Dr Kathie Irwin, of Otaki, MNZM for services to Māori education
Dr Kathie Irwin has engaged in research in Māori education for more than 30 years, across five institutions. Through Victoria University of Wellington, she founded and led He Pārekereke: Institute for Research and Development in Māori Education. She was an Editor of ‘Feminist Voices’ and ‘Toi Māori: worlds of Māori Women’. She spoke at the First United Nations Permanent Forum on indigenous issues and the kōhanga reo model. She has been on the Wellington College of Education Council, the Women’s Advisory Committee on Education, and the New Zealand Association for Research in Education Council. Dr Irwin is Deputy Chair of the Joint Research Committee Mana Wāhine Kaupapa inquiry.