Ms Janine St Germain, MNZM, of Auckland, for services to palliative care
Janine St Germain is the Chief Executive Officer of Clinical Services at Dove Hospice. She has grown Dove Hospice from caring for 14 patients and families per year to more than 600. She initiated a counselling service that has grown to be one of the largest in a hospice service setting within New Zealand. Dove Hospice is solely reliant on its retail activity initiated under her leadership and various donations from the community. She was appointed as a Trustee to the foundation board of Race4Life, a national charitable trust that provides wishes for terminally ill adults. Ms St Germain is well known and respected as a leader in her vocation.