King's Birthday Honours 2025: Rotorua's Tina Barrett recognised for services to community
Following in her late mother and grandmother's footsteps Rotorua-born Tina Barrett JP has received a King's Service Medal for decades of community service.
Tina May Barrett, 57, of Te Arawa, Tūhourangi Ngāti Wāhiao and Ngāti Rangiwewehi descent has been recognised for her 25 years of services to Te Rōpū Wāhine
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