Leading South Canterbury transport man, 
Joe Butterfield, was honoured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list. Butterfield has been recognised for his services to health and transport, and appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM).
Joseph Gordon Butterfield has worked extensively in the transport sector, where he holds directorships in Intercity Holdings Ltd and subsidiary, Ritchie’s Transport Holdings. He is also a director of the Port of Timaru and the South Canterbury Regional Development Board.
He is a fellow of the NZ Institute of Directors and the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and a chartered member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport.
Butterfield, who hails from Timaru has a long-standing interest in social health which saw him appointed South Canterbury District Health Board chairman between 2000 and 2009. Before that, he was a member of Health South Canterbury which was SCDHB’s precursor, where he also served as chairman.
“I am honoured,” Butterfield says of the award.
Butterfield intends to continue some directorships but will reduce his workload.
