Dame Susan Glazebrook and Mrs Jenny Agnew, of Christchurch, QSM for services to historical research and the Chinese community
Mrs Jenny Agnew was a secondary school teacher for many years in Darfield, Winton and Christchurch. With her husband, Trevor, she has given New Zealand-Chinese history talks throughout the country. She contributes to academic discourse on local Chinese people in Dunedin and their history in New Zealand. She and her husband researched and wrote ‘Merchant, Miner, Mandarin: The Life and Times of the Remarkable Choie Sew Hoy’, on Jenny’s great-great-grandfather. They have been long-time supporters of the Court Theatre. Mrs Agnew helped to establish the Theatresports team at Hillmorton High School and has continued to encourage Theatresports at the school.