Mr Michael Scrivener, QSM, of Wellington, for services to ethnic communities and refugees
Michael Scrivener has been a long-standing member of the Hutt Multicultural Council, including time as Secretary and Vice President. He helps organise several annual events with the Council. He helped establish the Upper Hutt Multicultural Council and was Secretary of the Seniors’ Council of the New Zealand Federation of Multicultural Councils. He has been involved with his local Anglican Churches. He is a community van driver, taking disabled people to church services and events. He distributes donated household items to refugees settling in Wellington. Mr Scrivener is Wellington representative for Shoes for Planet Earth, collecting and distributing second-hand shoes.