Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Stephen Cox (Ōhaupō) for services to cycling
Stephen Cox had an outstanding career in road cycling, attending three Commonwealth Games, claiming a bronze medal, and attending the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. After retiring from international racing, he gave his time to the New Zealand cycling team and took the role of manager at the Kuala Lumpur 2010 Commonwealth Games. Stephen encourages youth to participate in sport. He says it is up to you, hard work, no pain no gain but just don’t give up!
Dr William Howell Round (Te Awa) for services to medical physics and biomedical engineering
Dr Howell Round is internationally respected in the fields of medical physics and biomedical engineering over four decades and has presented at numerous conferences, consulted on expert panels and advised government on a wide range of policy issues pertaining to his field. He has chaired the University of Waikato’s Department of Physics and Electronic Engineering, transforming the department through various initiatives into an innovative, internationally respected team. Dr Round has served terms as Secretary-General of both the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics and the International Union of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine.
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- Tony McGovern
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- Stephen Cox
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- Sam Lewis
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- Rob Feisst
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- Ian Campbell
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- Howell Round
Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Samuel Lewis (Te Awamutu) for services to business and the community (see story)
Anthony McGovern (Roto-o-Rangi) for services to the racing industry (see story)
King’s Service Medal
Ian Stuart Campbell (Te Awamutu) for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and Taekwon-Do
Campbell is the chief fire officer at the Te Awamutu Volunteer Fire Brigade. He has been a member since 1982 and Te Awamutu Taekwon-Do Club for 27 years. He has been chief since 2007, overseeing the busiest volunteer brigade in the Waikato region with more than 400 callouts annually and more than 40 volunteer members. He led the fundraising of $54,000 for the purchase of hydraulic rescue equipment in 2009 and $41,000 for a new emergency response vehicle in 2016. He is one of 13 7th Dan masters in New Zealand.
Robert Allan Feisst (Cambridge) for services to the community (See obituary).
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