Mr Noddy Watts, of Whangamata, MZNM for services to the community and charity fundraising
Noddy Watts has been a member of the Whangamata Beach Hop Committee from 2001 and President since 2016. The Beach Hop is a classic car, motorcycle and music festival that is attended by more than 100,000 people and brings an estimated $8 million to the local economy each year, with several hundred thousand dollars having been donated to local emergency services and charities since 2001. Mr Watts was Chairman of the establishment committee for the Whangamata Free Kindergarten and President of the Whangamata Amateur Athletics Club. He has organised scooter rides around the Coromandel for charity since 2016, raising $15,000 for prostate cancer, Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Youthline.