Fire and Emergency celebrates Royal Honours recipients
Today five of our people were presented with Queen’s Birthday Royal NZ Honours by the Governor-General at an investiture ceremony in Wellington. These honours recognise their inspiring contributions to local communities and Fire and Emergency over many years.
Pictured L-R: Kerry Gregory, National Commander; Paul Swain, Fire and Emergency Board Chair; John Taylor, Queen’s Service medal for services to the community; Paul Wright, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the forestry industry; Diane Yalden, Queen’s Service medal for services to the community; Des Minehan, Member of the NZ Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand; Anne Flutey, Queen’s Service medal for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community; Ian Walker, Queen’s Service medal for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand; Allan Cox, Queen’s Service medal for services to the community; Ewan Mason, Queen’s Service medal for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community; Rhys Jones, Chief Executive, Fire and Emergency.
As is traditional, we further acknowledged the incredible work of these recipients and thanked family members for their support at a luncheon following today’s ceremony. Three of our people who received New Year’s honours earlier in the year also attended, given we couldn’t celebrate with them earlier in the year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The selfless work taken on over many years by all our Honours recipients for our organisation, and many others, has truly helped to make our communities stronger, safer and more resilient.
Read more about today’s recipients and their work here.(external link)