Mr Rod Baxter, of Wellington, ONZM, for services to youth
Rod Baxter collaboratively developed the ‘Code of Ethics of Youth Work in New Zealand’. As Director of Impact of The Prince’s Trust Aotearoa (PTANZ), he developed entrepreneurship education programmes to support youth in their engagement with the economy. With the Ministry of Youth Development (MYD), he co-wrote ‘Te Kete Aronui: Understanding what looks good in youth enterprise’, an evidence-based outcomes framework. He has been the CEO of PTANZ since 2021, leading the Trust to match funding of $2 million seed funding with MYD on He Kākano, a mentoring and enterprise skill development pilot. He has developed projects and programmes for youth across New Zealand. He was the Project Coordinator for several Wellington City art projects. Mr Baxter has been Chair of several boards and regularly facilitates youth development training.