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A special medal is to be presented to a Manawatu man for his work following the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. Shane Bayley is to receive the New Zealand Special Service Medal - Tsunami, tomorrow.
Mr Bayley, who at the time was the Taranaki Regional Council's emergency management officer, was deployed on December 29, 2004, to Banda Aceh as part of the multi-national United Nations Disaster Assessment and Co-ordination team. He said the team's role had been to support the Indonesian government by co-ordinating incoming international aid and making assessments so information could be compared.
