New Year Honours: Yvonne Boyes on supporting health journeys
30 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Yvonne Boyes has been awarded a Queen s Service Medal for her services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment. Photo / Supplied
Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender reportershauni.james@nzme.co.nz@thedailypost
For Yvonne Boyes, the recognition of her many years and contributions towards health in her community has left her flabbergasted .
Boyes many years of service have been acknowledged in the New Year Honours today as she was awarded the Queen s Service Medal for her services to health, particularly nursing and cancer treatment.
She said she was flabbergasted when she found out she was being awarded the QSM.