Rosa Chow and Keith Ingram, each of Half Moon Bay, have been recognised within the 2021 New 12 months Honours.
Ingram was made a Member of New Zealand Order of Benefit (MNZM) for companies to the fishing and maritime business.
Chow was awarded The Queen’s Service Medal (QSM) for companies to immigrant communities.
Ingram is recognised as a maritime business and leisure fishing advocate who has been a member of the New Zealand Leisure Fishing Council for the previous 35 years, together with 12 years as president. He’s a previous president of the New Zealand Marine Transport Affiliation (NZMTA), the place he contributed considerably to the Maritime Transport Act 1994.
He stays on the Board of the NZMTA, having been a committee member for greater than 30 years. He was a Discipline Editor for Boating NZ Journal for 10 years, earlier than establishing Skilled Skipper Journal, recognised as a number one maritime journal now in its twenty fifth yr. He stays an advisor to Maritime New Zealand, the Ministry of Fisheries, the Division of Conservation and the New Zealand Transport and Fishing industries.
He has been the Patron for the Tug William C. Daldy Preservation Society since 2008 and a marine assessor to the Transport Accident Investigation Fee.
As a previous Commodore of the Bucklands Seaside Yacht Membership, he stays a Vice-Patron of the membership, the place he was instrumental within the improvement of the ‘Ladies in Command’ coaching course now adopted by New Zealand Coastguard Schooling.
Ingram opened the way in which for Sea Cadet pre-sea coaching and ladies at sea to be accepted as a part of the maritime business. Awards have included Journal Writer’s Awards, Extremely Recommended Editor of the 12 months 2009 and Journalist of the 12 months 2012.
Chow has actively contributed to the Howick neighborhood since emigrating from Hong Kong. She has been a board member at Macleans Faculty for a number of phrases and made main efforts in connecting the faculty with its Chinese language mother and father and communities to extend engagement.
She has been a key member of the Asian Council on Decreasing Crime for 14 years, together with time as chairperson, the main focus of which was to scale back road crime.
Her work with the council has mobilised folks to volunteer in neighborhood companies, corresponding to organising a foot patrol group, and enhanced information and crime prevention, monetary literacy, and enterprise expertise. She has been a member of each the Police Nationwide Ethnic Advisory Discussion board and the Police Asian District Advisory Board.
She is an energetic member of the St Mark’s Catholic Church in Pakuranga. Chow has obtained a number of native awards, together with the Howick Native Board My Place Award for migrants who’ve embraced the local people by the use of neighborhood service and involvement.
