Mrs Robyn van Reenen, of Wanaka, QSM, for services to the arts
Robyn van Reenen has coordinated and managed the Wanaka Autumn Art School since 1992. She was Secretary of the Wanaka Arts Society and a founding member of the Wanaka Patchwork Club. She chaired the Upper Clutha Community Arts Council. She is a member of COOTS (Central Otago Outside the Square), a group of textile artists promoting textiles in the art world. She has taught quilting and book-binding courses. She served on the National Association of New Zealand Quilters’ Committee and the National Quilt Symposium Committee.Mrs van Reenen was a committee member of the Queenstown Lakes Creative Communities Grants.