Kiwibank Local Hero medalists named

Regional judging for the Kiwibank Local Hero Award has been completed and we are pleased to confirm and congratulate the following outstanding Kiwis who will be presented with a Kiwibank Local Hero medal at one of 16 events across New Zealand.

The team at the New Zealander of the Year Office is currently notifying all the successful nominees so if your name is on the following list you will be receiving a communication from us shortly.

Waikato Region:                   

Dr Clyde Wade, Ally Tairi, Annah Stretton, Graeme (Noddy) Watts, Donna Young, Angie Millar, Don Willoughby, Stu Muir, Elizabeth McMurray, Mary Addison, Moira Dempsey, Christine Hartstone

Bay of Plenty

Peter Burling, Bob Mankelow, Denny Spee, Steve Campbell, Kathleen Young, Marty Hoffart, Ian Feasey, Dianna Te Riini, Leslie David Jones, Dale Walker, Wini Hahipene-Geddes, Shaun Smith, Leona Smith, Donal Boyle, Diane Norris, Berice Julian, Joseph Ngametuangaro, Matthew Bryson, Percy Jones, Tautini Hahipene, Cliff Osborne.

Rotorua and Taupo

Manu Soloman, Bronwen Radford, Linda Edward, Ralph Mosen, Clare Beuth, Gabrielle Thurston, Francisca Hawkes-Buchanan, Thomas Anderson, Raana Mareikura, Graham Patrick Westcott, Gina Peiffer, Kharl-William Wirepa

Gisborne

Padre William Gray, Ralph Walker, Catharine White, Norman Maclean, Elizabeth Clark, Dr Nick Wright, Niki Maanga Hitaua, Judith Ann Ball, Connor Mitchell, Pru Clayden, Duncan Chisholm, Alice Kibble, Bronwyn Kay, Cherie Anne Knight, Baljeet Sandhu, Angela Hill, Lorraine Lawson-Barrett.

Hawke's Bay

Pamela Anne O'Keefe, Kiri Swannell, Jim Edwards, Paul Geertson, Lloyd Lawrence, Kathy Grant, Wayne Michael Hema, Whiu Carroll, Dorothea Millen, Gabrielle Allen, Sallie Dunford, Renee Hickey, Lyn Gordon, Jacqueline Edwards.

Manawatu

Fiona Bradley, Barry Wynks, Donald Hatfull, Colin Lawrie, Dan Steele, Ian Grey, Dr Maxwell Stevens, Glenis Davenport, Amanda Street, Dirk Holtslag, Stewart Collis, Wendy Sellars, Sheran Pauline Hancock, Alan Rowe, Isabelle Poff-Pencole, Richard Turner, Elizabeth Guy.

Taranaki

Debbie McKinlay, Jamie Allan, Darren James, Norma Henderson, Patrick Julian, Joan McCardle, Terry Parkes, Carolyn (Caro) Cragg, Neil Sulzberger, Lis (Elizabeth) McBride, Clair Tart, Dave Larkin, Michael Corkill, Maureen Lonsdale, Kit Lea, Michael (Mike) Dowd, Katrina McNab, Ernie Burrows, Kere Ell, Greg Trowbridge, John Herlihy, Margaret Mancer, Nigel Cash.

Auckland

Robert Bell, Harvey Alison, Alexia Hilbertidou, Fiona Harnett, David Rule, Leonie Elisabeth Lawson, Barry Watkin, Robert Fowler, Melissa Wilson, Margaret Dunkley, Rohan MacMahon, George Adamson, Erica Wilson, Mohamud Mohamed, Verdon Kelliher, Laura Quilter, Hayley Yu, Deon Wallace, Sylvia Durrant, Chercara Thompson, Fleur Knight, Dylan Turner, Andree Talbot, Tasha Storey, Anita Hinton, Dave Letele, Joseph Fa'afiu, Judith Bright, Rebecca Kendrick, Kendal Collins, Sarah Numan, Alexandra Nicholas, Leanne McMurtrie, Jackie Clarke, Mata La'Akulu, Sutapa Mukund, Christine Cowell, Valerie Robinson, Sue Lowry, Caine Warren, Pania Newton, Grant Beaumont, John Robinson, Damon John Tipene Heke, John David Trubnick, Sally Keane, Joyce Laulu, Tina Graydon, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Lukman, Paul Bray, Yikun Zhang, Ismail Waja, Tiff McLeod, Beverley Stitt, Isamaela Junior Toko, Margaret Burgess, Heather Summers, Mark Anderson, Simone Budel, Kriddles Roberts.

