. She has cleaned and photographed headstones while matching them to cemetery records, and established a website so families could access gravesite information. She is a member of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists. She published the Opotiki Golf Club Centennial book, having been on the Centennial committee and previously Secretary. She arranged for Opotiki newspapers to be digitised by National Archives. Ms Edwards was Secretary of Opotiki Probus Club.