Mr Arthur Sutherland, of Wanaka, MNZM, for services to outdoor education
Arthur Sutherland helped establish the Boyle River Outdoor Education Centre and serves on its governing trust, the North Canterbury Alpine Trust. He was a teacher at Kaiapoi High school for 25 years and held the position of Director of Adventure School. He helped develop the Risk Management and training Assessment scheme for teachers and the then Department of Education’s draft booklet for the Risk Management Scheme for education outside the classroom (EOTC). He was a member of the Ministry of Education’s steering group which produced the EOTC guidelines ‘Bringing the Curriculum Alive’. Mr Sutherland was an Executive Member of Education Outdoor New Zealand.