Jill Corkin, of Mangawhai, MNZM, for services to education
Ms Corkin was founding Principal of Snells Beach School, and has been Principal of Victoria Avenue School in Remuera and Pakuranga Heights School. She helped establish principal training courses at Massey University. She has been Vice President and President of the Auckland Primary Principals’ Association, and worked with Boards of Trustees during the Tomorrow’s Schools reforms. She has been appointed to several working groups and taskforces, including Convenor of the Association of Bulk Funded Schools, the Payroll Advisory Group, the Ministerial Taskforce on Regulation Affecting School Performance, and the Payroll Sector Leaders’ Group. She convened the 2016 Trans-Tasman Conference and organised the hosting of more than 900 delegates in Auckland.