Mrs Lynley Bunton, QSM, of Dunedin, for services to education and the community
Lynley Bunton served on the Otago Cancer Society Spring Ball Committee and the Otago Community Hospice fundraising committee.
She is an Advisory Board member of the Dunedin School of Art Foundation and a member of the Dunedin Arts Festival Advisory Board.
She helped organise the Maori Hill School Centennial celebrations. She taught at Kenmure Intermediate and was Assistant Principal at Mosgiel Intermediate.
She was a coach for the Hill Cluster Kiwi netball competition and Intermediate school teams.
Mrs Bunton was Secretary of the Dunedin Music Festival Committee and contributed as an accompanist for students’ musical performances.