Dr Ingrid Huygens, of Hamilton, MNZM for services to education and Māori
Dr Ingrid Huygens is a community psychologist who co-founded the education programme ‘Tangata Tiriti – Treaty People’ in response to calls by refugee and migrant communities for treaty education. She is the organisation’s National Coordinator and helped establish the programme ‘Te Tiriti in our Languages’, which produces Tiriti education resources in more than 25 languages. Her PhD traced the contributions of Pākehā Treaty education groups to honour Te Tiriti in collaboration with ngā iwi Māori. She co-authored an independent report on Waitangi Tribunal hearings into He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Dr Huygens runs Tiriti workshops, facilitator training and professional development for NGOs, councils, schools, ethnic communities and government groups.