Kaa Williams
Kaa Williams, of Auckland, received the Insignia of a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for services to Māori. Mrs Williams has contributed to Māori locally and nationally in many capacities for more than 30 years. She has taught te reo for all of this time and was involved in the establishment of the first bilingual school in New Zealand; the precursor to kōhanga reo. She is a Māori language examiner for the Māori Language Commission and is a consultant for Māori language television programmes, including the children's television series Manu Rere. She is a founding member of the Tūhoe Education Authority and translated the NCEA social studies curriculum into Māori.