Dame Susan Glazebrook and Mrs Elizabeth Forgie, of Okaihau, MNZM for services to education
Elizabeth Forgie is Principal of Kerikeri High School, where she has led a sustained schoolwide educational reform and overseen more than doubling of the roll. She has built relationships with Ngāti Rēhia and Ngāpuhi, providing reciprocal support at community events. She has overseen multiple building projects to expand the school’s facilities. She pioneered the Kerikeri High School Sailing Academy, resulting in national and international success in sailing, including several Olympic and America’s Cup winning sailors. She established the Kerikeri High School International Department. She is on the Executive of the Secondary Principals’ Association of New Zealand. Mrs Forgie has been awarded the Woolf Fisher Fellowship on two occasions.