Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop
Associate Professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, of Wellington, received the Insignia of a Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for services to research on families, on 1 April 2008. She has been involved with research and training in Pacific development issues, in particular family relations, gender issues, poverty, youth participation in politics and ethics systems for more than 30 years. She is the inaugural director of Va’aomanu Pasifika, the Pacific Studies unit at Victoria University. She is pictured with the Governor-General and Mrs Susan Satyanand and her family after the ceremony.