Opotiki Rotary's own QSM, PHF

Our very own Dorothy-Anne Wilson – QSM

Mrs Wilson was until 2016 chairwoman of the Opotiki Arts Council, having joined it in 1986 to raise funds for the Opotiki Community Theatre Trust and Opotiki De Luxe Theatre.

She established the biannual Fibre and Fleece Festival in 1986 and served as coordinator until 1989 overseeing the extension of the festival to include a craft fair, trades hall, workshops and an art exhibition to be hosted at Opotiki College.

She returned to New Zealand from Australia in 1999 and resumed her role as co-ordinator of the festival, later becoming chairwoman from 2009 to 2013.

She helped introduce a Silent Film Festival with the Community Theatre Trust and was made a life member of the trust in 2015.

Mrs Wilson became manager of the new Opotiki Agriculture and Historical Society Museum in 2007 and has played a significant role in its development and refurbishment.

And she is an Opotiki Rotarian and a Paul Harris fellow.

Photo from NZ Herald.