Mrs Amanda McIntosh, of Auckland, ONZM for services to early childhood education
Amanda McIntosh has been Centre President of Tamatea Playcentre, President of Hawke’s Bay Playcentre Association, and a member of the National Executive. She helped establish the New Zealand Family Day Care Association, was Ward Delegate and National President of the Association, wrote its first constitution, and sat on its executive council. She has been a founder member of the Napier Citizen’s Advice Bureau and a Marriage Guidance Tutor. She helped form Family Care Hawke’s Bay and worked for Barnardos, setting up several services and projects. She was South Pacific Delegate to the International Family Day Care Organisation, attending five overseas conferences and organising a conference in Wellington. Mrs McIntosh runs her own home-based education service, as well as a home-based early childhood participation project for refugees and migrants.