The Public Service Record of Mr Collinge is exceptional by any standards - involving as it does an extraordinarily wide range of community service and sustained commitment over a long period of time at local, national and international level. He has been involved in a large number of key changes and developments, and has been the prime mover in many, producing a real and lasting contribution to the community and to New Zealand.

The attached sample of unsolicited independent endorsements, comments and material made at the time by those directly involved or by professional observers support and verify the summary of his record below. It shows that Mr Collinge has given his services freely in a public spirited way - as a matter of public service not as a vocation - in spite of having highly valuable and marketable skills. It shows too that his contribution is widely recognised and that he has invariably risen to a pre-eminent position in all fields with which he has been associated – an indication of the high regard in which he is held.