A New Plymouth woman has been awarded a Queen's Service Medal (QSM) for her work in the community.
Eileen Holt has been a leading member of a stroke victims community support group for the past 34 years, helping to establish the New Plymouth Stroke Support Trust in 1986.
Holtjoined the group after her husband John had a stroke in 1986.
"I saw an advert in one of the local papers about people wanting to start up the trust. I said to John, I should go and see what it's about. I went to the first meeting and I've been going ever since."