The North Otago school produced two new Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit — Richard Kennett and Sandy Pasley. "I am really grateful for all the huge number of the people who have supported me throughout my career." She could not remember whether the two were in the same year at school but did remember Mr Kennett and his brother. Mr Kennett, a Glenorchy resident, has spent the past 50 years contributing to conservation projects around the Wakatipu Basin. He was the senior non-police representative on the search and rescue incident management team in the Wakatipu Basin, through which he had contributed to numerous significant search and recovery field operations.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 17, 2026 15:46 UTC