Lester Flockton
Lester Flockton, Dunedin, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education and pipe bands. He played a prominent part in the development and introduction of the New Zealand Curriculum and was one of the designers of New Zealand's nationally and internationally recognised National Education Monitoring Project. He co-established the Māori Immersion Education Advisory Committee and the Māori Reference Group to guide assessment for Māori students. He is the emeritus director of the Educational Assessment Research Unit at the University of Otago and the National Education Monitoring Project. He has also been involved with pipe bands as a player and administrator for many years. He was a piper in the City of Dunedin Highland Pipe Band and is the President. Mr Flockton was Vice-President of the Royal New Zealand Pipe Band Association and was the founding director of the association's education group.