Professor Angus Macfarlane, of Christchurch, CNZM, for services to education, psychology and Māori
Professor Angus Macfarlane has developed bicultural approaches for teachers and psychologists to create safe, inclusive relationships with Māori students and clients, notably the Educultural Wheel. His theories are also effective for Pacific, disabled and gifted learners. He contributed to projects such as Resource Teachers for Learning and Behaviour and Hui Whakatika, a Māori-developed restorative justice programme in schools. His bicultural research model He Ara Whiria has been used by Superu (The Families Commission), MSD, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defence and the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, and is the basis for research for E Tipu e Rea: A Better Start National Science Challenge. Professor Macfarlane is Professor of Māori Research and was founding Director of Te Rū Rangahau (The Māori Research Laboratory) at the University of Canterbury.