Mrs Sue Reardon, of Whangaparāoa, QSM, for services to nursing
Sue Reardon has worked as a nurse throughout Auckland, including at Ponsonby Medical Centre, Takapuna Hospice and Browns Bay Medical Centre. She was a practice and diabetes nurse at Manly Medical Centre in Whangaparāoa, where she continues to work as a health care assistant. She played a key role in introducing Diabetes Self-Management Education in the region by leading a registered nurse led clinic once a week. She helped obtain funded nursing educational support for the medical centre from Comprehensive Care, a Primary Health Organisation. Mrs Reardon was often asked by doctors to share her clinical expertise and knowledge regarding diabetes.