Mr Goudie said the award was a reflection of the effort he had put in but he had not done it alone.
"I couldn’t have done it without my wife, Claire. She did a lot of fort holding."
His involvement with the Alexandra Musical Society began when their three sons joined.
"My wife and I always worked on the principle you can’t draw out of the bank unless you’re prepared to put into the bank."
Three life memberships hang at the Goudie residence — the Alexandra Musical Theatre Company, the Alexandra Men’s Shed and the Dunedin Light Rail Trust.
One of his proudest achievements was establishing children’s theatre in Alexandra, he said.
"Because that’s really putting back into young people and we’ve been doing that all our lives, really."
Having had several stints as society president, he was now acting treasurer.
"I’d indicated earlier ... I’d be prepared to help them out for a period.
"I was thinking I was pretty safe. I wasn’t as safe as I thought."
Another great effort was raising about $375,000 for the Alexandra Men’s Shed to be a meeting place and to buy tools, he said.
Since 2015 he had fundraised for the Dunedin Light Rail Trust, working to re-establish the historical Mornington cable car line.
His efforts helped the trust lease the original cable cars and build a display shed to house them, as well as a feasibility study that has raised the profile of the organisation’s objective.
Mr Goudie’s wider community involvement included Scouts, school boards of trustees, IHC and the Alexandra Community Arts Council.
Trevor James Goudie
Alexandra
KSM
Theatre and the community
