Congratulations to NZSTI Member Associate Professor Ineke Crezee on being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to interpreter and translator education.

Ineke is a former Auckland Branch President and National Secretary of NZSTI and is well-known to many NZSTI members, in many cases having been directly or indirectly influential in their careers through her more than 20 years as a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology. She has made a significant contribution to translator/interpreter education through her work, research, educational materials and Healthcare Interpreting books.