Mrs Venus Cherrington, of Kaikohe, QSM, for services to health and the community
Venus Cherrington (Ngāti Wharara, Ngāti Korokoro) is a rural nurse who has served her community through fundraising, helping at marae, providing food at events, offering homecare assistance and providing care and comfort for those at the end of life and support for whānau. She offers her time to people in her area to call her in an emergency. She organises first-aid updates in her local area. She has encouraged Māori nurses to become leaders and supports nurses to enrol and register. Mrs Cherrington helped provide groceries to families and prepared meals for distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic.