Megan Bowden, Auckland, QSM, for services to primary education
Ms Megan Bowden, who retired in 2011, has been a teacher since 1969. Ms Bowden was Principal of Oteha Valley School on the North Shore from 2003 and, before this, was Principal of Royal Oak Primary School. She was involved in the planning and design of Oteha Valley School, which opened as a new school in 2004. She is a long-serving member of the Auckland Primary Principals' Association and has been a member of the executive. Ms Bowden has facilitated a number of Principal's development projects through the University of Auckland's Centre for Educational Leadership and Te Toi Tupu