Thursday afternoon saw the final investiture ceremony held in Christchurch, with Dame Cindy presenting insignia to seven further Honours recipients. Among them was Christine Lake, honoured for over 20 years with New Zealand’s largest health and wellbeing support service for young children – the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society. During her time with Plunket, Ms Lake helped to guide the organisation through significant change, including the recent re-brand to Whānau Āwhina Plunket. Also recognised was former cricket international Janice Steed, and Diana Reid, who helped to establish the Malvern Cancer Support Group in Darfield in 1983. Congratulations to all of this afternoon’s recipients.
You can find more images from the ceremony here.