Ms Nicola Saker, of Wellington, MNZM, for services to heritage preservation and the arts
Nicola Saker (Te Atiawa) was involved in the campaign to save Wellington’s St James Theatre in the 1980s. She has been a BATS Theatre Board member, PolyHigh Community Childcare Centre convenor and New Zealand Festival of the Arts Trustee. She was part of the Community Consultative Committee on Wellington’s waterfront and chaired its Public Area Design Group. She is President and Chair of the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Society, which maintains Katherine Mansfield House and Garden. Ms Saker has led fundraising activities, overseen a major refurbishment and reinterpretation of the attraction, and promoted Katherine Mansfield’s life and work by co-curating exhibitions, presenting at international seminars and writing journalistic articles.