Wellington

Ewen Heron, Wallace Patrick Haumaha, Patricia Thompson, Colleen Johnston, Farida Sultana, Laurie Foon, Peter Carrington, Alex Hannant, Heather Henare, Donna Kennedy, Barbara Halliwell, Mark Dunajtschik, Catherine Raizis, Shona Belcher, Ian McLaren, Lloyd Scott, Catherine Rossiter-Stead, Mavis Mullins, Steve Riley, Robert (Bob) Hill, Hamish Qualthrough, Juliet Qualthrough, Lee Priday, Rachel Norman, Tracey Cooper, Lynda Coogan, Heidi Ward-McGrath, Kim McKinley, Sarah Lysaght, Caroline Finlay, Kim Workman, Sally Bain, Merilyn Merrett, Jan Heine, Gabriel Tupou, Amanda Coulston, Gail Abel, Missy Awatere, Joanne Ruawai-Hawira, Raewyn McLaren.

Nelson

Paul Hampton, Fiona Price, Rees Vinsen, Murray Leaning, John-Paul Pochin, Mike Abeltshauser, Glenn Bisdee, Nigel Andrews, Debs Martin, Brian Ramsay and Diane Ramsay.

Greymouth

Alan McEnaney, Donne Knoef, Leonie Stenhouse, Olga Dodd, Lee Scanlon, Paul Comeskey, Dave Corson, Marilyn Corson

Canterbury

Christopher Martin, Chris Allan, Donald H Cameron, Mark Thomson, Christine Lake, Dene Raymond, John Madden, Mark Buckley, Ben Atkinson, Elizabeth Malbon (Libby) Robins, Roy Adams, Mayor Winton Dalley, Brenda Woolley, Melissa Skene, Carolyn Tapley, Huntley Quinn, Lesley Elliott, Larina Tiffen-Fuller, Neroli Gold, Judith A Brown, Peter Hayes, Janice Kirk, Brian Cate, Andrew Moore, Ira Mitchell-Kirk, Heather Wilson, Gary Linford Watts, Lindsay Kerr, Jo Brady, Helen Mary Rosa Bickers, Michael Graveston, Cilla Glasson MNZM, Debbs Moody, Alan Dickson, Jo Brady, Chelsea Waugh.

Marlborough

Kevin R Moseley, Walter Scott, Tania Silcock, Dean Marshall, Shirley Hocquard, Kathryn (Kate) Margaret Webb, Donald Helman, Elizabeth Buttimore, Jason Walker, Jennifer (Jenni) Anne Eatherley, Mark Rea, Ben Hide, Maddison Anderson,

Otago

Gloria Hurst, Lynne Ray, Jane Stalker, Ngaire Duke, Gordon Martin, Sonya Palmer, Stuart Hore, Rod Peirce, Judy Elliott Hall, Valerie Smith, Heather McPherson, Doug Dance, Jocelyn (Joss) Leyser (deceased), Carol Haig, Dennis Cronin, Emily Boud, James Sutherland.

Southland

Janice Lee, Hamish McMurdo, Shelley Lithgow, Robyn Guyton, Bernadette Hunt, Bronwyn Grant, Maureen Jones, Helen McKay, Aileen McNaughton, Meggy Bartlett-McBride.

Northland

Audrey Jean Trimmer, Stanley Bartlett, Russell Rawiri, Maxine Neighbour, Charles Edward Flower, Linda Mary Melville, Ricky Houghton, Rowena Jones, Ricky Houghton, Noma Shepherd, Murray Neighbour, Kelvin Richard Attwood, Cliff Colquhoun, Blair Peters, Jack Winwood, Rochelle Hedges, Geoffrey Mayall, Decima Severinsen, Maurice Arthur, Robert Webb.