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Wellington.Scoop Two Wellingtonians have become Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit in today’s New Year Honours List: Sue Chetwin, for services to consumer rights. Having begun her career in journalism, Ms Chetwin was editor of the Sunday News from 1994 to 1998, the Sunday Star-Times from 1998 to 2003, and founding editor of the Herald on Sunday from 2003 to 2005. As Chief Executive of Consumer New Zealand from 2007 to 2020 she successfully campaigned for many important consumer law reforms, including prohibitions on unfair contract terms, fairness in consumer credit contracts, country of origin labelling, and controlling door knockers. She has led other successful campaigns on behalf of consumers including calling for mandatory standards for sunscreens, helping to regulate mobile truck shops, and calling out businesses on misleading claims such as greenwashing. Her commitment to consumer rights have contributed to New Zealand having a strong consumer prot ....
To receive the Queen’s Service Medal Peter Goodbehere was a founding member of the Napier branch of the New Zealand Federation of Film Societies in 1959, and president for 42 years, from 1960 to 2002. Century Cinema co-ordinator Peter Goodbehere with the film “Under The Southern Cross” in Napier in 1999. (File photo) His expert skills and dedication to restoration saved many damaged films. He established Century Cinema in Napier in 1990, the first art-house cinema in Hawke’s Bay. As manager and projectionist until his retirement in 2010, he watched it grow from two screenings a week to more than 25. Grace Hutton was part of the project team developing the national museum Te Papa in the 1990s, and has been its Kaitiaki Taonga of Pacific Cultures since 2004, mentoring Pacific interns and volunteers. ....
Playwrights, teachers, reverends, advocates and athletes are among the 13 Pacific people who have received New Year s Honours, a group the Pacific peoples minister has described as inspiring. Auckland early childhood educator, Afamasaga Vaafusuaga Telesia McDonald-Alipia is now an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Afamasaga has had a long-involvement with Pacific early childhood education, dating back to 1991. She was New Zealand s national coordinator for the Home Interaction Programme for Parents and Youngsters, which now has 40 centres across the country. A tribute Award-winning playwright Victor Rodger has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for his services to theatre and Pacific arts. ....