Benita Cairns and Tom Johnson have been appointed to the Lottery Hawkes Bay Community Distribution Committee.
Ms Cairns of Wairoa has held a range of roles in the community including district councillor, Roadsafe co-ordinator, strategic development officer with Age Concern and district supervisor for the 2011 Census.
Mr Johnson of Napier is a senior lecturer in Business Studies at EIT with 30 years' senior management experience in a range of sectors including racing, sports marketing, oil, food, finance and liquor.
Current member Di Petersen has been promoted to presiding member. She is a former councillor for the Central Hawke's Bay District Council and has been a committee member since February 2010.
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