Dame Susan Glazebrook and Mrs Margaret Fraser, of Dunedin, MNZM for services to hepatology
Margaret Fraser is a Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Hepatology with the Southern District Health Board. She set up the first clinic at the Otago Corrections Facilities to diagnose and treat patients with hepatitis C and other hepatological illnesses. With the Dunedin Intravenous Drug Users Organisation, she started offering diagnostic and treatment clinics and reached out to the Community Alcohol and Substances Service to reach patients outside of health pathways. She helped to organise three hui with the Mongrel Mob to facilitate testing and education of members and their families. Mrs Fraser was appointed Clinical Nurse Specialist representative of the South Island Alliance Hepatitis C Working Group.