{"id":380875,"date":"2025-12-30T17:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/380875\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:57:15","slug":"roger-drummond-mnzm-honoured-for-services-to-rugby-and-maori-waatea-news-maori-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/380875\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Drummond MNZM Honoured for Services to Rugby and M\u0101ori \u2013 Waatea News: M\u0101ori Radio Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo-4.png\" alt=\"Watermark\" class=\"watermark\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Waatea-News-16.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Role Funding: <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"536\">Highly respected sports administrator, lawyer and cultural advocate Mr Roger Bruce Douglas Drummond has been appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to rugby and to the advancement of M\u0101ori culture in Aotearoa and internationally.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"705\">Over a distinguished career spanning several decades, Roger Drummond has brought together the worlds of sport, law and culture, leaving an enduring legacy across each.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"707\" data-end=\"1146\">For more than 30 years, Mr Drummond has served as Chairman of the New Zealand Universities Rugby Council, where he has been a driving force behind the growth and international reputation of university rugby. Under his leadership, New Zealand university teams have undertaken numerous overseas tours, strengthening global relationships, securing sponsorships, and ensuring consistent high-level competition for student athletes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1486\">Within the professional game, he is one of New Zealand Rugby\u2019s longest-serving judicial officers, playing a pivotal role in strengthening rugby\u2019s disciplinary and judicial systems. His work has influenced both national and international rugby administration, helping to ensure the integrity, fairness and consistency of the sport.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1488\" data-end=\"1953\">Alongside his sporting leadership, Mr Drummond enjoyed a 33-year legal career at Bell Gully, where he represented a number of iwi in Treaty of Waitangi claims, contributing directly to the redress process and the strengthening of M\u0101ori rights and recognition. His commitment to M\u0101ori development extended into decades of pro bono service for the Toi M\u0101ori Charitable Trust, supporting the protection and growth of M\u0101ori arts and cultural expression.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1955\" data-end=\"2243\">One of his most significant cultural achievements was his role in developing a groundbreaking partnership between Toi M\u0101ori and the Volkenkunde Museum in the Netherlands, creating an international platform to showcase M\u0101ori art and culture and expanding its reach to global audiences.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2511\">In education and philanthropy, Mr Drummond has served six years on the Board of the Victoria University Foundation and was appointed a Hunter Fellow in 2013, recognising his contributions to the university and to New Zealand\u2019s intellectual and cultural life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2671\">This honour reflects a lifetime of service marked by integrity, leadership and an unwavering commitment to strengthening both rugby and M\u0101ori culture.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2673\" data-end=\"2732\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">He mahi nui, he painga nui \u2013 great work, great benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Role Funding: Highly respected sports administrator, lawyer and cultural advocate Mr Roger Bruce Douglas Drummond has been appointed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-380875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}