Mr Charles Wilkinson, of New Plymouth, MNZM, for services to arts governance and the community
Charles Wilkinson has supported Taranaki community and arts organisations with free legal services and advice. He is Trustee and Chair of the Taranaki Arts Festival Trust, through which he has overseen the Taranaki Gardens Festival Charitable Trust, Tropfest short film festival, and WOMAD New Zealand Charitable Trust. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth. He chaired Tainui Home Trust Board. He was a member of New Plymouth District Council’s Huatoki Plaza working group for the redesign of the central Huatoki river precinct. Mr Wilkinson was Honorary Solicitor for North Taranaki Family Planning Association and New Plymouth Riding for the Disabled.