Dame Susan Glazebrook and Mr Chris Chilton, of Invercargill, MNZM for services to music and journalism
Chris Chilton is Vice President of the Southland Musicians’ Club, mentoring up-and-coming musicians. As a journalist, he created wider interest in the arts and give insights into local community issues. He wrote the narration of the ‘Southland 1990 Show’, which celebrated 150 years of New Zealand music. He edited the history of the Southland Musicians Club, 45 South. He is a Southland Music Hall of Fame committee member and chaired the Southland Entertainment Awards. He chaired the committee that re-distributed Southland’s famous album ‘New Age Savage’. Mr Chilton led the ‘Where There’s Smoke’ campaign, addressing Southland’s poor fire safety record and distributing smoke alarms to the community.