Lester Flockton, distinguished piper and teacher, as well as past Education Group leader at the RNZPBA, was awarded an MNZM on the Queens Birthday Honours list.

The ODT reports “[Lester] has also been involved with pipe bands as a piper and administrator for many years.He played in the City of Dunedin Highland Pipe Band where he was a former president and a life member.

He was vice-president of the Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association for 10 years, the founding director of the association’s education group, and led the establishment of a national college of piping and drumming.

He organised many summer schools and instigated the establishment of a piping and drumming curricular and examination system for the award of certificates of music proficiency.”

World Champion Piper Greg Wilson was awarded an ONZM some years ago.