Pem Bird

Bird in 2017

Pembroke Peraniko "Pem" Bird MNZM QSM is a New Zealand educator and Māori community leader. From 2010 to 2013, he was President of the Māori Party.[1][2][3]

In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bird was awarded the Queen's Service Medal (QSM) for services to education. In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to education and Māori.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Trevett, Claire (3 July 2013). "Murupara's Pem Bird to step down from Maori Party". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Nightingale, Melissa (4 June 2017). "Educator Pem Bird humbled to be considered worthy". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Nightingale, Melissa (13 June 2017). "Queen's Birthday honours recipient Pem Bird apologises for 'foolish' driving at 169km/h". NZ Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honours 2017 - Citations for members of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. New Zealand Government. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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