Professor Carmen Dalli, of Wellington, MNZM for services to education
Professor Carmen Dalli is a Professor at Victoria University of Wellington. She instigated the establishment of Victoria University’s Institute for Early Childhood Studies and was its director. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and edited five academic books. She co-developed an early childhood educators’ code of ethics. She regularly speaks at international conferences. She is a member of the Ministry of Education’s Early Childhood Research Forum. Professor Dalli has judged the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Education Excellence Awards, been a referee and advisor for the Education Review Office, and chaired the Ministerial Advisory Group that developed the 10-year Early Learning Action Plan – He Taonga Te Tamaiti.