Well done Peter Murray!!!
Congratulations to Peter Murray on his Queen's Birthday award of the Order of New Zealand. His commitment and service to basketball refereeing and the deaf community has been outstanding and fully deserve this acknowledgement for all his years of work.
Below taken from stuff.co.nz;
Peter Francis Murray, Mangere Bridge
For services to basketball
Peter Murray is the only deaf person to become a level one referee in basketball.
He's been involved in the sport as a player and referee for the past 40 years and has officiated at all levels from secondary school level to national tournaments.
He has refereed internationally for the World Deaf Games several times, often paying his own way and taking unpaid leave from his job.
He is now an international referee educator for Deaf Basketball referees.
Murray represented New Zealand at the World Deaf Games in Washington DC in 1965.
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