Mrs Jackie Robertson, of Paihia, KSM for services to science education
Mrs Jackie Robertson is Head of Science at Kerikeri High School, where she has promoted bicultural leadership, integrated mātauranga Māori into the curriculum, improved student outcomes, and helped implement a new science laboratory. She has been Facilitator for Northland Science Teachers, National Level Moderator and Examination Marker.
She helped develop an alternative science course at Year 11 to make science more accessible to all students. She organises the Top Energy Far North Regional Science Fair. Mrs Robertson helped develop a Community Problem Solving team which achieved third place at the 2019 International Future Problem-Solving Conference