June Blundell

June Daphne, Lady Blundell ONZ QSO GCStJ (née Halligan, 19 June 1922 – 31 October 2012) was the wife of Sir Denis Blundell, former Governor-General of New Zealand.

[3] In 1977, she was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.

[5] On 6 February 1988 Lady Blundell was the sixth appointee to the Order of New Zealand.

She was the founding Patron of the Child Cancer Foundation, contributed to the instigation of CanTeen, was active with the Homai College for the Blind, Save the Children New Zealand and the Asthma Society of New Zealand.

Lady Blundell died on 31 October 2012 aged 90 at Auckland Hospital following a brief illness.