Gordon Wilson, of Dunedin, MNZM, for services to education
Mr Gordon Wilson worked as a teacher before becoming a Director of Youth Services for the Dunedin District’s Special Education Service and Manager of the Dunedin Secondary Schools Partnership (DSSP). He helped DSSP establish the BEATS (Built Environment and Active Transport to School) Study. Since retiring, he has been Chair of a steering group for Building a Children’s Workforce. He has worked with the Ministry of Education to develop a secondary principal refugee steering committee. He established strong networks between mental health services, providers and schools to work with at-risk youth. Mr Wilson has been Secretary of the Otago Secondary Schools Principals’ Association and the Otago Southland Secondary Principals’ Association.