Ms Janine Harrington, of Christchurch, MNZM for services to education
Ms Janine Harrington has worked in special education across corrections, specialist residential and day schools. She has modified numerous international programmes to meet the needs of Māori learners, several of which have been rolled out nationally. She developed the first resource centre in support of literacy at Rolleston Prison, introducing the ‘Reading to My Child’ programme, and collaborated on a theatre marae programme. She was Principal of Halswell Residential College Te Otu Mātua, working with neurodiverse and complex-needs students. She implemented a pilot of the United States student engagement Check and Connect programme in Christchurch, pairing students with trained mentors. Ms Harrington is Principal of Pitau-Allenvale School.