Dr Rosemary Cathcart, of Rotorua, ONZM, for services to gifted children
Dr Rosemary Cathcart established the George Parkyn National Centre for Gifted Children and served as Director. She advocated for the Ministry of Education to change official policy in gifted education in New Zealand, which led to the Ministerial Working Party on Gifted Education. She established REACH Education, developing the Certificate of Effective Practice in Gifted Education, the first online course on giftedness in New Zealand. This course is recognised in Australia and New Zealand and received the US National Gifted Association Professional Development Network Award. REACH Education also offers two other courses, one a shorter version of the Certificate and the other a course for teacher aides working with gifted children. Dr Cathcart has authored three books, including ‘They’re not bringing my brain out’ and ‘Gifted Programming Made Practical’.