Jo and Warwick Bowden
Jo and Warwick Bowden, of Goroka, Papua New Guinea, each received the Queen’s Service Medal for services to special education, on 15 April 2008. After teaching students in New Zealand with disabilities for many years, the couple are now working alongside each other, in developing New Zealand community-based rehabilitation and special education services in Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. They are pictured after the ceremony with the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, Mrs Susan Satyanand and friends and family.