Ted Waaka
Ted Waaka, of Napier, received the Insignia of a Member of the NZ Order of Merit, for services to Maori, education and the community, on 4 April 2008. Mr Waaka, pictured after the ceremony with the Governor-General and Mrs Susan Satyanand and friends and family, has had a 40 year career in education as a teacher, administrator and principal and was a member of the National Council of Maori Education, the Hawke’s Bay Education Board and the District Parole Board.