Dr Wayne Ngata, of Tolaga Bay, MNZM, for services to Māori and education
Dr Wayne Ngata (Ngāti Ira, Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Hauiti) helped establish Māori Studies at the Tairawhiti Polytechnic (now EIT Tairawhiti). He is a performer, composer and advocate for haka and mōteatea. He is a practitioner of waka hourua navigation and voyaging. He has helped develop health programmes with a Māori approach. He has had academic, management and governance roles at EIT Tairāwhiti, the MacDiarmid Institute, the Ministry of Education, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiārangi, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Dr Ngata is a Board member of the Tertiary Education Commission and Board Chair of Te Taumata Aronui.