Mr Nick Billowes, of Upper Hutt, ONZM for services to education
Mr Nick Billowes was Director of Nelson Education Centre and Director of Development and Principal Consultant with CORE Education, providing professional development, services and resources to schools nationwide. As a founder of CORE, he led major national contract programmes, including joint oversight of the Te Toi Tupu consortia, the Early Years ICT programme and executive support to the Kaihautū Māori team leaders, supporting Māori medium education. He was the leader, designer and coordinator of the Ministry of Education’s ICT Professional Development programme and the convenor of New Zealand’s annual uLearn conferences for teachers. He was a founding Board member of the Professional Learning Association New Zealand. Under Mr Billowes’ guidance, CORE implemented a pilot ICT PD project in Malaysia, as well as establishing ‘KiwiLearners’ Early Years Centre in Chennai, India.