Peter Macauley has been invested as a Knight of St John, in recognition of more than 30 years' voluntary service to the organisation.
Mr Macauley, principal at Kaikohe law firm Palmer Macauley, who received the honour at a ceremony led by Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General and Prior of St John in New Zealand, in Auckland, only recently stepped down after 32 years as chairman of the St John Kaikohe Area Committee. He remains the committee's deputy chairman, is the Northland representative on the Northern Region Trust Board, and is a member of the national Rules Committee.
His other past roles are too numerous to list, but include 13 years on the Priory Chapter (St John's national governance body) and convener of the 1986-88 fundraising effort that built Kaikohe's new St John ambulance station.
Other community involvement includes 40 years as a member of the Kaikohe Lions and a long commitment to the Kaikohe RSA, Northland Rugby and the Kaikohe Rugby and Sports Club, of which he is patron and a life member.
Richard Blundell, patron of St John Northern Region and a fellow Knight of St John, said Mr Macauley had made a "tremendous contribution" to the organisation.