Mrs Jenny Gordon, of Waikanae, MNZM, for services to Catholic education
Jenny Gordon spent 25 years as a teacher specialising in mathematics and religious education at several schools, including St Mary’s College Wellington. She coordinated the Catholic Family Life Education programme for the Archdiocese. She was the first female and first layperson to become Vicar of Education for the Archbishop of Wellington, overseeing the operation of more than 45 Catholic state-integrated schools. She contributed to the incorporation of the Private School Conditional Integration Act into the Education and Training Act 2020. Mrs Gordon is a Board Member of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office and Chairperson of the Association of Proprietors of Integrated Schools.