Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 9:02 am
New Zealand Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM, QSO,
DStJ has been made a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute
of Directors (IoD).
The honour is the highest the IoD
can award, reserved for directors who have made a sustained
and prominent contribution to governance, business and their
communities.
Dame Patsy has been an influential leader
in a number of fields from becoming the first female partner
at law firm Watts and Patterson (now Minter Ellison Rudd
Watts) in 1982, to sitting on the boards of some of New
Zealand’s largest commercial and arts
organisations.
She became Governor-General in
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Press Release – New Zealand Down Syndrome Association
Four members of the New Zealand Down syndrome community have been honoured for their amazing individual achievements at special function at Government House today.
Jacob Dombroski, Rochelle Waters and Amelia Eades were bestowed with a National Achievement Award by Governor General Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy.
The Governor-General, who is the patron of the New Zealand Down Syndrome Association (NZDSA), also handed out the Val Sturgess Volunteer of the Year Award to Kathryn Sadgrove from Northland.
The awards had to be postponed in 2020 due to the Covid 19 lockdown, so the selection panel had a difficult task picking winners from a large group of well-deserving and high-calibre nominations across two years.