Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Awarded to Jo-anne Wilkinson, Lady Dingle, Co-Founder of the Graeme Dingle Foundation for Services to Youth. The year is 1994 and Jo-anne Wilkinson, Lady Dingle alongside acclaimed New Zealand climber, Sir Graeme .
Established in 2004, The Grocery Charity Ball Trust runs the premier event on the grocery industry social calendar, directing profits to charitable trusts in New Zealand. This year, the beneficiary of funds raised is nationwide youth development charity, .